Billy Moon pitched University top its second straight Greater Spokane League title with an 8-0 no-hitter at Mead. The Titans can become the first to win 19 league games, I was told by coaches, if they beat the Panthers at home on Friday. Moon's breaking…
The Lake City softball team captured the 5A Region I championship Wednesday. Read about it here.Knee surgery last fall in soccer sidelined Clark Fork's Bailey Hewitt, keeping her from defending four state titles in track. But it won't keep her from pursuing her passion at…
The Gonzaga men's basketball team scored 975 on the APR, safely above the 925 target figure. Read more about the men's team and the numbers for the rest of GU's programs here. (Pictured is Jeremy Pargo, who will be part of Gonzaga's commencement ceremonies this…
I went out to Shock practice Tuesday and filed this unedited notebook that will run in Wednesday's S-R. You can read it below. (Pictured above is John Booker, in 'surf' celebration mode against Iowa.)
League championships will be determined this week in Greater Spokane League and Great Northern League baseball. University (17-1), which is assured a title tie and was ranked No. 1 in the Washington State baseball poll this week, hosts Mead (15-3) tomorrow with a chance to…
Here's a feature on Lake City hurdles standout Tanner Schalk that was published in the Handle Extra on Sunday.Click the tab below to see the latest North Idaho Track Honor roll going into state-qualifying meets this week.
COUGARS Let's see. What's on my vacation checklist. Flip flops? Check. Cooler? Check. Sunshine? Eeh, not so much. Not going to stop me though. Read on.
Spokane is the only unbeaten team left in arenafootball2. The Shock defeated Iowa 49-30 on Saturday to hike their record to 5-0.Read on for my unedited game story that will run in Sunday's S-R.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 11:45 A.M. Hope you're planning to have an action-packed weekend, what with the beautiful weather predicted for today and Bloomsday, a Spokane institution, on tap for Sunday. We've got the Kentucky Derby-viewing and baseball-watching on our to-do-list. Read on for links.
COUGARS Just got finished talking with Shadle Park High's Jake Rodgers, who decided Thursday he is going to accept a football scholarship from Washington State. The 6-foot-7, 245-pound senior-to-be said he like the WSU atmosphere and how everyone seems so close knit, among other reasons…
No. 1-ranked Spokane, healing up after a run of injuries the last two weeks, returns to the Arena on Saturday night to take on Iowa, which started off 3-0 before dropping its last two games. Read on below for an unedited game preview that will…
Having sat through countless college softball games this spring and witnessing the Mead-Central Valley Greater Spokane League baseball game Thursday afternoon, I remain mystified how impatient hitters can be. Panther Cody Lunt had been brilliant for five innings against the Bears, but his relief, Kramer…
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