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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 2009


WSU football, basketball news 

COUGARS • UPDATED: 6:30 P.M. We have a couple items for you, including a short feature on Myron Beck and an advance on tomorrow's basketball game. Also, there are some notes from Paul Wulff's press conference. Read on.

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All eyes are on Gonzaga freshman Demetri Goodson as he banks in a game-winning shot in the final second of the second-round game against Western Kentucky on Saturday in Portland.  (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

Goodson next in GU point guard assembly line

It's college basketball preview time. The S-R has already previewed Idaho, WSU and EWU, meaning Gonzaga's up next. Some turn out to be team overviews, others zero in on a specific player.I wrote about Demetri 'Meech' Goodson, the fiercely competitive point guard from Spring, Texas.…

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QB Reader a nice find for Idaho 

This week's WAC notebook centers on Idaho backup quarterback Brian Reader, who's been thrust into action with Nate Enderle's shoulder injury. It's still up in the air on who will start Saturday at Boise State, but most of the signs are pointing at Reader right…

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Alexis Olgard, center, stretches to her full height of 6 feet, 5 inches, and brings it almost straight down on LC defenders.   (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

State 4A volleyball 

Defending 4A state champ Lewis and Clark and Mead opened with wins in first-round matches Thursday morning at Toyota Center in Kennewick.Click the tab below to read more. I'll update tonight with their second-round matches and my unedited story.Here's a link to a feature Mike…

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Big weekend for Eagles 

It's a big weekend coming up for both Eastern Washington's football and men's basketball teams.The Eagles football team will try to keep its postseason playoff hopes alive on Saturday when they travel to Cedar City, Utah, to take on Southern Utah in a non-conference game.…

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UCLA might get cold reception at WSU 11 

COUGARS The forecast for this weekend seems to get a little worse each day. If not worse, than colder. The chance of snow or a cold rain Friday? Sixty percent. Saturday, only 20 percent, but a high of 33. Of course, that could all change,…

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