Blackfoot stops Sandpoint
Blackfoot tripped up Sandpoint 29-23 in the 4A state football championship game.Click the tab below to read my unedited game story.
FRIDAY, NOV. 20, 2009
Zags roll past IPFW, 90-55 2
Gonzaga moved to 2-1 with an easy 90-55 win over IPFW on Friday. The Mastodons (1-3) lost by 19 at WSU on Thursday.The Bulldogs had four players in double figures. Rob Sacre and Matt Bouldin each scored 15 points.Read my unedited game story below and…
WSU says goodbye to seniors 4
COUGARS Doing what reporters do a lot, sitting, waiting for phone calls to be returned. While I'm enduring that, I figured I could post our advance for tomorrow along with our game-day items. Then you have all evening to read them. Weather prediction for kickoff…
Spear: No ADs have asked about Akey
Things are pretty quiet with Idaho football these days because of the bye week, but I wanted to pass along this note. I asked UI athletic director Rob Spear yesterday if any schools had called seeking permission to talk to coach Robb Akey (UNLV is…
McCullough, two others sign with Shock 1
Kevin McCullough (pictured above), a fixture at linebacker for the Shock the last two seasons, is coming back to Spokane, which also signed two other players.Read on for more. (There's additional info on the three at spokaneshock.com.)
EWU announces early basketball signees
Eastern Washington University men's basketball coach Kirk Earlywine has announced the signing of three high school recruits to national letters of intent and confirmed that JC transfer Tremayne Johnson, who was expected to be available this winter, will enroll at Eastern in January after clearing…
Eags looking for road win, FCS playoff berth
Eastern Washington University's closes its 2009 regular-season football schedule against Northern Arizona in Flagstaff on Saturday.I've have attached an unedited version of the game advance that will appear in Saturday morning's S-R below, and I've included this link to the game notes supplied by EWU's…
Mastodons come into focus
IPFW, Gonzaga's opponent tonight in the Kennel, lost by 19 to Washington State on Thursday. The Mastodons had no defensive answers for WSU, which shot 54 percent, and Klay Thompson, who scored 37 points. S-R gamer here, IPFW write-up here and GU-IPFW game notes here.
Keep your ticket stub from WSU's win
COUGARS The announced attendance in Beasley Coliseum last night was 5,399. It seemed like less than that. But down the road, when Klay Thompson's name is mentioned among the greats of WSU basketball – and it will be – you know you'll run into about…
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