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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010

Iupati goes No. 17 to 49ers

UPDATED Well, all those phone calls came for a reason. San Francisco called Robb Akey at least three times leading up to the NFL draft about Idaho guad Mike Iupati, and the 49ers wound up taking the Samoan with the 17th pick. Iupati is Idaho's…

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Rested WSU winding down spring

COUGARS • UPDATED: 8:05 P.M. We have a short story for you tonight for a couple reasons. One is the printed paper has only a little space for all the news tonight and the other is John Blanchette has a Cougar-related column for tomorrow, which…

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Mead senior midfielder Nick Hamer does the little things that make the Panthers better.colinm@spokesman.com (Colin Mulvany)

Thursday Prep Page 

Here's my column about a school district that has cut half of its sports and is facing further cuts.Prep notebook: GSL, IEL discontinue nonleague football games.Here's a feature story by Steve Bergum on Mead soccer standout Nick Hamer.

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WSU ready to return to practice 

COUGARS Washington State returns to the field this afternoon for its final spring practice before Saturday's spring game. Two things about Saturday. Once again I'll mention the game will be televised by SWX, the digital sports station run by KHQ. I know it is available…

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