CdA leading at state wrestling
The Coeur d'Alene wrestling team leads the State 5A tournament after the first day.Click the tab below to read our unedited story.
FRIDAY, FEB. 26, 2010
Mead, G-Prep boys to state
The Mead and Gonzaga Prep boys are headed to state.And they'll face off a fourth time Saturday in the 4A regional championship game.Click the tab below to read my unedited game story.
Chiefs celebrate in style
The Spokane Chiefs celebrated their Top 25 players in 25 years in style Friday night, using a hat trick by local hero Tyler Johnson to coast to a 5-1 victory over the Prince George Cougars.The unedited game story is below. Don't forget to share your…
EWU's postseason hopes crushed
Any remaining chance Eastern Washington's men's basketball team had of making the Big Sky Conference Tournament went down in flames -- much like the Eagles -- in Friday night's 85-57 home loss to Weber State.You can read an unedited version of the game story that…
Mead boys headed to state 1
4A regional boysMead slipped past Kamiakin 49-48 and is headed back to state for the first time since 2003.More later.
Mead wins, Tigers fall, CV stays alive
Mead topped Walla Walla, Chiawana downed Lewis and Clark and Central Valley handled Richland.Click the tab below to read my unedited story.
4A regional basketball
UPDATE:GIRLSHalftime: Chiawana 31, Lewis and Clark 23The Riverhawks used a 10-0 run to open a 24-9 lead with 5:28 left in the second quarter. But Lewis and Clark fought back, pulling within 28-21.Final: Mead 52, Walla Walla 35More later.
25 Chiefs for 25 years
As part of their 25th anniversary celebration the Spokane Chiefs, with the help of fans, picked 25 all-time greats. It's quite an impressive list and 15 of the 25 were introduced at a press conference Friday afternoon and 16 will be recognized tonight before the…
WSU ready for its senior moments 7
COUGARS Senior ceremonies will be quite short tomorrow night. There are the two senior managers, Ben Cartmell and Charlie Hawkins. And there is the one senior player, Nik Koprivica. We've written a lot about Nik this year, starting with our feature kicking off the year…
Day after Santa Clara
Back with the day-after post from Gonzaga's 88-51 trampling of Santa Clara. Same drill as always. First, the links: S-R gamer, John Blanchette's column on GU's decade of WCC rule, photos, A.P., WCC recaps can be found here, and here's an Oregonian article on San…
Eags try to keep postseason dream alive
Eastern Washington has all but played its way out of the Big Sky Conference Tournament once again, needing wins over Weber State (tonight) and Idaho State (Saturday) and help from those same two opponents against Portland State to end its three-year postseason drought.I've attached a…
Three games left in WSU's Pac-10 season
COUGARS There are three games left for most Pac-10 teams – only Cal and Stanford have two. As the regular season dwindles, the top of the conference standings is becoming clearer. Saturday's Arizona State at Cal game pretty much will decide who wins the title.…
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