Cowen signs, Chiefs win
A double-dose of news from the Spokane Chiefs today. Before the Chiefs ended Everett's 14-game winning streak with a solid 2-1 win, story below, captain Jared Cowen signed with the Ottawa Senators.
A double-dose of news from the Spokane Chiefs today. Before the Chiefs ended Everett's 14-game winning streak with a solid 2-1 win, story below, captain Jared Cowen signed with the Ottawa Senators.
COUGARS OK, we've cobbled together our story on the football recruits signed today. We actually put together a more in-depth one for you blog readers, so read on.
Less than a year ago, Kyle DeVan was a starting lineman for Boise when the Burn lost to Spokane 63-45. On Sunday, he will be one of five linemen protecting Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning.Read more on DeVan's Spokane connection here.
Tomorrow's Four Corners page in the S-R will have a quick look at Portland, a couple of GU notes and a feature on reserve center Will Foster (No. 45). There's also news that Matt Bouldin is a finalist for Lowe's Senior CLASS award. More on…
UPDATEDIdaho announced a large haul of signees today, including Arizona State transfer tailback Ryan Bass and defensive end Maxx Forde, who switched his committment from Washington State late in the process. Read on for my story about the Vandals' day.
As promised, we're back with an early look at the Eastern Washington football signees story that will appear in Thursday morning's S-R. You can access it here.And we've also included some personal thoughts and additional comments from Beau Baldwin on the Eagles' crowded quarterback situation…
Before furlough hits, a couple of notes to leave you with.ESPN's Charlie Creme has his bracket and analysis. You've got to love it because both Gonzaga and Eastern Washington are ticketed for Seattle. GU as a 10 vs. No. 7 Wisconsin, EWU as a 15…
The Spokane Chiefs face Everett tonight in what can be considered a huge game. No, the Chiefs don't have to win to make the Western Hockey League playoffs. But that was never the goal. The goal has always been to make noise in the playoffs.The…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 1:30 P.M.; 3:15 P.M. A quick post about the LOIs, with more to come after talking with WSU head coach Paul Wulff later today. There were some surprises, some positive, some negative. Read on.UPDATE NO. 2: We just got out of Wulff's…
Eastern Washington University signed 14 recruits, including a pair of transfer quarterbacks, to national letters of intent Wednesday morning.You can get more details, as supplied by EWU's sports information department, here. And check back later for an early look at the signing day story that…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 8:30 A.M. This morning's post has to serve two purposes: Catch you up with basketball news – this weekend does kick off the Pac-10's second half – and kick off the letter-of-intent coverage. We try on the link, so read on. •…
Lewiston knocked off the Coeur d'Alene girls 45-42 at CdA on Tuesday.Read my unedited game story by clicking the tab below.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 8 P.M. A little different late Tuesday post for us – and for you. We put together a notebook for tomorrow's S-R from Ken Bone's press conference and some conversations after practice. That's available on the link. Read on.
A nice read in the Walla Walla paper on Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd (seated next to ex-Zag Andrew Sorenson). There's a Glory Days beginning, recounting Lloyd's 52-point game for Walla Walla C.C., and it traces his rise to Bulldogs assistant.Read it below.
Whitworth senior Cassie Pilkinton (pictured above, taken by Kirk Hirota) is the subject of this week's women's basketball notebook. It appears below in a longer version with more notes than will ever make Wednesday's newspaper.The only other news is Gonzaga creeping up to 26th in…
Eastern Washington's men's basketball team lost its sixth straight game Monday night, dropping a 68-62 non-conference decision to Seattle University.You can read the game story that ran in Tuesday morning's S-R here, check out what Eastern's sports information department posted about the game here and…
As mentioned in last night's post, columnist John Blanchette offers his take on the Bulldogs here.
COUGARS An eclectic group of items from around the Pac-10. Nothing too important, but a lot of interesting reads. Today is basketball media day at WSU, plus Pac-10 coaches get on the phone with the media. Tomorrow is, of course, football's Christmas Day, or as…
Back with a roundup from Monday’s media day. No notebook for Tuesday’s S-R because John Blanchette is writing a column, but I put some web-only notes/quotes below. (Programming note: I’m planning a Will Foster feature for Thursday’s Four Corners page.) Read on.
The Idaho Vandals have been paired with Long Beach State of the Big West Conference in an ESPN BracketBuster game. The two teams will play in Moscow on Feb. 20. Read on more details on the intriguing matchup.
COUGARS A short story on a hire in the football office. You might recognize the name. Read on.
Gonzaga women's basketball team moved into the Associated Press Top 25 for the second time in school history. The Bulldogs are ranked 24th. Gonzaga was ranked at the tail end of the 2005 for two weeks, coming in at No. 25 and moving up to…
Just returned from a week-long furlough. I've actually been away from the preps longer than that when you consider I had three glorious days staffing figure skating the week prior to my furlough.Lots of stuff going on, obviously, and February means we've reached postseason for…
San Francisco's upset win over Gonzaga dropped the Bulldogs to No. 17 in the Associated Press poll and No. 13 in ESPN/USA Today's Top 25. GU was 13th and 8th, respectively, a week ago.Saint Mary's, tied for first in the WCC with Gonzaga, received votes…
COUGARS Despite there being only one Pac-10 game – it was a pretty fun game to watch, don't you think? – on FSN yesterday, there is a decent amount of news available. We've got a few links available, so read on.
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