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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6, 2010

Zags await WCC opener

I meant to post this earlier, but I ran out of time and was busy shuttling a youngster to basketball practice. So better late than never here's my WCC preview that will run on Thursday's Four Corners college basketball page in the S-R.I'll have more…

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WSU ready for desert trip 

COUGARS As promised earlier today - when I made a stupid mistake I didn't realize I had made until one of you nice people pointed out to me without, and I appreciate this, telling me how stupid I was – I've got another post. This…

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United States' Tyler Johnson of the Spokane Chiefs is dumped by Canada's Alex Pietrangelo during the first period of the championship game of the world junior hockey championships Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. (Nathan Denette / Associated Press)

Chiefs' Johnson savors gold

Caught up with gold medal winner Tyler Johnson, a couple of hours of Team USA beat Canada for the World Junior Hockey Championship.The unedited story I filed for Thursday's paper is below.A roundup of World Junior stories: Calgary Sun game story; column, review and Jordan…

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WSU spends extra day on UA 

COUGARS It's cold in Pullman. Ice – as in what's all over the cars – cold. Unlike Tucson, where the temperature dipped to what-the-residents-probably-think-is-freezing 41 this morning. That's where Washington State is headed tomorrow. Today, the Cougars are headed back to practice to get ready…

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Ferris boys stop Mead 

Here's a link to our featured Tuesday game involving the Ferris and Mead boys.Here's our Greater Spokane League girls roundup.Here's our area boys roundup.Here's our area girls roundup.Here's a roundup of Great Northern League wrestling matches.

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