Over the next three days, the Vandals host San Jose State and Hawaii -- two teams in the middle or bottom tier of the WAC. Normally a homestand like this wouldn't hold much intrigue, but that's the not case this time. Click below to read…
The Gonzaga Prep Bullpups looked like state champs Wednesday. Now, they'll find out if they can be state champs when they take on defending champ Federal Way on Thursday.Mead, meanwhile, ran into a wall against Kentwood.Click the tab below to read my unedited story.
Kyle Beach and Mitch Wahl came up empty in a shootout while the Kelowna Rockets scored on their first two shoots, handing the Spokane Chiefs a 3-2 loss Wednesday night. (Story from Kelowna paper below.)It was a game the Chiefs only mustered 21 shots through…
UCLA-bound Josh Smith - who takes up much space at 6-foot-9 and 285 pounds - scored early, often and whenever he wanted as the Kentwood Conquerors manhandled the Mead Panthers 35-13 in the first half.Smith had 19 points on 9-of-12 shooting, most of his shots…
Mead strolled to victory and Lewis and Clark fell in a heartbreaker in 4A state tournament openers Wednesday.Click the tab below to read my unedited game story.
COUGARS The weekend will decide the Pac-10 Tournament seedings – only Cal, the No. 1 seed, is locked in – with six teams trying to stay out of the Wednesday night game. We have a story for tomorrow's S-R about WSU and that game and…
A little primer for tonight's Chiefs' game at Kelowna from our friend Doyle Potenteau at The Daily Courier, read below.The Everett Herald took a look at the stretch run prior to the Silvertips win last night, when Shane Harper sent a franchise record with his…
Lewis and Clark led 49-41 with 3:51 remaining, but Issaquah rallied, taking advantage of three turnovers to trip the TigersMore later..The Seattle Times is doing live updates from the boys and girls tournaments. Click here to check it out.
Back with the day-after post following Gonzaga's 78-59 (it wasn't that close) win over Cal State-Bakersfield. The links: S-R gamer, S-R photos and A.P.The rest below.
Gonzaga Prep cruised past the Auburn Trojans 65-33 Wednesday morning.Click the tab below for more. And the Seattle Times has minute-by-minute updates. Check out the link in the comments.
COUGARS I had written an entirely different lead-in for this blog post, one that I felt was just the right blend of humor and newsworthy notes. Then I re-read it. The humor wasn't humorous enough, the news wasn't newsy enough. So we deleted it. Instead…
UPDATED: Wednesday morningClick the tab below to read an unedited State 4A feature and a state notebook.I'm headed to the Tacoma Dome for the Gonzaga Prep boys' breakfast opener. Here are some links:Seattle Times: 4A boys capsules.Seattle Times: 4A girls capsules.Tacoma News Tribune: 4A girls…
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