COUGARS Washington State waited a lot longer to dig a big hole for itself Saturday night, staying close to Oregon until the second half. But a 16-5 run helped the Ducks build a 15-point edge in the first 7 minutes, 33 seconds after intermission. The…
COUGARS Sorry, but there are no stats here at Mac Court, and the ESPN box isn't working, so I had to spend a few minutes figuring out my own. Anyhow, the Cougars are once again shooting poorly – I have them 8 of 29 (27…
Eastern Washington played like Big Sky champions Saturday afternoon, turning back Portland State 78-68. The game story is below.Now the Eagles await the Big Sky tournament, which begins Thursday in Cheney. The Eagles have a bye until Friday. Thursday, March 113:30 p.m. :: No. 3…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 5 P.M. We're going rogue here. Instead of writing about tonight's game, which I know you all are excited as heck about, I'm going to check in with some of your questions, comments and thoughts from the previous few days. If you…
I've arrived in Las Vegas -- I know this because the wireless is finally free and I stood next to Penn on the tram ride to baggage claim. The man is a small forward, a good 6-foot-6 (no wonder Teller looks so short). They have…
The Mead Panthers built a 15-point lead and held off a late charge to top the Skyline Spartans 49-39 at the State 4A tournament Saturday.Click the tab to read my unedited game story.
In a largely sluggish first half, the Mead Panthers used a late flurry to take a 20-15 lead at halftime.Jeremy Beck and Brendon Myers hit 3-pointers in the final minute, then Aaron Dunn got a steal and took a shot and was fouled as time…
COUGARS It's the last Saturday of the Pac-10 basketball regular season. Next week is the Pac-10 Tournament at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The week after that is the postseason – for a few conference teams. After tonight we'll know the seeding for next…
The Post Falls Trojans will play for the state championship tonight when they take on the No. 1-ranked and favored Eagle Mustangs. The game can be seen via a webstream on Idahosports.com.Click the tab below to read our unedited story.
The Shadle Park Highlanders - boys and girls - are regional 3A basketball champions and headed to state in Tacoma. That gives the school a sweep of all four regional winter titles, a first in all likelihood said principal Herb Rotchford. Earlier Shadle won regional…
The Mead Panthers will be playing for the State 4A championship Saturday thanks to another miraculous comeback.Mead rallied to knock off Garfield 54-53 at the Tacoma Dome.Click the tab below to read my unedited game story.
Eastern Washington won the Big Sky championship, its first, without taking the the court and Washington State shut-down high-flying Oregon and came back to win its third Pac-10 game with one of its biggest rallies ever.
James Reid got his fifth shutout of the season and second agianst Portland as the Spokane Chiefs moved four points ahead of the Winterhawks in the race for playoff positioning.Mitch Wahl and Kyle Beach scored first period goals, the league-leading 49th for Beach, with Kenton…
The Mead Panthers trail the Garfield Bulldogs 28-21 at half.Probably just setting us up for another comeback.The Panthers got off 34 shots, but could only make seven. They had 12 more shots than Garfield.More later.
The Post Falls Trojans will play for the State 5A championship on Saturday. The Trojans defeated Madison of Rexburg 78-57.Senior guard Shawn Reid had 24 points and 10 rebounds and sophomore guard Marcus Colbert had 24. The Trojans' opponent is still to be determined.Lake City…
Mead will play for fifth or eighth place Saturday while Gonzaga Prep was eliminated.Click the tab below to read my unedited story.
Spokane announced Friday that it has released QB Casey Hansen. That leaves the team with three quarterbacks -- Erik Meyer, Kyle Rowley and Chris Crane -- entering training camp, which begins March 15th.
In less than 24 hours, Kashif Watson went from watching himself on SportsCenter to being suspended for his final home game of his career. The punishment stems from critical comments Watson made on his Twitter page. After seeing the comments last night, I asked Don…
The Decatur Gators eliminated the Gonzaga Prep Bullpups 48-45 in the State 4A tournament.Bullpup seniors Ryan Nicholas scored a game-high 26 points and tried to will Gonzaga Prep to victory. But the Bullpups didn't have much left after their emotional loss in the quarterfinals.More later.
COUGARS One more Pac-10 game for the Washington State University Cougars. And one more for Mac Court. Walked to the top seats in the venerable gym – calling it an arena would just be wrong – and took in the ambience one last time. My…
The Mead Panthers secured just its fourth state trophy in history by holding off the Lincoln Abes 57-52.Mead will play for fifth/eighth places Saturday.More later.
Lewis and Clark's string of five straight state trophies was snapped in a 56-53 loss to Edmonds-Woodway.LC's season ends with a 17-11 record.More later.
Perhaps no hole is too deep for the Mead Panthers.Mead rallied from 11 points down to stop the defending state champion Kentwood Conquerors 74-71.NOTE: I botched the post last night. Here's the story with a correction. Mead hasn't won state title since 1996. I said…
From Kashif Watson't 60-foot bank shot at the buzzer to San Jose State's furious rally attempt, there was some entertaining basketball Thursday night at the Cowan Spectrum. And how many people were there to see the Vandals' 86-76 win? Just 961.Click below for my story.UPDATE:…
COUGARS After a game at Gill Coliseum, you talk with the visiting players and coach in a hallway outside the locker room. To one side is a bedsheet hung from the walls as a screen. To the other is the media room. WSU coach Ken…
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