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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7, 2011

Moore's jumper sinks UI, 66-64 

COUGARS We're back after talking with Ken Bone, Reggie Moore, Dexter Kernich-Drew and listening to Idaho coach Don Verlin. That allowed us to get our story on Washington State's 66-64 road victory together. Read on.

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Dickau joins Trail Blazers

Former Gonzaga Bulldog Dan Dickau is leaving the broadcast table to become a player development assistant with the Portland Trail Blazers. Dickau, who had two stints with Portland as a player, joined Greg Heister and ex-Zag Richard Fox for Gonzaga men’s basketball broadcasts on KHQ,…

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WSU about to take on Idaho 

COUGARS We spent quite awhile this morning waiting for a call from the new football coach, but it never came. So now, as we prepare to cover tonight's basketball game in the Cowan Spectrum on the University of Idaho campus, we're waiting again. Just call…

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Central Valley's Brooke Gallaway, right, gets a hand on the ball as Lewis and Clark's Taylor Howlett shoots during the Bears’ 75-55 GSL home victory on Tuesday night. (Colin Mulvany)

Tuesday night prep hoops

I'm tardy in posting links to Tuesday's prep basketball stories. The Central Valley girls played well in a 75-55 win over defending 4A state champ Lewis and Clark. Read about the game and the other GSL openers here. Pictured above are LC's Taylor Howlett and…

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Green making her mark in Montana

Under the radar is a good description for Alysha Green but the Mead grad has made her mark in college basketball. She's the subject for the weekly basketball notebook. For a couple of other notes, including some that ended up on the cutting room floor,…

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A jam-packed Wednesday morning 

COUGARS Sure hope you freed some time this morning. As weekday mornings in December go, I can't remember more good stories to read than the ones grouped on the link. From Mike Leach's public coronation in Pullman to San Diego State becoming part of the…

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