Spokane's 2011 season got off to a rough start. San Jose crushed the Shock 76-48 in the AFL opener for both teams Friday at HP Pavilion in San Jose. My recap can be found below. Game stats at http://www.arenafootball.com/stats (click on Spokane-San Jose in the…
UPDATE: 10:40. Portland State, with strong games from GSL grads Kelli Valentine (Mead) and Lexi Bishop (Shadle Park) turned back Eastern Washington in the semifinals of the Big Sky Tournament (will link after hockey). Chene Cooper, Brianne Ryan and Julie Piper had big games for…
A couple of milestones and a thrashing of the Tri-City Americans, it doesn't get much better than that for the Spokane Chiefs ... and we have pictures. With Tyler Johnson and Blake Gal (10, above in Colin Mulvany photo) scoring a pair of goals, the…
COUGARS So what's next for Washington State's basketball team? I tried to figure that out today, talking with athletic director Bill Moos about the immediate future. Here's what he had to say about the postseason, contained in our story for tomorrow's S-R. To summarize, if…
COUGARS A little inside baseball. While you're sitting at home watching what was a spectacularly entertaining basketball game last night, either jumping with joy or firing the remote into the coach pillows, there were about 10 people in the Staples Center who were just trying…
COUGARS Klay Thompson set a handful of tournament and school records Thursday night, including a Pac-10 tournament best 43 points. But the 89-87 loss to Washington cut him deep, that much was obvious in the locker room afterward. Read on for more.
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