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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011

Raivio a Mad Ant

Ex-Zag Derek Raivio has been traded from the NBA Development League's Erie BayHawks to the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Mad Ants. Raivio averaged 4.9 points for the BayHawks. More here.

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WSU's Bland arrested 

COUGARS As we said on the previous post, we spent a while today running down the particulars of linebacker Louis Bland's domestic violence arrest that occurred early Saturday morning. We have a story, so read on.

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Bone talks USC, UCLA 

COUGARS While we wait for a return phone call – one of the major pastimes of journalists – we thought we would catch you up on basketball coach Ken Bone's press conferences today, so read on.

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Gonzaga's Sam Dower, left, picks up a loose ball as San Diego's Chris Gabriel, center, and Gonzaga's Marquise Carter, right, look on in the first half of their NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011, in San Diego. (Gregory Bull / Associated Press)

Five Bulldogs earn All-WCC honors

As mentioned in a previous post, Gonzaga had five players (Steven Gray, Rob Sacre, Elias Harris, Marquise Carter and Sam Dower) honored when the All-WCC teams/individual awards were announced Tuesday. Here's a link to my article that will run in Wednesday's S-R. (Carter and Dower…

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Five Zags honored

Gonzaga's Steven Gray and Robert Sacre were selected to the All-West Coast Conference team and Marquise Carter was named newcomer of the year. Sam Dower made the All-WCC freshmen team. Sophomore Elias Harris was honorable mention. The All-WCC teams and individual awards, voted on by…

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Courtney Vandersloot, a Bulldog record holder in several categories, acknowledges the cheers of the crowd after being introduced on senior night on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2011, at Gonzaga University prior to the game against the San Diego Toreros. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

Vandersloot WCC MVP again

Courtney Vandersloot is the West Coast Conference Player of the Year for an unprecedented third-straight year. The senior point guard from Kent averaged a double-double in WCC play, leading the league in scoring at 20.7 while dishing off 10.1 assists. Vandersloot, who was the league's…

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Day after Cal State Bakersfield

After a sluggish start, Gonzaga cruised past Cal State Bakersfield 96-49 Monday on Senior Night. Here's a link to my game story and to Dan Pelle's photo gallery. My day-after post is below. (Reminder: All-Conference teams will be announced in the noon hour).

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NC boys on Youtube

Just talked with North Central boys coach Jay Webber. He directed me to a link on YouTube which shows the final minute of the Indians' 44-43 win over Kamiakin. Check it out here.

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