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SATURDAY, OCT. 15, 2011

Chiefs rally yet again

The Spokane Chiefs had a pretty impressive hat trick this week – coming from behind to win three Western Hockey League games. This time they broke through with three third-period goals against Everett to pull out a 3-1 win. Stars: 3, Everett goalie Kent Simpson…

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Vandals drop fifth straight game 

Once again, the Idaho Vandals were tantalizingly close to breaking through against an FBS team. And once again, they came up short. The Vandals fell to New Mexico State 31-24 in Las Cruces after their final drive stalled at the 2-yard line when Brian Reader…

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Mitchell leads Eags to third straight win

Senior quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell had another big day on Saturday, throwing for 400 yards and three touchdowns as Eastern Washington University treated a sellout homecoming crowd at Roos Field to a lopsided 48-27 win over visiting Northern Colorado. You can read the game story…

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Big first-half by Mitchell gives EWU 24-10 lead

Eastern Washington quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell threw for 242 yards and one touchdown and rushed for another score in leading the Eagles to a 24-10 halftime lead in Saturday's homecoming matchup against Big Sky rival Northern Colorado at Roos Field. Mitchell completed 17 of 23…

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A WSU pregame post 

COUGARS We're at Martin Stadium as the students wander in, taking their spots behind the Washington State bench. The clouds have broken up, the sun is shining on the field and there's little to no breeze. Perfect football weather. Perfect homecoming weather. Too bad there…

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Football Saturday from Pullman 

COUGARS What a great morning. I know it was raining hard here last night, but now it's just cloudy and cool. Football weather. Real football weather. With basketball weather just around the corner. We have links and notes on both. Read on.

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3-way logjam atop GSL

Lewis and Clark made sure there's a 3-way logjam atop the Greater Spokane League football standings Friday. The Tigers strolled past the Mt. Spokane Wildcats 31-7 at Joe Albi Stadium. Here's our game story. Here's our area roundup, led by Colfax slipping past Lind-Ritzville/Sprague. And…

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