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FROM PULLMAN -- Decided to write about Washington State's holder position yesterday. Yeah, spring must be close to over. Keep reading.

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Here's our story in today's newspaper, examining the battle between Austin Apodaca and Mike Bowlin for the right to hold for field-goal attempts and points-after-touchdown. On the blog, we have more details from practice, along with the rosters for Saturday's spring game. And here's our weekly baseball notebook. ... Adam Lewis writes about Mike Leach's new book project.

Around the Pac-12 ... C.J. Wilcox announced yesterday that he will return to Washington for his senior season. ... Grant Jerrett's departure raises some questions for Arizona's basketball team. ... Utah lost a pair of players yesterday, one of whom is a former Eastern Washington guard and plans to transfer to Idaho. ... Three more Arizona State football players were able to don Pat Tillman jerseys yesterday. ... A true freshman is making a case to start at linebacker for Colorado. ... UCLA's spring practices have been interrupted by injuries. ... An NFL scout evaluates Stanford and California's NFL draft prospects. ... An Oregon State junior receiver is ready to be the Beavers' go-to guy. ... Oregon is looking for the right guy to replace Dion Jordan.

That's all for now.

Christian Caple can be reached at christianc@spokesman.com. Twitter: @ChristianCaple

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