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Lots of things going on this week - from district basketball tournaments to regional wrestling tournaments. The Greater Spokane League boys and girls basketball seasons conclude as well.
Question: What do you see happening as teams jostle for final seeds?
Click the tab below to see the updated GSL boys and girls scoring leaders as provided by Mike Vlahovich.
Here’s a roundup of Saturday district and subregional wrestling. This was the first step toward qualifying for Mat Classic, which will be held in two weeks in Tacoma.
The Gonzaga Prep boys basketball team battled toe to toe with Mead until a late surge vaulted the Bullpups into first place by themselves.
Read my unedited game story and blurbs on the other games by clicking the tab below.
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Three Greater Spokane League girls basketball teams went into action Thursday tied atop the conference. Central Valley stands alone.
Click the tab below to read Mike Vlahovich’s unedited game story along with blurbs on the other games.
Here’s a must-read story by John Blanchette on North Central girls basketball player Mariah Alexander.
Here’s my column including an item on Medical Lake dropping out of the Great Northern League in football.
Here’s a notebook with items on Idaho’s 5A Region I girls basketball tournament, big Greater Spokane League boys and girls basketball games tonight and league realignment among Eastern Washington small schools.
Just returned from a week-long furlough. I’ve actually been away from the preps longer than that when you consider I had three glorious days staffing figure skating the week prior to my furlough.
Lots of stuff going on, obviously, and February means we’ve reached postseason for some teams with district and regional tournaments looming for others.
I’m in the process of tracking down all the district/regional info for girls and boys basketball and wrestling for Spokane and North Idaho leagues.
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Here’s a quick post with stories from the prep page. I’m beginning three days of U.S.Figure Skating coverage followed by a one-week furlough. I’ll be back on the prep scene a week from Monday.
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Pictured above is Christy Grorud of North Central at a gymnastics meet Wednesday.
Here’s our roundup of Greater Spokane League boys basketball games Tuesday.
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UPDATED, 10:15 p.m.
The Gonzaga Prep girls basketball team, behind 63 points combined from Tia Presley and Lindsay Stockton, knocked off Lewis and Clark 75-71 on Tuesday.
Click the tab below to read my unedited game story. I’ll check back later and add some notes that I couldn’t get into the newspaper because of tight space.
The Associated Press bureau in Seattle just released lists on how the Washington boys and girls basketball teams in last week’s rankings fared over the weekend.
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No not that Troxel. Southridge football coach Andy Troxel resigned Thursday.
Click the tab below to read a story by Rene Ferran of the Tri-City Herald.
Mead opened a big first-half lead, then had to hold on to thwart a rally in a 60-57 win over Shadle Park.
Click the tab below to read my unedited game story and blurbs on the other boys games.
A few things to link to here. Click the tab below.
Robby Douglas of Shadle Park is pictured above.
A few things to link to on the prep scene.
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In the picture above, University’s Brandon Matlock takes Mead’s Andrew Basinger to the mat in their match Wednesday night.
Well, the holidays are in the rear view mirror. That means we’re back to work at prep central. Not sure what the new year will bring for me, what with this combined Eastern Washington/North Idaho prep gig. But I’m excited nonetheless.
Anyway, use this thread to get caught up on what transpired over the break.
Here’s a link to the girls basketball standings.
Here’s a link to the boys basketball standings.
Click the tab below to read my unedited game story from the Lewis and Clark/Central Valley girls game Saturday afternoon. Also, you’ll see a roundup of the other girls games and a GSL boys roundup.
Click the tab below to read my unedited game story from the Gonzaga Prep/Ferris boys game, along with a roundup of the other boys games and the girls games.
This, according to the final breakdown for sports enrollment classifications purposes, is where the Washington state high schools have landed.
Sixty six schools with three-year enrollment averages of 1,304 and higher are in 4A, including opt ups Gonzaga Prep and Mead (among 4), Lewis and Clark (1,564), Central Valley (1,506) Ferris (1,379) and Rogers (1,316). They will join seven schools from the Columbia Basin Big Nine (Wenatchee, Eisenhower, Walla Walla, Richland, Davis, Moses Lake, Chiawana) to form an eastern region that will likely have three state berths combined - 1 1/2 each. Those numbers aren’t determined until next year
Elsewhere -
It’s a sad day here at The S-R. We’re saying so long to a good friend and classy teammate, Mike Vlahovich. Here is his final column. My wish is I can work as late in life as he did. But with the industry the way it is now, that’s probably mere hope.
I try to explain how we will go forward without Vlahovich and honor the man here.
Here’s a feature on Cheney multiple sport standout DeAngelo Jones.
And a quick glance at Great Northern League boys and girls basketball.
The annual Tri-State wrestling tournament is Friday and Saturday at North Idaho College. Here’s a preview.
Also, here’s a feature on former Sandpoint football standout Erik Stoll who is a starting strong safety at Montana. The Grizzlies play for the FCS national title Friday.
Today is the day for undecided schools to announce their decision whether to opt up or stay put allow the WIAA to breakdown enrollment classifications. The Greater Spokane League appears set with 10 teams next year - if East Valley school board votes to drop to 2A this morning. Five or six (Mead, Gonzaga Prep, Ferris, Central Valley and Lewis and Clark for sure, Rogers probably the other) will be 4A; four or five (Shadle Park, Mt. Spokane, North Central and University) in 3A. It looks like the Columbia Basin Big Nine is going seven and seven with WV-Yakima dropping to 2A. Chiawana, Walla Walla, Wenatchee, Richland, Moses Lake, Davis and Eisenhower are 4A. Eastmont, Pasco, Kamiakin, Southridge, Kennewick, Hanford and Sunnyside are 3A. Hard to believe that schools approaching 1,100 students will be considered 2A in classification size. It will be interesting to see how WIAA officials ultimately break things out.
Here’s my story in today’s paper:
Here’s your Monday thread.
Lots of good things to chat about. How about Robby Douglas at Shadle Park? He’s off to a hot start. The Gonzaga Prep boys keep rolling along. I witnessed the Mead/Coeur d’Alene girls game. Many turnovers but entertaining nonetheless. Mead will have to use its quickness to overcome it’s glaring liability - lack of size in the post. Over at Central Valley, area grapplers squared off with University and Coeur d’Alene placing second and third respectively.
Chat away.
Getting my first glimpse of high school basketball and the 35 second clock during the University-North Central game, I hardly knew it was there.
Although the Titans’ uptempo game sometimes treated it like there were a 10-second clock - one time in transition it only took 5 seconds to counter an NC basket - time wasn’t a factor in the 68-58 outcome. Both teams were able to run through their offenses and get a decent shot most times in around 20 seconds. And the Titans actually got into a bit of a passing game in the second half to find seams in the Indians extended zone defense and wound up winning by hitting 14 of 16 free throws in the final two minutes.
In other words, it was your ordinary everyday type of game.
Our Prep Page featured stories and glances on area wrestling including this feature on the ever-talented Jacob Trotter of Mead. Trotter is pictured above (right).
Here’s a glance at Greater Spokane League and Great Northern League teams and individuals.
Here’s a look at Inland Empire League 5A and 4A teams and individuals.
Here’s a column by Mike Vlahovich.
Fall prep sports officially ended with the conclusion of the 4A state football game late Saturday evening.
And what a game it was. Skyline is arguably the best team I’ve seen in 25 years of covering prep sports for The Spokesman-Review. I realize most of those years were spent in North Idaho, but I think you get the point.
So now we head inside for girls and boys basketball and wrestling. Not a minute too soon either!
So here’s a thread to start the week. Feel free to talk about the just-completed fall season or offer some thoughts on early basketball results.
Just one reminder: Keep the conversation civil.
The Skyline Spartans are a dazzling football team.
The Sammamish team pulled away from Ferris in the second half with a 45-21 win in the 4A state championship game Saturday evening at the Tacoma Dome.
Click below to read my unedited game story.
Coach Jim Sharkey’s worst fears were realized. Skyline’s defensive front caused problems but not as much as the offense’s ability to run the football which made it more difficult to defend the pass. Kasen Williams and his fellow sure-handed mates complimented BYU-bound Jake Heaps and the running game for a dominant 45-21 victory over Ferris for the 4A State football title.
Fourth quarter
Ferris: A 73-yard drive, including Halliday’s 49-yard pass to a streaking Bates, set up an early fourth quarter TD cutting the lead to 31-21. But the pocket collapsed on Halliday on the next possession. He was hit as he threw and picked off by lineman Jake Carlson, setting the Spartans up at the 16.
Skyline: Heaps hits Connor Brandt, 38-21, 7:51. Then, following a bit of razzle dazzle out of the Wildcat led to a reverse to Heaps, 66-yard strike to Cooper Pelluer, son of Scott, and eventually the final indignity. Heaps threw for four touchdowns and rushed for another. He and Halliday finished with 254 passing yards each. But the ultimate difference was the 192-7 rushing yardage differential. That and the fact Skyline is simply the better team.
Colfax moved the football, but four turnovers - two fumbles and two interceptions - came back to bite the Bulldogs in the 2B state championship game this afternoon at Gridiron Classic in the Tacoma Dome. They fell into a 26-10 hole, got back to within 26-24, losing 32-24 to Adna following a meaningless late score.
Here’s my unedited story:
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