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Play begins at the state basketball venues in Tacoma, Yakima and Spokane with round-of-12 elimination games on Wednesday and quarterfinals on Thursday.

Play begins at the state basketball venues in Tacoma, Yakima and Spokane with round-of-12 elimination games on Wednesday and quarterfinals on Thursday.

So, when the Seattle Seahawks begin the 2024 season will Geno Smith be under center? “Yeah, I mean, I would think yes — he’s the starter,” Seahawks president of football operations John Schneider said when asked whether he considers Smith the team’s starter Tuesday during his scheduled media appearance at the NFL scouting combine.

Jim Mora came to mind when I read Russell Wilson's comments Sunday. You remember the old Colts coach, who responded with the following when asked about his team reaching the playoffs after a loss to the 49ers. "Playoffs? Are you kidding me? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game." So when Wilson remarked that he wanted to win two more Super Bowls in the next five years, I had a Mora-like reaction. Super Bowl? Really? Is Russ even going to start another game?

East Valley's and Gatorade Washington Cross Country Player of the Year, Logan Hofstee, has been awarded the Girls on the Run of Spokane County grant worth $1,000.

After a deflating West Coast Conference loss at Santa Clara on Jan. 11, Gonzaga coach Mark Few adjusted the starting unit, inserting junior forward Ben Gregg for freshman wing Dusty Stromer. The Zags have gone 11-1 since, the lone loss to No. 17 Saint Mary’s 64-62 at the McCarthey Athletic Center. Their offensive statistics have soared with Gregg in the first five.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • What were you doing in 2008? Were you in school, maybe in an elementary classroom somewhere, dreaming of the day you would be golfing with Tiger Woods weekly on the revered PGA Tour? Or were you this close to retirement, hoping to spend at least half the year in someplace warm? Some place in the wide in-between?

With 3,500 screaming fans watching, basketball official Tim Lewis ran up and down the court. Secured to his chest was the latest tool designed to protect referees from abuse: a body camera.

A “Let’s go Kra-ken!” chant emanating from the stands early in Monday night’s second period seemed more of a pleading command by that point than any desire to pump-up the home squad.

The Whitworth men’s basketball team’s playoff journey will start on the West Coast this season.

How special are Senior Nights?

PEORIA, Ariz. – The absence of Julio Rodriguez in the Mariners’ first three Cactus League games didn’t go unnoticed by fans – in Arizona and back home – wanting to see the young superstar even for a few innings.

The Gonzaga women’s basketball team’s starting lineup was a foregone conclusion before the 2023-24 season tipped off.

From staff reports

Golf is in trouble.

With the regular season winding down, there are six teams in contention for the top four seeds in the Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament and a handful hoping for at-large berths into the NCAAs.

PULLMAN – Even after Washington State’s last loss to Arizona State over the weekend, it didn’t seem like the sky was falling for the Cougars.

Following a run of 143 consecutive appearances in the Associated Press Top 25, Gonzaga made sure its stint outside of the national poll wouldn’t last nearly as long.