Greg Lee

Greg Lee is a sports writer for The Spokesman-Review in the Sports department. He covers high school sports throughout the Inland Northwest.

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Recent stories by Greg

Central Valley girls end regular season with win over Mead

February 10, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 The Central Valley girls basketball team finished as Greater Spokane League champ two years ago. Problem was, the Bears didn’t finish the job. They were bounced out of the district …
Breakup of CBBN wasn’t pretty

February 9, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 Divorces can be messy, and the breakup in the Columbia Basin Big Nine certainly falls into that category. The conference will split into two leagues beginning next fall. The separation …
Post Falls, Lake City win to create logjam at top IEL 5A

February 9, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 The 5A Inland Empire League boys basketball season concluded Wednesday and the only thing settled in the four-team league is the fourth seed. Coeur d’Alene had a chance to capture … 1
Puailoa returns to Sandpoint football

February 9, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 The man who put Sandpoint football on the map in the state of Idaho is returning, and he has plans to take the Bulldogs to loftier heights. Satinia Puailoa, 56, …
Shadle’s Hathaway stands at pinnacle, in class and on court

February 9, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Shadle Park senior Aleisha Hathaway is at the head of her class in more ways than one. An all-Greater Spokane League selection a year ago, Hathaway is one of the … 1
Post Falls’ boys create three-way tie

February 8, 2012 in Sports The 5A Inland Empire League boys basketball season concluded Wednesday and the only thing settled in the four-team league is the fourth seed.
Coeur d’Alene girls win region, advance to state

February 8, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 It was quick and lethal. The Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls girls basketball teams were tied at 14 early in the second quarter. A 12-0 run by the No. 1-ranked …
Central Valley boys claim 12th consecutive win

February 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C8 The Central Valley boys basketball team has at least eight players capable of scoring in double figures in any game. A pair of Bears had career-high offensive efforts Saturday afternoon …
Sophomore reserve sparks Coeur d’Alene past rival Lake City

February 4, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 At the beginning of the season, Coeur d’Alene girls basketball coach Dale Poffenroth knew his sophomores would have to make an impact at some point. That point came Friday – …
G-Prep boys sputter early, roar back

February 3, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 The Lewis and Clark boys basketball team had as much energy as a Mentos in a liter of Coke in the first quarter Thursday. Gonzaga Prep, meanwhile, came out as …
Ferris trio headed to Idaho State

February 2, 2012 in Sports on Page B4 It’s been a whirlwind couple of days for Ferris standout defensive end Drew Sharkey. On Sunday, Sharkey gave an oral commitment to Eastern Washington University. On Monday, a late offer …
Kemp, Thomas named to hall of fame

February 2, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 Two former cross country coaches with area ties – Bill Kemp and Ross Thomas – have been named to the Washington State Cross Country Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame. Kemp, …
Lindsay Stockton has family’s fire

February 2, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 Lindsay Stockton smiled and then laughed. The daughter of NBA Hall of Fame guard John Stockton was asked to talk about the traits she most gets from her mom, Nada.
First-place CV boys earn 10th straight win

February 1, 2012 in Sports on Page B7 Shadle Park boys basketball coach Tim Gaebe isn’t sure how to stop Central Valley. Not that it’s a mystery, but Gaebe’s team was the last to do so, in late …
LC pulls in upset against Vikings

January 28, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 It would be hypercritical to say that because neither Lake City nor Coeur d’Alene reached 40 points Friday that the boys basketball game was short of entertaining. That would be …
Choosing basketball over baseball paid off for Shadle’s Boese

January 26, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Going into his freshman year, Brett Boese thought his eventual path to college would be baseball. A glance and an injury, though, steered the Shadle Park senior toward basketball. It …
Lee: GSL should consider divisions

January 26, 2012 in Sports on Page B4 The Greater Spokane League should have separate 4A and 3A divisions. That is going to taste like sour milk to GSL principals, the power brokers of the conference. 1
Preps notebook: Former LC coach Hook to be honored

January 26, 2012 in Sports on Page B4 Winning high school football games wasn’t the primary reason John Hook got into coaching. Hook wanted to influence lives and build lifelong relationships. And he did plenty of that in …
Shadle Park girls rally to beat G-Prep

January 25, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 The Redemption Tour continues for the Shadle Park girls basketball team. After going 5-4 in the first half of the Greater Spokane League schedule, Shadle Park registered its most impressive …
CV on top in tight GSL boys basketball race

January 19, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 The logjam at the top of the Greater Spokane League boys basketball standings last week has shifted somewhat since last Friday. The Central Valley boys (10-3 overall, 9-2 league), who …