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Eastern Washington’s Tyler Harvey, Venky Jois first-team All-Big Sky

Fighting through injuries all the way to a championship, Tyler Harvey and Venky Jois of Eastern Washington earned another reward Monday: a place on the All-Big Sky Conference first team in men’s basketball. Two days after finishing with a 23-8 regular season and a Big Sky title, the Eagles snagged another honor when forward Bogdan Bliznyuk was named the Freshman of the Year.
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EWU’s Jois, Harvey first-team All-Big Sky

Fighting through injuries all the way to a championship, Tyler Harvey and Venky Jois of Eastern Washington earned another reward Monday: a place on the All-Big Sky Conference first team in men’s basketball.
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Tested Eagles set for tourney

Caution: more basketball drama ahead for Eastern Washington fans. That may be a good thing, as the Eastern Washington men’s and women basketball teams are definitely feeling tournament-tested even before the postseason begins.
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Tested Eagles ready for Big Sky tourney

Together, the Eastern Washington men's and women's basketball teams will descend on Missoula this week for the Big Sky Conference tournaments, confident that they’ve been there, done that as the season hits the homestretch.
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Okanogan girls cap perfect season with 2B state championship

Okanogan coach Bryan Boesel has been saying it all year: His team is more than one player. The Bulldogs proved it again Saturday night, more than holding their own despite missing center Jill Townsend with early foul trouble, and eventually beating Wahkiakum 59-52 in the girls State 2B title game at the Arena.
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Townsend leads the way for Okanogan

The White Swan Cougars had upset on their minds Friday night at the Arena. But they didn’t pay enough mind to Okanogan center Jill Townsend, who turned in her second straight dominating performance to carry the Bulldogs into the championship game of the State 2B girls tournament with a 43-33 win over the Cougars.
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Perennial 2B power Colfax loses opener to White Swan

For sure, the Colfax Bulldogs had a decent shot at defending their state girls 2B title. But the shots wouldn’t fall, costing the Bulldogs dearly in a 39-37 quarterfinal loss to White Swan on Thursday afternoon at the Arena.
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Eagles have all their weapons

One thing’s for sure: This week’s road trip will not define the Eastern Washington basketball season. That’s already happened, in the form of 21 wins – the most in modern school history – a 13-2 record at Reese Court and a strong run at the Big Sky Conference regular-season title.
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State 1A girls: Lakeside features classic sisterhood

The sister act is performing to rave reviews at Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) High School. The next stop: the Yakima Valley SunDome, where the Eagles girls basketball team will try to steal the show at the State 1A tournament.
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Tri, tri again: taking the first steps

Like most good ideas at the Allen house, this one came from my wife. “You should try a triathlon – it’ll be fun,” said Dannette, who did two of them last year while I schlepped her gear, took pictures and shouted encouragement until she was out of earshot.
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Eastern needs to win, Sac State to falter for Eagles to host Big Sky tournament

Yes, that was  a costly loss to Montana last week, but Eastern Washington has plenty to play for this week, even if the Eagles don’t get to host the Big Sky Conference men’s basketball tournament. The biggest key for the Eagles is to get back in the groove, health-wise and shooting-wise, on  this week’s road trip. 
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Grizzlies hamper Eagles’ chances

There’s a lot of basketball to be played at Eastern Washington, but most likely it won’t happen at Reese Court. Too bad, because the place was packed Saturday afternoon – 4,621 were on hand to watch the Eagles try to make a little history. They still might, but after a tough 77-76 loss to Montana, they’ll have to do it the hard way – on the road.
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Lakeside’s girls win, boys lose

For different reasons, it was an emotional Saturday night for Lakeside High School. The Eagles boys lost a 51-50 heartbreaker to La Salle in the 1A Regional at Cheney High School, but the girls followed with a dominating 63-44 win over Naches Valley to earn a spot in the state quarterfinals.
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Grizzlies edge Eagles in Big Sky showdown

Montana edged Eastern Washington 77-76 on Saturday. Montana (17-11, 13-4) moved a half-game ahead of Eastern Washington (21-8, 12-4) near the top of the Big Sky Conference. Sacramento State defeated Portland State to take over first place.