Eastern Washington isn’t sure which quarterback it will face when the Eagles face explosive, up-and-down Idaho State on Saturday at Holt Arena in Pocatello.
If third-year Eastern Washington coach Shantay Legans can get the Big Sky Conference preseason favorite to the next NCAA Tournament, he’ll have done it faster than any previous Eagles head coach.
Plenty of Spokane-area runners will likely be on the podium following the state cross country championships Saturday at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
In the days leading up to the Eastern Washington’s 66-38 dispatching of Northern Arizona on Saturday at Roos Field, EWU’s third-year coach said he saw more smiling and an extra kick in quarterback Eric Barriere’s step.
Against one of the state’s top quarterbacks and a capable Timberline offense, Post Falls coach Blaine Bennett thought his defense did enough to win Friday.
Eastern Washington defensive tackle Dylan Ledbetter walked around with a small video camera at Big Sky Conference media days in July, jokingly interviewing some of the league’s finest players.
Coaches around the Big Sky Conference believe experienced, talent-stocked Eastern Washington has the means to clear a hurdle that’s tripped the Eagles the last two seasons: The Big Sky Tournament championship game.
Whitworth was a hair short of reaching the Northwest Conference Tournament in coach Joial Griffith’s first year, a transitional season with a relatively young squad.
Because of a rare September snowstorm that postponed the Eastern Washington women’s soccer team’s home match with rival Montana, all Big Sky Conference eyes will be on the Eagles and Grizzlies in Cheney on Wednesday.
With its starting quarterback in street clothes, Montana still proceeded to punish Eastern Washington with a series of yard-churning, clock-eating drives.
The bye week, as boring as Eastern Washington football players say it is, presents two gifts: Time to heal and two weeks to hone in one particular team.