Prep’s Presley breaks record

High school basketball: Gonzaga Prep senior Tia Presley (pictured above) broke the Greater Spokane League girls basketball career scoring record Tuesday in an appropriate manner.

Presley got a steal and scored off a breakaway layup to break the record held by former University High and current University of Tennessee standout Angie Bjorklund (1,314 points).

Presley entered the game needing just 12 points to break the mark. She scored 10 in the first quarter before getting the layup with 6 minutes and 55 seconds remaining before halftime at North Central. The public address announcer acknowledged the record as play continued and fans behind the Bullpups’ bench stood to applaud.

“I didn’t even realize it until after I made the layin and people started cheering,” said Presley, who scored a game-high 24 points in G-Prep’s 38-36 win over NC ( see story, Page B3). “It was an exciting moment. It’s a big record to break and it was cool, but I’m just more excited that my team is GSL champs. She (Bjorklund) is an amazing player. To score more points than a player like her is one of the best accomplishments that I’ve had so far.”

Presley has 1,327 points. Mead’s Jazmine Redmon (1,050) is third on the list.

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Gregorak returns to Grizzlies

College football: Montana football coach Robin Pflugrad announced the return of assistant coach Ty Gregorak.

Gregorak coached the linebackers at Montana from 2003-09 and served as the Grizzlies’ recruiting coordinator in 2009. He accompanied coach Bobby Hauck to UNLV, but was relieved of his duties there last spring after an alleged incident in Boulder, Colo. All charges were eventually dismissed and Gregorak (West Valley High) coached the tight ends at Central Washington last season.

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Narrow win for Vegas books

Football: Sports books in Nevada hung on to win just more than $724,000 from Super Bowl bets despite heavy gambling on the Green Bay Packers and lots of scoring, Nevada gambling regulators said.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board said $87.5 million were wagered on the NFL’s championship game in 183 sports books across the state. Of those bets, casinos kept less than 1 percent.

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