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• Don’t overlook lessons learned in prep sports

  Jan. 15, 2015 in Washington Voices on Page N5 If you write about high school sports for any length of time, you will occasionally be challenged to defend their very existence. Sometimes it’s by a childless homeowner bemoaning the …

• California school changes criticized Arab mascot

  Sept. 11, 2014 in Sports on Page B2 THERMAL, Calif. – A Southern California high school has changed its nickname from the Arabs to the Mighty Arabs and has adopted a logo with a nobler image, school officials …

• Reclassification puts GSL out of balance

  Jan. 9, 2014 in Sports on Page B1 The 2A Great Northern League is shrinking by two schools and the 1A Northeast A will have a net gain of one with eight schools when the next four-year classification … 2

• Arab mascot drawing attention

  Nov. 8, 2013 in Sports on Page B2 THERMAL, Calif. – Go to a high school football game in the Southern California desert and you may be surprised to see belly dancers performing at halftime. Fans who come …

• Sudanese teens at center of recruiting controversy

  Dec. 8, 2012 in Nation/World BATAVIA, Ill. (AP) — Four young men from war-ravaged Sudan tower above their teachers and fellow students on the pastoral grounds of a century-old school in suburban Chicago. Eighteen months …

• Neb. school officials avoid charges in abuse case

  Dec. 7, 2012 in Nation/World OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Three western Nebraska school officials accused of failing to report allegations that high school wrestlers sexually assaulted a young teammate at a summer wrestling camp will …

• Fall North Idaho all-league teams

    Nov. 22, 2012 in Sports on Page B4 For 11-22-2012

• Fall high school all-league teams

  Nov. 22, 2012 in Sports on Page B4 For 11-22-2012

• Father defends suspect in Idaho monkey death

  Nov. 21, 2012 in Nation/World BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The father of a 22-year-old man accused of killing a monkey after breaking into an Idaho zoo said he believes the tragedy was a drunken prank … 2

• Suspect’s family has questions in monkey killing

  Nov. 20, 2012 in Nation/World BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A 22-year-old man who police say killed a monkey after breaking into the Boise zoo has encountered run-ins with the law in the last three years …

• Blind tennis players keep their ears on the ball

  Oct. 29, 2012 in Health, Nation/World FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Learning how to play tennis is hard enough. Now try it when you can’t see. That’s what students are doing at the California School for the …

• Blind tennis players keep their ears on the ball

  Oct. 28, 2012 in Nation/World FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Learning how to play tennis is hard enough. Now try it when you can’t see. That’s what students are doing at the California School for the …

• Cheerleading needs sports safety rules, docs say

  Oct. 22, 2012 in Nation/World CHICAGO (AP) — Cheerleading isn’t just jumping and waving pompoms — it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one to improve … 1

• Coach quits in Maine Zumba prostitution scandal

  Oct. 17, 2012 in Nation/World KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — A long-time high school hockey coach whose name appeared on a list of men accused of paying a local Zumba fitness instructor for sex has stepped …

• Friends: Ala. student’s behavior out of character

  Oct. 8, 2012 in Nation/World MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Gil Collar was a guy everybody wanted to be around in high school, friends said: The girls liked his good looks, even his opponents on the …

• Mom: Student didn’t touch officer who shot him

  Oct. 8, 2012 in Nation/World MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The mother of a University of South Alabama freshman killed by a campus police officer said Monday she’s been told he never touched the officer who …

• AP Source: UConn coach Jim Calhoun retiring

  Sept. 12, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Calhoun has spent more than half his life as a head basketball coach, never venturing far from the New England area where he was born. … 1

• Girl golfer in Idaho fights to play with the boys

  Sept. 9, 2012 BUHL, Idaho (AP) — For a golf ball waiting to be clubbed, physics are everything. Swing outside-in and the dimpled sphere slices into the rough. Hit it too high and … 1

• Neb. school heads accused of sex abuse cover-up

  Sept. 7, 2012 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have accused a Nebraska school superintendent, principal and coach of failing to report the alleged sexual assault of a young high school wrestler by several …

• Prep all-league teams

    May 31, 2012 in News on Page B4 For 05-31-2012

• Stepson gets Couch Slouch back to high school sports

  Jan. 10, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Due to a family situation beyond my control – I fell for a sexy, omelet-making ingénue whose son is quite athletic – I have reconnected this academic year with the …

• Fall 2011 high school All-league teams

  Nov. 24, 2011 in News on Page B4 For 11-24-2011

• Swami Lee predicts great things

  Jan. 27, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 We’re not too far removed from the turn of the calendar for me to offer a few predictions on what could happen in prep sports among the region’s bigger schools … 1

• Wisconsin preps case being closely watched

  Jan. 16, 2011 in Sports on Page C12 CHICAGO – A Wisconsin case that could have nationwide implications for how reporters cover and how parents watch high school sports is making its way through the courts, with crucial …

• All GSL teams for fall 2010

    Nov. 25, 2010 in Sports View a gallery of the all GSL teams for football, volleyball, girls soccer, cross country and slow-pitch softball.

• Johnston looks for triple play

  May 27, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 Ben Johnston got into running late, buying into the companionship forged with long workouts. Now the former freshman baseball player is poised to become Spokane’s first triple-crown distance runner in …

• Area golfers star at state tourneys

  May 26, 2010 in Sports Chessey Thomas of Lewis and Clark, Savana Bezdicek of Mt. Spokane and Kira Powell of Odessa win state golf championships while the Lewis and Clark boys triumphed along with the … 1

• WIAA reworks state tourneys

  April 24, 2010 in City on Page A1 There are more questions than answers, but the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association executive board voted on Friday to restructure the state high school basketball tournaments, beginning next season. The move … 2

• LC girls win golf tourney

  April 24, 2010 in Sports on Page C5 Chessey Thomas fired a 1-under-par 70 to lead Lewis and Clark to a 20-stroke victory at the 25th Big East Girls Golf Invitational at Wandermere GC on Friday. Thomas edged …

• G-Prep’s Lambert found tennis to her liking

  April 8, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 It may seem Anna Lambert was destined for tennis success, considering she became No. 1 singles player as a freshman at Gonzaga Prep. Three older siblings had played the game, …

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