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  Time to spring into form

  March 6, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V8 Technically, the first day of spring practice for area high schools happens roughly three weeks before the official start of spring – a fact that Mother Nature delights in pointing …

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  Masters of mat

  February 25, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 University High School wrestling coach Don Owen is not one for comparisons. Comparisons, however, are inevitable between his State 4A champion Titan teams – the first in 2005 and second …

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  Wrestling gives athletes an edge

  January 23, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V7 Jake Laden and Dustin Johnson both play high school football. The juniors each started for the University Titans last fall, Laden at defensive end; Johnson an All-Greater Spokane League honorable …

• University High School honor roll

  December 26, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V5 The following students have been named to the first trimester honor roll at University High School. Freshmen

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  U-Hi gymnast gets a lift from laughing

  December 19, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V7 Stacie Davis already is a big-time gymnast. The University High School junior was one of the best all-around competitors in the Greater Spokane League a year ago and placed second …

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  U-Hi leadership’s food drive thrives

  November 21, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V4 Thursday morning was a flurry of counting and sorting as University High School Associated Student Body officers went through the last of the food collected during the school’s annual food …

• Teacher has legal woes

  October 17, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 University High School teacher Mike Cronin, who was reprimanded earlier this year for reportedly touching a female student and a female staff member inappropriately while drunk, has been charged with … 2

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  Vengeance vs. forgiveness

  October 17, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V10 University High School will open its first fall play of the season, “Sweeney Todd,” on Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. The play tells the story of a wronged man’s overwhelming …

• Putting music in motion

  October 11, 2009 in City on Page B1 Many marching bands perform during the halftime shows of their schools’ football games, but Saturday was all about the bands at the Pacific Northwest Marching Band Championships held at Joe … 1

• Teacher back after rebuke for behavior

  September 23, 2009 in City on Page A7 University High School teacher Mike Cronin went back on the job this month after receiving a letter of reprimand for allegedly inappropriately touching a female student and a female staff …

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  Hoops fulfills her goals

  August 1, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V9 People still ask. Tonya Schnibbe surprised friends and fans alike by choosing to play Division I college women’s basketball – walking away from what most considered to be a more …

• Alarm, police disrupt high school burglary

  July 26, 2009 in City on Page B3 A large police response at University High School netted a teen burglar early Saturday, and a parent turned in two more suspected burglars after they returned home. Spokane Valley Police, …

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  Diedrick relishing U-Hi job

  July 18, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V9 Bill Diedrick laughs. It’s a good laugh, the kind that bursts forth of its own accord and fills a room with mirth. “Am I having fun?” he says, repeating the …

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  U-Hi graduate joins TV hunt for criminals

  July 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 Roger Carstens was at his desk at the Center for a New American Security about a year ago when a friend called with a proposal: Would he like to be …

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  Stepping ahead

  June 4, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V14 As a University High School senior and Eastern Washington University Running Start student, Cindy Wu has already lived on her own. Really alone. Her mother moved out of town two …

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  University High School

  June 4, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V14 Class of 2009 Jaclyn N. Abercrombie

• University High School executes fire drill ‘relatively well’

  May 23, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The call went out over the radio at 8:40 Thursday morning at University High School. “Students report an intruder,” the voice said. “Let’s go into lockdown.” Thankfully it was only …

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  U-Hi staging classic musical

  May 16, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V3 University High School drama students will be taking audiences out to the ball game during performances of their spring musical, “Damn Yankees.” The story is set in the 1950s and …

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  U-Hi tabs Diedrick as football coach

  February 24, 2009 in Sports on Page B1 You’d have to go some to top the credentials of University High School’s new football coach. Bill Diedrick returns to high school coaching after a long career as a coordinator … 3

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  Broadway first-graders complete 100th-day-of-school food drive

  February 21, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V3 More than 90 first-grade students at Broadway Elementary spent part of Thursday afternoon carrying bags filled with food across the street to the Spokane Valley Partners Food Bank. The four …

• University High School honor roll

  February 19, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V8 The following students have been named to the first trimester honor roll at University High School. Freshmen

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  U-Hi drama students prep winter offering

  January 17, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V3 Drama students at University High School are busy polishing their lines for their winter play “The Nerd,” which opens Thursday. The play follows the main character, Willum, who is trying …

• U-Hi, Mead seek gymnastics edge

  December 16, 2008 in Sports on Page C3 Defending league and regional champion University, a state qualifier, squares off with 2007 state runner-up Mead on Wednesday, each seeking the upper hand in Greater Spokane League gymnastics. The meet …

• University High student arrested

  October 7, 2008 in City on Page B3 A University High School student was arrested Monday after allegedly leaving threatening messages on another student’s phone over the weekend, prompting district officials to close the school as a precaution. …

• University High honor roll

  April 5, 2007 in Voices on Page V14 The following students have been named to the second trimester honor roll at University High School. Freshmen