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• No relaxing for the Zags

  May 10, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 Representatives from the West Coast Conference attended Gonzaga’s game at Santa Clara on Sunday. They were there with a trophy and the formal acknowledgement that the Bulldogs had, indeed, clinched …

• GU desires more than a regular-season crown

  May 3, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 If Mark Machtolf were being completely honest, the Gonzaga baseball coach might prefer that the West Coast Conference wait another year to begin its postseason tournament. After all, the first-place …

• Olson, Gonzales give Gonzaga potent combo

  April 26, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 After he pitched 110 innings last season, it was decided that Tyler Olson would be better off sitting out the summer, staying away from competitive baseball and working out instead. …

• LeBrun proves himself on the baseball field for Zags

  April 19, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 There was a time, before Cory LeBrun was an offensive cornerstone of a team competing for an NCAA tournament bid, when the Gonzaga outfielder wondered if he was capable of …

• Simon’s shutout was historic for Cougs

  April 12, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 Scott Simon’s best start of the season was also one of the better outings, statistically, for a Washington State pitcher in quite a while. WSU’s Sunday starter was named Pac-12 …

• Monda had an idea this might work out

  April 5, 2013 in Sports on Page B7 Jason Monda isn’t sure if he was taken seriously during the last two seasons when he dropped hints to Washington State’s baseball coaches. And he wasn’t sure how serious the …

• Ranking gives GU baseball team degree of affirmation

  March 29, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 There’s too much work to do for the Gonzaga baseball team to get too wrapped up in the rankings, says Mark Machtolf, the Bulldogs’ coach. Still, the fact that Baseball …

• WSU baseball coach expects more balance this season

  February 15, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 PULLMAN – The names and numbers – some of them record-setting – have changed for Washington State’s starting lineup this season. Gone is all-time home run leader Derek Jones. So, …

• Gonzaga preseason All-American; LC grad Webb signs with Brewers

  December 14, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Zags’ Gonzales preseason baseball All-American College baseball: Gonzaga University junior pitcher/first baseman Marco Gonzales was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association 2013 Preseason All-American team Thursday. Gonzales, the …

• Cougars drop series to Beavers, won’t play postseason

  May 21, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – Any remaining doubt was erased once the final out of Sunday’s game was recorded: The Washington State baseball team isn’t going to make the postseason. That disappointing truth …

• Jones’ walk-off homer lifts Cougs past OSU

  May 20, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 PULLMAN – Autograph-seekers found their man just outside the press box atop the Bailey Brayton-Field seats, an unlikely hero signing baseballs and T-shirts and game rosters. It was P.J. Jones, …

• Cougar baseball needs to get hot to make tourney

  May 11, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – Yes, Donnie Marbut says, the Washington State baseball team has to win this weekend’s series against Stanford. And probably each of its next two series after that.

• Cougars’ bullpen comes up short in loss to Cal

  May 6, 2012 in Sports on Page C4 PULLMAN – As a planned fireworks display sounded in the background, Donnie Marbut spent a good 15 minutes speaking with his Washington State baseball team in left field at Bailey-Brayton …

• Whitworth baseball enjoys successful ride

  May 4, 2012 in Sports on Page B6 It’s not hard to understand what Dan Ramsay was feeling when his Whitworth team clinched its first NCAA tournament bid last weekend. “The feeling I had at the end of …

• Chleborad’s effort spoiled in WSU’s baseball loss

  April 29, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 PULLMAN – Everything went Tanner Chleborad’s way on Saturday, and nothing did at the same time. No. 23 Arizona State had to get creative to score a pair of unearned …

• Gonzaga baseball player Gonzales makes rapid recovery

  April 20, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Marco Gonzales took care of his injured knee about as well as he’s batted and pitched this season. So it was no surprise when the Gonzaga sophomore returned to the …

• Cougar Jones sets career home run mark with 26 games to spare

  April 13, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – Even Derek Jones didn’t see this coming. Not this early, anyway.

• Gonzaga’s Bolinger swings hot bat

  March 30, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 Gonzaga baseball coach Mark Machtolf praised the starting pitching of Pepperdine, the team his Bulldogs face in the first of a three-game series tonight at 6 at the Patterson Baseball …

• Sacre to play in Final Four all-star game

  March 27, 2012 in Sports on Page B4 Gonzaga center Robert Sacre has been selected to play in the Reese’s Division I College All-Star men’s basketball game as part of the Final Four festivities this weekend in New …

• Sunday Locals: Women’s Olympic boxing trials to be in Spokane

  December 4, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 The top 24 female amateur boxers in the country in three weight classes, including two from Western Washington, are expected to be in Spokane Feb. 13-19 to compete in the …

• Sunday Locals: Naughton joins WSU baseball staff

  October 2, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 Michael Naughton, a graduate of Gonzaga University, where he played four years of baseball, has joined the Washington State baseball staff, Cougars head coach Donnie Marbut announced. Naughton, a native … 1

• Sunday Locals: Pendergraft joins Gonzaga as fund raiser

  September 25, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 David Pendergraft, one of the more popular Gonzaga University athletes in recent years, has accepted the position of Director of Athletic Giving for the athletic department, GU athletic director Mike …

• In brief: Gonzaga, WSU baseball players earn regional honors

  July 3, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 Three Gonzaga University baseball players and one from Washington State were named to the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-West Region teams. Catcher Cameron Edman was named to …

• WSU’s Arnold sees final season hit skids

  May 19, 2011 in Sports Chad Arnold has no regrets. Yet he regrets plenty. The former is personal. The latter is about this Washington State University baseball season, the home portion of which ends this …

• Area roundup: WSU baseball sweeps Utah Valley State

  March 14, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 Bret DeRooy pitched six shutout innings and the Washington State offense backed him with 11 hits as the Cougars beat Utah Valley 16-2 on Sunday in Pullman to complete a …

• Taylor Ard has four RBIs as WSU slaps Oklahoma State

  March 5, 2011 in Sports on Page C10 Taylor Ard homered and drove in four runs Friday to power Washington State to a 13-2 baseball win over Oklahoma State (6-3) at the Dairy Queen Classic in Tucson, Ariz. …

• In brief: Leaf will author books on his life

  December 21, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Football: Former Washington State quarterback Ryan Leaf said he will write three books about his life, football career and addiction to painkillers. The deal was announced Monday by Crimson Oak …

• Marbut signs new WSU contract

  August 16, 2010 in Sports Washington State head baseball coach Donnie Marbut has signed a three-year rollover contract that will keep him in Pullman through at least the 2013 season, athletic director Bill Moos announced …

• Hogs handle Cougs, advance

  June 8, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Before the Cougars had a chance to get in it, they were out of it. Arkansas ended Washington State’s season Monday night at Baum Stadium, defeating the …

• Two wins mean WSU will face off with Arkansas today

  June 7, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Washington State finally found the right combination Sunday night. And just in the nick of time, too.

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