Area sports

The midseason break has ended and the second half of the USL Women’s Super League has kicked off for the Spokane Zephyr.

The United Soccer League announced that the Spokane Velocity will be one of seven League One teams to host a nationally televised match for the 2025 season.

There’s been a bug going through the Spokane Chiefs room this week – even coach Brad Lauer missed a game with the illness on Wednesday. Whether that, or playing their third game in four days, had anything do to with their performance Saturday is open to debate.

The Spokane Chiefs have lots of ways to beat a team, and they put many of those on display before a sold-out crowd of 10,237 at the Arena on Friday.

If Andrew Kittredge could copy and paste his results from 2024 into this season, he would do so in a heartbeat. So far, he’s done his best to replicate everything about it.

At times Wednesday night, the Spokane Chiefs looked like a team poised to make a long run in the Western Hockey League playoffs. At others, though, it was as if they were still learning each other's names.

Jamaican forward Neco Brett, who has demonstrated explosive goal-scoring ability in USL Championship, is joining Spokane Velocity FC, the team announced Tuesday.

Sandberg, who was a three-sport star at North Central High School who made his MLB debut with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1981, was not able to attend camp last year while undergoing treatment for metastatic prostate cancer, announcing his diagnosis in January 2024. He expects to be around the Cubs more regularly this spring. 

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Spokane Chiefs scored three unanswered goals in the third period and beat the Portland Winterhawks 7-3 in the final regular -season matchup between the Western Hockey League U.S. Division rivals at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Sunday.

KENNEWICK – Terrell Goldsmith scored an insurance goal late in the second period, and the Tri-City Americans held off the Spokane Chiefs 4-2 at Toyota Center in a Western Hockey League game on Saturday.

DALLAS – The Spokane Zephyr FC achieved their first road victory of the season - and in team history - against second-place Dallas Trinity FC in their return from a two-month winter break at the Cotton Bowl on Saturday afternoon.

Consider this Wayne Phipps’ Michael Corleone moment.

The Spokane Chiefs scored a lot of goals Friday, and usually that’s a good thing.

A 40-year-old man who died one week ago in a central Washington car crash was a Spokane youth soccer coach who loved helping athletes and entrepreneurs in the Hispanic community achieve their dreams.

The Spokane Chiefs are celebrating their 40th anniversary this season, and during that time they have had many memorable players, including 66 who have made their mark in the NHL.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. –Even though they were north of the border, the Spokane Chiefs participated in a rare day game on President's Day.

The large, plated white belt draped over Levy Scheidt’s shoulder isn’t something you expect to see accessorizing your average 9-year-old. Especially a 9-year-old girl walking through an airport. But Levy Scheidt isn’t your average 9-year-old.

From staff reports

KENNEWICK – Brayden Crampton’s deflection goal tied the game with 49 seconds left but the Spokane Chiefs fell to the Tri-City Americans 5-4 after a shootout in a Western Hockey League game at Toyota Center on Friday.