Area sports

Lexie Hull, the Central Valley High legend and a key player for the Indiana Fever, is staying with the WNBA franchise that drafted her four years ago.

HILLSBORO, Ore. — Jackson Cox grew up in Toutle Lake, Washington, about an hour and a half from Hillsboro, so he had a large contingent of family and friends for his outing Friday against the Hops in their new ballpark. 

HILLSBORO, Ore. – Yassel Soler hit a walk-off two-run homer in the 10th inning and the Hillsboro Hops beat the Spokane Indians 6-4 in the third of a six-game High-A Northwest League series at Hillsboro Hops Ballpark on Thursday.

HILLSBORO, Ore. – Yassel Soler drove in two runs, including an insurance run in the eighth inning, and the Hillsboro Hops beat the Spokane Indians 4-1 in the second of a six-game High-A Northwest League series Wednesday at Hillsboro Hops Ballpark .

PULLMAN – Five Washington State teams, a former star Cougs linebacker and a longtime volleyball coach will be inducted into WSU athletics' Hall of Fame this fall, the school recently announced.

Lopes was part of the 1970 Spokane Indians team – regarded by many as one of the top minor league teams of all time – that included Steve Garvey, Bill Buckner, Bill Russell, Tom Paciorek, Bobby Valentine and reliever Charley Hough.

The Spokane Velocity rallied after surrendering an early goal and achieved their first League One victory since March 21, 3-1, at ONE Spokane Stadium on Tuesday. 

HILLSBORO, Oregon – Robert Calaz went 2 for 5 with two RBIs and the Spokane Indians beat the Hillsboro Hops 7-3 in the inaugural game at Hillsboro Hops Ballpark on Tuesday.

CLEVELAND – In the second inning of a nondescript Cactus League game at Goodyear Ballpark during the dog days of March in Arizona, when every player itches to escape the desert and rush to the regular season, Kyle Manzardo smacked a three-run homer.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Faced with elimination after losing the first three games of their Western Hockey League Western Conference first-round series against Prince George, the Spokane Chiefs extended the series two games with dramatic consecutive victories at the Arena on Wednesday and Thursday.

An eight-run inning late in the game usually spells doom for the team that gives it up. But on Sunday, the Spokane Indians showed enough resolve after the blow-up not only to tie the game and force extra innings, but win it once they got there.

BOISE – After a disappointing U.S. Open Cup Round 2 loss in penalties to Colorado Switchbacks (USL Championship) on Wednesday, the Spokane Velocity returned to League One play with a 1-1 draw with expansion Athletic Club Boise at Athletic Club Boise Soccer Stadium on Saturday. 

After scoring first-half goals in each of their last two games, the Seattle Reign were held scoreless in a draw with Denver Summit FC on Saturday at ONE Spokane Stadium.

Jackson Cox, the Colorado Rockies second-round pick in the 2022 draft out of Toutle Lake High School in Washington, was one of three highly touted Rockies pitching prospects to lose all of the 2024 season to elbow ligament replacement surgery.

DALLAS – The Spokane Zephyr surrendered three goals for the first time since February and failed to rally in a 3-1 defeat to Dallas Trinity at the Cotton Bowl on Saturday. 

There was still a little bit of snow at the very top of the mountains, but in the valley the sun was warm and the grass was green for opening day of baseball in 2026 in Spokane.

With ongoing renovations at their typical home stadium, Lumen Field, which will be a host site in Sodo for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, NWSL club Seattle Reign made a brief three-game stand in the Lilac City to kick off their new season. Following a shut out loss at Portland on March 20, Seattle rolled to consecutive victories over No. 13 Kansas City Current, and 15-ranked Racing Louisville in their first two matches in Spokane last Wednesday and Saturday. They will defend their temporary home turf for the final time against expansion Denver Summit FC on Saturday at ONE Spokane Stadium at 5:45 p.m. The match will be broadcast on Ion.

There have been plenty of upgrades and renovations to Avista Stadium over the past few seasons as the Spokane Indians organization and Spokane County – owners of the 67-year-old facility – fulfilled requirements to remain compliant with MLB’s Player Development Contract each affiliate had to sign after the restructuring of the minor leagues a few years ago.