COUGARSThe first road win was earned on the offensive end tonight – did you ever think you would read those words about a Tony Bennett team? The 74 points given up was the most ever by a TB team in a win, and the 86…
Gonzaga improved to 2-0 with an 80-43 victory over Idaho on Tuesday. GU led just 36-30 at half, but limited the Vandals to 13 second-half points. According to GU's sports information department, GU allowed 15 second-half points to Arkansas-Pine Bluff in a 92-42 win during…
Well, I hadn't seen something like that in a while. Going into the second half, the Bulldogs were up just six points: 36-30. The final score? Well, let's just say it was a little lopsided.Read on.(And stay tuned for a post-game interview video.)
The Spokane Shock roster continues to grow.The Shock announced today that offensive lineman Seth Cook and defensive lineman Roderkus Wright have been added to their 2008 roster.
Click the tab below to see the matchups for the Idaho high school state football championships.All six title games will be Web cast live on IdahoSports.com
COUGARSHeaded to Boise and we'll try to post later, but here are a couple things for the early folks.
Good morning. Just woke up to find a couple of links on tonight's opponent, the Prince George Cougars. Jim Swanson of the PG Citizen has this story on the Cougars' four-game slide and one on injuries.
Eastern's basketball teams lost big again on Monday night, falling to New Mexico 92-57 in the "Pit," but it sounds like the Eagles did some good things early.You can read the game story filed by EWU's sports information director Dave Cook by clicking here.
For the second straight week, the Spokane Chiefs were voted the top team in the Western Hockey League poll released Monday by the Western Major Junior Hockey Writer’s Association.
COUGARSA couple of quick notes and links ...• Alex Brink is a finalist for a national sportsmanship award.• Jed Collins is in a boot, but head coach Bill Doba hopes he'll be able to practice by Thursday. If he can, then he'll play Saturday. Still,…
In case you didn't see the story in Sunday's The Spokesman-Review, it was an all-GSL final at the State 4A volleyball tournament when Mead and Lewis and Clark squared off for the second year in a row.The Panthers captured their fifth straight state championship, unprecedented…
COUGARSAs per usual on Monday morning, there's not a lot to link to directly concerning WSU. But we'll give you what we've found, along with a couple of bonus links concerning basketball and football.
Gonzaga opened its season with an impressive 77-54 drubbing of Montana on Sunday. GU played without three players _ Josh Heytvelt, Steven Gray and Theo Davis _ and could be without at least two of those players for as long as six weeks.Much more below,…
Talk about a lopsided game. Up 44-25 at halftime, the Zags have been suffocating Montana on defense and shooting over the Grizzlies on offense. Montana rarely got inside, attempting many 3-pointers but sinking few.It's essentially what one might expect from a match-up between the 14th-ranked…
COUGARSFor the past 24 years I would tell anyone who would listen John Blanchette has a way – an unmatched way, actually – of getting to the core of an issue. He did it again Saturday night from the Cougar game.Blanchette's column is just one…
Eastern Washington used a big first quarter to spring past Northern Arizona in Big Sky Conference matchup that had post-season playoff consequences.
I didn't get this post up sooner because I've been scrambling to get video for some post-game multimedia. Below is a compilation of clips from post-game interviews with the players. We'll also have an audio slide show coming, too.Here's a link to my quick gamer.…
View slideshow of photos from Friday night's matchup between Washington State and Eastern Washington.
Our phone calls went unanswered Friday night and thus far Saturday morning, so the only official word regarding GU's injuries came in the school's release for Sunday's season-opener with Montana.More below.
COUGARSWe had so many posts concerning the WSU and EWU basketball game, it seems redundant to go there again, but we have to because we a) need to link to the stories and b) we have a couple of thoughts.
No, not Raul Vijil.The Spokane Shock have added two-way lineman Harrison Nikolao to their 2008 roster. Also, former Shock DB Alex Teems and OL Amos Lamb both signed AFL contracts with Cleveland (formerly the Las Vegas Gladiators). DL Elbert Shumake, who the Shock signed on…
The Capital Eagles knocked off the Lake City Timberwolves 38-24 in the State 5A football semifinals Friday at Boise.Click the tab below to read Greg Lee's unedited game story.
Did you expect any different? The 10th-ranked Cougars returned to Friel Court tonight with a decisive 68-41 win over the Eagles. It was mostly smooth sailing for the Cougs, though they let some slick shots slip through their defense.I've got Vince's gamer up online. Also,…
It wasn't pretty. But in their 70-40 loss to Portland, the WSU women improved their play over exhibition games, coach June Daugherty said.She was most concerned about her team's rebounds: The Cougars had 32, the Pilots had 48. Both teams struggled with turnovers. WSU tallied…
It's Ferris vs. Mead tonight and Lewis and Clark against Woodinville tomorrow as State football playoffs begin in earnest.Can Clarkston derail top-ranked Prosser? Will Pullman and Colville's playoff experience stand them in good stead in 2A? Will Lakeside solve Royal this time around in 1A?And…
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