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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 2008

Good day for wrestlers

Greetings again from TacomaBig day for Spokane area wrestlers.GSL had five champions, Brian Owen and Anthony Rivera from University, Tyler Cochran from Central Valley and Philip Smith from Mead in 4A Clete Hanson from East Valley in 3A. Bears finished third and Titans tied for…

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WSU at Oregon post-game video

This video's a tad longer than usual (about 3:10), but I talked to a lot of Cougars and they had a lot to say about their victory over Oregon in McArthur Court. Here's Tony Bennett, Kyle Weaver, Derrick Low, Aron Baynes, Taylor Rochestie and Robbie…

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Cougars turn in year's best performance

COUGARSThis was about as good as the Cougars could do. They played their best game of the season – considering the venue, the importance, the opponent – and exorcised some Oregon ghosts.I'll tell you, I haven't seen players as happy about a win this season.…

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Cougars fight to halftime lead

HALFTIME: WSU 30, UO 24The first half was a defensive showing for the Cougars, limiting Oregon's notorious perimeter shooting to 1-for-6 and grinding the Ducks' offense to the end of the shot clock.Washington State has taken over Oregon's game, hitting 5 of its 11 attempts…

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Lake City wrestler rebounding

Lake City High sophomore wrestler Marcus Banducci is in the lightest of classes at 103 pounds. But five months ago, he started losing weight, and doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong.Click here to read a story in the Handle Extra about Banducci.

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Ancient building, ancient thoughts

COUGARSNot too long to game time here at Mac Court, and other than the fact I'm writing on a computer, I can pretend I'm Jim Murray from 1968, because this court was around then. Actually, it was around in 1938 as well.So I'm going to…

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