Sun., Nov. 22, 2009
Eastern Washington University, after winning its final four regular-season games, was awarded on of the eight at-large berths in the 16-team Football Championship Subdivision playoffs on Sunday.The Eagles (8-3) will travel to Nacogdoches, Texas, on Saturday to face Stephen F. Austin (9-2), which earned an…
Sun., Nov. 22, 2009
Four area teams are one win each away from realizing a dream - playing Dec. 4 or 5 in Gridiron Classic in the Tacoma Dome.Ferris - as improbable as it was expected, the Saxons are in their third straight State 4A semifinal. Three weeks ago…
Sun., Nov. 22, 2009
COUGARS Greeted with a layer of snow this morning, which will make driving fun. But that for down the road, so to speak. Right now we have some links for this Sunday morning. Read on.
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009
Eastern Washington's men's basketball team evened its record at 2-2 with a 72-68 road win over Texas Arlington on Saturday. You can read details supplied by EWU's sports information department here, and check out what UT Arlington's sports info department posted on the game here.Next…
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009
COUGARS Yes it takes me a while to get this stuff put together. You can't rush mediocrity. But I'm done now. So if you want to read our game story and notebook, the unedited versions of both on the link. Read on.
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009
Eastern Washington University rolled up a hugh halftime lead over Northern Arizona in Flagstaff on Saturday, but needed a late touchdown to turn back the Lumberjacks 49-45 and keep their FCS playoff hopes alive.You can read the game story supplied by EWU's sport information office…
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009
The Ferris football team moved within a win of playing for the 4A state football championship with an impressive victory over Eisenhower in Yakima.Click the tab below to read my unedited game story.
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009
The Idaho men's basketball team rediscovered its offensive groove today, cruising past North Dakota State 81-69 in Fargo. Steffan Johnson scored 19, Luiz Toledo had a coming out party with 18 points and eight rebounds and the Vandals shot a blistering 57 percent against a…
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009
COUGARS Really, could Washington State ask for much more? Sure, the Cougars are down by 11 points. And Martin Stadium is empty. But WSU is keeping it closer than anyone could have imagined. With only about 14 healthy bodies on defense, one of whom, Brandon…
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009
COUGARS What if they held a football game and nobody came? Would it still make a sound? We'll examine that proposition on the link. Read on.
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009
I admit I just wanted to write 'Mastodons' one more time. Here's the day after post following Gonzaga's 90-55 blowout of IPFW on Friday night. Game story here and photos here.Much more below.
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009
COUGARS It's football game day. The last one, in fact, in Pullman this year. Last night, as I wandered around town, the mass exodus of students – school is closed for the next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday – made me wonder how many…
Fri., Nov. 20, 2009
Blackfoot tripped up Sandpoint 29-23 in the 4A state football championship game.Click the tab below to read my unedited game story.
Fri., Nov. 20, 2009
Gonzaga moved to 2-1 with an easy 90-55 win over IPFW on Friday. The Mastodons (1-3) lost by 19 at WSU on Thursday.The Bulldogs had four players in double figures. Rob Sacre and Matt Bouldin each scored 15 points.Read my unedited game story below and…
Fri., Nov. 20, 2009
COUGARS Doing what reporters do a lot, sitting, waiting for phone calls to be returned. While I'm enduring that, I figured I could post our advance for tomorrow along with our game-day items. Then you have all evening to read them. Weather prediction for kickoff…
Fri., Nov. 20, 2009
Things are pretty quiet with Idaho football these days because of the bye week, but I wanted to pass along this note. I asked UI athletic director Rob Spear yesterday if any schools had called seeking permission to talk to coach Robb Akey (UNLV is…
Fri., Nov. 20, 2009
Kevin McCullough (pictured above), a fixture at linebacker for the Shock the last two seasons, is coming back to Spokane, which also signed two other players.Read on for more. (There's additional info on the three at spokaneshock.com.)
Fri., Nov. 20, 2009
Eastern Washington University men's basketball coach Kirk Earlywine has announced the signing of three high school recruits to national letters of intent and confirmed that JC transfer Tremayne Johnson, who was expected to be available this winter, will enroll at Eastern in January after clearing…
Fri., Nov. 20, 2009
Eastern Washington University's closes its 2009 regular-season football schedule against Northern Arizona in Flagstaff on Saturday.I've have attached an unedited version of the game advance that will appear in Saturday morning's S-R below, and I've included this link to the game notes supplied by EWU's…
Fri., Nov. 20, 2009
IPFW, Gonzaga's opponent tonight in the Kennel, lost by 19 to Washington State on Thursday. The Mastodons had no defensive answers for WSU, which shot 54 percent, and Klay Thompson, who scored 37 points. S-R gamer here, IPFW write-up here and GU-IPFW game notes here.
Fri., Nov. 20, 2009
COUGARS The announced attendance in Beasley Coliseum last night was 5,399. It seemed like less than that. But down the road, when Klay Thompson's name is mentioned among the greats of WSU basketball – and it will be – you know you'll run into about…
Thu., Nov. 19, 2009
COUGARS Don't want to waste any time thinking of something witty to say to entice you to read on. So I'll say just a few words. Klay Thompson, 37 points. That enough?
Thu., Nov. 19, 2009
COUGARS • UPDATED: 9 P.M. Sorry this is late but ... anyhow, Klay Thompson is putting on a clinic, rising above 6-foot-3 Zach Plackemeier to hit 10-of-12 shots and score 22 first-half points. At one point Thompson had 15 of WSU's 22 points. The WSU…
Thu., Nov. 19, 2009
COUGARS We're sitting at midcourt in Beasley waiting for the teams to come out for pregame warmup, so we thought we would share our thoughts. Remember, they're free. And mom always said you get what you pay for. Read on.
Thu., Nov. 19, 2009
The Spokane Chiefs game at Calgary on Sunday has been moved to a 5:00 PST start.Chiefs captain Jared Cowen has been an Assistant Captain for Team WHL when they play Team Russia on Wednesday, Nov. 25th in Victoria, BC during the 2009 SUBWAY® Super Series.…
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