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FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 2009



Viewing EWU's woes from afar

Stuff happens.Usually when I'm on vacation -- which was the case once again last week when all hell broke loose at Eastern while I was busy carving out an 85-86 golf win over one of my closest friends on his home course in Fort Worth,…

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A long look at WSU's future 

COUGARS Though there are still at least five games left this season, we decided to look down the road a little bit today. As the season is winding down, the Cougar freshmen are slowing showing signs of being able to contribute more and more next…

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Camille Reynolds, center, a junior point guard at Lakeland High School has averaged just under 12 points per game this season, one less than last year.
 (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)

State girls basketball

The Coeur d'Alene and Lakeland girls basketball teams got off to good starts Thursday and Lake City, despite losing, played well. Not so much for Bonners Ferry and Timberlake.Here's a link to me 5A story and here's a link to my 4A/3A story.Camille Reynolds, pictured…

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WSU’s Caleb Forrest, left, and Klay Thompson battle USC’s Taj Gibson for position.  (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

USC loss, the day after 23 

COUGARS For the first time in the Tony Bennett era at WSU, the Cougars have fallen to the .500 mark. They hit that point last night, losing 61-51 to USC in a game that wasn't that close, then was, then wasn't. The loss, WSU's seventh…

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