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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2009

State 4A: Defending champs in trouble

Like Gonzaga Prep, Lewis and Clark's girls basketball team dug itself a big first half hole. But a third-quarter rally has gone for naught and they trail 47-35 with 4:22 left to play.the Tigers trailed by 13 points in the first half and were down…

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State 4A: Gonzaga Prep 

Things look bleak for Gonzaga Prep at the outset of their game against Decatur, which started at 7:30 p.m. Outscored 17-2 Prep struggled in first quarter before Sean Fischer hits two 3's and David Stockton scores near end of period for 17-10 deficit.From there the…

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Arizona State guard James Harden, top, shoots over WSU guard Klay Thompson. Washington State won 51-49 in overtime.  (Dean Hare / Associated Press)

WSU's Thompson defending the best  

COUGARS There are a lot of reasons behind Washington State's three-game Pac-10 winning streak. The offense has been performing at a much-more efficient level, the defense has tightened up. Marcus Capers has started to exert himself on the defensive end against opponents' point guards and…

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State 4A: Winston does it all

Start of Walla Walla's state opener sounded like a one-on-one game - Gary Winston 9, Todd Beamer 4. The Blue Devils lead 27-21 at half. Winston, who's being recruited by area colleges as a junior, has 15 points.Blue Devils' Michael Weisner fouls out with 2…

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State 4A: Day 1 in the Dome 

TACOMA - The favored Federal Way boys found themselves behind 8-2 in the first quarter against upstart Redmond, but quickly righted the ship. The Eagles were up 17-10 after a quarter, 37-16 at half and cruised to a 66-36 victory. Like to get up and…

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Gonzaga senior Andrew Sorenson celebrates his final 3-pointer against South Carolina-Upstate. (Rajah Bose / Associated Press)

Day after USC Upstate 27 

Back with the day after USC Upstate post. GU hammered the visitors 90-40, but the Spartans did take home $70,000, their second biggest payday of the season (Notre Dame forked out $90,000).Read on for more.

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Washington forward Jon Brockman, right, drives around Washington State center Aron Baynes in the first half of a college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, at Hec Edmondson Pavilion in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ORG XMIT: SEA204 (Ted Warren / The Spokesman-Review)

UW is ready for WSU 11 

COUGARS Well, it seems the Seattle University Redhawks are not yet ready to play with the big guys in Washington after all. OK, that's not fair. One nonconference game at UW isn't a true test, but the Huskies did blow them out last night, leading…

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