Eastern Washington has all but played its way out of the Big Sky Conference Tournament once again, needing wins over Weber State (tonight) and Idaho State (Saturday) and help from those same two opponents against Portland State to end its three-year postseason drought.I've attached a…
COUGARS There are three games left for most Pac-10 teams – only Cal and Stanford have two. As the regular season dwindles, the top of the conference standings is becoming clearer. Saturday's Arizona State at Cal game pretty much will decide who wins the title.…
Back with the expanded game story from Gonzaga's 88-51 drubbing of Santa Clara on Thursday. The unedited version is below. Check back tomorrow morning for a day-after post.
A quick game story from GU's rout of Santa Clara. Check back later for an expanded version.
Mead volleyball pulled off a hat trick at the Inland Northwest Youth Awards Luncheon on Wednesday. Here's our story. Pictured above is Alexis Olgard of Mead, the Junior Female Athlete of the Year.Here are the 25-year award winners.Here's a preview of the Idaho state wrestling…
COUGARS News quiz time. What is dominating Washington State news today? Is it A) the men's basketball team's game with Washington on Saturday? B) The baseball team headed to Texas this weekend? Or C) A press conference in the CUB for a new administrator? Heck,…
It was all going well for the Vandals until just after the midway point of the first half Wednesday night. That's when New Mexico State clamped down defensively and went on a 23-4 flurry to close the half. The withering run helped the Aggies cruise…
The Spokane Chiefs couldn't get anything going and dropped a crucial 2-1 decision to Everett Wednesday night. The unedited game story is below.
The reshuffling of Idaho's football staff appears to be complete. Today coach Robb Akey announced the hiring of tight ends coach Al Pupunu, who spent the last two years at Southern Utah University. Pupunu was a longtime NFL tight end (mostly with the San Diego…
Good evening. I've posted a couple things below, with the main item taking a look at Gonzaga's run of conference championships (nine, 10 if it defeats Santa Clara on Thursday) and where that ranks in NCAA history. There's also a short preview of this week's…
COUGARS Our coverage of Bill Moos' introductory press conference at WSU is ready to go, so we have some time now to go into what Moos had to say in greater depth. We also have a short story on the link, which focuses on his…
UPDATED: Wednesday, 9:25 a.m.The Gonzaga Prep and Mead boys won and University lost in 4A Eastern Regional games Tuesday.Click the tab below to read Mike Vlahovich's unedited story.Here's a link to our 4A and 3A regional girls basketball story/roundup.Here's a link to our State 1B…
A little primer for tonight's big Western Hockey League game in Spokane. The Chiefs face Everett with a chance to tie the Silvertips for the third seed in the Western Division. The Silvertips know tonight's game is critical. If you missed it on the previous…
COUGARS Want to know why no one is ever angry when word comes out about a hire a day or two early? Just take yesterday's Bill Moos-is-the-athletic-director-at-WSU news. It breaks here yesterday morning, then all afternoon everyone is talking about Bill Moos and WSU. Today's…
The Lake City boys basketball team knocked off Post Falls 51-46 to capture the 5A Region I championship and a state berth.Click more to read my unedited story and a roundup of the other Idaho boys tournament games.
COUGARS Wanted to wait a while today before I posted about basketball coach Ken Bone's press conference and a couple other things, just to let the Bill Moos news percolate a while. We will, of course, have a little more on that tomorrow afternoon, but…
COUGARS Elson S. Floyd got his man. Washington State University's president set his sights on Bill Moos the day he heard Jim Sterk was leaving and Monday, Moos accepted his offer. Tomorrow, Moos will head down U.S. 195 and meet the media, hearing the words…
UPDATED: Tuesday, 11:45 a.m.Please forgive me for not posting this earlier.Click the tab below to see what's going on and get links to various things.
COUGARS It's official. Bill Moos said yes today to Washington State University's offer to replace Jim Sterk as athletic director, a source with knowledge of the situation told The Spokesman-Review. Moos, a former Washington State football player who earned all Pac-8 honors in 1972, was…
Some national recognition for a couple of female basketball players today - Gonzaga's Courtney Vandersloot is one of eight finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the country and Tennessee's Angie Bjorklund (U-Hi) is a first-team Academic All-American. Also, Gonzaga…
A critical week for the Spokane Chiefs got off to a good start when veteran center Mitch Wahl was named the Western Hockey League Player of the Week on Monday. It's good time since we had a story on Wahl planned for this week (see…
COUGARS • UPDATED: Tuesday, 11 a.m. An interesting Monday. Interesting enough to have a post that includes more than just the Arizona State win over Arizona. Read on.
Gonzaga's loss to Loyola Marymount resulted in a predictable slide in both polls. GU (22-5, 10-2 WCC) dropped from No. 13 to No. 18 in A.P. and from No. 9 to No. 15 in ESPN/USA Today. More here. Saint Mary's (22-5, 9-3) received one vote…
A pretty good weekend for women's basketball in our area, UPDATED.Gonzaga clinched its sixth-straight WCC title and the top seed for the tournament with two dominating defensive games, sending their seniors out in style. Columist John Blanchette stopped by on Senior Day, with the third-largest…
I've got a slow internet connection and about two minutes before i hop on a plane. My game story is on my previous post.Read on for my day-after Pepperdine post.
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