1B: Lummi tops Cusick
Lummi pulled even early in the third quarter and then the Blackhawks pulled away in the State 1B football championship game Friday at the Tacoma Dome.Here's my game story here.
Lummi pulled even early in the third quarter and then the Blackhawks pulled away in the State 1B football championship game Friday at the Tacoma Dome.Here's my game story here.
COUGARS I've never met a coach that wouldn't take a win of any other kind over the dreaded moral victory. But I've also never met a coach who wouldn't take a moral victory over a bad beatdown any day. Read on for the moral and…
PRCA bareback leader leader Ryan Gray of Cheney suffered a lacerated liver after being stepped on by Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Golden Dream during the second performance of the Nationals Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas Friday night. He was helped out of the Thomas &…
Anthony Bardaro scores a power play goal at 3:12 of overtime to give the Spokane Chiefs a 3-2 win over Medicine Hat. Bardaro got third star, Tigers goalie Tyler Bunz, who made 34 saves, was second and Tyler Johnson, with two goals, was first star.But…
Gonzaga and Illinois hook up tomorrow for the 8th installment of the Battle in Seattle. GU is 4-3 at KeyArena, moving above .500 with the win over Davidson last year.Here's my preview.
COUGARS So where were all these students Tuesday night? Wouldn't it have been just as much fun to come out and watch your school rout an overmatched foe? Wait, it was a school night. That's it. They were all in the library. Silly of me.…
The power of 3A football, the Bellevue Wolverines, made the Kamikin Braves look like a junior varsity team in a 38-0 romp at the Tacoma Dome.The No. 1-ranked Wolverines (13-1) scored on five Kamiakin (13-1) turnovers, bolting to a 31-0 lead by halftime.It's Bellevue's eighth…
Tim Hulett will be returning to manage the Spokane Indians next summer for his fifth season here. More below from the Indians' press release.
Eastern Washington's Taiwan Jones and Southeast Missouri State's Henry Harris are among the top Football Championship Subdivision running back in the country, and will match numbers again each other on Saturday afternoon at Roos Field, when the Eagles and Redhawks kick it off at 1:05…
The Seattle/Tacoma media are picking the Skyline Spartans to handle the Ferris Saxons on Saturday. Mason Kelley with the Seattle Times picks Skyline to crush Ferris, 35-7, while his teammate, Sandy Ringer, picks Skyline to win 35-14. Doug Pacey of the Tacoma News Tribune also…
COUGARS With the Apple Cup just around the corner, Washington State athletic director Bill Moos took the opportunity to tell the donors for Martin Stadium's Phase III expansion project he has some new ideas. For our story on what those ideas are, click here.
Some women's basketball news to catch up with from Thursday, with several local players having big nights.First, the game tonight is Gonzaga at Eastern Washington. It's the first home game for the Eagles after five straight on the road. We'll miss that one for hockey…
COUGARS If you are in, say, Kirkland, today and headed over, pack a lunch. After the snow we got last night, it is probably going to be an all-day trip. Sort of like the journey I embarked on this morning. It seemed to take me…
Spokane has signed two more defensive linemen -- Angelo Craig and Torrey Davis. More here.
Ryan Gray of Cheney finished out of the money in the first round of the bareback riding competition at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas on Thursday night. However, Gray still has the lead in the World standings, which is based on money won…
Mike Redmond, the former Gonzaga Prep and Gonzaga University star, will make his managing debut with the Lansing (Mich.) Lugnuts of the Midwest League, a Single-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. The 39-year-old played last season with the Cleveland Indians, appearing in 22 games.…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 10:15 P.M. Spent the last hour and a half standing quietly in a light snow shower watching the Washington State Cougars going through their penultimate workout before Saturday's Apple Cup. Some thoughts on the link, so read on.
Sophomore forward Elias Harris had another MRI on his ailing Achilles tendon and, for the second time in two weeks, it came back negative, according to a Gonzaga press release.Harris hurt his Achilles late in the Zags' loss to San Diego State on Nov. 16.…
Here's my Ferris state football advance.Here's my Colfax state football advance.
COUGARS A change in plans. We have a couple links for you, including our advance of tomorrow night's basketball game, so we thought we would give you those and a quick synopsis of Paul Wulff teleconference. Read on.
A Tumwater player scored a touchdown in the semifinal win over East Valley on Monday, then dropped to one knee and pointed to the sky. He was praying. Seconds later, a referee threw a flag for unsportsmanlike behavior.Check out this video posted by the Seattle…
The Spokane Shock have a new home on the TV dial.Every Shock home game (except vs. Philadelphia on June 10, which will be on NFL Network) and selected road games for the 2011 season will be televised on KREM or its sister station KSKN. More…
Click the link below to see what's on tap today including our Greater Spokane League boys basketball preseason package.
COUGARS This morning we'll begin with the weather report, though Ollie Williams has left the area for warmer climes. Don't blame him. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the area and it's in effect until tonight at 10. The problem…
Becasue of his learning disability, Taiwan Jones fell off the recruiting radar of the big-name football schools. But the junior running back has found a stage on which to perform at Eastern Washington University -- and he's getting by in the classroom, as well.You can…
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