Back from a day off and a Christmas party to real news - Spokane Chiefs captain Jared Cowen named an alternate captain for Team Canada in the upcoming World Junior Tournament in Buffalo, N.Y., beginning the day after Christmas.Correspondent Steve Christilaw brought home a winner…
The Zags have been searching for a so-called 'resume win' and they landed one Saturday in Dallas, edging No. 9 Baylor 68-64, to end a nine-game losing streak versus ranked teams. We'll start the day-after post with the links: S-R gamer, Dallas Morning News photos…
Boy, was this game different than the first time Idaho and Montana met in late November. Idaho followed up a 42-point loss to the Griz with a near-upset of the solid Big Sky team. The Vandals fell 64-63 at Cowan Spectrum, and you can read…
Any momentum Eastern Washington's struggling men's basketball team might have picked up from its 95-91 home win over Seattle University last Wednesday might have been smothered Saturday night when the Eagles suffered a 72-42 road loss to Nebraska.You can get the game details supplied by…
It was a much more encouraging performance for the Idaho Vandals in the first half against Montana compared to the last time they faced the Griz three weeks ago. UI and Montana are tied 27-27 at Cowan Spectrum thanks to a balanced -- and much…
Let's see. If you told me Steven Gray would play just 15 minutes and leave in the first half with an injury, Elias Harris would foul out with eight points in 18 minutes, point guard Demetri Goodson would turn the ball over seven times, GU…
COUGARS Washington State's basketball team left a snowy Eastern Washington today, headed for California and a date with Santa Clara tomorrow night in the Bay Area. Lucky sons of guns. After facing the Broncos, it's off to Hawaii and the Diamond Head Classic in the…
Back a little later than I had hoped, but, as promised, I've provided some links below to stories related to Eastern Washington's 41-31 win over defending national champion Villanova in Friday's semifinals of the FCS playoffs. Read on, but before you do, check out this…
Gonzaga overcame a steady dose of adversity -- major foul trouble, Steven Gray's injury, a pro-Baylor crowd at the American Airlines Center in Dallas -- and pulled out a 68-64 victory over the ninth-ranked Bears.Marquise Carter made 5 of 6 free throws in the last…
Gonzaga leads Baylor 29-27 at half, despite playing the last five minutes without Steven Gray, who left with back spasms. It appeared he tweaked his back while picking up the ball after Demetri Goodson drew a charging foul. More below.
I'm watching it snow like crazy, so i'm obviously not in Dallas, but I went there via the Internet to find a couple of links for today's GU-Baylor game. Here's a preview and a feature on Bears' star LaceDarius Dunn.I'll be tweeting during the game…
Slideshow: Eastern Washington Eagles beat Villanova University 41-31 Friday night on Roos Field in Cheney Wash,
You can get an early look at the game story on Eastern's 41-31 FCS semifinal playoff win over Villanova that will appear in Saturday morning's S-R here. And check back tomorrow for additional links to other related stories, along with more comments from the players…
It was an entertaining Greater Spokane League boys basketball game at Gonzaga Prep as the Bullpups held off the North Central Indians 51-50. Here's a link to my story and a GSL roundup.
The Gonzaga women's basketball team won the Inland Empire title with a 93-62 win over Idaho Friday night after earlier beating Eastern Washing by 27 and Washington State by 18. The Bulldogs distributed the ball well, shot better, dominated the boards and took advantage of…
Bo Levi Mitchell threw for 292 yards and four touchdowns Friday night, leading Eastern Washington to a 41-31 win over Villanova in the semifinals of the FCS playoffs at Roos Field.The Eagles will play the winner of Saturday's Delaware-Georgia Southern semi in the NCAA Division…
Gonzaga returns to the court Saturday against No. 9 Baylor in Dallas. Here's a link to my game preview.
Received an e-mail from Shadle Park boys basketball coach Tim Gaebe this afternoon. He was relaying bad news, that the Highlanders have lost junior standout Brett Boese for rest of the season due to a fractured foot. A screw will be inserted next week.
Even with the benefit of instant replay, I'm still not completely sure where Steven Gray dinged his right big toe last night. More on Gray and the Zags in my day-after post below.(I'll post my GU-Baylor preview early this afternoon).
Defending national champion Villanova and No. 1-ranked Eastern Washington University clash tonight at Roos Field in the semifinals of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.Kickoff is set for 5, and the matchup promises to be entertaining. You can read the game advance tha appeared in Friday…
Back with my game story from Gonzaga's easy win over Lewis-Clark State College. Talked with Steven Gray afterward and he said he basically stubbed his toe and he expects to play Saturday against Baylor. He sounded and looked completely unconcerned.Anyway, here's the game story link.…
Gonzaga put six players in double figures, led by Elias Harris' 19 points, and cruised past visiting Lewis-Clark State College 103-61 Thursday.Mathis Monninghoff made five 3-pointers and scored 15 points. Kelly Olynyk had 14 points, Rob Sacre 13, Sam Dower 12 and David Stockton 10.Gonzaga…
COUGARS We're sort of housebound this week as we deal with our health, but that doesn't stop us from reacting to news. In fact, with time to think between treatments, we actually are doing even more reacting. You could even call me reactionary. Read on.
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