COUGARS Once more Washington State fell behind. Once more the Cougars rallied. Once more they fell short. Thursday night the Oregon State zones trapped them into first-half oblivion. But the second half, with the court spread better, the ball moved quicker, the Cougars shot their…
The Post Falls Trojans held off the Vallivue Falcons 55-53 while the Lake City Timberwolves fell to the Borah Lions 52-46 in 5A state tournament openers at the Idaho Center in Nampa.Click the tab below to read our unedited story.
COUGARS They made it interesting, really interesting, but the WSU Cougar couldn't overcome their early mistakes Thursday night and fell to Oregon State in a crucial Pac-10 game. WSU fell behind by 18 at the half, 19 early in the second. Then the Cougars started…
For the second year in a row, the Gonzaga Prep Bullpups fell in a quarterfinal overtime game.Click the tab below to read my unedited story.
The Borah Lions topped the Lake City Timberwolves 52-46 in a state tournament opener at the Idaho Center in Nampa.More later.
COUGARS Oregon State lives on turnovers. The Beavers' offense needs them to survive. And tonight, it's getting them. Fifteen of them, in fact, including three consecutive possessions to open the game and three more in the final minute of the half. No one on WSU…
I filed separate previews for Gonzaga's men's and women's teams as they get ready to travel to Las Vegas this weekend for the WCC tournaments. Read on for those unedited articles. I'll have an update Saturday night when GU's semifinal matchups are finalized.Also, here's a…
Just like what happened a year ago in the quarterfinals, Gonzaga Prep fell to top-ranked and defending state champ Federal Way 60-59 in overtime.The Bullpups had Federal Way beat in regulation and let it slip away.Isiah Umipig went coast to coast for a driving basket…
COUGARS The last weekend of Pac-10 play is always interesting in one regard. Though the conference is one of the few major ones that still plays a double round-robin, the way the Pac-10 works the schedule (you play weekends against 1-2-3-4-5 then 2-3-4-5-1) schools go…
The defending state champ Federal Way Eagles lead 30-22 at half in an entertaining game.Federal Way is as good as advertised. The Eagles got out to a 18-6 lead, but the Bullpups fought back. They tied it finally at 21-21 when Ryan Nicholas took a…
The Mead Panthers broke a curse of sorts - finally winning on the court where they lost the state championship in 2003 - as they knocked off Lake Stevens 52-45.Mead (20-6) will play to get into a state trophy game Friday when it takes on…
The Post Falls boys won its opener, 55-53, over Vallivue of Caldwell.More details as they become available.
The Lake Stevens Vikings -known more for their wrestling prowess than basketball - lead 24-22 over the Mead Panthers at halftime in an otherwise sloppy game thus far.Mead senior post Aaron Dunn picked up his obligatory two first-half fouls, but managed to score 14 of…
Lewis and Clark is familiar with this route. The Tigers stayed alive, romping past the Rogers Rams 69-49 in a loser-out game. Click the tab below for more.
We've mentioned this being part of Gonzaga's 2010-11 schedule, but more details were released Thursday about the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic in November.Gonzaga, Duke, Kansas State and Marquette will get together (pairings haven't been finalized) for the championship rounds of the tournament Nov. 22-23…
COUGARS We're traveling this morning, which is why this post is a little later than usual. But we've got your Washington State news on the link, so read on.
The Lake City boys basketball team returns to state today for the first time in eight years and the first time in coach Jim Winger's return to the job he started when the school opened in 1994.Click here to read the story.
Over the next three days, the Vandals host San Jose State and Hawaii -- two teams in the middle or bottom tier of the WAC. Normally a homestand like this wouldn't hold much intrigue, but that's the not case this time. Click below to read…
The Gonzaga Prep Bullpups looked like state champs Wednesday. Now, they'll find out if they can be state champs when they take on defending champ Federal Way on Thursday.Mead, meanwhile, ran into a wall against Kentwood.Click the tab below to read my unedited story.
Kyle Beach and Mitch Wahl came up empty in a shootout while the Kelowna Rockets scored on their first two shoots, handing the Spokane Chiefs a 3-2 loss Wednesday night. (Story from Kelowna paper below.)It was a game the Chiefs only mustered 21 shots through…
UCLA-bound Josh Smith - who takes up much space at 6-foot-9 and 285 pounds - scored early, often and whenever he wanted as the Kentwood Conquerors manhandled the Mead Panthers 35-13 in the first half.Smith had 19 points on 9-of-12 shooting, most of his shots…
Mead strolled to victory and Lewis and Clark fell in a heartbreaker in 4A state tournament openers Wednesday.Click the tab below to read my unedited game story.
COUGARS The weekend will decide the Pac-10 Tournament seedings – only Cal, the No. 1 seed, is locked in – with six teams trying to stay out of the Wednesday night game. We have a story for tomorrow's S-R about WSU and that game and…
A little primer for tonight's Chiefs' game at Kelowna from our friend Doyle Potenteau at The Daily Courier, read below.The Everett Herald took a look at the stretch run prior to the Silvertips win last night, when Shane Harper sent a franchise record with his…
Lewis and Clark led 49-41 with 3:51 remaining, but Issaquah rallied, taking advantage of three turnovers to trip the TigersMore later..The Seattle Times is doing live updates from the boys and girls tournaments. Click here to check it out.
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