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SATURDAY, NOV. 13, 2010

Vandals hold off Eastern Oregon

Idaho opened its season with a 86-74 win over NAIA foe Eastern Oregon at Memorial Gym on Saturday night. Newcomer Djim Bandoumel and Shawn Henderson each had 14 points to lead the Vandals, who had a few tense moments in the last 8 minutes while…

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Chiefs, Reid blank Americans

The Spokane Chiefs shut down their Tri-City 5-0, with James Reid making 20 saves for the shutout Saturday night. Reid got third star with defenseman Jared Cowen getting No. 1 and Kenton Miller the No. 1 star. Story here, long box on extended entry.

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Balanced Cougs roll in opener 

Like Gonzaga the night before, Washington State had no problem with Southern. The Cougars breezed to a 86-47 win in their season opener at Beasley. Vince was preoccupied in Corvallis, so I jumped in. My game story is below.

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WSU wins 31-14 over Oregon State 

COUGARS • UPDATED: 10:40 P.M. So is anyone reading out there anymore? Or did you all go celebrate? There was a football win – on the road for goodness sakes – and a basketball victory for you Cougar Nation dwellers to party over. As if…

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Vandal women get win

Idaho women open with a solid 72-55 win over Eastern Oregon as senior Yinka Olorunnife (10-13) and freshman Ashley Walters (11-12) have double doubles.Three games Sunday, Gonzaga's home opener (a yawner with Whitman at 6), Eastern Washington at home against Tara Cronin (GPrep) and Portland…

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Zags vs. Jags, part II

Gonzaga’s second opponent of the men’s basketball season has the same nickname as the first. That’s about where the similarities end. GU entertains the IUPUI Jaguars at 1 today in a regional round matchup of the CBE Classic, less than two days after dusting the…

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Cougs up 41-18 at half

After a sloppy start, Washington State settled into a groove in its season opener and held Southern without a field for 15 minutes of the first half to take a 41-18 lead over Southern into halftime at Beasley Coliseum. Playing without point guard Reggie Moore,…

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Opponents set for Ferris, Mt. Spokane 

Ferris (11-0) and Chiawana (11-0) will square off Saturday at Edgar Brown Stadium in Pasco in a 4A quarterfinal. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. Chiawana topped Newport of Bellevue today 30-10.Mt. Spokane (10-1) and Kamiakin (11-0) will tangle Saturday at Lampson Stadium in Kennewick in…

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Coeur d'Alene to title game

The Coeur d'Alene football team, thanks to a blocked punt late by senior Drew Turbin that set up the winning touchdown, downed the Capital Eagles 28-24 in a 5A state semifinal Saturday afternoon at Boise State University's Bronco Stadium.Coeur d'Alene (10-1) will meet Centennial (9-2)…

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Eags survive another big scare

Despite being outgained by by more than 100 yards, Eastern Washington managed to hold off visiting Southern Utah 31-24 at Roos Field on Saturday.The winning touchdown came on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Bo Levi Mitchell to Brandon Kaufman with 2:22 left in the game.…

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WSU leads 14-0 at the half 21 

COUGARS A quick post at halftime as Washington State leads a Pac-10 at the half for the second consecutive week. But the last time a conference opponent didn't score in the first half? Read on.

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Elias Harris of the Zags throws one down in the first half. (Associated Press)

Day after Southern

Saw the first snowflake of the season this morning. Now, it's a light drizzle out there as I head out to Whitworth to cover a football game. You can find my day after Southern post below. In case you missed it, here's my game story.

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Good Morning from Oregon 

COUGARS • UPDATED: 8:15 A.M. One thing about living on the eastern edge of a time zone, it gets lighter earlier in the morning – and darker earlier as well. So it was a good 20 minutes later than we're used to today before the…

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