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MONDAY, FEB. 21, 2011

North Central girls basketball coach Gabe Medrano has help steer the NC girls to the 3A girls state tournament, which starts Friday. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

First-round state matchups

UPDATED OK, click the tab below to see first-round state boys and girls basketball games at regional sites for all area teams in all classifications. If you want to see all the games for each bracket, here's a link to all the state brackets. ALSO,…

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Shock shuffle roster

Spokane is only a few days into training camp, but the team is already tweaking its roster. Eddie Thompson, who played in five games for Spokane last season, was on a two-day tryout at the outset of camp, has been added to the roster, along…

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1,500 tickets sold for outdoor game

When I saw majority owner Brady Nelson at the first Shock practice Saturday, I asked him how many tickets had been sold for the outdoor game. The announcement for the game, set for July 9th at Albi Stadium, was Thursday and it was a quick…

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Monday morning WSU musings 10 

COUGARS So there is one thing you can count on in life right now. Monday mornings will be nearly devoid of Pac-10 basketball news. Like today. Oh, there is the story from last night's upset in Berkeley – a game I sat and watched in…

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