Another busy day for the Spokane Shock, who are sorting out their roster in preparation for their March 11th opener at San Jose. That game will be televised at 8 p.m. by KREM 2, with the Rob Keefe Coach's Show airing at 7:30. That link…
COUGARS We're blogging, though we would rather be headed back to the apartment and some zzzs. But no, we have to go over another game where one team came out flat and showed no energy in the first half. But this one was different. How…
Idaho backup point guard Landon Tatum was watching the Utah State-New Mexico State game on Wednesday night when he heard Aggies coach Stew Morrill tell a reporter that sometimes a team has to win ugly. "This was one of those games that was just ugly…
Eastern Washington's sophomore point guard Glen Dean was named to the second-team of the All-Big Sky Conference awards that were announced on Thursday. You can read more here, and you can see that EWU's sports information department post about the Eagles upcoming BSC tournament game…
COUGARS Did a lot of tweeting just after the halftime buzzer, but we'll touch salient points here. WSU's lead is built on good shooting (56.7 percent) and even better rebounding (lead 20-12 in that category). I am sure Kevin O'Neill is ripping into the Trojans…
COUGARS Here we are, another Thursday night in Beasley. The last Thursday night in Beasley this season as a matter of fact. The last Thursday we get to see the students "not run" to the best seats. We have some thoughts on this last Thursday…
Running short on time, but here are my previews of the Gonzaga men's and women's teams as they head to their respective WCC tournaments in Las Vegas this weekend.
With the day moving over to the other two tournaments featured at the Spokane Arena, the Almira/Coulee-Hartline boys and Lake Roosevelt girls will try and make the state semifinals. ACH opens play in the State 1B bracket with Mt. Rainier Lutheran, hoping to join the…
A look back in photos at the State B tournament.
It has been a lackluster first three games of the girls' State 1B tournament. three blowouts have included the two worst scoring performances in tournament history. Looking to make it four straight are the high-flying Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors in their game against the Selkirk Rangers of…
I'll be tweeting updates (www.twitter.com/srpreps) from the 4A and 3A boys and girls state hoops tourney in Tacoma. First up is Gonzaga Prep/Kentridge boys and North Central/Auburn Mountainview girls at 2.
Mary K. Knight, which took a ho-hum 11-12 record into Thursday's quarterfinals of the State 1B girls' basketball tournament -- along with the distinction of being the youngest team in this year's field, showed its youth and inexperience in a big, and bad, way during…
University of Idaho athletic director Rob Spear spoke with reporters this morning, touching on football scheduling, WAC expansion, the Kibbie Dome renovation and trying to bolster attendance at basketball games. Click below for all the details.
Local teams have had their run of success through the morning bracket games as the Colfax and Northwest Christian boys have advanced to the boys' State 2B semifinals and Colton has moved on in the girls' 1B bracket. Next up in the 2B boys is…
Northwest Christian's twin towers, 6-6 Rueben Clark and 6-5 Kwinn Hanson, was cut in half when Hanson took an inadvertent shot to the mouth midway through the second quarter of the Crusaders' State 2B boys basketball game against LaConnor Thursday morning. Hanson changed shoes and…
With Colfax already winning their first game of the boys' State 2B tournament, Northwest Christian and La Conner will do battle to earn the right to face the Bulldogs in the second round. NWC, who shared the Bi-County 2B league title with the Bulldogs' will…
Welcome from the State B basketball tournament at the oud Arena, where I'm set up for coverage of the 2B boys. But there is still some women's basketball news, starting with Hofstra freshman Katie Loper (Post Falls) scoring a career high in a win. Read…
The Colfax boys and Colton girls are among the first four teams to start their quest for a state title in the 9 a.m. games. Colfax plays Adna in the first game of the boys 2B bracket, and an early shaky start has them down…
COUGARS It's game day on the Palouse and the outlook has brightened considerably since Tuesday. Not in the basketball sense. No, with USC (the second-hottest team in the Pac-10) coming to town tonight at 7 (no TV, but there is a web feed from Washington…
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