The Vandal men's basketball team had a much more successful year than most expected, and as a result two key players were recognized Sunday in WAC postseason awards. Sharpshooting guard Jeff Ledbetter was a second-team selection and post Kyle Barone was an all-WAC honorable mention.…
Top-seeded Saint Mary's knocked off No. 4 Santa Clara 73-64 in the semifinals of the WCC men's tournament Sunday. The Gaels will take on the winner of the Gonzaga/San Francisco game. That will tip in about 30 minutes. SMC's Mitchell Young had 17 points, Stephen…
The WCC will grow to nine teams next year with the addition of BYU. A nine-team configuration will obviously impact scheduling and the conference tournament format. Those topics, and several others were addressed when a handful of reporters sat down with WCC commissioner Jamie Zaninovich…
No. 2 Saint Mary's held off No. 7 San Diego 71-68 to advance to Sunday's WCC women's title game against Gonzaga. Danielle Mauldin's three-point play with 42.9 seconds left gave Saint Mary's the lead and Kate Gaze made four free throws as the Gaels (19-11)…
Back with the game story from Gonzaga's 96-71 victory over Portland in the WCC women's tournament semifinals. I waited to post the link until the other semifinal was over (No. 2 Saint Mary's outlasted No. 7 San Diego 71-68). Gonzaga hammered Saint Mary's twice in…
Gonzaga pounded Portland 96-71 on Sunday to advance to the WCC women's basketball tournament championship. Read the game story here. Gonzaga will face No. 2 Saint Mary's in the title game. Saint Mary's beat No. 7 San Diego, 71-68.
Good morning from Las Vegas. About 15 minutes from tipoff of the Gonzaga-Portland semifinal at the WCC women's tournament at the Orleans Arena. Zag fans probably 2,000-2,500 strong on hand and a small cluster of Pilots backers. GU starters, for the 30th time in 31…
COUGARS Good morning from the Palouse. We have about 1.7 million links – but a lot less notes than we intended – to get to, so let's move. Read on.
Third-seeded San Francisco pulled away from No. 6 Pepperdine 76-59 late Saturday night to earn a semifinal date with No. 2 Gonzaga in the WCC men's tournament. GU and USF split during the season. The top-seeded Gonzaga women will face No. 4 Portland, which ended…
Kwinn Hanson scored 21 points, including all 17 of Northwest Christian's first-half total and anchored the defense to lead the Crusaders to a 41-32 victory over Napavine for the 2B boys basketball championship Saturday night at the Arena. The Tigers (23-4), appearing in the first…
The Vandals followed much the same script Saturday night in a win over Seattle U as they did in beating Fresno State: start slow, pick it up before halftime and then really start playing. The result was positive, but there are a few troubling signs…
It was odd when Drexler Doherty scored Neah Bay's first 14 points and had 16 in the first quarter in the State 1B championship game. He also had 19 at halftime as his team trailed Sunnyside Christian 31-25. Well, something just as strange is going…
Fourth national anthem is in the books, seventh and eighth teams of the night introduced, tip-off is moments away for the fourth State B championship game at the Arena, 2B boys, Northwest Christian going for its seventh title, Napavine in its first title game. Close…
After two draining games that were decided by a total of six points, the Northwest Christian Crusaders will try and make it three in a row at the state tournament when they take on Napavine. The Tigers, led by the hot shooting of David Lorton,…
Reardan used a 10-0 run in the second half to pull away from Toutle Lake to win the State 2B girls basketball championship 55-42, the Indians' fourth title but first since 1988. Sophomores Chantel Heath scored 16 points and Kelsey Moos 13 for the Indians…
The Lewis and Clark girls basketball team captured its fourth State 4A championship in six years, a 62-49 win over Federal Way on Saturday at the Tacoma Dome. Here's my game story. Meanwhile, I'll be tweeting (twitter.com/srpreps) during the Gonzaga Prep/Curtis boys 4A state title…
It wasn't easy to determine Drexler Doherty matched a State 1B boys basketball record, it took a little longer to figure Derek Isaak's. Doherty scored 31 in Neah Bay's 55-50 loss to Sunnyside Christian Saturday night. That's one more point than Tyler Edwards of Cusick…
COUGARS We put together a feature on the three Florida high school kids who enrolled early at Washington State as a kickoff to spring football, which starts Monday afternoon. But we didn't believe that was enough of the nuts and bolts stuff. So we put…
Last year, the Reardan Indians missed out on playing in the state title game, but hope to follow in Bi-County rival Colfax's footsteps, by winning a title after the Bulldogs won the last two. The Indians will have to get by Toutle Lake, which has…
COUGARS We've got our game story done and turned into the office. We also have a football post to put up. But that will come in a few minutes. First, let's catch up with Washington State's near miss against UCLA at Beasley. Hey, I know…
Steven Broesma scored 24 points to lead Sunnyside Christian to a 55-50 win over Neah Bay in the State 1B boys basketball championship game at the Arena. The Bruins were in it until the end as Drexler Doherty scored a 1B tournament record 31 points,…
There is a ton of women's basketball news, and between the two State B championship games I'm covering I'm going to catch you up. Read on.
After two excruciatingly close semifinal games, the Sunnyside Christian Knights and Neah Bay Red Devils will square off for the State 1B championship. Sunnyside Christian escaped with a win against ACH after giving up a double-digit lead to the Warriors. On the other side of…
Molly Kramer battled foul trouble but still scored 13 points and freshman Jenna Moser contributed some key baskets as Colton won its third straight 1B girls basketball championship by beating Almira/Coulee-Hartline 50-40 in a title game rematch from last year. The Wildcats (25-2) avenged a…
Sometimes a jewel can be mined from a remote source. That certainly could be the case for lanky Dustin Patchen, a 6-foot-6 junior basketball player from Colton. During three days at the State 1B basketball tournament (Hardwood Classic) in the Spokane Arena, Patchen was impressive.…
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