WSU signs three, fourth expected 2
COUGARS Not a lot to share today, as opposed to yesterday, but there is some, so read on if you like. We have basketball and football news.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9, 2011
Idaho women add 4, including Quinnett
Idaho women's basketball program added four players today, highlighted by local product Abigail Quinnett. (Link to story will be added as soon as it's up.) Quinnette, a 6-1 post from Moscow, whose father Brian played at Cheney and for Washington State before a brief career…
Vandal men add Lake Roosevelt big man
Ty Egbert, a 6-foot-8 forward from Lake Roosevelt High in Washington, has signed with the University of Idaho. Egbert is the No. 5 prospect in Washington and the 40th-best prospect in the West, according to ESPNU Recruiting. Egbert's coach, Brad Wilson, told me earlier in…
Uher to be out 2 weeks, Everett's Grayson suspended 4 games
So Spokane Chiefs fans, would you like to work up a little outrage at the Western Hockey League? Everett's Lucas Grayson, who received a 5-minute boarding major with 4 minutes left in the Spokane Chiefs' 8-1 pounding of the Silvertips, was given a four-game suspension…
EWU women add two to front court
Eastern Washington women's basketball program only signed two players but they got some bang for the buck. The Eagles are adding 6-foot-4 center Hanna Mack from Eugene, Ore., and 6-foot CeCe Pearl from Peoria, Ariz.
Cougs sign six 1
Washington State threw out a large net and landed six new women basketball players for next season. The new class is focused on the backcourt with five guards, which is the strength of this year's team, which opens at Penn State on Friday. The haul…
Gonzaga women sign three
Gonzaga women's basketball signs three. Elle Tinkle, a 6-2 guard from Missoula (yes, daughter of Wayne, former Ferris star and Montana's men's coach; Sister of Josyln, a junior at Stanford.) Kiara Kudron, a 6-2 forward from New Boston, Mich. Chelsea Waters, 6-1 guard/forward from Lewiston.
A midweek WSU morning post 3
COUGARS I thought I would leave last night's post as the most-recent WSU one for a little longer today, just to induce some traffic. That's why we're a bit later than usual with our morning post, not because somebody overslept. No, really that's why. Promise.…
Loper returns home; WSU extends Daugherty
Update 10 a.m.: How's this for a little notoriety and a lot of pressure? ESPN.com picks Gonzaga's Katelan Redmon as one of the top small forwards in the game. The 6-1 senior from Lewis and Clark is rated No. 3 in a category that has…
GU roundup 1
Lots of Zag stuff from here and there this morning and more coming tomorrow with the S-R's college basketball section. John Blanchette wrote about Gonzaga's inexperienced backcourt and here's an update on Josh Heytvelt's career overseas. S-R alum Dave Boling previews the Zags here.
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