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SATURDAY, NOV. 12, 2011


Skyline swats Mead, fly

The Skyline Spartans took advantage of key Mead mistakes in a 27-17 decision in a 4A state football playoff first-round game Saturday afternoon. Here's my story. Central Valley will travel to Skyline next week in the quarterfinals.

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Central Valley quarterback Gaven Deyarmin breaks into the open against Ferris for a long gain. Deyarmin finished with 91 yards rushing. (Christopher Anderson)

Friday night football

A very good night for Central Valley football. Here's a link to our story. Here's a link to our Coeur d'Alene story. The Vikings will play Eagle in the state championship game next Friday. Here's our area football roundup. Pictured above is CV quarterback Gaven…

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EWU’s Cliff Colimon, right, defends against GU’s Marquise Carter in the first half of Friday night’s season opener. (Associated Press)

Day after EWU 

Well, that was a tough one. Yes, the game, and YES, THE DEADLINE. Not a big fan of 8 p.m. starts, 11 p.m. deadlines, 33 fouls by the visiting team, 51 GU free throws and post-game interviews that begin at roughly 10:30. I jotted down…

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Saturday morning from WSU 

COUGARS Woke up to a light snowfall, though it's expected to get warm enough for a while today it will all melt off. But by game time tonight, expect a rematch, with snow winning once again. It's a busy day in college sports, so read…

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