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FRIDAY, OCT. 28, 2011

Zags cruise in exhibition win

Gonzaga thumped Carroll College 95-51 Friday in an exhibition game witnessed by 6,000 at the McCarthey Athletic Center. The Zags played everyone who was available except Kelly Olynyk, who sat out. He went through a few drills earlier Friday as he returns from the concussion…

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GU set for tip 

Good evening from the McCarthey Athletic Center. Here are tonight's starters, just announced: Sacre, Harris, Bell Jr., Stockton and Carter. Head over to twitter.com/SRjimm for in-game updates.

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Chiefly charity: Chiefs players Reid Gow, Brenden Kicton and Mac Engel get a thumbs up from George Sheets as he passes through the lunch line Tuesday at the House of Charity in Spokane. (Dan Pelle)

Roundup of Chiefs news

A couple of hockey items I missed because I spent the previous two days taking a class. * Spokane Chiefs defenseman Brenden Kichton was named to the WHL team for one game of the Subway Serires with Russia next month. * Liam Stewart made the…

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Mead, CV, Coeur d'Alene win 

Mead locked up at least a share of the Greater Spokane League football title, Central Valley secured the final 4A state berth and Coeur d'Alene kept rolling along, claiming the 5A Inland Empire League championship. Here's our story about Mead and CV and here's our…

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Friday's pre-trip morning post 

COUGARS • UPDATED: NOON We're headed off to Eugene today, but before we get on the road, we have to put together our morning post, don't we? Read on. • UPDATE: We're not at the Pac-12 media day today, but we wanted to pass along…

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