A GRIP ON SPORTS • It doesn’t happen often, so savor it. All four area college football teams won yesterday, in front of their home fans no less. So there should be a sense of euphoria around here until, I don’t know, a little after 5, when the Seahawks kick it off in Green Bay. Read on.
Spokane high school football dates back well over a century. When the first Spokane High team was organized is difficult to confirm, but Thanksgiving of 1894 saw the local school taking on a major opponent in Washington Agricultural College, now known as Washington State.
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