The Spokane Chiefs will get their first look at the Kootenay Ice on Friday (on the road) and Saturday (at the Arena). Here's a story from last month about Ice phenom Sam Reinhart, who has been described as a 17-year-old with a 20-year-old's brain. Read…
One year ago in Las Vegas, the Gonzaga women defeated Dayton 82-76. Dayton was 6-4 after the loss. Now the Flyers are 12-0 and one of the biggest surprises of the 2012-13 season. Read story
Mike Pelino, an assistant coach with the Spokane Chiefs from 1997-99, was relieved of his head coaching duties by the Ontario Hockey League's Peterborough Petes last week. Read story
This week's women's basketball notebook leads with Washington State sophomore point guard Tia Presley, the Gonzaga Prep product who is bouncing back from last year's season-ending injury. Read story
Jazmine Redmon kept finding the big players inside Thursday as Gonzaga strolled to a 97-62 win over visiting Idaho. Both teams will take a holiday break until Dec. 29. Read story
Balanced scoring and superb passing led Gonzaga's women to a 97-62 nonconference win over visiting Idaho on Thursday night. Both teams now take a holiday break until Dec. 29. Story to come.
The Gonzaga women have used their passing game and advantage inside to take a 48-26 lead over Idaho at halftime of nonconference play at McCarthey Athletic Center. Centers Shelby Cheslek and Stephanie Golden and forward Sunny Greinacher have eight points apiece for the Bulldogs. Gonzaga…
It's 15 minutes until tipofff for the Idaho Vandals (3-7) against Gonzaga (9-3) in nonconference women's basketball at McCarthey Athletic Center. Idaho leads the all-time series, but Gonzaga has won 10 of the last 12 encounters. The Vandals' last win in the series came during…
The Calgary Hitmen have one of the best records in the Western Hockey League (23-8-1-3), but their fans are worried about their 11-7-3 home mark. Calgary's lone trip to Spokane is on Feb. 13. Read story
Top-ranked Stanford had a scare at No. 21 South Carolina on Wednesday night. Read story
The series between Idaho and Gonzaga has been lopsided. Idaho dominated the early years and Gonzaga has won 10 of the last 12 against the Vandals. Read story
The Portland Winterhawks have won 25 of their last 27 games after Tuesday night's 4-3 win over the host Spokane Chiefs at the Arena. Portland had a much different look from its 9-1 win over Spokane five weeks ago. Read story
Adam De Champlain's third-period goal gave the Portland Winterhawks a 4-3 win over the host Spokane Chiefs on Tuesday night in the final Western Hockey League game before the holiday break. More to come.
Blake Gal's goal late in the second period Tuesday night allowed the Spokane Chiefs to tie the Portland Winterhawks at 3 in Western Hockey League play at the Arena. Third period is 15 minutes away.
Todd Fiddler scored his team-high 24th goal and Mitch Holmberg followed with his 23rd as the Spokane Chiefs, trailing 2-0 midway through the first period, rallied to tie the Portland Winterhawks after 20 minutes at the Arena on Tuesday night.
The top two teams in the Western Hockey League's U.S. Division, the Portland Winterhawks (28-5-1-0) and the Spokane Chiefs (23-9-1-0), will drop the puck in 20 minutes at the Arena. The teams will meet eight times this season. The only previous meeting this year, Nov.…
The U.S. Division first-place Portland Winterhawks are in town to play the Spokane Chiefs, but they aren't at full strength. Here's a story on one Portland player who will miss the game for a good reason. Read story
This week's women's basketball notebook leads with Community Colleges of Spokane sophomore guard Jorden Brons, who can play any position on the court. Brons' family has deep ties to Colville basketball through three generations. Read story
Ohio State senior guard Tayler Hill dominated the court Monday night during the Buckeyes' 65-60 nonconference win at Gonzaga. It was the first meeting between the teams. Ohio State improved to 7-3 and dropped GU to 9-3, with every loss against a ranked team or…
Senior guard Tayler Hill burned Gonzaga for 25 points and made all the big plays down the stretch on Monday as Ohio State defeated the host Bulldogs 65-60. More to come.
Senior guard Tayler Hill has 11 points at halftime while leading Ohio State to a 23-21 edge over Gonzaga at McCarthey Athletic Center. Gonzaga never trailed until Darryce Moore scored off an offensive rebound to snap a 21-all time. Gonzaga is mixing defensive intensity with…
The Gonzaga women's basketball team was supposed to play 20th-ranked Ohio State tonight. Yes, Ohio State is still the rival at McCarthey Athletic Center, but the Buckeyes are no longer ranked. Washington State saw to that by upsetting Ohio State 62-55 on Saturday in Pullman,…
Tri-City Americans goaltender Eric Comrie shut down the Spokane Chiefs during teddy bear toss night at the Arena on Saturday. Comrie blanked the Chiefs for nearly 57 minutes to guide the Americans' 2-1 win. Read story
The Tri-City Americans held off the Spokane Chiefs 2-1 on Saturday night at the Arena. The Chiefs avoided their first shutout of the season -- on teddy bear toss night -- when Reid Gow scored with 3:14 left. Story to come
The Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans are still scoreless after two periods. Spokane has outshot the Americans 23-14. The game has had just three penalties, one by the Chiefs. Spokane is 13-2 at home this season.
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