Gonzaga Prep senior quarterback Shane Schmidlkofer suffered a separated shoulder in the Bullpups' 45-21 win over Shadle Park last Friday, a doctor confirmed Tuesday.He will be out indefinitely."We hope to get him back at some point this season," G-Prep coach Dave McKenna said.G-Prep was the…
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I thought I had difficulties Friday. In North Idaho, they had to deal with lightning, lightning delays, rain and more lightning.Correspondent Steve Christilaw was at the Coeur d'Alene/Moses Lake game that endured a 1 hour and 10 minute lightning delay, only to restart and finally…
I can't even big to tell you about the computer issues I had tonight. First, I went to our Spokane Valley office early to set up and discovered there was something wrong with our webserver.That was the beginning of many more hurdles. So I had…
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UPDATED: Friday, 10:45 a.m.Thought it would be good to refresh this and put it at the top of Sportslink with tonight being the official kickoff to the high school season.We start our look at Greater Spokane League football with a feature on preseason favorite Gonzaga…
UPDATED, 10 a.m.Mt. Spokane picked up where it left off in Greater Spokane League football a year ago as the defending champ topped Central Valley in a conference opener Thursday.Click here to read the story.ALSO, here's a link in the Nampa newspaper about Post Falls'…
Here is Week 1 of the Idaho prep football rankings.Click the tab below to see.
Mason Kelley at the Seattle Times has posted several previews of Seattle-area football teams. Check it out here.Doug Pacey is doing likewise in Tacoma at the Tacoma News Tribune. Check it out here.
The Tacoma News Tribune's prep guru, Doug Pacey, posted his preseason football rankings.Click here to see them.Gonzaga Prep is ranked fourth and Central Valley seventh in 4A; Mt. Spokane is ranked ninth in 3A; Clarkston is tabbed second in 2A and West Valley is fifth;…
A handful of North Idaho football teams got the jump on the area last weekend, but this week marks the official start of the fall season.Click the tab below for more.Pictured above is University coach Bill Diedrick, whose Titans open at home Friday against Ferris.
UPDATEDHere's a look at 5A and 4A Inland Empire League football.Here's a link to the league glance and predicted order of finish.
The Lake City football team got out to a nice start, topping Lakeland 41-7 in a season opener.Here's a link to our game story.In other scores Friday:Coeur d'Alene 42, Moscow 19; Wallace 60, Clark Fork 12; Kootenai 48, Mullan 0.
I had to interrupt my attendance at Greater Spokane League football practices this week to do my 5A and 4A Inland Empire League football preview and glance.Lake City and Coeur d'Alene, along with a handful of other teams, open their seasons this week.My IEL preview…
I attended three practices on the first day Greater Spokane League football teams could begin workouts - Gonzaga Prep, Central Valley and Ferris.Click here to read a notebook I put together. CV quarterback Gaven Deyarmin is pictured above.
Greater Spokane League football teams begin preseason workouts Wednesday. Over in Idaho, Lake City and Coeur d'Alene, among others, have a week under their belts with Aug. 27 openers looming.I'll be out checking out a couple of practices Wednesday.Here's your chance to start talking prep…
UPDATEClick here to read an American Legion World Series notebook.Here's a link to team-by-team capsules.
Here's a feature on the Roseburg (Ore.) American Legion baseball team, which is enjoying its stay in Spokane as it awaits the World Series that begins Friday at Avista Stadium. Also, check out Dan Pelle's photos from the Docs' practice on Wednesday.Pictured above is Cameron…
The Roseburg (Ore.) American Legion baseball team topped Kelso Pacific Tech 6-3 in the Northwest Regionals final Monday.Click the tab below to read my unedited story and see the first-round matchups at Avista Stadium, site of the World Series that begins Friday.
Kelso and Roseburg prevailed in Northwest Regional American Legion baseball quarterfinal action Friday at Gonzaga University's Washington Trust Field.Click the tab below to read my unedited story from the quarterfinal games.
The Spokane Blue Devils fell 5-4 in their Northwest Regional American Legion baseball tournament opener late Thursday at Gonzaga University's Washington Trust Field.Click this link to read more.
The Roseburg (Ore.) Docs jumped on the Wausau (Wis.) Bulldogs early and never let up Thursday afternoon, cruising to a 14-0 victory in a run-rule shortened game at the Northwest Regional American Legion baseball tournament. Roseburg chased Wausau starting pitcher John Roberts after just four…
Here's a link to a feature story on the Spokane Blue Devils American Legion team as the Northwest Regional tournament began Thursday at Gonzaga University's Washington Trust Field.Here are brief capsule looks at all eight teams in the tourament.
The mother of Valley Christian football player Drew Swank, who died as a result of a head injury last year, spoke at a conference about head injuries last month in Seattle. Here's a link to Seattle Times staff writer Mason Kelly's story.
The WIAA executive board concluded its July meetings Tuesday and the expected announcement of where the new "regional state" sites would be was delayed.Click the tab below for more information.
Vince Grippi's daily take on all things regional sports has been moved to our main sports section online. You can find a collection of these columns here.
