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THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2010

Thursday Prep Page

Here's a feature on Mead baseball standout Jake Schrader.My column explains the demise of the 4A and 3A regional boys and girls basketball tournaments as we know them.The prep notebook features an item on East Valley softball pitcher Tiffany Lucas.Mike Thacker is returning to coaching,…

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TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2010

MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010



Busy prep week

Spring sports heat up this week. Let's hope that is literal - at least in the heating up part!District/regional events abound in Eastern Washington and North Idaho with state events around the corner. Take a moment here and let us know which teams look good…

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THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2010


Coeur d’Alene High School standout Shae Carson throws the discus during the Inland Empire League track championships last week.kathypl@spokesman.com (Kathy Plonka)

Thursday Prep Page

Click here to read Dave Trimmer's wonderful feature story on Coeur d'Alene thrower Shae Carson (pictured above).Click here to read my column on Central Valley senior pitcher Daniel Hammersley.Click here to read our prep notebook.Click here to read our Wednesday prep roundup.

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MONDAY, MAY 3, 2010



THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010

Jill Pecka supplies the batting power and Alisha Meade delivers the pitching for the Mead Panthers. (Dan Pelle)

Thursday Prep Page

Here's a feature on Mead softball standouts Jill Pecka and Alisha Meade.Here's a notebook with an item on the Jack Blair Memorial Girls Basketball All-Star game.Here's a column by Greg Lee.Here's a roundup of Wednesday's prep results.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010

MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2010



THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010


Mead senior midfielder Nick Hamer does the little things that make the Panthers better.colinm@spokesman.com (Colin Mulvany)

Thursday Prep Page 

Here's my column about a school district that has cut half of its sports and is facing further cuts.Prep notebook: GSL, IEL discontinue nonleague football games.Here's a feature story by Steve Bergum on Mead soccer standout Nick Hamer.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2010

TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010

MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2010




FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2010

Lake City trips CdA

The Lake City baseball team, behind a one-hitter from lefty Ben Pharis, topped Coeur d'Alene 3-0 in a 5A Inland Empire League game Friday.Click the tab below to read my unedited story.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010

Greg Lee
Greg Lee joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a prep reporter covering Eastern Washington and North Idaho schools.

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