Gonzaga and Saint Mary's will head into Thursday's showdown ranked in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today top 25 polls. GU moved up three spots to No. 20 in A.P. The Bulldogs cracked the ESPN/USA Today rankings at No. 25 after being in the…
Back with a longer game story. UPDATED with Few quotes below.
Gonzaga took control early, led by 30 barely a minute into the second half and cruised to a 93-60 West Coast Conference victory over Loyola Marymount on Saturday at Gersten Pavilion.The 23rd-ranked Bulldogs, winners of six straight, improved to 14-4, 5-0 in the WCC. LMU…
Game day for Gonzaga and Loyola Marymount at Gersten Pavilion. Here's a short preview that ran in Saturday's S-R and here's a link to the S-R's Zags photos, which includes Pepperdine and previous games (might want to save the address). One more piece of reading…
Back with an extended game story, put together via radio, TV and quotes provided by the Gonzaga sports information department. Read below.
Josh Heytvelt scored a season-high 25 points to help Gonzaga defeat Pepperdine 83-69 Thursday at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu.No. 23 Gonzaga won its fifth straight to hike its record to 13-4 overall, 4-0 in the WCC. Saint Mary's crushed San Diego 65-42 in San Diego…
Spokane has signed defensive back Aaron Williams, who earned first-team All-af2 honors last season for Amarillo and also picked off a pass against the Shock in the playoffs. More here.And, the af2 Web site is running off-season updates on teams and Spokane was on the…
Our Four Corners college basketball page runs in Thursday's S-R, but you can look at the unedited Gonzaga-related content below.
Back with a collection of Gonzaga notes, including Austin Daye returning to his old stomping grounds in Southern California this week as GU takes on Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount.Daye, who is from Irvine, Calif., said he's looking forward to seeing family and friends, not to…
Gonzaga, after a couple weeks absence, on Monday returned to the Associated Press top 25 at No. 23. The Bulldogs are 28th in the ESPN/USA Today rankings. WCC rival Saint Mary's is No. 22 in the ESPN/USA Today poll, but missed the A.P. top 25…
A bunch of notes, quotes, etc., as we recount Gonzaga's 85-51 dismantling of San Francisco on Saturday night. Read on for the day-after USF post.ALSO: Find a photo gallery of GU-USF game here.
Back with the game story, which I took in a different direction after post-game interviews. You'll see why below in the unedited version that will run in Sunday's S-R. Check back Sunday morning for a day-after post.(By the way, the photo that accompanies this post…
Austin Daye scored a career-high 25 points as Gonzaga thumped San Francisco 85-51 on Saturday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.Gonzaga, which led 43-29 at halftime, cruised to its third straight WCC victory. The Bulldogs (12-4, 3-0) have won by 17, 42 and 35 points in…
Two teams heading in opposite directions are set to collide Saturday night in the McCarthey Athletic Center. Gonzaga is rolling again with a three-game winning streak while San Francisco had lost six of its last seven. According to America's Line, GU is favored by 26.5…
The headlines in Friday's S-R pretty well summarized it. On my game story: "Gonzaga sets season high for points." On John Blanchette's column: "In defense of GU, its defense shines."Gonzaga put together a complete performance in pounding Santa Clara 95-53 on Thursday. We'll recap it…
Back with the game story. Read on for the unedited article that will run in Friday's S-R, and check back tomorrow for a day-after post.
Gonzaga dominated from start to finish, routing the visiting Santa Clara Bulldogs 95-53 on Thursday night at the McCarthey Athletic Center.Five Zags reached double figures, led by Austin Daye's 20 points. Matt Bouldin added 16 points, Steven Gray 15 and Jeremy Pargo and Josh Heytvelt…
Fan favorite Raul 'The Thrill' Vijil has re-signed with the Spokane Shock. Vijil, an EWU product, holds numerous franchise records. More here. Also on the arenafootball2 transactions, former Shock QB Jason Murrietta has signed with Central Valley.
I just have a bunch of stuff leftover from interviews with Kerry Keating, Matt Bouldin, Josh Heytvelt, etc. Read on.
My first post on the new Web site so hopefully this goes without a hitch. Media day earlier Wednesday and after snowmobiling home, I put together a notebook. The unedited version is below.
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.
