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COVID-19 spike prompts PNGA to cancel remainder of schedule, including tourneys at The Idaho Club, Palouse Ridge

UPDATED: Tue., June 30, 2020

The Pacific Northwest Golf Association has canceled the remainder of its 2020 schedule – including tournaments at The Idaho Club and Palouse Ridge – due to the recent spike in coronavirus cases.

Sports >  High school sports

‘Mom, if I have to lose my leg to live, that’s fine with me’: Central Valley linebacker Brandon Thomas staying positive after leg amputation

Sun., June 28, 2020

Shooting pain continues to streak down the lower half of Brandon Thomas’ right leg, much like it did in February when the Central Valley football standout began to realize something was awry.

Sports >  High school sports

Spokane Youth Sports Awards celebrates best in region for 2019-20

Fri., June 26, 2020

Normally this time of year, athletes and coaches from across Eastern Washington gather at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox for the Spokane Youth Sports Awards, a red carpet evening celebrating the best of the best from around the region.

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Sports >  High school sports

Prep notebook: North Central’s Allie Janke named state Gatorade girls track athlete of the year

UPDATED: Thu., June 25, 2020

In its 35th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, the Gatorade Co. today announced Allie Janke of North Central as its 2019-20 Gatorade Washington Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row.

Sports >  High school sports

Dave Nichols: Long way to go before high school sports return

UPDATED: Tue., June 23, 2020

The WIAA issued guidelines for the state's high school sports to return to play this fall. It doesn't – rather, can't – answer the question everyone wants to know: When will it be safe for our kids to play again?

Sports >  High school sports

American Legion baseball in North Idaho is back and adjusting to changes

UPDATED: Mon., June 22, 2020

Music blared from the speakers of Thorco Field in Coeur d'Alene last week as sun-kissed fans took in an American Legion baseball game.

Sports >  High school sports

WIAA releases health guidelines for fall sports return to play

UPDATED: Mon., June 22, 2020

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association on Monday released its health guidelines for a return to play in high school and middle school sports.

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Greater Spokane League scholar-athletes honored

UPDATED: Thu., June 18, 2020

The pandemic forced the cancellation of the annual Greater Spokane League scholar-athlete luncheon earlier this year, but that doesn't mean the athletes shouldn't be saluted for their efforts on the field and in the classroom. 

Sports >  High school sports

Halle Caviness earns scholarship in the name of her late father, Ferris XC coach Chris Caviness

UPDATED: Tue., June 16, 2020

Caviness, who lost her father and Ferris High boys cross country coach Chris Caviness to cancer in April, was handed a plaque that read  "Coach Caviness 'You Gave It Your All' Scholarship."

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Central Valley grad Jeremy Wu-Yelland selected in MLB draft

UPDATED: Thu., June 11, 2020

Jeremy Wu-Yelland, a 2017 Central Valley grad, was selected in the fourth round of the 2020 MLB draft by the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.

Sports >  High school sports

WIAA decides no changes to state basketball tournament for 2021

UPDATED: Mon., June 8, 2020

For at least one more season, the state high school basketball tournament will remain the same. That was the decision of the WIAA's Executive Board, which met virtually Sunday from across the state.

Sports >  High school sports

University runner Ian Barville keeps senior season alive by organizing his own competitive meets

UPDATED: Sun., May 31, 2020

Barville was primed to be one of the region’s top 800-meter runners this spring, but the coronavirus pandemic canceled his final try at a state medal.

Sports >  High school sports

Senior stories: Rogers’ Dana Tran shows compassion and support despite personal disappointment

UPDATED: Sat., May 30, 2020

Dana Tran took the news of the spring sports season being canceled hard. She couldn’t avoid disappointment, but that didn’t stop her from being constructive.

Sports >  High school sports

WIAA approves additional ‘foundation game’ for several sports for 2020-21 school year

UPDATED: Thu., May 28, 2020

The WIAA approved a “foundation game,” adding a regular season contest for the sports of baseball, basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball beginning with the 2020-21 school year.

Sports >  High school sports

Looking back at some of the more incredible track and field records from around the region

Wed., May 27, 2020

From Gerry Lindgren seeming to float over long distances to the power of Becca Noble blasting down the stretch, Rogers High School has two of the most iconic track and field record holders of any high school, let alone the Greater Spokane League.

Sports >  High school sports

Dave Cook: Hosting state track at Eastern Washington a labor of love

UPDATED: Wed., May 27, 2020

This was to be the 25th year the WIAA has had one of its state high school track and field meets on the campus of Eastern Washington University and Roos Field, and before that when it was known as Woodward Field.

Sports >  High school sports

Prep golfers shake rust, renew friendships at Circling Raven high school tournament

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

They competed, they joked around with teammates and they complimented playing partners after hitting a quality shot.

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Senior stories: Small schools and ‘second helpings’ from the GSL

UPDATED: Sat., May 23, 2020

We’d like to give a little recognition to some additional senior athletes – with thanks to the people who nominated them – from small schools in the region and ‘second helpings’ from the GSL.

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Dave Trimmer: Track and field stars enriched reporting career

UPDATED: Thu., May 21, 2020

I was late leaving the finish line at then-Woodward Field to get to the discus circle inside the opposite corner at the Frontier League track and field meet at Eastern Washington University.

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Senior stories: Central Valley distance runner Tyler Hunter left to wonder ‘What if’

UPDATED: Thu., May 21, 2020

For Central Valley distance runner Tyler Hunter, the “what if” caused by the pandemic might have been a school or league record in the 1,600- or 3,200-meter races.