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Prep roundup: Fox Bateman and Emmet Marshall throw back-to-back no-hitters in Colville doubleheader sweep

UPDATED: Sat., March 25, 2023

Roundup of Saturday’s high school sports action from the Greater Spokane League and Northeast A

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

UConn uses second-half avalanche to overwhelm Gonzaga 82-54 in Elite Eight

UPDATED: Sat., March 25, 2023

LAS VEGAS – UConn’s guards kept coming, one at a time, one after another, creating more distance between Gonzaga and a return trip to the Final Four with every maneuver to the basket and 3-point attempt.

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner will return to Seattle on 1-year contract with Seahawks

UPDATED: Sat., March 25, 2023

SEATTLE – The reunion is on.

Sports > NCAA basketball

NCAA women’s notebook: No. 1 South Carolina runs past UCLA to reach NCAA Elite Eight

UPDATED: Sat., March 25, 2023

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Sports > Spokane Chiefs

Spokane Chiefs lose shootout to Tri-City Americans in season finale

UPDATED: Sat., March 25, 2023

The worst season in franchise history came to an end Saturday night for the Spokane Chiefs, and it took an overtime and a shootout to get there.

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On the Air

UPDATED: Sat., March 25, 2023

Sunday’s TV highlights

Sports > NHL

Eeli Tolvanen fittingly gives Kraken breathing room with two goals in crucial win over Predators

UPDATED: Sat., March 25, 2023

NASHVILLE – Those in this town that hated to see him go will find it fitting that Kraken forward Eeli Tolvanen was the one to very likely put a dagger in the home team’s dwindling playoff hopes.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Recap and highlights: Connecticut rolls into Final Four with 82-54 rout of Gonzaga

UPDATED: Sat., March 25, 2023

Drew Timme watched with foul trouble as Connecticut erupted at the start of the second half and ran away with a 82-54 win over Gonzaga at T-Mobile Arena.

Sports > WSU football

Edge rushers shine as Washington State conducts first fully padded practice of spring camp

UPDATED: Sat., March 25, 2023

PULLMAN – Linemen squared off in an intense round of 1-on-1 drills. Tailbacks received a healthy workload during a full-team period of practice, which emphasized inside-running plays. Linebackers laid a couple of loud hits on receivers in the middle of the field.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga struggles behind 3-point arc, foul line in blowout loss to UConn

UPDATED: Sat., March 25, 2023

ulian Strawther and Drew Timme left the court together arm and arm after UConn ended Gonzaga’s season with an 82-54 blowout Saturday at T-Mobile. It was a completely different scene from Thursday night when Strawther ran and hopped down a hallway toward GU’s locker room after hitting a clutch 3-pointer with 7 seconds left in a 79-76 victory over UCLA in his hometown.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Difference makers: Andre Jackson, Jordan Hawkins spark balanced UConn to blowout victory

UPDATED: Sat., March 25, 2023

ANDRE JACKSON JR.

Sports > NCAA basketball

Zags fans didn’t believe underdog status

UPDATED: Sat., March 25, 2023

LAS VEGAS – Gonzaga has been winning for so long, the idea was almost absurd: For the second game in a row, the Zags were playing as an underdog.

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A Grip on Sports: For the first time ever, the four Elite Eight games won’t have a No. 1 seed participating

Sat., March 25, 2023

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Our little corner of the world was hit with snow late yesterday afternoon. Big, fluffy flakes falling from a sky that darkened in minutes. Odd. Where’s the lamb we’re promised about this time of March?

Sports > NCAA basketball

Men’s NCAA notebook: Hurricanes’ high-octane offense blows past Houston, 89-75, to reach Elite Eight

UPDATED: Fri., March 24, 2023

Tribune News Service

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Key matchup: UConn forward Adama Sanogo embracing chance to prove himself against Gonzaga’s Drew Timme

UPDATED: Fri., March 24, 2023

LAS VEGAS – Adama Sanogo’s UConn teammates believe there was a correlation between comments made by Saint Mary’s coach Randy Bennett prior to a second-round NCAA Tournament game and the 24-point, eight-rebound outing the junior forward delivered a day later in a 70-55 win over the Gaels.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Red-hot UConn team awaits Gonzaga with Final Four berth on the line

UPDATED: Fri., March 24, 2023

LAS VEGAS – The Gonzaga and Connecticut teams clashing in Saturday’s Elite Eight game at T-Mobile Arena were in the same city, and very different places within their individual seasons, five months ago while competing at the PK85, held over four days at the Moda Center during Thanksgiving week.

Sports > High school sports

Prep roundup: Jack Vigliotta carries home winning run in 8th for Ridgeline baseball

UPDATED: Fri., March 24, 2023

From staff reports

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Dave Boling: There’s many lessons to learn through ‘Odd Couple’ pairing of Mark Few and Drew Timme

UPDATED: Fri., March 24, 2023

LAS VEGAS – This is still in the workshopping phase, but I’m imagining a cross-generational, buddy-style sit-com. Let’s tentatively title it: “The Fewie and Drewie Show.”

Sports > NCAA basketball

Mark Few reflects on the ‘start of the entire run’ when Gonzaga and Connecticut met in the 1999 Elite Eight

UPDATED: Fri., March 24, 2023

LAS VEGAS – Mark Few isn’t the nostalgic type.

Sports > Outdoors

Washington expected to have a limited spring chinook season

UPDATED: Fri., March 24, 2023

Washington is expected to open limited fishing seasons for hatchery spring chinook on two stretches of the Snake River but not at Clarkston.

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Prep roundup: Fox Bateman and Emmet Marshall throw back-to-back no-hitters in Colville doubleheader sweep

UConn uses second-half avalanche to overwhelm Gonzaga 82-54 in Elite Eight

All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner will return to Seattle on 1-year contract with Seahawks

NCAA women’s notebook: No. 1 South Carolina runs past UCLA to reach NCAA Elite Eight

Spokane Chiefs lose shootout to Tri-City Americans in season finale

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Eeli Tolvanen fittingly gives Kraken breathing room with two goals in crucial win over Predators

Recap and highlights: Connecticut rolls into Final Four with 82-54 rout of Gonzaga

Edge rushers shine as Washington State conducts first fully padded practice of spring camp

Gonzaga struggles behind 3-point arc, foul line in blowout loss to UConn

Difference makers: Andre Jackson, Jordan Hawkins spark balanced UConn to blowout victory

Zags fans didn’t believe underdog status

A Grip on Sports: For the first time ever, the four Elite Eight games won’t have a No. 1 seed participating

Men’s NCAA notebook: Hurricanes’ high-octane offense blows past Houston, 89-75, to reach Elite Eight

Key matchup: UConn forward Adama Sanogo embracing chance to prove himself against Gonzaga’s Drew Timme

Red-hot UConn team awaits Gonzaga with Final Four berth on the line

Prep roundup: Jack Vigliotta carries home winning run in 8th for Ridgeline baseball

Dave Boling: There’s many lessons to learn through ‘Odd Couple’ pairing of Mark Few and Drew Timme

Mark Few reflects on the ‘start of the entire run’ when Gonzaga and Connecticut met in the 1999 Elite Eight

Washington expected to have a limited spring chinook season

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