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Eastern Washington narrows athletic director search to three candidates

UPDATED: Thu., May 18, 2023

Eastern Washington University has narrowed its search for a new athletics director to three candidates, each announced Thursday.

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Wide receiver remains a strength for Eastern Washington as it concludes spring practice

UPDATED: Sat., April 29, 2023

Eastern Washington wrapped up an April of practices with a spirited Red-White Game on Friday night at Roos Field with a roster that looks quite different from last year.

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Eastern Washington’s defense wins the night at annual Red-White spring game

UPDATED: Fri., April 28, 2023

Staked to a 26-point lead from the onset, Eastern Washington’s defense spent most of the first half of the Red-White Game on Friday letting that lead slip away.

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‘It needed a facelift’: Eastern Washington football makes upgrade to locker rooms

Thu., April 27, 2023

Ryan Sawyer remembers the pride players had for the Eastern Washington University football locker room when he coached the team’s defensive line and served as the program’s recruiting coordinator from 2008-2015.

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Eastern Washington’s Red-White spring game will take on new look Friday

UPDATED: Thu., April 27, 2023

Eastern Washington will play its annual Red-White Game on Friday, but the banter and bragging for the spring football contest was in full force Wednesday.

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Eastern Washington lineman Matthew Hewa Baddege continues to work his way back from lower body injury

UPDATED: Tue., April 25, 2023

Heading into his fifth fall season at Eastern Washington, Matthew Hewa Baddege looks at the potential of the team’s offense line and likes what he sees.

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‘We’re toying with some things’: Eastern Washington keeps putting pieces together at spring scrimmage

UPDATED: Sat., April 22, 2023

Midscrimmage on Saturday, Cage Schenck stood next to Efton Chism III about 10 yards behind Michael Wortham, who was preparing to do something Schenck couldn’t recall seeing one of his quarterback teammates doing.

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Eastern Washington football ramps up physicality, toughness ahead of 2023 season

UPDATED: Thu., April 20, 2023

Aaron Best said he’s looking for players with more than four cylinders under their hood when he recruits

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Kekoa Visperas looks to take next step with Eastern Washington quarterbacks seeing plenty of spring reps

UPDATED: Sat., April 15, 2023

The physical aspect of football is something that has, for a long time, come naturally to Kekoa Visperas.

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‘It’s been a long offseason’: Eastern Washington opens spring camp eager to amend 2022 season

UPDATED: Fri., April 7, 2023

The first day of spring football always brings new hope and joy – especially to the Eastern Washington Eagles, who would like to disregard the trials of the 2022 season.

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Eastern Washington football fills in staff, hires trio of offensive assistants and linebackers coach

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 17, 2023

With spring practices less than two months away, the Eastern Washington football team has rounded out its coaching staff.

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Report: Former UW Huskies coach Jimmy Lake hired by Los Angeles Rams

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 16, 2023

It’s the 46-year-old Lake’s first coaching job since being fired by Washington on Nov. 14, 2021, after 13 games at the helm. The North Central High School and Eastern Washington University graduate went 7-6 as UW’s head coach in 2020 and 2021, after previously excelling as the Huskies’ defensive backs coach (2004, 2014-15), co-defensive coordinator (2016-17) and defensive coordinator (2018-19).