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‘Everyone there had to be a pretty tough guy’: Gonzaga honors four boxers who captured the university’s first and only national championship
Gonzaga runner Rosina Machu places 7th in 10,000 meters at NCAA Outdoor Championships
‘I just really like to compete’: Gonzaga senior Wil Smith ready to assert himself as one of the best distance runners in Spokane history
‘They didn’t panic’: How Gonzaga baseball turned its season around, earned bye in WCC Tournament
Gonzaga’s Mikey Bell earns WCC player of the year honors
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Mark Machtolf nearing Gonzaga baseball record for wins as coach

UPDATED: Wed., April 1, 2026

In 1988, Mark Machtolf got his coaching start at Gonzaga under longtime Bulldogs baseball boss Steve Hertz. Now, Machtolf is about to break Hertz’s program record for wins as head coach.

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Former Gonzaga, Mariners pitcher Marco Gonzales gets new chance with Padres

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 15, 2026

Gonzales, the former Gonzaga standout who turns 33 on Feb. 16, signed a minor-league contract that included an invitation to MLB spring training with the Padres on Feb. 4.

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Washington State, Gonzaga sending runners to NCAA cross country nationals

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 15, 2025

Both the men’s and women’s Washington State teams qualified with at-large bids to the NCAA Cross Country National Championships, the NCAA announced Saturday, while Gonzaga women's runners Logan Hofstee and Jessica Frydenlund received individual at-large bids to nationals.

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Ex-Zag Troy Johnston has his hooks into Marlins with solid play after July debut

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 23, 2025

ARLINGTON, Texas – Last fall, Troy Johnston figured his baseball career was nearly over.

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‘Everyone there had to be a pretty tough guy’: Gonzaga honors four boxers who captured the university’s first and only national championship

UPDATED: Sat., July 19, 2025

Trophies, like the accomplishments that earn them, tend to collect dust over time. Most find their way to the back of a closet, but a chosen few get put in a glass case and, with the passage of years, get pushed to a back shelf to develop a patina that reflects a bygone era.

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Gonzaga runner Rosina Machu places 7th in 10,000 meters at NCAA Outdoor Championships

UPDATED: Thu., June 12, 2025

EUGENE – Gonzaga distance runner Rosina Machu claimed All-America status in the women’s 10,000 meters with a personal best 32 minutes, 15 seconds at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Thursday.

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‘I just really like to compete’: Gonzaga senior Wil Smith ready to assert himself as one of the best distance runners in Spokane history

UPDATED: Wed., May 28, 2025

If the average college senior is determined to rev it up that last semester — whether that's measured by GPA or ABV — Wil Smith has been decidedly more judicious.

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‘They didn’t panic’: How Gonzaga baseball turned its season around, earned bye in WCC Tournament

UPDATED: Wed., May 21, 2025

The Gonzaga baseball team’s season can be best described as a roller coaster.

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Gonzaga’s Mikey Bell earns WCC player of the year honors

UPDATED: Tue., May 20, 2025

Gonzaga baseball player Mikey Bell was named West Coast Conference Player of the Year on Tuesday, becoming the first GU player to win the award since 2016.

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Gonzaga baseball enters this week’s WCC Tournament armed with a bye and plenty of confidence

UPDATED: Mon., May 19, 2025

The Gonzaga baseball team began the season with just two wins in its first 14 games. Bolstered by a mid-March sweep of Washington in Seattle, the Zags turned their season around, rattling off 10 wins over their next 11 games. Now GU finds itself in a familiar position with the West Coast Conference Tournament set to begin in Las Vegas this week.

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How Gonzaga baseball went from program’s worst start in nonconference to top of WCC

UPDATED: Thu., April 24, 2025

It has been a season of building calluses for the Gonzaga baseball team.

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Former Gonzaga standout Eli Morgan traded to Chicago Cubs

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 20, 2024

Former Gonzaga standout Eli Morgan is on the move.

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