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Schedule maker didn’t do Chiefs any favors

As the Spokane Chiefs’ regular-season schedule reached its one-fourth point, head coach Don Nachbaur identified some subtle changes that had occurred in recent games. But one thing hadn’t changed: The Western Hockey League schedule appears designed to give the Chiefs an early-season challenge.
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Swan song

Kellie Egan knows it’s time to walk away from volleyball. Just give her another two weeks.
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Volleyball notes: Colfax’s résumé unequaled

Today’s challenge: Try to prove that there’s a better volleyball team in the area than Class 2B Colfax. Good luck. The Bulldogs are 29-1, with wins over co-Greater Spokane League champions University and Shadle Park, co-Great Northern League champion Pullman, co-Northeast A League champions Freeman and Lakeside, and two-time defending State 1B champion Tekoa-Oakesdale.
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Moose Jaw trades ex-Chief Fiddler to Prince George

One week after speculating that Todd Fiddler’s Western Hockey League career had reached an end, the Moose Jaw Warriors traded the veteran forward to the Prince George Cougars. Fiddler, joining his fifth WHL team in as many seasons, was traded Monday for a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2015 WHL bantam draft.
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Mead captures District 8 4A volleyball title

Some things never change with Mead’s volleyball team, even after big changes. The Panthers claimed the District 8 4A championship for the 12th time in the last 14 years on Saturday by sweeping Central Valley 25-18, 25-23, 25-21 at Mead High.
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Fram always 100 percent

Jason Fram was a wee tyke of 6 or 7 years old when he announced to his mother that he wanted to play hockey. “I have no idea what that is,” was the comeback of Margaret Fram, a Singapore native who came to Canada as a university student.
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Lake City’s Farrell made best out of devastating 2011 injury

Madi Farrell figures that the severe knee injury that kept her from playing at the Idaho state volleyball tournament in 2011 has paid her back at least twofold. Farrell’s Lake City Timberwolves will open play at the 5A State tournament in Post Falls at 10 a.m. today against Madison, last year’s runner-up team.
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Red-hot Portland trips up Spokane Chiefs

The Portland Winterhawks are right back at it, rising to the top of the powerful U.S. Division with eight consecutive wins. Portland captain Taylor Leier scored twice, including the winner on a power play late in the second period, as the Winterhawks edged the Spokane Chiefs 4-3 in the Western Hockey League’s premier game on Saturday night.
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Chiefs make quick work of Brandon

Breakthroughs, successful returns and the same old magic blended together Friday night to give the Spokane Chiefs their most lopsided win of the season. Rookies Colton Bobyk and Spokane product Keanu Yamamoto provided the breakthroughs, scoring their first career goals during the Chiefs’ 7-1 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings at the Arena.
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Chiefs keep rolling, drub Brandon

The Chiefs had their biggest blowout of the season and maintained the WHL's top record with a 7-1 win over Brandon on Friday night at the Arena.
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Shadle sweeps Central Valley in 3 tight games

All three games could have gone either way, but all three went Shadle Park’s way. That’s one big reason why the Highlanders are in line for their first Greater Spokane League volleyball title in 20 years.