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Colville rides battery of Cabbage, Madonna to 19 straight wins

Casual observers probably didn’t notice when Colville junior pitcher McKenna Cabbage made her varsity debut on March 14 and lost 9-3. Cabbage (18-1) hasn’t lost in the seven weeks since, and neither have her Indians, who will take a 19-1 record and homefield advantage into next week’s District 7 2A tournament.
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Past champions return for Bloomsday

When Jon Neill spoke Tuesday morning about the stars aligning, he meant it in a figurative and literal sense. Neill, Bloomsday’s elite athlete coordinator, is so pleased with the elite men’s field for Sunday’s 12-kilometer race that he envisions the possibility of a course record.
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Past champions return for Bloomsday

When Jon Neill spoke Tuesday morning about the stars aligning, he meant it in a figurative and literal sense. Neill, Bloomsday’s elite athlete coordinator, is so pleased with the elite men’s field for Sunday’s 12-kilometer race that he envisions the possibility of a course record.
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NC battery holds off Mead

North Central’s late one-run lead was hanging in the balance Friday when seniors Emily Ebaugh and Malia Wash saved the day with their strong, accurate arms. Ebaugh, NC’s catcher, threw out a runner attempting to steal second base in the sixth inning and Wash followed with two strikeouts with a runner at third base as the visiting Indians held off the Mead Panthers 5-4 in the Greater Spokane League.
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Ebaugh, Wash help NC edge Mead

North Central’s late one-run lead was hanging in the balance Friday when seniors Emily Ebaugh and Malia Wash saved the day with their strong, accurate arms.
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Hall of Fame coach Sheridan dies

Outside of Linda Sheridan’s old office at Shadle Park was a poem fragment that summed up her feelings about life: “What lies before you and what lies behind you isn’t as important as what lies within you.” Sheridan, who built Spokane girls athletics into a state-wide power and influenced former players to become coaches themselves, died Saturday at age 65 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
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Chiefs’ offseason goal: Get stronger

Before leaving town for some rest and family time, Spokane Chiefs coach Don Nachbaur met with his players to advise them on how to spend their offseason. Nachbaur’s overriding message: Get stronger and better.
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Hall of Fame coach Linda Sheridan, 65, dies

Outside of Linda Sheridan’s old office at Shadle Park was a poem fragment that summed up her feelings about life: “What lies before you and what lies behind you isn’t as important as what lies within you.”
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Kolar hopes to make return soon

Dara Kolar played third base as a freshman for Post Falls’ state championship team in 2010. More impressive to her coach, Jack Foster, Kolar batted a school-record .556 last season as a junior catcher for a team that finished 0-24.
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Titans unleash bats

Alex Douglas joked that she’s working her way down University’s batting order. Douglas might be on her way back up after her three doubles Tuesday led U-Hi to an 11-0, six-inning win at North Central in a meeting of the Greater Spokane League’s top 3A softball teams.
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Marshallese girls make transition from slowpitch

Melody Henchi and Salota Hensene are breaking new ground at Rogers High and paving the way for fellow Marshallese women. Henchi, a senior left fielder, and Hensene, a junior second baseman, are the first girls from the Marshall Islands to give fastpitch a serious try at Rogers, coach Cris Coffield said.
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Winterhawks end Chiefs’ season with rout, series sweep

There was no reason for “what-ifs” when the Spokane Chiefs’ season ended Wednesday night. The Portland Winterhawks’ 5-0 victory at the Arena capped a 4-0 series sweep that left Chiefs coach Don Nachbaur wondering where his team’s offense went.