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State 1A/2B/1B girls track: Emerson, Hunt guide ACH to second

For not having an official track team, Almira/Coulee-Hartline fared very well at the State 1B girls track and field meet. Powered by multitalented senior Katie Emerson, the Warriors, with two competitors, placed second at the three-day meet, which wrapped up Saturday at Eastern Washington University’s Roos Field.
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State softball: Brooke Olson, Kaylee Levien boost state-bound North Central

North Central’s softball team took its lumps last year with a new battery of freshman pitcher Brooke Olson and sophomore catcher Kaylee Levien. Late in the season, following a nine-game losing streak, the Indians had a record of 4-14 and looked nothing like the 2013 team that won the Greater Spokane League championship.
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Prep softball: North Central seniors enter home stretch

The last thing Jessica Huffman expected when she transferred to North Central was to become part of a unique group in school history. Huffman and fellow seniors Hannah George, Abby Nelson and Alycia Patterson are the final holdovers from the 2013 team that won the first Greater Spokane League fastpitch softball title in NC history.
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District 8 4A softball: University plays complete game to defeat CV for title

University flashed its bunting and baserunning in the first inning, its power in the fourth and sixth, and its pitching and defense the entire way. The components added up to a District 8 4A softball title for the Titans, who knocked off main rival Central Valley 11-1 in six innings Friday at Whitworth University.
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District 8 3A softball: Shadle Park tops NC in championship game

Shadle Park prides itself on putting runners on base and keeping rivals from doing the same thing. After Thursday, the Highlanders can also pat themselves on the back for earning the title of District 8 3A softball champion, courtesy of a 5-3 win over North Central at Whitworth University.
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Prep softball: Macie Reynolds’ 6 RBIs help CV outlast Mead at district

Central Valley coach Joe Stanton called it three games in one, but for Macie Reynolds it was just one big game. Reynolds, a sophomore catcher, homered twice and totaled six runs batted in, including a crucial two-run double in the top of the 11th inning, as CV outlasted Mead 16-15 on Wednesday at Whitworth University to clinch a berth in the District 8 4A softball title game.
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Vikings hope to send coach out in style

Larry Bieber approaches his final games as Coeur d’Alene’s head softball coach with just a tinge of sadness. “I’m a little sentimental, but this is the time,” said the 21-year coach, the only fastpitch coach the Vikings have known. “My wife has been a softball widow for a long time.”
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Prep softball: Kylie Sweeney leads Deer Park in tough Northeast A League

Shadle Park’s softball coaches were chitchatting about area teams recently when one mentioned Class 1A Deer Park’s win over North Central of the Greater Spokane League. DP junior Kylie Sweeney, who pitched a five-hitter and homered during that 11-0 win at NC, can see why the outcome might have struck GSL coaches as odd.
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Spokane Chiefs use No. 1 pick on defenseman Ty Smith

The Spokane Chiefs did all of their homework and always came up with the same answer. The Chiefs went with the conventional wisdom Thursday and selected defenseman Ty Smith of Lloydminster, Alberta, with the first pick of the Western Hockey League’s bantam draft in Calgary, Alberta.
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Chiefs select Smith with No. 1 pick

The Spokane Chiefs follow the expected course and took defenseman Ty Smith of Lloydminster, Alberta, with the first pick of Thursday's Western Hockey League bantam draft. Read story
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Spokane Chiefs hold high hopes in WHL bantam draft

The Spokane Chiefs received a big boost by landing the No. 1 pick for today’s Western Hockey League bantam draft. But the good news only got better for the Chiefs. Spokane also owns the No. 9 selection and four picks in the top 37.
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Softball notes: NWC’s Mackenzi Gray proved natural talent

Northwest Christian senior Mackenzi Gray more or less walked directly onto the softball field and became a premier player. Gray had never played competitively when she turned out for the team as a freshman. The Crusaders gave Gray a look in the outfield before moving her to shortstop, a position she has held since.
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Prep softball: Shadle Park takes big step toward GSL title

Jaya Allen craves the big moments in softball games, so Friday was right up her alley. Allen singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning and pitched out of a no-out, bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the frame as Shadle Park (14-1) took a huge step toward the Greater Spokane League title with a 5-4 victory at University (13-2).
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Cheney captures its first league softball title

Cheney has played in multiple leagues – Border, Frontier, Greater Spokane and the current Great Northern – but the Blackhawks had never won a softball championship until Tuesday. Julia Boyd (12-0) allowed two singles and struck out nine, and Rachel Barsness went 3 for 4 with a leadoff home run as the Blackhawks (16-0, 12-0) clinched the GNL title with a 10-0, five-inning victory over visiting East Valley.