Dave Nichols

Current Position: sports reporter

Dave Nichols joined The Spokesman-Review in 2014. He is the high school sports editor for The Spokesman-Review, and also the beat writer for the Spokane Chiefs and Spokane Indians.

Email: daven@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5441
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Sports > High school sports

Rubber Chicken: Full-strength Ferris girls withstand late charge, hold off Lewis and Clark 66-64; Saxons boys outlast LC

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 18, 2025

The Ferris girls basketball team started 3-0 but lost starting sophomore point guard Juju Lewis to an injury in a loss to Central Valley and dropped four straight.

Sports > High school sports

2025-26 Winter Sports Preview: Outlook for Northeast A boys, girls basketball

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 18, 2025

Capsules for the 2025-26 Northeast A boys and girls basketball teams.

Sports > High school sports

Railroad Rumble: Cheney sweeps games at Reese Court; spirit games provide opportunity for ‘state-level experience’

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 16, 2025

The Rogers girls basketball team is off to a tough start, going 1-4 through its first five games, with its only win over Class 1B Chesterton Academy.

Sports > High school sports

GSL basketball: Mt. Spokane boys rely on defense, young shooters to pull away from Gonzaga Prep 61-46 in nonleague tilt

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 17, 2025

Tuesday’s showdown between the Gonzaga Prep boys and visiting Mt. Spokane was not a league game, but with both teams coming off nonleague losses to Greater Spokane League opponents last week, neither wanted it to turn into a “losing streak” and another pre-holiday blemish on their record.

Sports > Spokane Chiefs

Spokane Chiefs overwhelmed in third period in 8-4 loss in Vancouver

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 14, 2025

LANGLEY, B.C. – Tyus Sparks and Ryan Lin scored two goals apiece and the Spokane Chiefs lost 8-4 to the Vancouver Giants in a Western Hockey League game at Langley Events Centre on Sunday.

Sports > High school sports

Spirit Week preview: Spokane Public Schools rivalry games bring the noise at Spokane Arena, Reese Court

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 16, 2025

It’s Spirit Week in the Greater Spokane League. That means raucous crowds, musical numbers, cheerleaders, noisemakers – and plenty of boys and girls basketball.

Sports > Spokane Chiefs

Sam Oremba records first career hat trick, Spokane Chiefs score six unanswered goals in third to down Portland 8-3

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 12, 2025

After winning three games in three nights last weekend, the Spokane Chiefs jumped from out of a playoff spot into sixth place in the Western Conference. Their opponent at the Arena Friday night, the Portland Winterhawks, are one of the teams they'll try to leapfrog as they work their way up the ladder.

Sports > High school sports

GSL Basketball: Aylah Cornwall goes for 31 points, Gonzaga Prep girls pull away from Central Valley 68-48; CV boys upend G-Prep

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 11, 2025

The Central Valley girls basketball team put its early-season four game win streak on the line Thursday against the visiting Gonzaga Prep team, which had won both of its first two games this season.

Sports > High school sports

2025-26 Winter Sports Preview: Mead senior Addison Wells Morrison makes name for herself under watchful eye of father, Spokane legend Adam Morrison

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 11, 2025

The name Morrison is synonymous with Spokane basketball. Adam Morrison enjoyed a record-setting high school career at Mead, helped lead Gonzaga to the national spotlight and was a two-time NBA champion and played internationally before returning to his hometown to become a respected analyst for the Zags.