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Eagle Holiday Classic, region’s largest high school basketball tourney, features 41 varsity teams – 15 from Greater Spokane League

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 25, 2025

Holiday week brings high school basketball tournaments, and Greater Spokane League and Eastern Washington teams are in action across the state.

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Prep roundup: Gonzaga Prep girls sweep three at California tournament; Cheney falls at Walla Walla

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

From staff reports

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Prep roundup: Aylah Cornwall paces Gonzaga Prep girls in California tourney; Shadle Park boys down Eastmont

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

Roundup of Monday’s high school basketball action from the Greater Spokane League. All games nonleague.

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Groovy Shoes: NC boys, Shadle girls earn rivalry game wins; Wolfpack retains ‘Shoes’ for 10th consecutive year

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 19, 2025

The North Central boys basketball program has enjoyed its share of success over the past few years, with a couple of trips to state to its credit and three consecutive “Groovy Shoes” wins over Shadle Park entering last year’s game.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2025-26 Winter Sports Preview: ‘Big, strong kid’ senior Jaden Ghoreishi hopes to lead Mt. Spokane boys basketball into rarefied air

Thu., Dec. 11, 2025

The Mt. Spokane boys basketball team has reached the State 3A semifinals each of the past four seasons, with two third-place finishes and two fifth-place trophies to show for it. If they are going to reach those lofty heights again this year, senior Jaden Ghoreishi will have a lot to say about it.

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2025-26 Winter Sports Preview: West Valley junior Nathan Zettle shifts from MVP football season into basketball mode

Thu., Dec. 11, 2025

West Valley’s Nathan Zettle hasn’t had much time to rest. It’s a good thing young bodies bounce back quickly.

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2025-26 Winter Sports Preview: Deer Park girls basketball’s ‘Fab Four’ put lengthy league winning streak on the line

Thu., Dec. 11, 2025

It’s been almost four calendar years since the Deer Park girls team has lost a league game – either regular season or in the district playoffs – a period which included moving up a classification from 1A into the Greater Spokane League 2A division.

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Dave Nichols: Moments not to miss in Greater Spokane League winter sports

Thu., Dec. 11, 2025

Spokane is known as “Hooptown,” but it’s not just the Zags and Hoopfest. The Greater Spokane League plays some pretty high-level basketball on the boys and girls sides, regularly putting league members into the final four at the State 4A and 3A tournaments.

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2025-26 Winter Sports Preview: Outlook for Greater Spokane League boys basketball

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 17, 2025

Capsules for the 2025-26 Greater Spokane League boys basketball teams.

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2025-26 Winter Sports Preview: Outlook for Greater Spokane League girls basketball

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 11, 2025

Capsules for the 2025-26 Greater Spokane League girls basketball teams.

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2025-26 Winter Sports Preview: Outlook for Greater Spokane League gymnastics

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 17, 2025

Capsules for the 2025-26 Greater Spokane League gymnastics teams.

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GSL basketball: Central Valley girls used balanced scoring to overcome Ferris; CV boys run away from Saxons

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 9, 2025

Central Valley went 27-0 last season and won the girls State 3A championship. But the Bears are defending their title without five players who graduated, including McDonald’s All-American and Gatorade state player of the year Brynn McGaughy – now starting for University of Washington – and first-team all-league and two-time GSL defensive player of the year Eden Sander.

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Spokane Chiefs notebook: Trades boost scoring, leadership; offense picks up during 3-game win streak

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 9, 2025

If the season ended today, the Spokane Chiefs would qualify for the playoffs out of the Western Conference of the Western Hockey League.

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Mathis Preston scores, Linus Vieillard makes 28 saves; Spokane Chiefs send Seattle to fifth straight loss 4-1

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 7, 2025

The Spokane Chiefs entered Sunday’s game on a modest two-game win streak, finding renewed success with a power play that has struggled much of the season.

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Sam Oremba paces Spokane Chiefs win on “Teddy Bear Toss” night at the Arena

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 6, 2025

There was plenty of holiday spirit in the Arena Saturday evening, as the team’s annual “Teddy Bear Toss” to benefit The Spokesman-Review’s Christmas Bureau brought out a huge crowd, thousands of stuffed animals – and “Boomer Claus” inspired jerseys and goalie pads for the special occasion.

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GSL basketball: Jaden Ghoreishi scores 31 points, Mt. Spokane scores last 19 points in 77-68 overtime win over Camas

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 6, 2025

Jaden Ghoreishi was nursing a cold on Saturday. And during the game he took a fair amount of abuse, leaving for several minutes in the fourth quarter after rolling an ankle. But the 6-foot-9 Colorado State-bound power forward found another gear, made an overtime-forcing bucket and helped lead his team to a third-straight victory to start the season.