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Spokane Chiefs blank Prince George

It didn’t take long for the Spokane Chiefs to show they weren’t going to sleepwalk through a second straight Western Hockey League game.
Sports >  Gonzaga women

Vandersloot leads Gonzaga to rout over Saint Mary’s

The difference between the best women’s basketball team in the West Coast Conference and the team that sits in second place is, oh, just 69 points. The 23rd-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs raced past Saint Mary’s 106-66 before 3,207 fans at McCarthey Athletic Center Thursday night to go with a 106-77 romp in Moraga, Calif., four weeks ago.
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Chiefs fall flat in 5-1 setback to last-place Seattle

For two teams on opposite ends of the Western Conference standings, the Spokane Chiefs certainly have a difficult time with the Seattle Thunderbirds. It was no different at the Arena Wednesday night as the last-place T-Birds embarrassed the lackluster Chiefs 5-1 before a lackluster crowd of 4,119.
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Chiefs, Johnson both have goals as WHL season winds down

The Western Hockey League season has come down to a dozen games for the Spokane Chiefs, with eight of them at the Arena, and there couldn’t be more intrigue. Going into tonight’s home game with Seattle, the Chiefs have a one-point lead over Portland in the chase for the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs. Portland, however, has played two fewer games.
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Gonzaga, Washington State continue plans for NCAA tournament

Branding Spokane as the equivalent of Basketball Town USA for the two weekends of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament next month takes a little nerve. Gonzaga, ranked No. 23 in the USA Today ESPN Top 25 Coaches Poll released Tuesday, is hosting the first two rounds of the tournament on March 19 and 21. Washington State is the host for the regional at the Arena March 26 and 28, the first time the NCAA put the tournament in the same city in the same year.
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Tyler Johnson leads Chiefs’ charge

The Western Hockey League season has come down to a dozen games for the Spokane Chiefs, with eight of them at the Arena, and there couldn’t be more intrigue.
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Deer Park claims fourth consecutive State 2A wrestling crown

TACOMA – Deer Park’s race to a fourth straight State 2A wrestling championship hit a little construction delay Saturday morning, but by the time heavyweight Shawn Burton registered a 26-second pin over a Centralia wrestler to close the semifinals, the Stags were back on the open road. With three finalists, two champions and eight placers, Deer Park piled up 147½ points to beat Centralia by 45.
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Missing two top wrestlers, U-Hi finishes second

University did everything it could to enter the State 3A wrestling championships the same way it left 4A last season, but the Titans couldn’t overcome an opponent they couldn’t meet on the mat.
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Rogers brothers win State 4A wrestling titles for Mead

TACOMA – The biggest schools in the Greater Spokane League and the smallest schools in the area didn’t win team championships, but they did just fine individually at Mat Classic XXIII in the Tacoma Dome with 11 champions and several team trophies when it all ended Saturday night. Mead ended up third in 4A, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) was second in 1A and Reardan was third in B.
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University, minus two top wrestlers, settles for second

TACOMA – University did everything it could to enter the State 3A wrestling championships the same way it left 4A last season, but the Titans couldn’t overcome an opponent they couldn’t meet on the mat. According to coach Don Owen, U-Hi lost sophomore 125-pounder Ryan Gabel because of an “extremely controversial” doctor’s decision before the tournament started Friday.
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Ferris graduate Galloway returns with NAU for final time

Jenna Galloway is coasting now, taking just enough credits to be eligible to finish up her senior season of basketball for Northern Arizona. That gives the communications major from Ferris, who could have graduated in December, plenty of time to reflect.
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Galloway pays final visit to area

Jenna Galloway is coasting now, taking just enough credits to be eligible to finish up her senior season of basketball for Northern Arizona.
Sports

Spokane Chiefs whip Tri-City before sellout crowd

The truth is, when Tri-City collected what would have to be considered an easy goal less than five minutes into their Western Hockey League game with the Spokane Chiefs Saturday night, most of the sellout crowd of 10,475 at the Arena had to have a sinking feeling. It’s understandable.
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Chiefs down Ams before 10,475

After giving up an easy early goal, the Chiefs took command with a pair of power-play goals and then Tyler Johnson finished with off with a pair of late goals as Spokane dumped Tri-City 7-2 in a Western Hockey League game played before a sold-out crowd of 10,475 at the Arena Saturday night.
Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga women turn to tough defense for 11th consecutive win

The high-octane Gonzaga women’s basketball team took the economy model out for a spin on Thursday night. Without the nation’s top offense hitting on all cylinders until a game-ending 23-2 blitz, the Bulldogs put up a road block to throttle Loyola Marymount 82-42 before 2,837 fans at McCarthey Athletic Center.
Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga women roll to another win

Without the nation’s top offense hitting on all cylinders until a game-ending 23-2 blitz, the Bulldogs put up a road block to throttle Loyola-Marymount 82-42 before 2,837 fans at McCarthey Athletic Center. LMU averages 62.3 points a game and Gonzaga allows 61.8.
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Portland uncorks five goals in 2 minutes to overwhelm Chiefs

In the beginning it seemed like a matter of time before the Spokane Chiefs would make first-place Portland crack. Through 15 scoreless minutes at the Arena, Mac Engel had come up with a couple of solid saves, the Chiefs had a bevy of chances in their 16-8 shot advantage and they were embarking on their second power play.
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Higgs reflects on 17 years with Whitworth women

When Helen Higgs unfolds her 6-foot-4 frame out of the front seat of the bus and steps off in the Whitworth University parking lot at 2 a.m., she asks herself why she is still coaching basketball anywhere, let alone at the bus level of Division III. She knows all about the big time as a player at Oregon and in Germany and coaching stops as an assistant at Gonzaga and Utah.
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Whitworth coach Higgs understands success

When Helen Higgs unfolds her 6-foot-4 frame out of the front seat of the bus and steps off in the Whitworth University parking lot at 2 a.m. she asks herself why she is still coaching basketball anywhere, let alone at the bus level of Division III.
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Kramer gives Chiefs a fighting chance

It’s not a stretch to suggest Darren Kramer is a big reason the Chiefs are considered one of the surprise teams in the Western Hockey League, not just battling for a playoff spot but a top seed in the Western Conference.
Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga women roll to 24th consecutive WCC basketball victory

The way Gonzaga started against Portland on Friday night, it seemed like the toughest decision Bulldogs basketball coach Kelly Graves was going to have to make was whether to order a pizza – at halftime. That near-surgical precision didn’t last, but the Bulldogs delighted most of the crowd of 4,917, the fourth largest for the GU women at McCarthey Athletic Center, with an 87-67 win that ran their winning streak to 10 games, 24 straight in the West Coast Conference