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Chiefs end losing streak

Beggars can't be choosy, and with seven straight losses the Spokane Chiefs were all but begging for a win. They got it Wednesday night before 3,280 fans at the Arena. Even if it wasn't exactly pretty, they'll take it.
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Eastern projects guarded hope

The Eastern Washington women's basketball team is moving outside. "I'm pretty excited," sixth-year head coach Wendy Schuller said. "We're going to be a heck of a lot different, that's for sure. We lost some pretty good players, a lot of big kids. We don't have a lot of choice but to be different."
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Zags identify big goal

West Coast Conference women's basketball coaches didn't give Gonzaga the preseason bull's-eye, so Bulldogs coach Kelly Graves is painting his own. "We have to take the next step," the seventh-year coach said. "Over the last four years we're the winningest team in the northwest – we've won 80 and lost 42. The Huskies are second – they've won 73. We're the winningest team in the conference the last four years – we're 44-12. The next closest is Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine with 37.
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Conference moved swiftly to suspend McBride

Here's what Weber State football coach Ron McBride said after a 24-18 loss to Montana State last Saturday: "I think the guy (official) just made a mistake," McBride said to Jasen Asay of The Ogden Standard-Examiner. "I think it was an inadvertent whistle and I don't know. It just baffled me because I'm watching the line of scrimmage and there ain't nobody moving."
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Lumberjacks top Eagles in shootout

Eastern Washington University's young offense showed it was capable, but it was Northern Arizona's experience that showed what the Eagles might be able to do in time. Veteran quarterback Jason Murrietta engineered a high-powered and clutch offense that led the Lumberjacks to a 44-36 win to spoil homecoming for 5,498 fans on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Woodward Field.
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Murrietta stops EWU

Eastern Washington University's young offense showed it was capable, but it was Northern Arizona that showed how bright the Eagles' football future could be. Veteran quarterback Jason Murrietta engineered a high-powered and clutch offense that led the Lumberjacks to a 44-36 win to spoil homecoming for 5,498 fans on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Woodward Field.
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Peerboom enjoys career day

Quarterback is the one position on a football team in which changes are made grudgingly, even if a backup has a great week of practice. Eastern Washington University made an exception Saturday and Chris Peerboom rewarded their faith.
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Eagles get tough homecoming opponent

The first game of Eastern Washington's football future is this afternoon, but that doesn't mean the Eagles are giving up on 2006. With the usual goals of a winning season and a playoff berth out of reach, the Eagles (2-6, 2-3 in the Big Sky Conference) want to win for the seniors and build momentum for the future.
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Reluctant kicker thrives

Highlights for the Eastern Washington University football team have been few and far between this year, as a 2-6 record would indicate. Except when senior Brett Bergstrom is involved.
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Eastern searches for leaders

To many it was a forgone conclusion, but Saturday night in Portland it became official: Eastern Washington's string of seven consecutive winning seasons came to a humbling end with a 34-0 loss to Portland State. That, by the way, ended a streak of 205 games without being shut out just a week after the Eagles posted their first shutout in 215 games with a 34-0 win at Northern Colorado.
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Kickoff return hurt

MOSCOW, Idaho – There was definitely one play midway through the fourth quarter that allowed 18th-ranked Boise State to pull out a 42-26 win over Idaho in a burst-at-the-seams Kibbie Dome Saturday afternoon. That would be Rashaun Scott's long kickoff return following a touchdown that pulled the Vandals within 28-26 with 7 minutes, 5 seconds to play.
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Confident Eastern faces healthy Vikings

Eastern Washington's young football team had its moments against highly-ranked Montana two weeks ago then completely destroyed Northern Colorado. Now it tests that progress at 23rd-ranked Portland State Saturday night at PGE Park.
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Eagles, BYU set matchup

Eastern Washington's test against a Division I-A football team next season will come against "Quarterback U." The Eagles will face Brigham Young University early next year in Provo, Utah.
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Eagles face defining moment against Bears

Today could be the game that defines the character of the Eastern Washington football team. The Eagles (1-5, 1-2 in the Big Sky Conference) play Northern Colorado (1-5, 0-3) in a game that would appear to be a tossup between struggling teams.
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Bears may turn to Greeley native

Not that Eastern Washington knew a lot about Big Sky Conference newcomer Northern Colorado before, but preparations for the first meeting in more than 20 years could be tougher. It appears the struggling Bears (1-5, 0-2) are switching quarterbacks for Saturday's game in Greeley (kickoff 12:35 p.m., KSKN 22 TV).
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Eagles upended

For a moment it appeared the Eastern Washington football team was going to claw its way out of a deep hole. But just when there was a glimmer of hope against a heavily-favored opponent, the Eagles tumbled back down, all but burying their season. Special teams blunders and offensive mistakes doomed a gritty defensive effort as the Eagles fell to their Big Sky Conference rival, the fourth-ranked Montana Grizzlies, 33-17 before a Woodward Field record crowd of 11,583 on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.
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Struggling EWU faces fourth-ranked Montana

In recent years the hype prior to the Montana-Eastern Washington football showdown generally focused on the battle for supremacy atop the Big Sky Conference standings. Technically, that's true again as the Grizzlies invade Woodward Stadium today at 2 p.m. If the Eagles win, they would be tied with Montana and others for the conference lead.
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Unfashionable trend at EWU

Be it Eastern Washington's season-ending defeats in the playoffs to Sam Houston State in 2004 and Northern Iowa last year, or this year's losses to Central Washington and Sacramento State, they were marked by second-half comebacks by the victors. And at least one other worrisome trend, according to EWU coach Paul Wulff.
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White gave Vikings near miss

Football has become so complicated and specialized it must take a nuclear physicist to understand it. Maybe that's just what coaches want people to think.
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Eastern setback stings

Every national mention of Eastern Washington University this week is going to make the Eagles cringe. That's because Sacramento State, which last won a football game on the road in 2002 at Woodward Field, did it again Saturday, doing an about-face in the second half to stun EWU and 6,738 fans 21-20.
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EWU must avoid taking Hornets for granted

The numbers aren't the kind to scare an opponent. In fact, they may promote overconfidence. Sacramento State set a dubious Big Sky Conference record last week with its 12th straight loss on the road. That brings the Hornets' road skid to 19 games, 18 under fourth-year coach Steve Mooshagian heading into today's game against Eastern Washington at Woodward Field.
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Eneberg leads by example

The final preparations for Eastern Washington's football game at Montana State last week included telling backup linebacker Makai Borden that an injury would keep starter Shae Emry out of the lineup. Borden, a redshirt freshman, stepped in and the defense did just fine in a critical 19-10 victory.
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Vikings on a roll, while Wildcats struggling

Eastern Washington football coach Paul Wulff picked Montana to win the Big Sky Conference with a warning: Watch out for Portland State. The Vikings' depth and talent showed when they went to Weber State shy their first two quarterbacks, who were injured a week earlier against California and won 20-10.
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Sky honors Eastern kicker

The last thing Brett Bergstrom wanted to do was become the Big Sky Conference Special Teams Player of the Week. The player of the week thing isn't bad, it's the special teams thing.