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CV splits with Mt. Spokane

Coming off spring break, the Pasco Invitational is two days away and there was a biting headwind in the backstretch. Central Valley boys never thought about that, just the one-point loss to Lewis and Clark two weeks ago.
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Experience shows for Eagles

Yes, the Eastern Washington football team has to break in a few key players, particularly at quarterback, but it was evident at the first practice of the spring Monday afternoon that in many ways the Eagles are picking up where they left off last fall. "Obviously, the kids were very energetic," head coach Paul Wulff said. "We have a lot of experienced players – there aren't a lot of new things for them – so it really let us get in and out of our drills quickly. You can get onto the details a lot sooner. On offense we have a lot in for the first day of spring."
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Eagles enter new era

Even the most casual Eastern Washington University football fan knows the Eagles have to find a new quarterback to start the post-Erik Meyer Era, but head coach Paul Wulff sees a more pressing need. "I think the most important thing for us is finding the true leaders on this football team," Wulff said. "We feel we have some guys that are definite leadership candidates, regardless of position, but we have to find those bona fide leaders. We lost some awfully good leaders."
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A steep challenge

Eastern Washington has added a second Division I opponent to next season's football schedule: Big East champion West Virginia. The Eagles will play at West Virginia on Sept. 9 against a Mountaineers team that finished last season 11-1 and with a No. 5 national ranking after defeating Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
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Leaving tradition behind in dust

Anna Walters is well aware that on the tracks and trails around Spokane her family name is synonymous with distance running. But the North Central senior didn't just run away from tradition, she sprinted from it – laughing all the way.
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Young Panthers run wild

Mead coaches were expecting the worst, but a pair of underclassmen gave them their best and allowed the Panthers to open the Greater Spokane League with wins against visiting North Central on a windy but nice Wednesday afternoon. Sophomore Mike Senescall and junior Nikki Codd were surprise winners in the 400 meters, turning around meets their coaches were not too confident about winning.
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Seasons of disappointment

By any measure, the recently completed basketball season was a disappointment for the four area Division I women's basketball teams. A season of high expectations ended with just one winning season and even Gonzaga's 16-14 mark was diminished when the Bulldogs flamed out with a first-round loss in the West Coast Conference tournament on their home court.
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Eagles expect high standards for next year

From the moment Rodney Stuckey stepped on campus at Eastern Washington University, men's basketball coach Mike Burns predicted great things. He never wavered from that belief, even as his first team struggled through an 8-20 season with Stuckey sitting out for academic reasons.
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Bekkering leaves

Henry Bekkering, a fan favorite, has decided to leave the Eastern Washington University men's basketball team and return to Canada. "Things didn't work out here," the native of Taber, Alberta, said. "I'm going to go home to play with my brother at the University of Calgary. To play at home in front of my family is a great opportunity."
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Helfer quits basketball coaching job

A member of three halls of fame for her athletic prowess and coaching success, Jeanne Helfer is hanging up her whistle to finish up a role that has always been most important to her. "There are a lot of factors you consider, but the main reason is it's time for me to allow my family to have me as a mom and a wife without always dealing with the coaching issues," the Mt. Spokane girls basketball coach said. "I've always said I don't want to go one day longer or one day shorter than God wants me to and I believe it's my time."
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Meyer, other Eagles excel before scouts

Though the lighting in the Eastern Washington University fieldhouse could best be described as subdued, there were some bright flashes Thursday afternoon. Those would be the smiles of Erik Meyer, Jesse Hendrix and Isaiah Trufant, three of the six players who worked out for National Football League scouts on Eastern's "pro timing day."
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Eagles step up, then step aside

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – This one got away. Never mind the 30 minutes of indifferent play, when it came time to be counted, the young Eastern Washington Eagles stood up.
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Eastern needs to get a reversal

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Beating Portland State in the first round of the Big Sky Conference men's tournament was the goal, but hopefully the young Eastern Washington basketball players learned a valuable lesson from the Vikings as well. Despite losing to the Eagles twice during the regular season and on the verge of being blown out in front of a hostile crowd, the Vikings pushed Eastern to the limit before falling 81-75 Saturday night.
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Faurholt’s journey has been on a rocky road

Emily Faurholt didn't foresee the struggles the Idaho Vandals have encountered heading into tonight's game in the Western Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament, but as her career comes to an end it makes her appreciate the journey. "I have always had instant success and this year has been a struggle and a growing time for me," Faurholt said. "Things don't always work out the way you perceive them at the start. But we're OK. We are still playing hard and having fun together."
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Pepperdine surprise champion

When the West Coast Conference season started back in January it seemed unlikely Pepperdine would be playing Sunday afternoon at the McCarthey Athletic Center and unfathomable the Waves would be still be playing when the NCAA tournament tips off in two weeks. That's when the Waves, with a roster of one senior and two juniors, were stumbling along at 3-13.
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Mead product Shorts is versatile

When KeLicia Shorts blocked a Gonzaga shot on Thursday in a first-round game of the West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament, it gave the San Francisco junior 365 in her career. The first 355 came during her four-year career with the Dons' volleyball team.
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Santa Clara tops USF in OT

The inability to inbound the ball cost seventh-seeded San Francisco its second straight upset and a spot in the West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament championship game. Instead, top-seeded Santa Clara faces Pepperdine today at 1 p.m. at McCarthey Athletic Center after pulling out a 75-65 win in overtime in front of 941.
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Stuckey leads way for EWU

Rodney Stuckey displayed his Most Valuable Player form and his Eastern Washington teammates played follow the leader. The sensational freshman scored 38 points and Eastern got key contributions from all its players to produce an 81-75 win over scrappy Portland State in the first round of the Big Sky Conference basketball tournament at Reese Court on Saturday night.
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Waves hang on by thread

Amanda Patton, who missed a free throw with 3.3 seconds left, missed a desperation 3-pointer from the left corner as time expired Saturday afternoon, allowing fourth-seeded Pepperdine to escape with a 59-58 win over third-seeded Loyola Marymount in the first semifinal of the West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament at McCarthey Athletic Center. "It's pretty tough watching an 83 percent free-throw shooter up there, but we used every trick we had to get her to miss," said Pepperdine coach Julie Rousseau, whose team faces top-seeded Santa Clara in the title game.
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Eastern hosts confident PSU

Things have changed dramatically since Eastern Washington finished its regular-season sweep of Portland State a month ago, enough that the Eagles shouldn't be overconfident for tonight's Big Sky Conference Tournament opener. If the Vikings weren't riding high after taking the Eagles to overtime – a game they had a good shot to win at the end of regulation – they should be now after posting four straight wins which pushed them into the final playoff berth.
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Coaches like mood at McCarthey Center

Aside from San Francisco's Jessie Evans, most West Coast Conference men's basketball coaches seem to embrace the idea of playing this year's league tournament in the home arena of regular-season champion and top-seeded Gonzaga. Evans said earlier this week that he thought the Bulldogs' home crowd intimidated the officials during USF's regular-season finale against the GU in the McCarthey Athletic Center on Monday. And he expressed concern that the same thing might happen during the tournament, which is being hosted by the Zags for the first time in its 20-year history.
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Crash and burn

Outside of San Francisco, this can't be what the West Coast Conference had in mind. Seventh-seeded USF, with an offense that was AWOL for most of the season, upended second-seed Gonzaga 75-67 to close the first-round of the WCC women's basketball tournament at McCarthey Athletic Center Thursday night.
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Eagles star said he’s not going anywhere

Eastern Washington basketball coaches began raving about Rodney Stuckey when the 6-foot-4 guard from Kentwood (Wash.) High School signed with the Eagles. While Stuckey sat out last year for academic reasons, the coaches kept saying wait until next year. Next year has come and is almost gone and the point guard isn't as good as advertised – he's better. But despite breaking new ground (first freshman ever named Big Sky Conference MVP) and records (EWU single-game and single-season scoring records, both conference records for freshmen), Stuckey remains humble and flashes a million-dollar smile when talking basketball.
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It’s a freshman first

Freshman Rodney Stuckey, who could already be called the best Eastern Washington basketball player ever, added to his bulging resume when he was named the Big Sky Conference Most Valuable Player and a unanimous all-league pick. It is the first time in the 27 years of the award a freshman was named MVP.