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Kings select Lukacevic in 4th round

It's not often a teenager is waiting by the phone when it rings at 6 a.m. on Sunday. But when a hockey player is hoping for a call from a National Hockey League team it's never too early.
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They decide they will take the leap

Ed and Kristy Smith were concerned. Their daughter was seated in a chair, blindfolded, the prop for her boyfriend's attempt in the Hoopfest Slam Dunk contest Saturday afternoon.
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They make Hoopfest a must-stop

Osh Spoonhunter knew she wasn't in Kansas any more. Morningstar Pelcher, Amber Tucumseh and the more than two dozen others from Mayette, Kan., had the same sensation when they experienced Hoopfest for the first time.
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McFaul’s swan song

With more than 6,000 teams, almost 24,000 players and close to 400 courts, Hoopfest can't afford to bend the rules it has fine-tuned for the past 14 years. But shortly after the world's largest 3-on-3 street basketball tournament turns 15 with its 8 a.m. tipoff today, one rule will be broken – briefly.
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Group of Chiefs could get picked in NHL draft

Last year Hoopfest came and went and all was quiet in the offices of the Spokane Chiefs. That's because the National Hockey League draft coincides with the local street basketball extravaganza and for just the second time the Chiefs were blanked in the entry draft.
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Gray draws aces, wins collegiate title

Ryan Gray was on top of the rodeo world Saturday night, capturing the bareback riding championship at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo. Less than 48 hours later the Cheney cowboy was just another young buck chasing a buck at the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association rodeo in Reno, Nev.
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Cougar QB Hurd given okay to pursue other playing destination

Chris Hurd, who lost the competition for the starting quarterback job at Washington State University, is looking for a different place to play but has not quit the team. "He has asked for permission to look elsewhere," Cougar coach Bill Doba said Monday night. "He got beat out and he admits that. He's looking at his options but nothing is set in stone. He's looking to play and we're trying to help him."
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Idaho non-football coaches also look forward to WAC encounters

MOSCOW, Idaho – Football coaches aren't the only ones smiling because Idaho is moving to the Western Athletic Conference. "I think it is a really good shot in the arm for us," Vandals women's basketball coach Mike Divilbiss said. "We're going from the 28th RPI conference last year to seven, eight or nine. We're real excited about getting to compete at that level on a daily basis."
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NIC soccer programs will be out of NWAACC after ‘04 season

Soccer, one of the most successful sports at North Idaho College in the program's short history, is temporarily in limbo. The Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges voted Friday at its annual meeting in Bellevue to eliminate NIC soccer's associate member status, leaving the Cardinals without a conference to play in after the 2004 fall season.
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A tornado named Noble

PASCO – Edgar Brown Stadium became Oz on Saturday. But if there was any doubt the accomplishments of the Rogers girls track team were almost make-believe, the ending to the State 4A track meet erased that.
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Touché Toussaint

PASCO – It seemed like every meet was a struggle for Rashaad Toussaint. Something was always bugging the West Valley junior and it would often take three attempts for the best horizontal jumper in Spokane to get a legal leap.
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Defending champ disappointed in 2nd

PASCO – Kayla Mainer sat on the bench, head bowed and buried in the sweatshirt she held, oblivious to the chilly wind. Long after Liberty-Issaquah sophomore Kara Bennett handled her interviews, an official cleaning up the high jump area knelt down and talked to Mainer. After that failed to console her, West Valley classmate Jared Jeffreys sat down and Mainer leaned on him.
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GSL girls steal show at state

PASCO – Sunshine was occasional, mega-smiles were constant. On a windy and sometimes wet Friday, the Greater Spokane League had a stellar day at the State 4A track meet at Edgar Brown Stadium.
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Family on the fringe again

Once the Brophys settled on golf for their family sport, they did what all golfers wished they could do — they went out and bought five sets of clubs. Then the Brophys did what all golfers wished beginners would do — they went to the Tekoa course to see if they could even make contact.
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Blackhawks lead way for GSL teams

YAKIMA – If Friday was West Valley's day at the Eastern Regional 3A track meet, Saturday belonged to Cheney. Hurdler Katie Kimball, quarter-miler Rubie Palmer and pole vaulter Jessica LaCambra of the Blackhawks had three of the five wins for Greater Spokane League schools to go with the three wins West Valley picked up on the first day of competition at Zaepfel Stadium.
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Merrell shines at regionals

YAKIMA – Tears welled up in Amanda Merrell's eyes and there was a look of amazement on her face. The Mead senior had just taken her last turn in the triple jump and her quest for one inch instead yeilded 19¾ inches and Merrell was not only going to the State 4A track meet next week, she was an Eastern Regional champion.
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Eagles star in 3A regionals

YAKIMA — There wasn't a whole lot for 3A athletes to do at the Eastern Regional track meet at Zaepfel Stadium. And the out-numbered Great Spokane League athletes didn't do a lot on the cold, windy Friday night.
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GSL athletes off to fast start

YAKIMA – Bron Shelton didn't have much time to celebrate. The Mead junior had to clear 14-feet, 6-inches in the pole vault just to make next week's State 4A track meet, so he celebrated by increasing his personal record a foot to 15 feet. Then he raced off to race in the 400-meter relay.
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MC games reflect trend

The Memorial Cup hockey tournament in Kelowna has become a national stage for what is wrong with hockey. There was hope the Cup would return life to junior hockey with the Western Hockey League's top scoring team making the field that includes the host team and the champions from the Ontario and always high-scoring Quebec leagues.
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Pair blisters two-mile record

The first day of District 8 track and field came to a quick end. At least the quickest 3,200 meters ever run at this meet.
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Bech wins tiebreaker, earns state berth

Katrina Bech had just earned a trip to the State 4A girls golf tournament with a 3-foot par putt on the first playoff hole but she didn't crack a smile. At least her frown was gone.
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Chiefs bring back Conroy with contract extension

Wanting to take advantage of two years of on-the-job training, the Spokane Chiefs extended the contract of coach Al Conroy. "Our goal is to develop players, we want to reap the benefits," general manager Tim Conroy said Tuesday. "We want to develop the coach and reap those benefits. With the experience Al has gained the last two seasons we feel he is capable of taking our team to the next level."
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Pomante to return to Whitworth

Dave Pomante always told his football players at Rogers, "Once a Pirate, always a Pirate." But last season he was a Bullpup, assisting at Gonzaga Prep after burning out at Rogers, where he coached for 19 years and compiled a 24-80 record in 12 years as the head coach.
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Red-White … and no blues

The Red-White Game Saturday afternoon at Woodward Field, which caps four weeks of spring football, seemed pretty routine. Which is a good thing.
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Give Myers credit

MASSIVE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, double teams in the trenches. . . bring 'em on. Compared to the challenge Brandon Myers met off the field, nothing on the football field is going to faze him. The 6-foot-1, 260-pound senior defensive tackle for Eastern Washington went to school non-stop for two years, often taking 20 credits a quarter, to earn the opportunity to be a senior again. "It was hard," he said, but there was no erasing his smile.