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Chiefs look to Kichton for more than numbers

Brenden Kichton produced last season like few defensemen in the 26 years of the Spokane Chiefs. Kichton became just the fourth Chiefs blueliner, and first in 17 seasons, to score at least 20 goals. His 23 goals and 58 assists gave him 81 points, one shy of the franchise record for a defenseman established by National Hockey League veteran Bryan McCabe in 1993-94.
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Chiefs allow three power-play goals in season-opening loss

KENNEWICK – The Spokane Chiefs showed that they were going to work hard. Now they just have to work a little smarter. Spokane opened its Western Hockey League season with a difficult road game at Tri-City and played with the tenacity expected from coach Don Nachbaur’s team, but it gave up three power-play goals in six chances, giving the Americans a 4-1 win before 5,599 fans at the Toyota Center.
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Chiefs have some key holes to fill

The Spokane Chiefs may have a tough time duplicating the success they had last year when they were the surprise team of the Western Hockey League, but it won’t be for lack or trying. “I would hope we play a similar style to last year, a hard team to play against,” second-year coach Don Nachbaur said. “We outworked teams, we out-chanced teams.”
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Chiefs open season with holes to fill

The Spokane Chiefs may have a tough time duplicating the success they had last year when they were the surprise team of the Western Hockey League, but it won’t be for lack or trying.
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Chiefs look for success as WHL season opens

The goal for the Spokane Chiefs never varies – play an Eastern Conference team in late spring. That would mean that Spokane, which opens the season at Tri-City on Saturday, would be playing for the Western Hockey League title.
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Chiefs learn lessons by playing Americans

The Western Hockey League preseason schedule seems to be set up perfectly for Spokane Chiefs coach Don Nachbaur. That’s if facing a rival for three straight games is a good thing.
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Vandersloot gets warm reception in Seattle

SEATTLE – There were a couple of minutes left in the first half when Courtney Vandersloot gathered in a long outlet pass and took off for the opposite end of the court at KeyArena. But as she neared the 3-point line Seattle Storm star Sue Bird swooped in and stole the ball, setting up a Swin Cash basket on the other end. Chicago quickly called a timeout and as the Sky players went to the bench, coach Pokey Chatman put her arm around Vandersloot and quietly spoke in her ear.
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Vandersloot’s rookie WNBA season ends in Seattle

SEATTLE – There were a couple of minutes left in the first half when Courtney Vandersloot gathered in a long outlet pass and took off for the opposite end of the court at KeyArena. But as she neared the 3-point line Seattle Storm star Sue Bird swooped in and stole the ball, setting up a Swin Cash basket on the other end. Chicago quickly called a timeout and as the Sky players went to the bench, coach Pokey Chatman put her arm around Vandersloot and quietly spoke in her ear. It was the last game of the former Gonzaga star’s rookie season in the WNBA and the lessons continued to the end. And it actually looked familiar. Vandersloot had many such moments with Kelly Graves, who was sitting in the front row at center court with the governor and Storm owner, as she made NCAA history while taking Gonzaga to unprecedented success.
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Goodrich, Erickson hits at Spokane Interstate Fair Rodeo

The speed that news travels proved to be very lucrative for a pair of cowboys as the Spokane Interstate Fair PRCA rodeo concluded Saturday night. For Brad Goodrich it was what he knew and for Chase Erickson it was what he didn’t know that made the difference.
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NC’s Knights speeds to victory in Walters Invite

It’s hard to be disappointed with what transpired at the Fifth Annual Tracy Walters Invitational cross country meet, but it’s hard not to be. Before the girls took off at Audubon Park Saturday morning, Amy-Eloise Neale of Glacier Peak, one of the premier distance runners in the country, was scratched with a hamstring injury. That left North Central’s Katie Knight and Shadle Park’s Kendra Weitz without the target they’ve been chasing the previous two years.
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Switch of mounts has Colbert cowboy climbing rankings

It’s hard to believe Tyson Durfey was waging a battle with his confidence earlier this year but the tie-down roper who calls Colbert home hits the Spokane Interstate Fair Rodeo this weekend on a fast-climbing roller coaster. “I had such a hard winter and spring in comparison to years past,” the four-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier said. “In the past several years I had ($40,000-50,000 in winnings) at Reno. I knew no matter how bad it got I’d make the NFR.
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More horsepower spurs Colbert cowboy Durfey

It’s hard to believe Tyson Durfey was waging a battle with his confidence earlier this year but the tie-down roper who calls Colbert home hits the Spokane Interstate Fair Rodeo this weekend on a fast-climbing roller coaster.
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Cross country powers to collide at invitational at Audubon Park

Amy-Eloise Neale and Katie Knight raced 9,800 meters in state finals last year and when all was said and done, in more than a half-hour of running, the difference was 9.12 seconds. Knight, from North Central, only had three silver medals to show for her efforts that pushed Neale, from Glacier Peak, to a course record at the 5,000-meter state cross country meet and 3A meet records for the 3,200 and 1,600 at the state track meet.
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Burst on the scene

Adam Talley was a soccer player masquerading as a tentative sophomore running back for the East Valley junior varsity last fall while the varsity was masquerading as a football team. By the end of the season Talley was one of the big reasons the Knights reached the semifinals of the State 2A playoffs, their deepest run since winning a state championship in 1981.
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Siblings who race for Shadle Park are each other’s biggest fan

Neither Nathan or Kendra Weitz is sure if the energy they expend cheering for each other has a negative effect on their own performance. They are convinced, however, that if the one running first has a good race, another is going to follow for the stars of this running family.
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Chiefs get mix of contributors in Red-White Scrimmage

A good blend of old and new highlighted the end of the Spokane Chiefs’ first weekend of training camp. A pair of 15-year-old draft picks kick-started the Red-White Scrimmage at the Arena on Sunday afternoon by scoring, there were a pair of 17-year-olds with a good chance to make the Western Hockey League team who had two points apiece, and three veterans put their stamp on the game with goals.
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Chiefs get mix of contributors in Red-White Scrimmage

A good blend of old and new highlighted the end of the Spokane Chiefs’ first weekend of training camp. A pair of 15-year-old draft picks kick-started the Red-White Scrimmage at the Arena on Sunday afternoon by scoring, there were a pair of 17-year-olds with a good chance to make the Western Hockey League team who had two points apiece, and three veterans put their stamp on the game with goals.
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Goal clear for Chiefs goaltender Engel

Spokane Chiefs coach Don Nachbaur and goalie Mac Engel have the same strategy for their second season with the Western Hockey League team. “It’s all based on how well people play and earning it,” Nachbaur said as camp opened at the Arena. “It’s always up to veteran players to hold on to what they got.”
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Chiefs defenseman Vandane reflects on scary crash

The Spokane Chiefs opened camp at the Arena on Thursday with a tiring practice before some intense scrimmaging among the more than 60 players who hope to make the Western Hockey League team. But there was no way second-year coach Don Nachbaur and his staff could make it too hard for returning defenseman Davis Vandane.