Greg Lee

Bring on the second season. That is the collective stance of the Whitworth football players and coaches. The expanded 40-team NCAA Division III playoffs meant there was room for the Pirates (9-1).

Neither the West Coast Conference coaches nor media knew the rocky start the Gonzaga women’s basketball team would face when the Zags were picked to defend their regular-season championship.

It didn’t take long for running back Luis Salgado to catch the attention of Whitworth head coach Rod Sandberg. “The game was against Pacific, his freshman year,” Sandberg said.

The Gonzaga women’s basketball team has much to learn after a challenging loss at Stanford on Sunday.

Mt. Spokane long-distance standout Jane Wycoff can pinpoint exactly where her improvement has come this fall.

The top four teams in each race earn trophies and the top 16 finishers in the 4A, 2A and 1A boys and girls races and 2B boys and 2B/1B boys receive medals, the top 20 boys and girls in 3A receive medals and the top eight finishers in 1B boys receive medals.

One has to wonder if picking the Gonzaga women’s basketball team to win the West Coast Conference regular-season championship is something automatic for opposing coaches.

McCarthey Athletic Center has been home to 262 victories for the Gonzaga women’s basketball team since its opening in 2004-05. A look back at the top 20 memories/moments since the first dribbles and baskets in the 6,000-seat arena.