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Greg Lee

Greg Lee

Current Position: Sports correspondent

Longtime high school sports reporter Greg Lee is now a freelance writer covering Gonzaga women's basketball, Whitworth football and high school sports for The Spokesman-Review.

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News >  Idaho Voices

One last push

Lakeland High School softball coach Colleen Bevacqua has no doubt that Alisha Watson can play in college. Bevacqua, in fact, hopes an opportunity comes along for Watson – one that she can’t refuse.
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St. Maries wins district title, heads to state

Perhaps it’s not so much that Intermountain League softball power Timberlake is stumbling as it is St. Maries seems to be peaking at the right time. For the second time in eight days, St. Maries handled the Tigers as the Lumberjacks captured their first 3A District I-II championship with an 8-5 win Saturday afternoon at Spirit Lake.
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Vikings prevail against plucky Post Falls

Sometimes even the heavily favored teams in loser-out games don’t play as well as they should. Case in point was the Coeur d’Alene High baseball team Thursday. In a loser-is-done scenario, though, a win is more important than style.
Sports

Injury won’t keep Hewitt from OSU

This would have been the week Bailey Hewitt of Clark Fork was going to tune up for the chance to defend four championships at the State 1A track and field meet next week. Hewitt wasn’t challenged in capturing titles in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles last spring. And she surprised by taking gold in the long and triple jump. It was a surprise in a sense that she had spent minimal training time in the jumps.
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Rally saves the day for Timberwolves

The loud exhale that could be heard near the Lake City High softball diamond Wednesday afternoon was coming from the Timberwolves in general and coach Laura Tolzmann in particular. Lake City shared the Inland Empire League title last year but saw its season end abruptly when it was eliminated in the 5A Region I tournament.
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CdA sophomore knuckles down, beats LC

Coeur d’Alene sophomore Jake Pereira had all weekend to think about his assignment as the starting pitcher in the Vikings’ 5A Region I baseball tournament opener against their crosstown rivals. Was he nervous?
News >  Idaho Voices

Taking it over the top

When it comes to identifying what events best suit an athlete in high school track, it takes more than just lining said athlete up and seeing how fast he or she can run. Take, for example, Lake City senior Tanner Schalk. He was always the fastest runner in his class, but not the fastest among his peers in the Inland Empire League.
Sports

Sun greets meet

The 10th annual District I Meet of Champions may not be remembered for all of the personal-best times and marks. What most will recall years from now is the final regular-season track and field meet featured the best weather by far this spring. Some thought it was the best weather in 10 years for the meet that showcases athletes from all classifications.
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CdA’s Turbin combines athleticism, smarts, faith

It’s understandable why the Oregon State University baseball team recruited J.J. Turbin. The two-time NCAA Division I champion Beavers found much to like about the Coeur d’Alene senior. To begin with, Turbin is at the head of his class athletically and academically.
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This could be year for Region in Blair game

Ron Adams has been forecasting a breakthrough the past five years. The founder of the Spokane Stars girls basketball program who launched the Jack Blair Memorial Washington/Idaho All-Star game 15 years ago has been predicting that the Region team would beat the Metro.
News >  Idaho Voices

Timberlake junior still aims higher

It would be accurate to say that Travis Porter came out of nowhere last year for the Timberlake High School boys track and field team. It also would be accurate to say he had to step out of a shadow, cast by a teammate who didn’t turn out, to achieve success.
Sports

T-Wolves sweep, near title

The Lewiston softball team was three outs away from handing Lake City just its second Inland Empire League loss Friday afternoon. But the league-leading Timberwolves wiggled off the hook as they rallied to knock off the visiting Bengals 3-2 in the opener of a doubleheader.
Sports

Vikings need to find bats in a hurry

The Coeur d’Alene softball team is floating along in uncharted waters. Since slowpitch gave way to fastpitch 14 years ago, the Vikings have missed the state tournament just once.
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Vikings sweep IEL track

Moments before the Inland Empire League track and field championships began Tuesday, the Coeur d’Alene girls had some unsettling news. An X-ray confirmed that senior sprinter/hurdler Hanna Johnson is out for the rest of the season with a stress fracture above her right ankle.
News >  Idaho Voices

Surprise leader emerges from pack

If Jessica Ross had to pick someone to blow her horn, it wouldn’t be herself. The Lake City High senior softball and basketball player doesn’t gravitate to the limelight.
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Vikings sweep first-place Bengals

The Coeur d’Alene baseball team revived some of the old magic Saturday afternoon. The Vikings swept league-leading Lewiston 4-3 and 7-5 in an Inland Empire League doubleheader. It was appropriate considering Coeur d’Alene dedicated its field in honor of former coach Ted Page, whose teams regularly held their own against the Bengals.
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Viks’ ballfield to be named for Ted Page

For two decades, Ted Page’s Coeur d’Alene High baseball teams played their home games downtown at McEuen Field. He retired from coaching following the 1994 season – two years before the Vikings started playing their home games on the south end of their campus.
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Work’s pitching helps Lake City blank CdA

It’s a tried-and-true winning formula when it comes to high school softball. Nearly flawless pitching, timely hitting and air-tight defense. It all added up to a 3-0 victory by Lake City over Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday in the first of four Inland Empire League showdowns between the crosstown rivals.