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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

Coburn motivated in return to mound

It’s been nearly a year since the deflating loss at the State 5A high school softball tournament, and Coeur d’Alene pitcher Amber Coburn still tears up talking about it. Coeur d’Alene and eventual state champ Eagle were scoreless after seven innings, setting up tiebreaker play. The Vikings scored a run in the top of the eighth.
Sports

Spring throws snow at North Idaho teams

Are you as glad as I am that March is behind us? Some of March’s miserable weather followed us into April. In Coeur d’Alene, where I live, we awoke to about 2 inches of snow last Thursday. I thought perhaps it was a cruel April Fool’s joke, but realized as I looked at the white-draped yard that April 1 was the day before.
News >  Idaho Voices

1959 Kellogg champs reunite

Ed Hiemstra didn’t want his team to get rusty. Hiemstra’s 1959 Kellogg High boys basketball team had just finished the regular season with an 18-1 record. But the Wildcats wouldn’t begin postseason play for two weeks.
News >  Idaho Voices

Off to the races, throws and jumps

A year ago, North Idaho high school track coaches were bemoaning the cold, snowy weather. Collectively, they wondered how their athletes would be able to work into shape and compete with southern Idaho athletes who usually get a head start on the rest of the state.
News >  Washington Voices

1959 Kellogg basketball champs reunite

Ed Hiemstra didn’t want his team to get rusty. Hiemstra’s 1959 Kellogg High boys basketball team had just finished the regular season with an 18-1 record. But the Wildcats wouldn’t begin postseason play for two weeks.
Sports

Coeur d’Alene storms ahead, holds off Lake City

The Coeur d’Alene baseball team opened a 9-0 lead through two innings over crosstown rival Lake City. Forgive first-year Vikings coach Nick Rook if he felt his team had just a one-run lead. The way his team has had a propensity to give up runs, not even Rook thought the margin was safe.
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NIC greets Griffitts with sense of relief

North Idaho College women’s basketball coach Chris Carlson was trying to figure out how he was going to defend the gem that got away. Then he got a grand surprise: The one he thought got away came back.
News >  Idaho Voices

Pitching wins championships

You want a theme among area high school softball teams this spring? Like it seems to be every year, things should start and begin with pitching – especially among the four 5A Inland Empire League teams. All four of those teams return their top pitchers and each is committed to play in college.
Sports

Cornelia likely going out on top

It’s an appro- priate way to go out. The Lewiston boys basketball team captured its first state trophy in 61 years – and second in school history – when the Bengals held off Madison 56-48 in the 5A state championship game.
Sports

Seniors meet Friday for All-Star basketball games

About 60 seniors, boys and girls, will gather Friday for the 23rd annual District I All-Star basketball games at Mullan. The girls tip off at 6 with the boys at about 7:45. Three-point shooting contests will be held for both the girls and the boys and a slam-dunk contest for the boys. The most valuable player of each game will receive a $100 scholarship.
Sports

North sweeps high-scoring contests

The Idaho High School All-Star basketball games Saturday posted the highest combined point totals in their six-year history. It’s no wonder with all the talent on the North and South teams.
News >  Idaho Voices

TEAMS READY TO PLAY OUTSIDE

You know it’s been a long winter when you hear Lewiston High School baseball coach Tom Grunenfelder talk about snow in the second week of March. Yes, the poor Bengals got snow this week in Lewiston – on back-to-back days even, enough that it interrupted one practice. With the forecast calling for warmth by the weekend, a season-opening tournament in Lewiston was definitely a go, though.
Sports

Cheever a great get for NIC

Bianca Cheever couldn’t have asked for a better detour from NCAA Division I basketball this season. The Australian native landed in Pocatello two years ago to play at Idaho State University. After a redshirt season, Cheever saw considerable minutes as a part-time starter last year.
Sports

Familiar faces abound at Idaho All-Star games

There’s a hint of a rematch of the State 5A girls basketball championship game when the seniors gather Saturday for the sixth annual Idaho State High School All-Star doubleheader at North Idaho College’s Rolly Williams Court. Coeur d’Alene held off Centennial 54-50 in overtime three weeks ago in the 5A final. Six players and the coaches from those teams will square off when the North takes on the South at NIC.
Sports

Little consolation for area teams

NAMPA, Idaho – North Idaho boys basketball teams went 1 for 5 in consolation trophy games Saturday morning, securing just one piece of hardware. St. Maries was the lone winner as the Lumberjacks captured fourth – their first trophy since 1998 – with a 60-52 win over Filer in the 3A state tournament at Meridian High School.
Sports

Little consolation for North Idaho teams

NAMPA, Idaho – North Idaho boys basketball teams went 1 for 5 in consolation trophy games Saturday morning, securing just one piece of hardware. St. Maries was the lone winner as the Lumberjacks captured fourth – their first trophy since 1998 – with a 60-52 win over Filer in the 3A state tournament at Meridian High School.
Sports

Madison overcomes Post Falls

NAMPA, Idaho – “Billy Ball” prevailed again at the Idaho 5A boys basketball tournament Friday. Billy Hawkins’ Madison Bobcats controlled the tempo and played airtight defense, especially late, as they stopped Post Falls 53-47 in overtime in the semifinals at the Idaho Center.
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Post Falls falls in OT in semis

NAMPA, Idaho – “Billy Ball” prevailed again at the Idaho 5A boys basketball tournament Friday. Billy Hawkins’ Madison Bobcats controlled the tempo and played airtight defense, especially late, as they stopped Post Falls 53-47 in overtime in the semifinals at the Idaho Center.
Sports

Sandpoint has unlikely title hopes ended

BOISE – The Sandpoint High boys basketball team’s first state trophy will have to come a different route. The Bulldogs’ defense and offense broke down at a critical juncture Friday, and the Pocatello Indians took advantage, winning 53-45 in a State 4A tournament semifinal at Borah High School.
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Sandpoint, Priest River fall in semis

BOISE – The Sandpoint High boys basketball team’s first state trophy will have to come a different route. The Bulldogs’ defense and offense broke down at a critical juncture Friday, and the Pocatello Indians took advantage, winning 53-45 in a State 4A tournament semifinal at Borah High School.
Sports

Spartans fall in semis

Priest River didn’t have an answer for the Shelley Russets in the Idaho State 3A tournament semifinals. Shelley outscored the Spartans 38-19 in the first and third quarters combined as it pulled away 56-41 at Meridian High School.