Greg Lee

The Post Falls High cross country team hopes to compete with 5A neighbors and regional powers Lake City and Coeur d’Alene some day. Lakeland has yet to have a boy or girl place in the top 20 at state since the school moved to 4A in 2004.

The Sandpoint High volleyball team was picked to cruise to the State 4A championship last year. The Bulldogs got to the final, but they used up so much energy after a first-round loss that they ran out of gas as they fell to Bonneville.

It’s hard to imagine the Lewis and Clark football team better last year than it was Friday. The defending Washington state 4A champion Tigers picked up where they left off, steamrolling the Lake City Timberwolves 39-0 before an estimated crowd of 1,800 at Lake City.

The Post Falls, Lakeland and Timberlake volleyball teams will be much improved this fall. All three teams return the nucleus of teams that struggled last year.

The Coeur d’Alene High football team will be out to prove that last year was a hiccup. Lake City, the Inland Empire League’s dominant team this decade, will be seeking to qualify for the state playoffs for a 12th consecutive year.

The Post Falls High football team improved last year. Lakeland, meanwhile, qualified for the State 4A playoffs for the first time since moving into the classification in 2004.

Carlena Shove already knows what the number of her husband’s softball uniform will be next year. She just adds another digit with every birthday. The number on Donald’s uniform next year will be 73.

MOSCOW, Idaho – Offensive line was considered a deep position for the University of Idaho football team last spring. But the loss of two starters – one during spring ball and the other Saturday – has put Idaho in an unexpected position.

A dentist and a rookie swept the sixth annual Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene championships Sunday. It was a British Columbia sweep, too.

Two former champions, including the two-time defending men's professional champ, are heavily favored to capture championships Sunday at the sixth annual Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene. Viktor Zyemtsev, a Ukrainian resident, is seeking a third consecutive win at Coeur d'Alene. No wonder it's his favorite race. He became the first back-to-back champ last year, holding off Tom Evans of Penticton, British Columbia, by 52 seconds in the tightest finish in the brief history of the race. Zyemtsev finished in 8 hours, 33 minutes and 32 seconds.

This is a first. The Spokesman- Review's Idaho Male and Female Athletes of the Year are from the Intermountain League. That's not to say there weren't any worthy candidates from the other classifications. But Nick Puckett of Timberlake and Lacy Hopkins of Priest River, both seniors, were at the head of the class in 2007-08.