Greg Lee

The Gonzaga Prep football team has yet to play a home game – and it won’t until October – but the Bullpups are glad to be back in Spokane nonetheless. The Bullpups survived slow starts at Richland and Bellarmine Prep and are 2-0 heading into Greater Spokane League 4A openers Friday.

I like where I stand after two weeks. I’m cautious, though. Last year I had a four-game leading going into October and ended up losing the season battle. So while I like my 10-2 start, you won’t see me celebrating. Sam, on the other hand, is off to a pedestrian 6-6 beginning.

North Central boys cross country coach Jon Knight cautioned his top runner to be patient Saturday. Knight didn’t want senior Justin Janke busting out from the starting line and do all the heavy lifting for the talented field in the annual Tracy Walters Invitational.

This is my favorite time of the year. From late August through mid to late November, who doesn’t like nights watching high school football?

It wasn’t a perfect start, but considering the alternative – Sam Adams’ start – I’ll take it. I went 5-1 while Adams, SWX’s sports director, went 3-3.

Although nothing official was announced Thursday, the cloud of doubt surrounding whether city high schools would be allowed to play season-opening football games lifted when district officials and the teachers union reportedly signed off.

Craig Tefft enters his sixth season at St. Maries more excited than he’s ever been. The excitement is palatable through town, too.

City high schools had yet to hear by Wednesday evening whether they had the go-ahead to play season-opening football games Friday – strike or no strike. Greater Spokane League secretary Herb Rotchford on Tuesday asked Spokane Public Schools officials and Spokane Education Association members for direction regarding football games this weekend. Rotchford said opposing teams traveling to Spokane and even parents traveling to away games had the right to know if they were playing or not.

The quality of play in the GSL 3A isn’t likely to be as deep as in 4A. The easy pick to win is Mt. Spokane, a team that’s been there and done that. And Rogers has the inside track to qualify for the postseason for the first time in school history. Here’s a look around the league:

It’s a strange season- opening weekend for GSL football teams. Seven of 10 teams are out of town. Stranger yet, there’s just two games at Albi Stadium on separate days.

Jared Young is just the third coach in four decades at Wallace. He follows in the big steps of Dave Rounds, who followed in the big shadow of Norm Walker.

The old North Star League football teams won’t be a match for the old Whitepine League teams in the second year of the combination league. Deary and Kendrick rode roughshod in the first year of the White Star League, and that should happen again this fall.

The rubber match season is upon us. The Scribe (Greg Lee) won the first Pick 6 season and the Talking Head (Sam Adams) broke through last year. So by season’s end, somebody will have bragging rights.

MOSCOW, Idaho – The Rocky Mountain football team showed why it is in the conversation for an Idaho State 5A championship. Lake City showed why it hopes to be a different – read better – team in a month.