Greg Lee

Quinn Mitchell can thank an injury for finding the sport that will pay most of his college education. He also owes a debt of gratitude to Lake City track coach Kelly Reed, who recruited him to be a thrower.

The Central Valley girls track team met its equal Saturday at the Strandberg Relays. Featuring quantity and quality, three-time defending State 3A champion Kamiakin posted 175 points to capture the event at CV on a gorgeous afternoon.

The Central Valley boys and girls track teams secured at least a tie for Greater Spokane League championships on Thursday. Both teams can finish undefeated when they entertain Lewis and Clark on Thursday. The CV teams are heavily favored.

After being fired at Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls), David Pratt said he’d be a head basketball coach again. Whether he was being prophetic or not, Pratt will get his second chance as the Mt. Spokane Wildcats girls coach.

Appropriately, a team that bases its success on depth, won going away Saturday at the 52nd annual Mooberry Relays at Rogers High School. The Central Valley girls, behind wins in the distance medley, the 4x800 relay and the 1,600 relay, piled up 120 points, winning by 31 points over runner-up Mead.

PASCO – Jakobe Ford had a feeling he’d reach 7 feet in the high jump Saturday at the 54th annual Pasco Invite. Now the Shadle Park sophomore wants to clear it – and some.

Gonzaga Prep basketball standouts and good friends Otiona Gildon and Laura Stockton have played in a lot of games together in their four-year prep careers. They’ve been part of nearly 100 victories and two state championships.

Every year for three decades, Wallace Miners football coach Dave Rounds arrived at this point in the spring looking forward to another season in the fall. This spring, though, not so much. After much contemplation, he determined it was time to walk away.

The core of the Gonzaga Prep girls basketball team has played in big games. Seniors Otiona Gildon, Oona Harrington, Lauren Weir and Laura Stockton have been to national club tournaments and won national championships.

David Wagenblast celebrated his 40th birthday Tuesday. A few days earlier he received an early present when he was named Mt. Spokane’s boys basketball coach. “I wanted to take what I considered to be a good job,” said Wagenblast, a nine-year assistant coach at Shadle Park. “This is a school that pretty quickly can become a basketball school. They won the GSL title in football and they’re always good in baseball. You know the athletes are there. I’m excited to get started because of that.”

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 18 of her 24 points in the second half, Laurin Mincy scored all 15 of her points in the first half, and top-seeded Maryland advanced to the Spokane Regional final with a 65-55 victory over No. 4 seed Duke on Saturday.