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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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Fear the Beards

TACOMA – The Beard brothers put on a clinic on Saturday at Mat Classic XXVII. They shut down two talented opponents with airtight defense.
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Freeman wins State 1A wrestling championship

TACOMA – The Freeman wrestling team was stunned in the Mat Classic XXVII semifinals Saturday morning when it saw just two of seven advance to the finals. That opened the door for Colville, 5 for 5 in the round.
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Seven GSL wrestlers move into semis

TACOMA – Cam Sorensen was out of sync. Sorensen talked about having poor angles in his quarterfinal match at Mat Classic XXVII Friday at the Tacoma Dome.
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Central Valley’s Blake Beard seeks third consecutive title

Blake Beard is a two-time state champion on the brink of doing something no other Central Valley wrestler has – win a third consecutive title. Some defending state champs could cruise along and defend their title. But watch Beard at practice and it’s apparent how much he wants to soak up instructions.
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Timberlake could take final step

For the first time in three decades, Kootenai County will not be represented in the State 5A girls basketball tournament. That doesn’t mean North Idaho will go unrepresented when the state tournaments begin today in the Boise area.
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District 8 girls basketball: Gonzaga Prep holds off Central Valley

If the Gonzaga Prep girls basketball team defends its State 4A championship, it will look back on two games with Central Valley as providing significant challenges. Visiting Central Valley pushed the Bullpups to the extreme before Gonzaga Prep survived a state tournament-type game, 57-54, in the District 8 final Friday.
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Lakeland senior Tyrel Derrick keeps eyes on state berth

Post Falls boys basketball coach Mike McLean went to scout the game between Lake City and Lakeland two weeks ago. McLean wanted to take another look at league rival Lake City, but he took his 7-year-old son to watch Lakeland senior point guard Tyrel Derrick.
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Panthers wear district crown

The final team scores at the District 8 4A wrestling tournament Saturday didn’t lie. Just 26 points separated the top three teams – and eight the top two.
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Freeman blossoms into premier wrestling program

The Freeman wrestling program has come miles from where Chad Ripke found it. On a state level, the Scotties have no history. They have yet to capture a state trophy. They finished two points out of doing so a year ago.
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Prep notes: North Central fires football coach Brian Gardner

When North Central football coach Brian Gardner was called into principal Steve Fisk’s office in early December, he thought it was for the typical postseason debriefing along with athletic director Mike Ranieri. Instead, Gardner was given a choice to resign or be fired. It was an easy decision for him.
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Back on track

The Liberty boys basketball team got off to a slow start on Friday. All it took was defense and a Match to fuel the Lancers as they romped past the St. George’s Dragons 57-35 in a Northeast 2B South game at Spangle.
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Former Dodger, Rocky Bridges, dies in Coeur d’Alene

Everett Lamar “Rocky” Bridges, 87, who lived in Coeur d’Alene, passed away early Tuesday from natural causes. Bridges’ professional career began in 1951 with the Brooklyn Dodgers and ended in 1961. He played for seven teams in 11 seasons.