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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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Central Valley, Ferris favored by GSL coaches

A look into the crystal ball of Greater Spokane League football reveals it is clear as mud. There is a conglomeration of colors. There’s the light blue of Central Valley, the scarlet red of Ferris, the dark blue of Gonzaga Prep and the maize and gold of Mead. There’s even distinguishable hues of Shadle Park green.
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Coeur d’Alene lineman Matt James plays with an edge

Two years ago, Matt James didn’t think college football was in the picture. The Coeur d’Alene lineman thought he was too lean at 6-foot-3, 220 pounds. Two inches and some 50 pounds later and it’s no wonder he ended up with a baker’s dozen worth of offers.
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Expect another wacky year from Great Northern League teams

An outright league champion couldn’t be decided on the football field in the Great Northern League last year, resulting in a four-way tie for first in the seven-team league. Then a controversial tiebreaking criterion determined the league’s two playoff berths.
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Moses Lake beefs up for Big Nine Conference

The Big Nine Conference receives two state playoff berths this fall, and Moses Lake should be in the mix for one of them. The Chiefs return 10 starters, split equally on offense and defense, from a team that went 4-6 last year.
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Tigers want more

Year in and year out talk about football in the Intermountain League begins and ends with one school – Timberlake. If seven straight league championships and nine straight playoff appearances don’t make Timberlake king of the IML what would?
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Cunningham, Williams make oral commitments

Two club basketball teammates have made oral commitments. Mariah Cunningham of Central Valley, a senior-to-be and three-year starter, is staying close to home and heading to Eastern Washington University.
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CdA girls a state powerhouse

Coeur d’Alene girls cross country coach Cathy Compton has a good problem. She has more capable runners than she has room for.
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Idaho prep volleyball: Lewiston obvious favorite for state title

There was a time when Lewiston volleyball was the laughingstock of the Inland Empire League, if not the state. Lewiston gained credibility last year, capturing the Idaho State 5A championship with a team comprised of five juniors and seven sophomores. The Bengals had no seniors.
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Mead loses wrestler Chandler Rogers to move

Three-time Mead state wrestling champion Chandler Rogers, a senior-to-be who is arguably one of the best wrestlers in state history, is moving to Stillwater, Okla. He’s already enrolled at Stillwater High School and he will be the fifth junior All-American on the school’s team.
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Shadle QB Rypien wants team to add run dimension

If Brett Rypien has his way, he won’t be re-writing the Greater Spokane League football record book this fall like he did last year. Still, it’s the most obvious question going into the season. Can the Shadle Park junior duplicate the insane numbers he put up last year as a sophomore?
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Former NFL kicker Hollis back in area for camps

Mike Hollis is giving his birthplace, Kellogg, a discount. The former Central Valley, University of Idaho and Jacksonville Jaguars place-kicker is holding a camp today in Kellogg. His business, Pro Form Kicking Academy, normally charges $125 for a one-day camp. Kids who attend today will be charged $80.
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Lake City’s Stangel national player of year

The postseason honors continue to come in for standout softball player Casey Stangel. The Lake City High graduate has been named MaxPreps.com’s National High School Softball Player of the Year.
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Cleaves, teammates end 12-year odyssey with Hoopfest elite title

It took 12 years but Nick Cleaves finally broke through the door. Cleaves, of San Francisco, combined with his California teammates to lead Ballerz By Law to the men’s 6-foot-and-under elite championship, 20-18 over Spokane-based ES Elite, under a scorching sun Sunday afternoon at the 24th Hoopfest.
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Ballerz By Law reach Hoopfest summit

It took 12 years but Nick Cleaves finally broke through the door. Cleaves, of San Francisco, combined with his California teammates to lead Ballerz By Law to the men’s 6-foot-and-under elite championship, 20-18 over Spokane-based ES Elite, under a scorching sun Sunday afternoon at the 24th Hoopfest.
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Border League camp brings out the best

When taking high school football players to college for summer camp became too expensive, a handful of area coaches decided to find an alternative. Out of the brainstorming four years ago was birthed the Border League camp – bridging, at its core, the Greater Spokane League with the Inland Empire League.