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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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NC’s Williams owns GSL’s record in 800

Last year was a disappointing season for North Central long-distance runner Keith Williams. He earned one medal at state and that was an eighth in the 800 meters. Williams didn’t throw the medal away, but it’s not front and center in his collection.
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CdA sweeps IEL track championships

It’s no wonder it was a record-setting day Friday at the sun-splashed Inland Empire League track championships. Running under a 70-degree temperature with wind out of the west for the sprints, athletes broke nine records and tied one at Lake City.
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Life is on track for Rogers senior Murray

Carson Murray has known poverty most of his life. The Rogers senior isn’t sure what he wants to study in college, but he’s certain about one thing – he wants to help people.
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Post Falls’ Walton making name for herself

The obvious question was where did Wednesday Walton get her first name. The Post Falls standout hurdler was actually supposed to have the name Tuesday. Her mom saw it in a book as a child and vowed to name her first daughter after the third day of the week.
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Scholar athletes a bright spot

I’ve had the pleasure of watching entertaining games and eye-popping individual performances the past three years in the Greater Spokane League. And I’ve chronicled the journeys of state championship teams.
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CV, EV victorious

At the 50th Mooberry Relays, it took two or more to tangle Saturday. The emphasis at the annual meet is on team. Most individual events combined the marks of two teammates for a relay outcome, and most of the running events were relays.
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Central Valley girls best previously unbeaten LC in track

Central Valley girls track coach Geoff Arte lost a bet Thursday, and he’s more than happy to pay up. Bears sprinter/hurdler Rachel Backsen asked Arte if he’d run in the coaches’ 400-meter relay at the Mooberry Relays on Saturday if Central Valley beat undefeated Lewis and Clark.
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Mead boys track still has talent to contend

By recent state championship standards, the Mead boys track team is down this year. That doesn’t mean that the Panthers won’t challenge for a state title – or, at the least, a top-four trophy finish.
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Several area athletes win, but no team titles at Pasco

PASCO – The 52nd Pasco Invite was a day for Inland Northwest track and field athletes to shine. On a partly cloudy day with a chilly breeze that steadily freshened into a stiffer wind as the meet proceeded, Spokane-area teams took a backseat to 11 individual winners and a victorious relay.
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Football at NWC has folks excited

They’re called Crusaders at Northwest Christian. So it makes sense to field a football team, right? That wasn’t what piqued interest at the Colbert school because it’s an idea that’s bounced around for about six years.
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Unland aiming for No. 1 and 200 feet

Damon Unland has a few records on his mind these days. For good reason. The Ferris thrower made a big splash last weekend at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational near Los Angeles.
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Track notes: NC’s Knight sets sights on successful senior season

Katie Knight enjoyed a recent week in Poland, coming away with a great appreciation for the country’s food among other things. The North Central standout runner earned the trip to compete in the IAAF Junior World cross country championships by placing fourth in the USAT Junior National championships Jan. 12 in St. Louis. The top six qualified for the trip.
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Gritty Bears in Final Four

The University of California women’s basketball team didn’t expect anything less than a tug-of-war Monday night. Earning its first trip to an NCAA Final Four couldn’t have been more difficult. And, in the end, more rewarding.
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Cardinal planning to clamp down on Bulldogs

The University of Georgia women’s basketball team made 12 3-pointers in its Sweet 16-qualifying win Monday over Iowa State. If Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer has her way, Georgia won’t come anywhere close to making that many from beyond the arc. If the Bulldogs do, though, it could be a long night for the Cardinal.
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Cardinal planning to clamp down on Bulldogs

The University of Georgia women’s basketball team made 12 3-pointers in its Sweet 16-qualifying win Monday over Iowa State. If Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer has her way, Georgia won’t come anywhere close to making that many from beyond the arc.
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Spokane Regional notebook: Coaches bring the class

Two legendary women’s college basketball coaches took turns telling stories about each other and expressing their respect for one another’s programs during press conferences Friday at the Arena in preparation for tonight’s Sweet 16 NCAA tournament matchups.
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Already state champ in shot, Mead senior aims to qualify in discus

Throwing the shot put or discus can be a lonely exercise. Sure, there might be a coach around to critique and give support. But more often throwers can feel like they are on an island. There’s really no team when it comes to throwing. A thrower must be self-driven, self-motivated.
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Idaho teams still waiting on new track

Two years ago when the final Idaho state high school track meets were held at Boise State University, fans were told that a new stadium being built by the school on 14 1/2 acres would be the ideal replacement. It would be more intimate than BSU’s 34,000-seat Bronco Stadium. The new facility, Dona Larsen Park, would seat about 5,000 and fans would be right on top of the action. BSU also built a softball park nearby.
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Mead, G-Prep make volleyball hires

Elaina Renius knows the shoes she must fill are large. The Mead counselor is excited about the challenge, though. Renius, 26, has been named the Panthers’ volleyball coach. She replaces legendary Judy Kight, who retired from coaching late last fall.