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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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Bears claw past Titans

No matter the sport, Austin Rehkow finds a way to perform in clutch situations. His latest installment took place at the Arena when he made 11 straight free throws in the fourth quarter to spark the Bears to a 53-45 win over the University Titans in Greater Spokane League boys basketball play Tuesday.
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LC takes another win from CdA

Two games, two different defensive strategies and two wins by the Lake City boys basketball team over its crosstown rival. Throw in a big helping of 6-foot-6 junior post Kyle Guice and the visiting Vikings fell short, 50-47, in an Inland Empire League game Friday played before an estimated crowd of 2,700.
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Unbeaten Bears stifle Saxons

A.J. Knudsen isn’t so much making up for lost time as he’s making the most of his time. The Central Valley junior guard missed four games with a concussion. He returned during the holidays and has been an added bonus to the Greater Spokane League-leading Bears.
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Sparkplug Dowd sizzles for G-Prep

An appropriate quote from St. Ignatius Loyola was printed on the front of the Gonzaga Prep boys basketball program Friday. “Go forth and set the world on fire,” the quote read.
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Bullpups adjust to loss of Wright

The Gonzaga Prep girls basketball team had a wonderful first one-third of the Greater Spokane League season. The Bullpups, 8-0 overall, take a 6-0 record into 2013 with two-thirds of the league schedule remaining. Within that stretch, G-Prep must play second-place Mead (7-1, 5-1) twice.
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CV Bears turn heads once again

We can’t look forward in 2013 without taking quick inventory of what transpired in 2012. And when it comes to prep athletic success in Eastern Washington and North Idaho, this region takes no back seat to any in either state.
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Panthers share way to win

The holiday season is bringing the best out of the Mead girls basketball team. The Panthers shared the ball and shared the ball again as they pulled away from the short-handed Ferris Saxons 75-53 Thursday at Gilman Court in Greater Spokane League play.
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Lake City slows tempo, tops CdA

The Coeur d’Alene boys basketball team was averaging 66.5 points per game going into a 5A Inland Empire League opener Tuesday against Lake City. Lake City coach Jim Winger was determined that his team wouldn’t give up that many points.
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Bears make it look easy

In a matchup of the boys basketball teams picked to finish 1-2 in the Greater Spokane League, the defending champions made it look easy on Friday night. The Central Valley Bears rode hot shooting and sound defense to fend off the visiting Gonzaga Prep Bullpups 58-40 in a game that wasn’t close.
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‘Goose’ bumps

Caelyn Orlandi thought she was just going along for the ride when, as a freshman, she accompanied the Coeur d’Alene girls basketball team to the state tournament. She had no reason to think otherwise. After all, she split time in the regular season between the varsity and junior varsity, seeing little time with the older players.
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Tri-State wrestling tourney adds 98-pound class

The annual Tri-State wrestling tournament may be getting older, but it’s showing that even old dogs can learn new tricks. Friday launches the 41st edition and this year the tourney will include a 15th weight – 98 pounds – commensurate with the classes used in Idaho.
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Bullpups pull away from Tigers

Mike Arte is all about his Gonzaga Prep girls basketball team pushing the tempo. But he wants the Bullpups to do so intelligently. They did in the second half as Gonzaga Prep pulled away from the visiting Lewis and Clark Tigers 77-66 in Greater Spokane League play Tuesday.
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Lupfer earns her spot

Lewis and Clark girls basketball coach Jim Redmon didn’t start freshman Riley Lupfer in the Tigers’ opening game on Tuesday. Redmon wanted Lupfer to earn the job. She started Friday and it’s doubtful she’ll come out of the lineup anytime soon.
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Mead’s Kight at peace with end of career

When Judy Kight was coaching her Mead volleyball team at the Crossover Classic in early October, she was overwhelmed by a sense of relief. She knew it was time. She knew that her 23rd season as head coach would be her last.
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G-Prep uses 19-0 run to overwhelm Shadle

The end product will be much better than the early returns for the Gonzaga Prep boys basketball team. What the Bullpups showed defensively Tuesday, though, has been a staple under coach Matty McIntyre.
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U-Hi senior Bailey was league MVP last season

Brett Bailey was named the Greater Spokane League’s most valuable player last season. It’s not likely the University standout’s senior year will look much like his junior campaign – he will be even better.
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Young Broncos eager for title

There are some who might suggest that the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague football team has arrived a year earlier than expected. After all, the Broncos start four juniors, two sophomores and even had to resort to starting two freshmen because of injuries in their 21-7 win over Waitsburg-Prescott in the State 2B semifinals last week.
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Cusick falls short in State 1B semifinals

Sonny Finley knew his Cusick football team could force No. 1-ranked Liberty Christian to vary from its standard offense Saturday afternoon. He was just hoping that the Patriots’ answer wouldn’t be the difference.