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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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Sports >  Spokane Indians

Jose Valdespina pitches gem against Salem-Keizer

Time is running out on the 2012 Spokane Indians, but at least for a night right-handed Jose Valdespina kept their flickering playoff hopes alive. A free-agent signee out of Santiago, Dominican Republic in 2010, Valdespina was spot on for six innings, allowing just one hit while striking out a season-high 10 as Spokane shut out the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 3-0 in a Northwest League baseball game Thursday before 4,673 at Avista Stadium.
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Blazers Orange girls win San Diego title

The Northwest Blazers Orange girls basketball team completed another highly successful season. The Orange captured the championship at the MSNM tournament in San Diego. The Orange defeated another team from their club system, the Blazers Black, 47-29 in the final. It was the first time in the history of the MSNM NCAA certified tournaments that two teams from the same club played in the final.
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Coombs hooked on open water swimming

Craig Coombs competed in youth swimming events through high school, and continued to swim for years as a way to exercise. The 1978 Shadle Park valedictorian reached a point two years ago when he was on the brink of giving up swimming.
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Shadle Park grad goes the distance

Craig Coombs competed in youth swimming events through high school, and continued to swim for years as a way to exercise.The 1978 Shadle Park valedictorian reached a point two years ago when he was on the brink of giving up swimming.
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Mead’s Rogers repeats as Greco-Roman champ

Chandler Rogers was named Cadet Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year. The Mead junior-to-be showed why July 16 when he captured his second straight Cadet National Greco-Roman championship at Fargo, N.D.
Sports >  Spokane Indians

Indians end homestand with sweep of Tri-City

Perhaps winning can be just as contagious as that other thing. For the third straight game after snapping a 10-game losing streak, the Spokane Indians showed signs that things could be headed in the right direction, especially on the brink of the second half of the baseball season.
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Northern exposure

For years, high school-aged baseball players in northeastern Washington had limited opportunities to play in the highest level of American Legion. To do so, they’d have to try out for one of the Spokane-area AAA teams. In most cases, they’d be cut.
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Northeast 49ers strike Legion gold

For years, high school-aged baseball players in northeastern Washington had limited opportunities to play in the highest level of American Legion.
Sports >  Spokane Indians

Indians end 10-game losing streak

All record streaks – including the bad ones – eventually are broken. A 55-minute weather delay only served to stall the inevitable Monday as the Spokane Indians snapped a 10-game losing streak, topping the Tri-City Dust Devils 1-0 before 3,391 in a Northwest League game at Avista Stadium.
Sports >  Spokane Indians

Indians end 10-game skid

The Spokane Indians snapped a 10-game losing streak, topping the Tri-City Dust Devils 1-0 before 3,391 in a Northwest League game at Avista Stadium. Right-handed starter Eric Brooks (1-1) did his part, pitching five scoreless innings and retiring the final 13 batters he faced after giving up a single to open the game.
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Tri-County wins Fourth of July senior tourney

By the time the final two teams reached the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Wood Bat Classic senior American Legion championship game Saturday afternoon at Avista Stadium, they’d reached the bottom of their pitching staffs. Seven games in four days will do that to a team.
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Tri-County outlasts senior Legion field

By the time the final two teams reached the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Wood Bat Classic senior American Legion championship game Saturday afternoon at Avista Stadium, they’d reached the bottom of their pitching staffs.
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Wood bat classic set this week

The way the calendar falls this year, the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Wood Bat Classic American Legion tournament begins on Wednesday, the 4th of July, and concludes Saturday. Chino Red out of Chino, Calif., returns to defend its championship in the Senior division. Chino defeated the Eagle Vipers (Meridian, Idaho) in the final last year.
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Youth sports notes: Griggs to coach Riverside football

Tom Griggs, who has been all over the state of Washington coaching high school football, has been named head coach at Riverside. A Montesano graduate, Griggs played two years at Washington State University and was on teams that went to the Sun Bowl and Rose Bowl. His collegiate career was cut short because of a back injury.
News >  Spokane

NIC wrestlers help first-graders get grip on reading

The storied North Idaho College wrestling program has hit a number of milestones in its 43-year history, including 13 national championships. But one achievement away from the mat has coach Pat Whitcomb almost as excited as if his team won another title: Wednesday morning his wrestling team handed out its 10,000th book to a Coeur d’Alene first-grader.
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Metro girls win Blair

Some of the turnovers in the 19th annual Jack Blair Memorial Classic girls basketball game can be chalked up to rust and some carelessness. Most of them, though, were a product of a physical, well-played game by both the Metro and the Region.
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Metro stars win Jack Blair classic

Some of the turnovers in the 19th annual Jack Blair Memorial Classic girls basketball game can be chalked up to rust and some carelessness. Most of them, though, were a product of a physical, well-played game by both the Metro and the Region. Central Valley’s Brooke Gallaway hit a free throw with 5 seconds left to lift the Metro to an 80-79 victory Monday at University High School.