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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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CdA hurdler Struble has speedy goals

The state meet last year whet the appetite of Coeur d’Alene hurdler Morgan Struble. Now Struble is hoping to run times unheard of in Idaho this spring in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles.
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Newport’s Castle has solid shot at state record

NEWPORT – Aaron Castle’s introduction to the shot put and discus in a sixth-grade track fair wasn’t necessarily the inspiration that would launch him toward an NCAA Division I scholarship someday.
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GSL gets partner in new league

The Greater Spokane League has struck up a working relationship with the new 4A/3A league in Eastern Washington – the Mid-Columbia Conference. The MCC is the result of the messy divorce this winter in the Columbia Basin Big Nine. The MCC includes all seven of the Tri-Cities schools and Walla Walla. The CBBN will continue with Wenatchee, Eastmont, Moses Lake, Eisenhower, Davis and Sunnyside.
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GSL golfers struggle with soaking spring

Usually, golfers play through any weather conditions. That hasn’t been the case for Greater Spokane League boys and girls this spring. The overly wet weather has caused them fits.
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Mead’s Bailey has busy spring season ahead

Just when most of Wes Bailey’s peers are cruising toward the end of their senior years, the work is just beginning for the Mead track standout. Poor effort in the classroom as a freshman and sophomore caught up with Bailey this year. At least, though, things are reversible.
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Redemption song

Katelan Redmon didn’t want how she played Saturday, especially on offense, to be the last thing her hometown fans remembered of her at Gonzaga University. Redmon got into early foul trouble against Rutgers and sat much of the first half. The struggles, though, were game long as she finished with five points on 1-of-7 shooting, two rebounds and three turnovers in 18 minutes.
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Miami takes out Idaho State

The University of Miami played according to script Saturday. The third-seeded Hurricanes disrupted No. 14 Idaho State University early and often, pasting the Bengals 70-41 in an NCAA women’s basketball tournament game before 5,680 at the McCarthey Athletic Center.
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GU women’s notes: Zags’ No. 3 puts heat on Knights

Haiden Palmer’s confident swagger doesn’t just exist on the basketball court. While fielding questions in a postgame press conference following No. 11 Gonzaga’s first-round NCAA tournament victory over sixth-seeded Rutgers, Palmer was asked about her one-on-one battle with Rutgers junior Erica Wheeler in the second half.
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Wooden finalist leads Hurricanes

Three women’s college basketball teams have more than one John Wooden Award finalist. One of those teams, the University of Miami, is in Spokane today. The Hurricanes’ two Wooden finalists are senior guards Shenise Johnson and Riquna Williams, but just one made the trip to the Northwest, where No. 3 seed Miami (25-5) opens the NCAA tournament this afternoon against No. 14 Idaho State University (24-7).
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A final look at winter prep season

Before I can contemplate spring sports – and that’s the last thing I want to do at the moment as I look outside and see snow/sleet swirling in the air – we need to close the book on winter sports in our parts. The morning following the 4A boys and girls basketball state championship games in Tacoma I was walking through the lobby of the motel I was at and bumped into Central Valley girls coach Freddie Rehkow.
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Davis defeats CV in State 4A final

TACOMA – The magical ride had an egg-falling-off-the-wall ending Saturday for the Central Valley boys basketball team. Davis built a 10-point lead with 2 minutes to go and held off the Bears 48-42 in the State 4A championship game Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.
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Luck not with Bears in finale

TACOMA – Freddie Rehkow talked about it all season. He reminded his Central Valley girls basketball team frequently that luck can affect the outcome of games.
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U-Hi boys place third; Titans girls take fifth

TACOMA – From the opening tip, it was obvious the University boys basketball team was determined to capture the third-place trophy Saturday morning. The Titans did pretty much what they wanted to do as University was too much for the Kamiakin Braves, winning 63-50 in the State 3A game to decide third and fifth places at the Tacoma Dome.
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CV girls lose on last-second shot

Freddie Rehkow talked about it all season. He reminded his Central Valley girls basketball team frequently that luck can affect the outcome of games. The Bears had a good batch of it in their semifinal win Friday and then the fickle invariable tripped up Central Valley on Saturday.
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Gonzaga Prep girls finish fifth at state

The Gonzaga Prep girls basketball program had been to the State 4A tournament on several occasions over the last 30 years or so. But none of those squads had brought hardware home from Seattle or Tacoma. That changed for the Bullpups on Saturday, despite a 56-51 loss to Mt. Rainier. Gonzaga Prep grabbed the fifth-place trophy, while Mt. Rainier finished third.
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Central Valley boys advance to State 4A final

TACOMA – The feel-good story of the Central Valley boys basketball team will add another chapter. For a second straight year, a Greater Spokane League team will have an opportunity to capture a State 4A championship.
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Shooting star

TACOMA – It’s a shot Sydney Emory will remember the rest of her life. And the Central Valley senior wasn’t the first option on the Bears’ final play. Still, when Emory took a pass in the corner from Brooke Gallaway, instincts took over.
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Central Valley boys reach 4A title game

The feel-good story of the Central Valley boys basketball team will add another chapter. For a second straight year, a Greater Spokane League team will have an opportunity to capture a State 4A championship.
Sports

Sydney Emory hits game-winner for CV girls

It’s a shot Sydney Emory will remember the rest of her life. And the Central Valley senior wasn’t the first option on the Bears’ final play. Still, when Emory took a pass in the corner from Brooke Gallaway, instincts took over.