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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 boys claim 12th consecutive win

The Central Valley boys basketball team has at least eight players capable of scoring in double figures in any game. A pair of Bears had career-high offensive efforts Saturday afternoon as Central Valley handled Ferris 75-58 in Greater Spokane League play at Wayne Gilman Court.
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Sophomore reserve sparks Coeur d’Alene past rival Lake City

At the beginning of the season, Coeur d’Alene girls basketball coach Dale Poffenroth knew his sophomores would have to make an impact at some point. That point came Friday – at least for Brittany Tackett. Tackett came off the bench with three starters in foul trouble in the first half and provided a spark as the No. 1-ranked Vikings easily disposed of Lake City 58-35 in a 5A Region I opener at Elmer Jordan Court.
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G-Prep boys sputter early, roar back

The Lewis and Clark boys basketball team had as much energy as a Mentos in a liter of Coke in the first quarter Thursday. Gonzaga Prep, meanwhile, came out as flat as a soda pop left open on the counter for two days.
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G-Prep boys sputter early, roar back

The Lewis and Clark boys basketball team had as much energy as a Mentos in a liter of Coke in the first quarter Thursday. Gonzaga Prep, meanwhile, came out as flat as a soda pop left open on the counter for two days.
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Ferris trio headed to Idaho State

It’s been a whirlwind couple of days for Ferris standout defensive end Drew Sharkey. On Sunday, Sharkey gave an oral commitment to Eastern Washington University. On Monday, a late offer arrived. On Tuesday, Sharkey changed his mind and decided to go to Idaho State University sight unseen.
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Kemp, Thomas named to hall of fame

Two former cross country coaches with area ties – Bill Kemp and Ross Thomas – have been named to the Washington State Cross Country Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame. Kemp, a Spokane native who graduated from North Central in 1964, spent 30 years as head coach at Riverside in Chattaroy. In that span, Kemp took 25 girls teams and 21 boys teams to state. The boys earned eight trophies and the girls 16. Two boys and two girls teams captured state championships.
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Lindsay Stockton has family’s fire

Lindsay Stockton smiled and then laughed. The daughter of NBA Hall of Fame guard John Stockton was asked to talk about the traits she most gets from her mom, Nada.
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Ferris trio headed to Idaho State

It’s been a whirlwind couple of days for Ferris standout defensive end Drew Sharkey. On Sunday, Sharkey gave an oral commitment to Eastern Washington University. On Monday, a late offer arrived. On Tuesday, Sharkey changed his mind and decided to go to Idaho State University sight unseen.
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LC pulls in upset against Vikings

It would be hypercritical to say that because neither Lake City nor Coeur d’Alene reached 40 points Friday that the boys basketball game was short of entertaining. That would be far from the truth. Both teams played locked-down defense in their own styles, and in the end Lake City’s was a smidge better.
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Choosing basketball over baseball paid off for Shadle’s Boese

Going into his freshman year, Brett Boese thought his eventual path to college would be baseball. A glance and an injury, though, steered the Shadle Park senior toward basketball. It started the spring of his freshman year and was confirmed by a baseball injury a few months later that summer.
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Lee: GSL should consider divisions

The Greater Spokane League should have separate 4A and 3A divisions. That is going to taste like sour milk to GSL principals, the power brokers of the conference.
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Preps notebook: Former LC coach Hook to be honored

Winning high school football games wasn’t the primary reason John Hook got into coaching. Hook wanted to influence lives and build lifelong relationships. And he did plenty of that in 17 years at Lewis and Clark.
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Shadle Park girls rally to beat G-Prep

The Redemption Tour continues for the Shadle Park girls basketball team. After going 5-4 in the first half of the Greater Spokane League schedule, Shadle Park registered its most impressive win to date Tuesday, rallying for a 58-52 decision over the visiting Gonzaga Prep Bullpups.