Greg Lee

I have a pet peeve I want to get off my chest. I know that’s not exactly the best invitation to continue reading, but … I believe – or at least I hope – that 99.9 percent of the parents of high school athletes understand that newspapers aren’t responsible for their little Johnny or Mary receiving scholarship offers.

Six days ago, Ferris pitcher Spencer Ansett was far from his best but had enough to pick up a win against Gonzaga Prep. Six days later, Ansett was at his best, and it was too much for the visiting Bullpups.

Six days ago, Ferris pitcher Spencer Ansett was far from his best but had enough to pick up a win against Gonzaga Prep. Six days later, Ansett was at his best, and it was too much for the visiting Bullpups.

Great Northern League baseball is bunched at the top. Clarkston and defending champion Cheney are tied in first at 8-2 and Pullman is a half game behind at 7-2.

Great Northern League baseball is bunched up at the top. Clarkston and defending champ Cheney are tied at 8-2 and Pullman is a half game behind at 7-2. A key doubleheader on Saturday and a single game a week from today should go far in deciding the league championship and district tournament seeding.

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Baseball is a game of second chances. Just ask Mead’s Skyler Lookabill. A day after getting caught trying to steal third base for the final out in a wild 19-18 loss to Central Valley, Lookabill belted a walk-off, three-run homer as the Panthers rallied for a 13-10 win over the visiting Shadle Park Highlanders in a Greater Spokane League game Tuesday afternoon.

Baseball is a game of second chances. Just ask Mead’s Skyler Lookabill. A day after getting caught trying to steal third base for the final out in a wild 19-18 loss to Central Valley, Lookabill belted a walk-off, three-run homer as the Panthers rallied for a 13-10 win over the visiting Shadle Park Highlanders in a Greater Spokane League game Tuesday afternoon.

The baseball looks the size of a watermelon to the Mead Panthers baseball team. Especially the last two games.

David Pratt has been fired as Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) boys basketball coach after six seasons. Pratt, 38, lost the coaching job after it was alleged that he encouraged his players to practice on a snow day one day before the State 1A tournament, violating school district procedure.

I’ve contended for the last 26 years that spring doesn’t officially start until after April 1 – and, in some years, it’s been delayed as late as early May. You have to have empathy for spring sports athletes. I don’t want to be all gloom and doom, but the extended forecast for spring doesn’t look good. We’re supposed to continue to have seasonal conditions – read rain – until as late as early June. Of course, according to the “experts” we will have longer stretches of dry weather come May.

A fourth straight trip to the Final Four is within Stanford’s reach. A national championship? That, too, is in the Cardinal’s site.