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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883
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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Senior’s final game for CdA has title on line

Zach Keiser figured the best way to get a scholarship to play football in college was to go camping last summer. And a-camping the Coeur d’Alene senior running back went – to nine camps, to be exact. From the University of Washington to a couple of Nike combines to Washington State University to Oregon State.
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Change sparks East Valley

When your team is 1-5 and struggling, sometimes change can, well, spark change. That’s exactly what happened for the East Valley football team.
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’Cats charge back

It wasn’t the way Mt. Spokane coach Mike McLaughlin scripted it, but it turned out to be a wakeup jolt nonetheless. University stunned Mt. Spokane by scoring two touchdowns in the game’s opening 6 minutes.
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Saxons use surge to dispel Bombers

In a 3-minute span just before halftime, the Ferris-Richland first-round State 4A football playoff game went from a three-point margin to the Saxons leading 31-7. With the offense out of synch in the second half, the Saxons’ defense locked down the visiting Bombers in a 33-17 victory before a meager crowd of 2,270 at Albi Stadium.
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Ferris downs Richland 33-17

In a 3-minute span just before halftime, the Ferris-Richland first-round State 4A football playoff game went from a three-point margin to the Saxons leading 31-7. With the offense out of synch in the second half, the Saxons’ defense locked down the visiting Bombers in a 33-17 victory before a meager crowd of 2,270 at Albi Stadium.
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Mt. Spokane comes back to down University

University stunned Mt. Spokane by scoring two touchdowns in the game’s opening 6 minutes. It took a while but the Wildcats eventually had an answer. It came in the form of four straight touchdowns in a 13-minute span as Mt. Spokane wrested control on its way to a 48-35 victory in the State 3A first-round game Friday at Albi Stadium.
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Ferris set for defensive test

When Richland and Ferris meet in the second game of a doubleheader at 8 p.m. Friday at Albi Stadium, expect a heavy dose of defense in the State 4A first-round game. Ferris (10-0) ranked first in the Greater Spokane League in defense while Richland (9-1) was second among the Columbia Basin Big Nine league’s 4A teams.
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Improved U-Hi wary of Mt. Spokane’s talent

In the movie industry, sequels many times are much lesser products than the original. In the case of the football rematch between University and Mt. Spokane, Titans coach Bill Diedrick hopes that doesn’t hold true. The teams face off in the first game of the doubleheader at Albi at 5:30 p.m. Friday in a State 3A first-round game.
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Top-ranked CdA Vikings resemble No. 2 Capital

When Coeur d’Alene and Capital started looking at each other on video, both coaches thought they were looking at their own teams. They’ll find out for sure how many similarities they share when the top-ranked Coeur d’Alene Vikings (9-1) and No. 2 Capital Eagles (10-0) meet in a 5A semifinal at 11 a.m. PST Saturday at Boise State University.
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Sisters from Mead picked up volleyball late

Kuulei and Hannah Zalopany were born and raised in Hawaii, a state with an impressive NCAA volleyball history. Yet the sisters, key figures on Mead’s state qualifier which begins defense of its State 4A title Friday.