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Area girls: Lind-Ritzville/Sprague’s Tessa Jantz shines on Senior Night

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 8, 2017

As one of two No. 3 seeds in the District 7 2B girls basketball tournament, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague must pull off an upset or two to have a shot at one of the three state berths.

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Mt. Spokane girls golf coach Eleen Northcutt passes away

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 8, 2017

Mt. Spokane High and the greater Spokane community lost a wonderful friend, mentor, coach and teacher last week when Eleen Northcutt passed away after a bout with cancer.

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Bayley Brennan leads Post Falls past Lewiston in girls basketball

Tue., Feb. 7, 2017

Bayley Brennan picked a good time to pick up her basketball team Tuesday. Seemingly whenever Post Falls needed a big basket to quell a surge by Lewiston, Brennan made them. Post Falls overcame pitiful free-throw shooting and some stretches of inconsistencies to top the visiting Lewiston Bengals 53-39 in the 5A Region I championship game.

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District wrestling: Mead, North Central, East Valley and Colville take titles

Sat., Feb. 4, 2017

Mt. Spokane junior Jake Howerton is going to have to get by wrestling in the postseason on essentially one good knee.

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Northwest Christian sharpshooter Ryan Ricks stands out on basketball court and in classroom

Wed., Feb. 1, 2017

Ryan Ricks was in kindergarten when he and a friend decided to have a shooting contest.

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Brian Dunn resigns as Lakeside (WA) football coach

Wed., Feb. 1, 2017

Brian Dunn, head football coach the last 20 years at Lakeside (Nine Mile) has resigned. Dunn, 57, coached Lakeside to a league title in the Northeast A and the Great Northern League. His teams were 102-96 with six state playoff appearances.

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Gonzaga Prep boys, Central Valley girls brace for postseason with GSL titles secured

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 1, 2017

As his players cut downs the nets celebrating a second straight Greater Spokane League boys basketball championship Tuesday, Gonzaga Prep coach Matty McIntyre put the moment in perspective.

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Wrestling: Area teams begin pursuit of state berths

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 1, 2017

February means many things to high school winter sports athletes.

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GSL boys: Gonzaga Prep beats Ferris to capture 2nd straight league championship

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 31, 2017

Defending their Greater Spokane League boys basketball championship was more important to the Gonzaga Bullpups than avenging their lone loss.

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GSL girls: Aaliyah Pauling’s 3-pointer at buzzer lifts Mead past Mt. Spokane

Fri., Jan. 27, 2017

Aaliyah Pauling spent more time on the bench in foul trouble than on the court Friday.

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Wrestling: Mead captures GSL title, handles Mt. Spokane

Thu., Jan. 26, 2017

Not all win-loss records are equal.

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Mt. Spokane’s Jaidyn Lyman not limited by size

Wed., Jan. 25, 2017

Mt. Spokane senior Jaidyn Lyman plans to get a second tattoo this weekend.

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Lewiston football coach Shawn Nilsson resigns

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 25, 2017

Shawn Nilsson had been thinking about stepping down as Lewiston’s head football coach during the season. Nilsson, 52, made it official just after the first of the year. His teams were 26-21 in five seasons including 9-1 and 9-2 the last two years.

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GSL wrestling: Unbeatens Mead, Mt. Spokane face off to decide league title

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 25, 2017

For the first time since Mt. Spokane opened in 1998, in-district rivals meet Thursday to decide the Greater Spokane League wrestling championship.

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Defense propels Post Falls girls past Lake City

Fri., Jan. 20, 2017

Marc Allert’s Post Falls girls basketball team defends 94 feet of the court.

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Jake Pfennigs leads Post Falls boys in romp over Lake City

Fri., Jan. 20, 2017

The avalanche that hit the visiting Lake City boys basketball team was a combination of Jake Pfennigs and nine of his best friends.

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CdA standout Joey Naccarato has made himself a Division I basketball player

Thu., Jan. 19, 2017

It was the day after Thanksgiving and Coeur d’Alene standout Joey Naccarato was looking for an extra workout opportunity.

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Lake City boys, girls sweep Coeur d’Alene in Fight for Fish

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 14, 2017

Back in his early days as a head coach, Jim Winger was known to have a fiery halftime speech or two.

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Clai Quintanilla on path to be GSL’s first four-time state wrestling champ

Wed., Jan. 11, 2017

It may be hard to believe – what with the Greater Spokane League’s wrestling success over the years – but the league has yet to produce a four-time state champ.

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WIAA has struck gold with RPI format

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 11, 2017

I couldn’t express my thoughts about the WIAA’s RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) format in a regular news story.

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Lewis and Clark girls basketball coach quits midseason

Tue., Jan. 10, 2017

Chad Kimberley, who was hired early last fall to replace George Pfeifer – who resigned just before school started – as the Lewis and Clark girls basketball coach, quit abruptly over the weekend following the Tigers’ game last Friday.

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GSL girls: Mt. Spokane finishes first half of season in second place

Fri., Jan. 6, 2017

As Greater Spokane League basketball teams concluded first-half play Friday, the Mt. Spokane girls find themselves in a comfortable position.

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Colton girls, Freeman boys ranked No. 1 in WIAA’s first RPI rankings

Fri., Jan. 6, 2017

To Greg Whitmore, the unveiling of the WIAA’s first RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) boys and girls basketball rankings Friday was like opening a late Christmas present.

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Post Falls girls’ pace and unselfishness too much for undermanned Lake City

Thu., Jan. 5, 2017

Don’t judge a final score by its margin.

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Greg Lee: Second half of GSL basketball should be highly entertaining

Wed., Jan. 4, 2017

Sean Mallon has made his presence known in a big way at his alma mater.