Greg Lee

Just call him the Skinny Unit. At some point, 6-foot-8, 208-pound Scott Simon, who wears a size-16 shoe, figures he’ll start to fill out. He’s just not sure when. He thinks he’s still growing.

GSL softball: U-Hi stops Mead

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Prep baseball

For the last three years, Sage Poland has been at his best in center field. This year, the Lewis and Clark senior will most likely spend two of three games each week pitching.

All-Idaho basketball teams

In a game that had the feel of a grind-it-out matchup between familiar conference opponents, a defensive specialist made the winning shot. Senior guard Chris Kramer hit a driving layup with 4 seconds left to the lift the fourth-seeded Purdue Boilermakers past the fifth-seeded Texas A&M Aggies 63-61 in overtime Sunday afternoon in a South Region second-round game before 11,036 at the Arena.

In a game that had the feel of a grind-it-out matchup between familiar conference opponents, a defensive specialist made the winning shot. Senior guard Chris Kramer hit a driving layup with 4 seconds left to the lift the fourth-seeded Purdue Boilermakers past the fifth-seeded Texas A&M Aggies 63-61 in overtime Sunday afternoon in a South Region second-round game before 11,036 at the Arena.

So what will the Purdue University men’s basketball team use as motivation in the NCAA tournament now? After the fourth-seeded Boilermakers were picked as the most likely first-round upset – based largely on the season-ending knee injury to junior forward Robbie Hummel seven games ago and their 69-42 loss to Minnesota in the Big Ten tournament semifinals – Purdue (28-5) used the perceived slight to stop Siena 72-64 on Friday in a South Region opener.

How about the thought of a backcourt duo of Matt Bouldin and Greivis Vasquez thrilling Gonzaga University fans for four years at the McCarthey Athletic Center? Laugh, if you must, but it almost happened.

Name a team sport and it’s evident that good things generally occur when defense takes center stage. It was certainly the case Friday afternoon when Purdue University’s defensive intensity, especially in a 6½-minute stretch to open the second half, turned the momentum as the Boilermakers stopped Siena 72-64 in an NCAA men’s basketball tournament South Regional opener before 10,895 at the Arena.

TACOMA – Aleisha Hathaway was so anxious to return, the adrenaline overtook her at times Thursday evening at the Tacoma Dome. Hathaway ended up playing just two quarters because of foul trouble, but she matched her season scoring average (14 points) and provided more than enough impetus as the Shadle Park Highlanders girls basketball team stopped the Seattle Prep Panthers 49-37 at the State 3A tournament in a game that started two hours behind schedule.