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Jacob Thorpe

Jacob Thorpe

Current Position: Sports columnist

Jacob Thorpe is a freelance sports columnist covering Washington State football.

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Washington State holds off Oregon for overtime win

PULLMAN – All week in practice leading into Thursday’s game DaVonte Lacy and his teammates joked about how they were going to score 100 points against Oregon, a team that likes to run as much as the Cougars.
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Josh Hawkinson arrives ahead of schedule at WSU

PULLMAN – It wasn’t supposed to happen that quickly for Josh Hawkinson. The prevailing theory was that he would need at least a couple of more years to develop. But there he was, just 13 years old and beating his old man at 1-on-1 on the hoop in front of their house.
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WSU hires Alex Grinch as defensive coordinator

PULLMAN – Alex Grinch will take over as the new defensive coordinator at Washington State and will try to make the Cougars’ defense as potent as its offense. Mike Leach dismissed defensive coordinator Mike Breske and outside linebackers coach Paul Volero six weeks ago, following WSU’s season-ending loss to Washington in the Apple Cup. Grinch will coach WSU’s secondary in addition to serving as the defensive coordinator.
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Cougs let one slip away

PULLMAN – A team does not go undefeated against a twice-yearly opponent for more than three decades without a little luck and some close calls. In 57 previous attempts against Stanford, the Cougars never got closer to knocking off the Cardinal than they did on Sunday when WSU led for most of the game and held a double-digit lead in the second half.
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Stanford women escape with OT win at WSU

This time, Washington State nearly pulled off the upset. The Cougars led by 11 in the second half and forced Stanford into overtime but lost to the Cardinal for the 58th consecutive time.
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Ike Iroegbu paces Cougars in victory over Huskies

SEATTLE – Washington State ran past and shot over Washington’s shot blockers, simply avoiding the biggest advantage the Huskies had to beat their instate rivals, 80-77, and send nearly all of the 7,595 fans home unhappy. With the win WSU (8-7, 2-1 Pac-12) is suddenly one of the hottest teams in the Pac-12 and the Cougars have yet to play a conference game at home.
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Ike Iroegbu paces Cougars in victory over Huskies

SEATTLE – Washington State ran past and shot over Washington’s shot blockers, simply avoiding the biggest advantage the Huskies had to beat their instate rivals, 80-77, and send nearly all of the 7,595 fans home unhappy.