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Sports >  Spokane Shock

Former Coug Patrick Afif has Erik Meyer’s back

Patrick Afif has been living on the edge for most of his life. It only got edgier once Afif left left the outdoor game behind and joined the Arena Football League. “There’s no place to hide,” said Afif, nine-game starter at offensive left tackle last year for the Spokane Shock and now the protector of quarterback Erik Meyer’s blind side.
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Eastern sophomore Harvey an All-Big Sky pick

As Eastern Washington guard Tyler Harvey elevated his game this season, the Big Sky Conference took notice. The leading scorer in the conference at 21.8 points a game, Harvey became a marked man, with opposing coaches focused on stopping him.
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Eagles’ season comes to end

Call them the near-miss kids. The Eastern Washington basketball team nearly fashioned a miracle for the ages Saturday afternoon against Big Sky Conference champion Weber State.
Sports >  Spokane Shock

New Shock owner Nader Naini would like team to stay put

As Nader Naini sees it, the Spokane Shock is more of a civic asset than a privately held company. If that sounds a bit self-serving – Naini is the managing partner of Arena Football Partners LLC, the team’s new ownership group – he already has put his money where his mouth is.
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Coach Talara Frost brings new dimension to Northwest Christian girls basketball

Talara Frost brought quite a résumé when she was hired last year to coach the Northwest Christian girls basketball team. A former college player, coach, marketing manager and currently a counselor at Whitworth University, Frost brought all those skills to the court and the locker room to lead the Crusaders to a 26-1 record going into today’s State 2B tournament at the Arena.
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Confident EWU reaching peak

The energy of Tuesday’s basketball practice at Reese Court carried over into the media interviews, as coach Jim Hayford and star guard Tyler Harvey joked in front of the cameras. “Before the season, I predicted that Tyler would break the school record for 3s in a season, lead the Big Sky Conference in scoring with a 23-point average, play 38 minutes a game and get straight-A’s in the classroom,” Hayford said as he put Harvey in a playful headlock.
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EWU’s Ronnie Hamlin granted sixth year of eligibility

It promises to be another hair-raising season in the Big Sky Conference. Eastern Washington linebacker Ronnie Hamlin, a Buck Buchanan Award candidate and already the third-leading tackler in school history, has been granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA, the school announced Tuesday.
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Ford, Wellpinit fire on all cylinders

Wellpinit’s drive to the state basketball tournament has been powered largely by center Brodie Ford, but the Redskins found a few more horses under the engine Friday night. Facing a pesky Entiat team in a 1B Regional game at Mt. Spokane High School, Wellpinit finally sealed the deal with defense in the fourth quarter of a 64-48 win that sends the Redskins to next week’s state tournament at the Spokane Arena.
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Shadle Park rallies to earn state berth

It wasn’t exactly a comeback, the near-miracle Shadle Park conjured up Friday night. It was more of a “clawback,” 6 minutes of scrappiness at both ends of the court that fueled a 55-51 win over Kennewick and earned the Highlanders a spot in next week’s State 3A tournament in Tacoma.
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Whitworth men storm ahead to NWC championship

Whitworth took some time to get into its comfort zone Thursday night, and that may be a good thing. With a spot in the Division III tournament still in doubt, the Pirates played with an obvious sense of urgency in finishing off Lewis & Clark 87-62 in a Northwest Conference semifinal game at the Whitworth Fieldhouse.
A&E >  Entertainment

Hoopfest director Rick Steltenpohl will step down after this year

Hoopfest executive director Rick Steltenpohl said Wednesday he will step down later this year after the basketball tournament’s 25th iteration. Along with Hoopfest events project manager Aaron Magner, Steltenpohl said he plans to found a nationwide company specializing in events like Spokane’s successful 3-on-3 tournament.
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Third-ranked NIC sizes up 15th NJCAA wrestling crown

Talk about home-mat advantage. With the national junior college wrestling tournament opening Friday at the Spokane Convention Center, North Idaho College coach Pat Whitcomb sees a great chance to raise the sport’s profile in the Inland Northwest.
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Wrestlers on center stage in Spokane

Talk about your home-mat advantage. With the national junior college wrestling tournament opening Friday at the Spokane Convention Center, North Idaho College coach Pat Whitcomb sees a great chance to raise the sport’s profile in the Inland Northwest.
Sports

Big Sky hopes take a hit

Like the fans who drove to watch them, Eastern Washington’s basketball team lost some traction on a snowy Monday night. A smaller-but-quicker Portland State team stayed a step ahead of the Eagles all night in claiming an important 87-76 Big Sky Conference win at Reese Court.
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Loss leaves Eagles tied for 6th in Big Sky

Portland State stayed a step ahead of Eastern Washington all night Monday, claiming an important 87-76 Big Sky Conference win at Reese Court. Instead of sharing third place, the Eagles are now in a four-way tie for sixth.
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3A boys basketball: Titans defeat Shadle

With state berths already locked up, the University and Shadle Park boys basketball teams locked arms for one more grudge match Saturday night. By the time it was over, the host Titans not only seized a 63-50 win in their 3A subregional title game, but some important momentum going into next week.
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Titans top Highlanders in loser-out slugfest

The University and Shadle Park girls had plenty of skin in the game Saturday night. They even left some on the court, where the host Titans finally came away with a 62-52 win and a spot in the regional round of the 3A tournament.