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EWU spring football: Rare JC transfer Cory Alcantar fitting in with Eagles

On a blustery day last week, Eastern Washington long snapper Cory Alcantar was being carried away by his emotions. “It’s been amazing, and I feel so blessed to be here – I feel like I won the lottery,” said Alcantar, who certainly beat the odds last summer in becoming the first junior college transfer in recent Eastern history.
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EWU kickers battle

This is the last of an eight-part series on spring football at Eastern Washington. Today: special teams The wind was gusting to 30 mph at a recent Eastern Washington football practice, a nice confidence-booster for the young Eagles kickers.
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Lessons on life

Eastern Washington football coach Beau Baldwin spoke Monday afternoon of battling, staying focused and finishing strong in the fourth quarter. But instead of a few dozen football players, Baldwin seized the attention of hundreds of students at Rogers High School, where he and quarterback Vernon Adams tried to impart a few life lessons that go beyond the football field.
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Shadle loses top defender

In the end, Takoda Daubel’s leg couldn’t keep up with his heart. For more than a month, Shadle Park’s star soccer defender dealt with a painful meniscus tear suffered during a tryout Feb. 26 with Spokane Falls Community College.
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EWU stresses life’s lessons during Eagle Week

Instead of grabbing the attention of a few dozen football players, EWU coach Beau Baldwin seized the attention of hundreds of students at Rogers High School, where he and quarterback Vernon Adams tried to impart a few life lessons that go beyond the football field.
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Overview: EWU special teams

As redshirt freshman Roldan Alcobendas and walk-on Trevor Merritt were blasting the ball past the track at the south end of Roos Field, the coaches were sizing up the two placekickers in what is shaping up to be one of the most interesting position battles on the EWU roster.
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EWU secondary steps up at scrimmage

Saturday’s Eastern Washington scrimmage had a little of everything: a fired-up defense, efficient offense, and a feeling that the young Eagles cornerbacks are starting to, well, turn the corner. And while it gave up 523 yards, the Eastern defense also finished with seven quick-whistle sacks and nine passes broken up on a picture-perfect day at Roos Field.
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EWU secondary impressive in scrimmage

Saturday’s Eastern Washington scrimmage had a little of everything: a fired-up defense, efficient offense, and a feeling that the young Eagles cornerbacks are starting to, well, turn the corner.
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EWU spring football: Eagles have holes to fill in secondary

As the torch is passed to a new generation of Eastern Washingon cornerbacks, expect them to get burned a few times. Better now than later. In today’s scrimmage at Roos Field, they’ll again face the best offense in the Football Championship Subdivision, a pop quiz that figures to be tougher than most of the tests they’ll face next season.
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EWU spring football: Eagles deep at linebacker

T his is the sixth of an eight-part series on spring football at Eastern Washington. Today: the linebackers The teacher-student ratio at Eastern Washington looks even better these days, especially at Roos Field.
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EWU spring football: Eagles deep at linebacker

The teacher-student ratio at Eastern Washington looks even better these days, especially at Roos Field. Minor shoulder injuries have kept senior linebackers Ronnie Hamlin and Cody McCarthy out of contact drills this spring, but the Eagles’ top returning tacklers are helping any way they can.
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EWU signs forward Kyle Reid of Los Angeles

Eastern Washington basketball coach Jim Hayford has added what he believes is a “difference-maker” in the Eagles’ frontcourt with the signing Wednesday of junior college transfer Kyle Reid of Los Angeles. ”He gives us a little more front-court athleticism,” Hayford said of Reid, a 6-foot-7, 215-pound power forward who teamed with Eastern star Tyler Harvey at Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, Calif.
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Ferris boys soccer tops CV in shootout

Robin Crain calls them his “super sophs,” the only two underclassmen on the Ferris boys soccer team. Too young, apparently, to feel the burden of Wednesday night’s big match – under the lights, no less – at Central Valley.
Sports >  Spokane Shock

Defense suits Shock’s Terrance Sanders

Defense often goes unappreciated in Arena League, but not on Saturday at the Arena. The Spokane Shock had lost their momentum against the Portland Thunder, but defensive back Terrance Sanders seized it back with a crucial interception in the fourth quarter of a 55-27 win.
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Eastern football position review: Offensive line

This is the fourth of an eight-part series on spring football at Eastern Washington. Today: the offensive line The Eastern Washington offensive line is more than the sum of its parts, mostly because those parts are almost interchangeable.
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Veterans key strong start for Lakeside

Even with a new boys soccer coach, the beat goes on at Lakeside High School. The Eagles are 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the Northeast A League going into tonight’s match at Newport, and figure to make another run to regionals.