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A load to carry

Venky Jois kept the interview short; chemistry class was a few minutes away. The chemistry practicum – a 2 ½-hour exercise in bonding and basketball at Reese Court – had just ended. The nucleus is Jois himself, last year’s Big Sky Conference freshman of the year.
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Big Sky notes: Bobcats follow McGhee’s lead

For almost four seasons, DeNarius McGhee has made it look easy. The Montana State quarterback is a two-time Big Sky Conference MVP, earning the first as a redshirt freshman. Last year he was a first-team All-American and a Payton Award semfinalist, and stands sixth in career total offense in conference history.
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Eastern Washinton men’s basketball five keys to success

1 A new leader. Jim Hayford gets the point: this has been a troublesome position almost since the day he arrived from Whitworth in 2011. That’s when incumbent point Glen Dean departed for Utah; 18 months later, Justin Crosgile quit in midseason. Now it’s up to junior college transfer Drew Brandon, a 6-foot-4, 180-pound junior from Corona, Calif., to run the offense. Brandon impressed Hayford with his ability to control the pace of the game – fast or slow – and his composure. Brandon was multiple a threat last year at Sierra College, averaging 15.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 1.2 steals. 2 Hitting the glass. The Eagles were second in the Big Sky last year in first-shot field-goal defense. The killer was second and third shots, the product of a minus-4.2 rebound differential for the season and minus-3.3 in conference games. For the year, opponents grabbed 420 offensive rebounds, 78 more than the Eagles. Besides the maturation of forward Venky Jois (9.0 rebounds a game) and center Martin Seiferth (6.3 rpg), Hayford expects more boards from hard-working 6-6 small forward Thomas Reuter, the 6-4 Brandon and 6-3 shooting guard Tyler Harvey.
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Long wait worth it for Central Valley girls

Patience finally paid off Wednesday night for the Central Valley girls soccer team. Delayed for one day by the weather and for 70 minutes by the Chiawana defense, the host Bears finally broke through for a dominating 3-1 win in their 4A regional championship match.
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Mead rides early spurt to regional win

The frozen turf at Albi Stadium warmed up in a hurry Tuesday night. The Mead girls soccer team scorched visiting Richland for three quick goals, then held on for a 4-3 win in a 4A regional playoff game.
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Top-five matchup first in Big Sky since 1994

Even on the coldest football practice of the season, the Eastern Washington players and coaches had no problem warming to the subject of Saturday’s game against Montana State. How could they not? The winner will have the inside track to the Big Sky title and move closer to a spot in the FCS playoffs. The game already is a sellout, an unprecedented third straight at Roos Field.
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Kramer oversees rebuilding process

So, Mike Kramer, how is the rebuilding going at Idaho State? As only a former lineman could put it, the Bengals football coach explained in concrete terms that he’s barely into the third stage of a four-part project.
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Eagles face coach that helped build them

Idaho State football coach Mike Kramer is deep into a rebuilding project with the Bengals and Saturday he faces Eastern Washington, a team he helped build into a FCS power.
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EWU cornerback Baines makes it with hard work

Ronald Baines has worked hard to get where he is – harder than most fans will ever know. By his reckoning, he finally arrived during fall camp of 2012, when he earned a starting cornerback position at Eastern Washington.
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Eastern expects passing-first strategy from Bengals

Four days before game day, Evan Day’s ears already were pinned back. “I always look forward to games like this,” the Eastern Washington defensive end said Tuesday as the Eagles prepared for Idaho State’s pass-heavy offense.
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Mt. Spokane’s girls capture district soccer crown

While some folks were writing off the Mt. Spokane girls soccer team, the Wildcats decided to rewrite the script. Now the story is getting better with every match. The latest is a 2-0 win over University in the District 8 3A title game on Wednesday night at Spokane Falls Community College.
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Baptism by fire for Eastern DB Bruce

Zach Bruce didn’t feel the pressure of last week’s big game; there was no time. “It was definitely exciting,” said Bruce, a redshirt freshman from University High School who saw his first significant action of the season on defense in Eastern Washington’s 42-37 win at Montana.
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Bears claim District title

The Central Valley girls soccer team raised the bar a little higher Tuesday night. Coach Andres Monrroy wouldn’t have it any other way. “We’ve had something going for the past four years, and it’s become an expectation,” Monrroy said after the Bears won a 2-1 shootout over Mead to win the District 8 4A soccer title Tuesday night at Spokane Falls Community College.
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Titans overcome

The University girls’ soccer team has come a long way since Oct. 5 – on and off the field. That’s when sophomore starter McKenzie Mott died in an automobile crash along with a classmate. The entire school struggled through the next week, which began with a candlelight vigil the next day at U-Hi.
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WSU on track for postseason

It took a road trip to get the Washington State women’s soccer team back on track, but that’s fine with Cougars coach Keidane McAlpine. After back-to-back wins at Arizona and Arizona State, the Cougars have a good chance to return to the NCAA tournament provided they can secure half the points up for grabs in their final three matches.