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Wingin’ it

Jim Hayford didn’t know what to expect when he took over the Eastern Washington basketball program last year. One year later, he could say the same thing. With 10 new players and just two returning starters, Hayford says he’s “cautiously optimistic that despite youth and inexperience, that we will continue to be a postseason team.”
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Eastern’s Pavel deep threat at kicker

As a wide receiver in high school, Jimmy Pavel wasn’t exactly a deep threat. But late in his sophomore year, the kickers started dropping from injury, and Pavel was asked to step up to the tee.
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Healthy Eagles hitting their stride

Beau Baldwin admits he looks at the polls. “We’re only human,” Eastern Washington’s football coach said on Election Day afternoon before practice at Roos Field.
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Mt. Spokane wins state soccer opener

Finally, the Mt. Spokane girls soccer team is tournament-tested, and that’s a good thing, coach Ryan Campanella said. “It was a little rough out there, but the girls pushed through it,” Campanella said after the unbeaten Wildcats outlasted Enumclaw 2-1 in a first-round State 3A game Tuesday night at Spokane Falls Community College.
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Cougars get berth to NCAA

The strength of the Pac-12 Conference – and a 1-0 win over Washington on Friday – assured the Washington State Cougars a trip the NCAA women’s soccer tournament. “Playing in one of the top conferences in the country can only prepare you for NCAA play,” first-year coach Keidane McAlpine said on Monday after the NCAA announced that the Cougars would travel to Portland for a first-round game Friday night.
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Cougars draw Portland in NCAA women’s soccer

The strength of the Pac-12 Conference – and a 1-0 win over Washington on Friday – assured the Washington State Cougars a trip the NCAA women’s soccer tournament. “Playing in one of the top conferences in the country can only prepare you for NCAA play,” first-year coach Keidane McAlpine said on Monday after the NCAA announced that the Cougars would travel to Portland for a first-round game Friday night. “We had to prepare week in and week out to face some of the top teams in the country,” McAlpine said.
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Seniors spark young Eagles in exhibition

The new-look Eastern Washington basketball team relied on some old hands Sunday afternoon at Reese Court. Amid all the fresh faces in the lineup, it fell to senior guards Kevin Winford and Jeffrey Forbes to spark the Eagles to an easy 96-70 exhibition win over NAIA Concordia.
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Eastern sheds some rust in exhibition victory

The new-look Eastern Washington basketball team relied on some old hands Sunday afternoon at Reese Court. Amid all the fresh faces in the lineup, it fell to senior guards Kevin Winford and Jeffrey Forbes to spark the Eagles to an easy 96-70 exhibition win over NAIA Concordia. It didn’t start easily – the visitors from Portland, playing their fourth game of the season and fresh off a three-point loss to Portland State, led by a point halfway through the first half. But the Eagles outclassed the Crusaders the rest of the way in their first game of the season.
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Eagles put together complete game in beating Cal Poly

Timing is everything, and Eastern Washington picked the right time to play its most complete game of the season. Playing against the background of a sellout crowd, a ranked opponent and a stinging loss the previous week, the Eagles responded with a 34-17 nonconference win over Cal Poly on Saturday afternoon at Roos Field.
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Murphy catches on with Eagles

In a classic mismatch, the NFL-bound quarterback rolled out on third down, planted and threw downfield. Waiting for him, one hand in a cast, was a 5-foot-9, second-string defensive back who hadn’t played a full season of football in four years. That would be Eastern Washington’s McKenzie Murphy, who read the eyes of Southern Utah’s Brad Sorensen and made a big interception in last weekend’s game in Cedar City, Utah.
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’Cats head to state

Domination wasn’t measured on the scoreboard Thursday afternoon on the soccer field at Mt. Spokane High. Rather, it was defined by the tactics the Kamiakin Braves were forced to adopt against a superior Mt. Spokane team that claimed a 2-0 win and a berth in the State 3A tournament.
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Murphy makes most of shot with Eastern

In a classic mismatch, the NFL-bound quarterback rolled out on third down, planted and threw downfield. Waiting for him, one hand in a cast, was a 5-foot-9, second-string defensive back who hadn’t played a full season of football in four years.
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Cal Poly brings triple option to Eastern

His name is Tim Walsh, and he’s definitely comfortable in his own offense. For many reasons, the triple option “is who we are,” the Cal Poly head coach said this week as the Mustangs prepare their run-oriented offense for a high-stakes game at seventh-ranked Eastern Washington.
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Eastern’s remaining games have playoff-type feel

The rain was dancing off the track at Roos Field on Tuesday afternoon as the Eastern Washington football players splashed their way to practice, three days after a tough loss at Southern Utah. Leave it to quarterback Vernon Adams to put a positive spin on things, even as the seventh-ranked Eagles face a crucial home game against Cal Poly on Saturday.
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EWU sets aside tough loss, looks to Cal Poly

The rain was dancing off the track at Roos Field on Tuesday afternoon as the Eastern Washington football players splashed their way to practice, three days after a tough loss at Southern Utah.
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Southern Utah T-birds topple No. 1 Eagles

CEDAR CITY, Utah – After living most of this football season on the edge, Eastern Washington finally lost its footing. Getting back up won’t take long, EWU quarterback Kyle Padron said after the top-ranked Eagles suffered a 30-27 upset loss to Southern Utah here Saturday afternoon.