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Canada on horizon for Eastern men’s basketball

There’s no better time than now for the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team to travel abroad. “If you look at our team, the ingredient we need the most is experience,” second-year head coach Jim Hayford said. “This trip will help address that need.”

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EWU defense dominant against Vandals

MOSCOW, Idaho – Another opening day, another FBS-FCS mismatch. Sparked by a defensive showing that bordered on overwhelming, Eastern Washington came away with an easy 20-3 victory Thursday night over the Idaho Vandals.
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SMU transfer quarterback Kyle Padron makes smooth transition to Eastern

As Kyle Padron starts a new chapter in his life, he’s already on the right page. And we’re not talking about the playbook. The previous chapter is closed, but speaks volumes about the character of Eastern Washington’s next quarterback, who will lead the Eagles into the 2012 season tonight at Idaho. It includes sudden stardom, self-doubt, newfound faith and a fresh start far from home.
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Eastern volleyball coach abruptly resigns

Four matches into the season, Eastern Washington University volleyball coach Miles Kydd has resigned, the school announced Tuesday afternoon. “Coach Kydd tendered his resignation this morning, and it was accepted,” said EWU Athletic Director Bill Chaves, who added that the resignation was for personal reasons. Chaves said that he is not allowed to comment further on personnel issues.
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Eastern senior Minnerly ‘the epitome of an overachiever’

Teammates call him “The Wizard,” a nickname that fits on every level. It starts with the long hair that flows from underneath the helmet of Jeff Minnerly, a star in the classroom and a Harry Potter fan who transformed himself from quarterback to safety and nine months later walked off the field a national champion.
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Padron earns nod as Eastern’s starting QB

For starters, this was a tougher decision than most people expected. But in the end, Kyle Padron’s experience and physical presence won him the starting spot at quarterback for Eastern Washington’s season opener Thursday at Idaho.
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EWU’s Minnerly epitome of overachiever

Teammates call him “The Wizard,” a nickname that fits on every level. It starts with the long hair that flows from underneath the helmet of Jeff Minnerly, a star in the classroom and a Harry Potter fan who transformed himself from quarterback to safety and nine months later walked off the field a national champion. There was no potion for that, just hard work and a willingness to put team first. “He’s the epitome of an overachiever,” Eastern Washington head coach Beau Baldwin said. “He just wills himself to do things and find a way to get it done.”
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Cougs look to attack

If the Washington State women’s soccer program wants to move forward, Keidane McAlpine says, so will the players. The first-year coach inherits a team that has reached the NCAA tournament three years out of the last four and returns nine starters, but wants to take the Cougars further.
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Youngsters make case at Eastern

Thursday’s scrimmage at Roos Field gave everyone a chance to finalize their travel squads. Eastern Washington coaches used the afternoon to settle their lineup, while fans organized their carpools for next week’s trip to Moscow.
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Youngsters get chance to shine for Eastern

Thursday’s scrimmage at Roos Field gave everyone a chance to finalize their travel squads. Eastern Washington coaches used the afternoon to settle their lineup, while fans organized their carpools for next week’s trip to Moscow.
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Eastern punter Jake Miller aims for consistency

The Big Sky isn’t the limit for Jake Miller. Eastern Washington’s punter could go even further this year; he was named to the College Sports Journal Freshman All-America Team after a sensational freshman season that saw him average 44.2 yards a punt.
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Eastern punter Jake Miller aims for consistency

The Big Sky isn’t the limit for Jake Miller. Eastern Washington’s punter could go even further this year; he was named to the College Sports Journal Freshman All-America Team after a sensational freshman season that saw him average 44.2 yards a punt.
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Ready, willing, able

It happens every practice at Eastern Washington: Running back Demitrius Bronson finds a hole, finds the first down, and keeps going – even when he doesn’t have to. It’s as if to say, “I’m not a third-down back anymore.”
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EWU’s Bronson ready for more action

It happens every practice at Eastern Washington: Running back Demitrius Bronson finds a hole, finds the first down, and keeps going – even when he doesn’t have to. It’s as if to say, “I’m not a third-down back anymore.” Not bad for a player who a year ago got only a handful of carries, and who in the spring was standing on the sidelines with a major hamstring injury. Now he’s the heavy favorite to start in the backfield when the Eagles face Idaho on Aug. 30; if the Eastern Washington offense wants to be more balanced this season, Bronson may well be the fulcrum. The EWU coaches saw his potential all along. “We could see it in winter conditioning,” said head coach Beau Baldwin. “He took winter conditioning really seriously, but with the injury, he really didn’t get to enjoy the fruits of his labor.”
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LC celebrates century of athletic excellence

The alumni list at Lewis and Clark High is a jaw-dropper: politicians, military heroes, opera stars, actors, even a Nobel Prize winner. And athletes, dozens of them from every decade and every sport, their character built, Bob Lobdell believes, on the bricks laid 100 years ago and the wisdom of its teachers and staff. “At LC, we walk in the halls of history like no other school, the same halls as the great scientists and athletes,” said Lobdell, a former student, teacher and coach at LC who this weekend will preside over a reunion like no other.
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LC celebrates century of athletic success

The alumni list at Lewis and Clark High is a jaw-dropper: politicians, military heroes, opera stars, actors, even a Nobel Prize winner. And athletes, dozens of them from every decade and every sport, their character built, Bob Lobdell believes, on the bricks laid 100 years ago and the wisdom of its teachers and staff.
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Cogdill needs heart procedure to survive

The handsome face is undimmed by age, and the man moves with the grace of the wide receiver he once was. Gail Cogdill is only 75 and has a lot more living to do, if only his heart will let him. He and his wife, Dian, got the news earlier this year: Without a major operation, one of Spokane’s biggest football stars may die within a year. That will take $70,000, which the Cogdills don’t have. They do have a website, asking for donations. “I looked at the doctor and I thought he was kidding me,” Cogdill recalled last week over coffee near his home in Spokane Valley. “It was worse than I thought.”