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Adams, Vitto in spotlight at EWU

The night before the first practice of spring, Vernon Adams was so nervous he couldn’t sleep. And that’s a good thing, Eastern Washington head football coach Beau Baldwin said. “You’re happy when a guy is nervous, that it means something to him to be out here,” said Baldwin, who promises more than enough snaps for Adams and Anthony Vitto, the only returning quarterbacks at EWU this spring following the stellar career of Bo Levi Mitchell.
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EWU’s vision for the future

The vision is in place at Eastern Washington University for a multimillion-dollar “city within a city” that aims to improve the campus experience on game day – and every day. The Gateway Project, unveiled recently to the EWU Board of Trustees, would include 8,000 additional seats on the Washington Street side of Roos Field. Inside, the facility would house concessions, leased commercial space, suites and more.
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Variety is spice of spring for Eastern football

For Aaron Best, spring practice offers another chance to get creative – even with some players on the mend and an icy wind pulling at hamstrings Wednesday afternoon at Roos Field. “In spring it’s not about meshing,” said Best, as his offensive line began the second day of spring drills on a field that a few hours earlier was covered in snow.
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Variety is spice of spring for Eastern

For Aaron Best, spring practice offers another chance to get creative – even with some players on the mend and an icy wind pulling at hamstrings Wednesday afternoon at Roos Field.
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Eagles start spring with sense of renewal

Maybe it was the sunshine, but there was a sense of renewal at Roos Field on Tuesday. For most of the Eastern Washington coaches and players, their first spring practice is merely the next step after winter conditioning.
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Rain disrupts GSL soccer teams’ routines

The rainiest March in Spokane history hasn’t played well among boys soccer coaches, who’ve done their best to adapt to muddy practice facilities. “At least it’s been an even playing field,” Lewis and Clark coach Micah Lamb joked, although he really wasn’t laughing.
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Eagles’ competitive spirit a strong suit

Eastern Washington hasn’t chosen football captains for this fall, but Will Post is weighing in. The Eagles are holding a full-fledged competition in the weight room, holding a draft, and dividing into four teams of 20 players each.
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Spirited Eagles get set for competitive spring

The Eagles begin spring football practice Tuesday and conclude with the annual Red-White Spring Game on April 28. The Eagles will hold 15 practices and scrimmages with an eye toward “being really good at the bare-bones things, the fundamentals,” said head coach Beau Baldwin.
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Hayford builds foundation at Eastern

Jim Hayford likes to build things, and it shows. A solid layer of concrete was poured in his first season as head basketball coach at Eastern Washington. It was stress-tested during an inconsistent midseason, and hardened as the Eagles won four of their last seven games en route to the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament.
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LC, Mead boys soccer teams win

With no chance to defend their soggy home fields, the Lewis and Clark and Mead boys soccer teams did the next best thing Friday night. LC opened a Greater Spokane League doubleheader with a 2-0 win over University, and Mead held off Central Valley 3-2 in the nightcap at chilly Albi Stadium.
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Whitworth’s Logie looks back at superb season

For Whitworth basketball coach Matt Logie, it’s always been about the journey. Last year’s trip was extraordinary, taking Logie from the East Coast back to his Northwest roots – and his first head coaching job. Along the way he got help from a strong senior class, and together they guided each other back to familiar territory – a 26-4 record and another deep run in the NCAA Division III tournament.
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Padron confirms he’ll enroll at Eastern

Former Southern Methodist quarterback Kyle Padron confirmed Thursday that he will enroll at Eastern Washington University this summer regardless of the outcome of his pending appeal for an additional year of eligibility. “I hope to have an apartment by the first or second week of June,” said Padron, who hopes to set that up when he visits Cheney during the Red-White spring game on April 28.
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Padron confirms he will enroll at Eastern

Former Southern Methodist quarterback Kyle Padron confirmed Thursday that he will enroll at Eastern Washington University this summer regardless of the outcome of his pending appeal for an additional year of eligibility.
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CV soccer team bleaches hair for unity

The Central Valley boys soccer team will make it to state this year – or dye trying. In a recent senior class moment, Bears midfielders Alex Renz and Luc Torres scratched their heads and came up with a colorful idea for team togetherness.
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Successes boost CdA swimmer’s hopes

Diana MacManus is back in her element – chlorine. Years after a pair of devastating injuries that left her doubting herself and her future, the former youth swim star and almost-Oympian is “ready to dream again.”
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Whitworth loses in controversial overtime finish

WHITEWATER, Wis. – In every way, the Whitworth Pirates were fit to be tied Friday night. As Whitworth’s Dustin McConnell was driving the lane for the go-ahead lay-in with 3 seconds left in overtime, officials called a jump ball that gave Virginia Wesleyan a controversial 74-71 win over the Pirates in the third round of the NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament.