Jim Allen

Vernon Adams’ 9-yard touchdown run with 8:13 to play capped a second-half rally, and Eastern Washington blocked a late field-goal attempt Saturday to beat UC Davis 31-28 and move into a first-place tie in the Big Sky Conference.

The emotions will be mixed but no less intense today when Eastern Washington celebrates Senior Day for one of the most successful football classes in school history. “It’s going to be a whirlwind of emotions,” said linebacker Grant Williams, whose brother, Adam, will fly across the country to join Grant and his parents for the Eagles’ game against UC Davis.

The emotions will be mixed but no less intense today when Eastern Washington celebrates Senior Day for one of the most successful football classes in school history.

The Mead girls soccer team is on its way to Camas, Wash. – more than 300 miles from home, but light-years from where the Panthers started a few months ago.

In more ways than one, Whitworth hopes to hit the ground running this season: A challenging early schedule, some big holes to fill, and best of all, coach Matt Logie says, “Some young guys itching to make an impact.” Those new guys will get the chance to help Whitworth do what it does every season - shrug off the loss of several talented players and move on. Last year, in Logie’s first season the Pirates went 26-4 and reached the Sweet 16 of the Division III national tournament for the third straight year.

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.”

Bracketology is an inexact science, even more so when you don’t know the exact formula, and especially with two games left until the FCS playoffs.

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.

Finally, the Mt. Spokane girls soccer team is tournament-tested, and that’s a good thing, coach Ryan Campanella said.

Beau Baldwin admits he looks at the polls.

As a wide receiver in high school, Jimmy Pavel wasn’t exactly a deep threat.

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.