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Late Mead goal ousts Ferris

A season this good couldn’t go to waste, and it didn’t. In the final moments of overtime, Mead midfielder Dominic DeShazo scored on a deflection to give the Panthers a 1-0 win over Ferris in a 4A District loser-out soccer match Tuesday night at Albi Stadium.
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Daska distances herself from pack in Bloomsday win

There would be no thrilling finish at this year’s Bloomsday Elite Women’s race. Mamitu Daska made sure of that from the start, pulling away from an ever-thinning pack Sunday to win by almost a minute in 38 minutes, 26 seconds.
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Eastern emphasized balancing act in spring

If the Eastern Washington football coaches had one goal going into spring drills, it was to get more physical. Which sounds a bit trite – this is football, after all. But in trying to achieve a better balance between the run and pass, the Eagles did their best to emphasize the game in the box with more live-tackling drills, including the inside running game, head coach Beau Baldwin said.
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EWU’s Monterola chases Olympic dream

For Keisa Monterola, the distance from Cheney to London is 3 centimeters, or barely an inch. For that inch, she’s already gone the extra mile – tens of thousands of them – in pursuit of an Olympic dream that began in Venezuela and continues at Eastern Washington University, where last week she set a another school record in the pole vault.
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Defending Bloomsday champ Mekonnin returns

It may be hard to beat the excitement of the elite races at last year’s Bloomsday. Of course, they said that last year, before the men’s and women’s 12-kilometer races were decided by 1 second in one of the most dramatic days the event has seen.
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Talley sets season record with flurry

Nice try, they told Adam Talley after his pursuit of the Great Northern League scoring record apparently came up short. “They were telling me there was no way I could get five goals (in the final game Saturday) against West Valley,” the East Valley forward said.
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Mitchell goin’ north

The gunslinger will soon be in the middle of the stampede. Former Eastern Washington quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell signed a contract Monday with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, and will report to rookie camp on May 30.
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Mitchell signs with Calgary of the CFL

The gunslinger will soon be in the middle of the stampede. Former Eastern Washington quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell confirmed Monday that he has agreed to play this fall for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, and will report to rookie camp on May 30.
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Cowboys select EWU’s Johnson in fourth round

As a child, Matt Johnson’s Thanksgivings were all about family – and the Dallas Cowboys. Johnson’s football dreams came full circle Saturday morning when the Cowboys chose the strong safety out of Eastern Washington in the fourth round of the National Football League draft.
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Defense carries the day at EWU’s Red-White game

All things considered, it’s been a pretty good month for Ronnie Hamlin. The Eastern Washington linebacker is three weeks removed from a broken hand, which healed just in time for Hamlin and the rest of his defensive cast to put a hurt on the offense at the Red-White Game on Saturday.
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Red-White Game caps EWU’s spring football camp

Eastern Washington head football coach Beau Baldwin just put his offense in a big hole. That’s a good thing, because fans will be seeing a Red-White Spring Game today that includes a real score, even if the defense is spotted a few touchdowns to start.
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Ferris completes turnaround, heads for district

Halfway through the season, the Ferris boys were the surprise of Greater Spokane League soccer – and that wasn’t a good thing. But in a remarkable turnaround, capped by Friday’s 3-1 win over visiting Lewis and Clark, the Saxons are heading to next week’s district playoffs on a five-game winning streak in league play. Surprise: Ferris is suddenly the hottest team in the league.
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Eastern expects big things from linebackers

This is the seventh of an eight-part series on Eastern Washington football. Today: Linebackers. Inside running drills are the bread-and-butter of linebacker practice, and Zach Johnson is hungry.
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QB Padron cleared to play at Eastern

Quarterback Kyle Padron confirmed Wednesday night that he has been approved for a medical hardship that paves the way for him to play two years for Eastern Washington University. “It’s a big relief and a huge weight off my shoulder,” the former Southern Methodist quarterback said by telephone from Dallas. “Now I can’t wait to get ready for the season.”