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Cheney boys clinch GNL soccer title

In the end, it all came down to Skill. That would be Cheney midfielder C.J. Skillingstad, who twice rescued the Blackhawks in a dramatic 2-1 overtime win Tuesday afternoon over East Valley.
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District 4A soccer playoff berths go down to wire

With two games left in the regular season, the Greater Spokane League 4A playoff race resembles a one-round game of musical chairs. Only first-place Mead (6-1) is guaranteed a playoff berth, and the Panthers can wrap up first place with a win today over last-place Rogers (0-10). Second-place Central Valley (5-2) likely needs another win to reach the postseason, while the three-way logjam involving Ferris, Lewis and Clark and Gonzaga Prep – all 4-3 – likely won’t be broken up until the end of the regular season on Friday.
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Strandley adapts to new position at EWU

Brian Strandley crossed two time zones last month to join the Eastern Washington football staff. Then he took an even bigger leap – across the line of scrimmage.
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Strandley adapts to new position at EWU

Brian Strandley crossed two time zones last month to join the Eastern Washington football staff. Then he took an even bigger leap – across the line of scrimmage.
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Eagles prepare for Red-White game

Heading into the final week of spring drills, Eastern Washington football coach Beau Baldwin still sees plenty of room for improvement on both sides of the ball. “We have to shore some things up, play at a faster pace, and our alignments and our assignments have to improve,” said Baldwin, whose team has three more practices before Saturday’s Red-White spring game at Roos Field.
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Mead edges U-Hi, moves closer to GSL soccer title

For most of the second half, the Mead boys did everything right Friday afternoon – except score. Crisp passes down the wings led to sharp crosses that led only to goal-kicks for University in a crucial Greater Spokane League soccer match.
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EWU thrives on especially good teams

When Eastern Washington needed something special on the football field in 2010, the Eagles often got it: Five times with the game usually in the balance, they picked up touchdowns on kickoff returns or blocked punts. “Those plays were not there last year,” said EWU special teams coach Jeff Schmedding, who hopes that fundamentals and a deeper depth chart will lead to more happy returns this season.
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Unbeaten Cheney boys soccer has perfect chemistry

Even on the rainiest days last month, it didn’t seem like work to come out to practice on the Cheney High School soccer field. “It’s just a treat coming here every day,” said Evan Cook, a senior midfielder and co-captain of a team that may be the best not only in the Great Northern League, but the region.
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Big week looms for U-Hi boys soccer

There’s no other way to put it: This is a big week for University High School boys soccer. Tonight, the Titans (4-1 Greater Spokane League, 6-1 overall) are under the lights for a 6:30 match with rival Central Valley (3-2).
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Wagstaff courts success at Whitworth

They call it The Bubble, a low-profile dome that has raised the stature of tennis at Whitworth University. “It’s really rocked our world,” said women’s coach Jo Wagstaff, who recently celebrated her 300th career dual-match victory in a career that first defied and later defined the landscape of women’s sports in the Inland Northwest.
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Defensive effort pleased Baldwin

The Eastern Washington football coaches didn’t need film to confirm the obvious: Defense dominated Friday’s scrimmage. “There were some unforced things out there,” said head coach Beau Baldwin, “but there were a lot of things where it was plays being made by the defense.
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Ex-Coug Jackson riding wave of national success

They met again this year at the Final Four with new stories to share. George Raveling, Jud Heathcote, Homer Drew, Dale Brown … and Brad Jackson, who “took bits and pieces from each of them” when he was an All-Pac-8 basketball guard at Washington State. This year he brought something back: the national NCAA Division II championship he won last month as head coach at Western Washington.
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Standish, Redmon taken in WNBA draft

Who won the Women’s National Basketball Association draft? Gonzaga knows. Bulldogs forwards Kayla Standish and Katelan Redmon were both selected Monday to play at the next level, and Standish says it was their coaches who helped take them there.