Mike Vlahovich

The Lewis and Clark and University soccer teams meet Friday for the District 8 soccer championship and a trip to the State 4A tournament. A state trip would be a first for the current players. For all that is except Tigers senior midfielder Michael Mastor. Mastor, a freshman reserve in 2004 on LC's state fourth-place team, is the only player on either team with high school state experience. The next year the Tigers were shut out of district and last year lost in the second round

The sixth-inning, opposite-field ball hit by Mickenzie Alden came seriously close to raising right-field, foul-line chalk but was ruled foul. "I thought it had a chance to be fair and I would have probably tried to push for a triple on it," Alden said. "I'm kind of glad I didn't."

That East Valley defeated Mead in a match between Greater Spokane League championship aspirants wasn't a surprise. After all, the Knights are working toward their third straight title. What was a surprise was the way they accomplished it, scoring three first-half goals and cruising to a 3-0 triumph Friday afternoon at Mead.

University spotted Mead five early runs, but Titans youth was ultimately served in the first game of a two-day series between the Greater Spokane League's second- and third-place baseball teams. A pair of sophomores, Michael Holmes with his arm and Jacob Olsufka with his bat, helped as U-Hi (10-3) rallied to a 9-7 victory Thursday at Mead.

Mark Purser knew something wasn't right when he felt excruciating pain in his arm after Mt. Spokane's then-sophomore center fielder tried to throw out a runner at first base. "I had pretty massive pain in my elbow, and it was not your typical pain," Purser said.

Mt. Spokane's two Greater Spokane League baseball games against Mead this week were Exhibit A of the Wildcats Jekyll and Hyde offensive personality. But their pitching staff, which has allowed but 17 runs in 12 games made sure the end result was the same.

Earlier this season, Freeman's baseball team opened eyes with a pair of victories during a four-team invitational in Colfax en route to a 7-0 start. One of those wins came over Bellevue Christian, which had beaten 1A state power Brewster.

The game had barely begun, University baseball players found themselves staring at a four-run deficit at home against Central Valley. It didn't take long – one-half inning to be exact – before the Titans were ahead and on their way to a soggy 13-7 victory and two-day sweep of their district rivals.