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Three GSL wrestlers earn state titles

TACOMA – The evening began and ended with Greater Spokane League individual state champions with another in-between. But as fate would have it, no others from the rest of the combined 10 3A and 4A wrestlers at Mat Classic XVIII fared as well Central Valley 103-pounder Nick Cambron continued his late-season surge with a dramatic late-match reverse and overtime takedown for the first GSL win.
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EV in the hunt

TACOMA – A shoulder injury kept Foster Orton from wrestling last season. It was the pain of his absence that kept the competitive fire within smoldering. The East Valley competitor has reached his highest point so far, a date in today's 160-pound semifinals of Mat Classic XVIII in the Tacoma Dome.
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Titans tie for top

At their season-opening jamboree, the University Titans girls basketball team had "31/2" available varsity players because of injuries, said coach Mark Stinson. "You're just praying that we know which end of the gym to shoot at by playoff time," he said.
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18 area wrestlers heading to Mat Classic in Tacoma

Following a thoroughly dominating district wrestling performance two weekends ago, University's Mike Malsam was asked to comment on his proclivity pinning his opponents with a cradle. "It's the only thing I practice," Malsam said. "That and trying to get the first takedown."
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Couple of gripping careers to end

The list of Jon Millard's wrestling accomplishments is impressive. But for all his individual successes in an individual sport, the Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) senior's greatest satisfaction comes from celebrating the accomplishments of his team.
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GNL state roster young

Youth is being served for Great Northern League wrestling teams at this weekend's Mat Classic XVIII state 2A tournament in Tacoma. Of the 23 wrestlers from Lakeside, Deer Park and Riverside who qualified for state, only four were seniors and a dozen are freshmen and sophomores.
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Highlanders work overtime to claim final playoff spot, eliminate Wildcats

Shadle Park completed the field for next week's District 8 4A girls basketball playoffs, but it took overtime to do so while dashing the similar hopes of Mt. Spokane. The Highlanders (12-8, 7-6) won 58-55, rallying from 12-point first-half deficit to claim the sixth and final district berth Tuesday at Shadle.
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Double-dip victory for Cheney

There was disco frenzy in Cheney on Friday night during the Diamond Dipper spirit basketball game against Rogers. The Blackhawks boogied on down with wins in both ballgames and Friday Night Fever outdid Pirates Under Construction in voting for the dipper. Both games played to similar scripts with Cheney coming from behind and pulling away late.
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Jolley good show

When Tyler Jolley's high school wrestling career is over and an era ends, it will give East Valley coach Craig Hanson pause. For the first time in 15 years and at two different high schools, there will be no Jolley sibling competing on one of his teams.
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Three presented with 25-Year Awards

Three individuals with long ties to their schools were honored with Inland Northwest Sportswriters and Broadcasters 25-Year Awards. Washington State University Assistant Director of Athletics/Director of Media Relations Rod Commons, Rogers High teacher and tennis coach Barb (Silvey) Farnsworth and Riverside teacher and cross country coach Bill Kemp were recognized at Wednesday's Spokane Regional Sports Commission Youth Awards Luncheon.
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Guards carry G-Prep

Advantage: backcourt. Led by Houston Stockton, Gonzaga Prep's guards outdid the best efforts of West Valley's posts during a 74-67 Greater Spokane League boys basketball triumph on Tuesday night at West Valley High School.
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Rogers’ Noble leads list of SWABs award winners

Rogers High track phenomenon Becca Noble has added another honor to her expanding resume, winning the 2005 Amateur Female Athlete of the Year Monday as voted on by Inland Northwest Sportswriters and Broadcasters. Now a freshman at the University of Oregon, Noble will be receive the trophy Wednesday and be part of the 28th Spokane Regional Sports Commission Youth Awards Luncheon.
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Titans capture district crown

University wrestling teammates Nick Zumwalt and Andrew Peterson are so familiar with each other's moves that scoring against each other has become difficult. So when they met Saturday for the second straight year in the 171-pound finals of the District 8 4A tournament at Mead, neither could gain much of an upper hand.
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Few games remain for area basketball teams

Just three games remain for Valley Greater Spokane League basketball teams. Most of them are thinking about postseason. Freeman has just one game remaining and Valley Christian two, including tonight, in their respective leagues.
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GNL pleased to participate in first wrestling regional

The Great Northern League has received its wrestling wish. Like other leagues and classifications throughout the state, the GNL will compete in a wrestling regional. "We've been negotiating this for eight years," said league wrestling coordinator and Riverside athletic director Marty Friedman. "We were the only league in state without a regional."
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NC gets in Groovy groove

For the better part of three quarters Thursday, Damal Neil was a difference maker in North Central's 56-41 victory over Shadle Park in the 16th Groovy Shoes spirit game. Neil scored 18 points and was a big factor on the boards and on defense as the Indians built an early 11-point lead and maintained it in the Greater Spokane League boys basketball showdown.
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O Brother, where art thou? On his way to the postseason

Anthony Varnell learned wrestling at the knee of his older brother, Ismael. It has been a major reason for his success. "We wrestled all the time," said Varnell, a Lewis and Clark junior 140-pounder and state third-place finisher last year. "We had a chunk of wrestling mat at home, and we'd have our own little tournaments. He showed me moves and every once in a while let me get a takedown. Most of the time he beat me up pretty good."
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Wrestlers, gymnasts face weekend tournaments

Basketball teams still have four regular season games to play. Wrestlers and gymnasts, however, begin the post-season journeys that lead to state. The three-step process starts with this weekend's district or sub-regional tournaments.
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Bullpups clamp down on CV

It's tough to score if you can't get a decent shot, and Gonzaga Prep defenders denied Central Valley opportunities in Tuesday's game between Greater Spokane League boys basketball teams at G-Prep. The Bullpups (13-3, 8-1) were flawless during their 53-34 victory that kept them part of a three-way, first-place tie.
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University wins GSL for fallen Fish

University's cradle rocked East Valley's world as the Titans, wrestling for an injured comrade, won their second successive Greater Spokane League championship Saturday at Central Valley. U-Hi dedicated the league title match to senior state championship contender Chase Fish, who had surgery this past week on his ankle broken the Saturday before, which ended his season.
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GSL’s final divisional wrestling tonight

A quartet of teams reprise roles in tonight's final Greater Spokane League championship divisional wrestle-off at Central Valley. University and East Valley are in the championship match for the third straight year. The two schools divided the previous two titles. Only one point separates them when scores of the previous two years are combined.
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West Valley sits atop Golden Throne

When their names were called, a couple of athletes answered in leading their respective East Valley and West Valley basketball teams to victory in the deafening environs of their annual spirit competition Friday night. Kelsey Hentges scored a career-high 27 points, leading the EV Knights girls to a 58-41 victory in the first game of the Golden Throne soiree.
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CV, WV boys face key games

Central Valley and West Valley boys remain in the thick of a seven-team basketball title race as the Greater Spokane League surpassed the midpoint of its season Tuesday night. A game separates the seven teams. The Bears and Eagles, 11-3 overall and 5-2 in the GSL are part of a four-way tie for fourth place behind three schools and face four key games during the final six nights of the season.
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East Valley cruises past Clarkston in semifinal

The suspense of their Greater Spokane League wrestling championship semifinal had long been drained by the time Clarkston two-time state finalist Jason Fairley and East Valley state placer Bryce Fisher met in an anticipated 145-pound showdown Wednesday. But then, both semifinals proved anticlimactic. The American Division champion EV Knights (8-0) reeled off seven straight wins and a 33-0 lead during its 54-6 romp past the visiting Bantams (6-2).