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Squat’s group made big leap

Linda Sheridan's core message during her storied Shadle Park coaching career never deviated. She told her girls that they could be anything they wanted. Risk it, she would say. Trust. Don't be afraid to fail. Success will follow, not only in athletic competition, but in life. The girls bought in.
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Mead surges to Crossover title

If Spokane's annual Crossover Classic volleyball tournament was a preview of coming attractions, it promised several postseason blockbusters. Heavyweights Mead and Eisenhower, last year's first- and second-place State 4A finishers, slugged it out toe-to-toe for the Crossover championship on Saturday.
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Central Valley has to forfeit boys basketball victories

An administrative error regarding eligibility of a transfer student has resulted in the forfeiture of the entire Central Valley 2004-05 boys basketball schedule. District 8 Board of Control principals made what board president Erik Ohlund called the gut-wrenching decision at their monthly meeting on Thursday.
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Central Valley rules line in win over U-Hi

Central Valley football coach Rick Giampietri will have a tough decision to make, singling out one lineman for a weekly team award. The entire Bears front, on both sides of the ball – and featuring the return of veteran Kameron Kempe back after missing three weeks with a broken foot – played a big role in CV's 31-7 victory Friday over rival University at CV.
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CV has to forfeit basketball wins

An administrative error regarding eligibility of a transfer student has resulted in the forfeiture of the entire Central Valley 2004-05 boys basketball schedule. District 8 Board of Control principals made what board president Erik Ohlund called the gut-wrenching decision at their monthly meeting on Thursday.
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Bullpups’ Hardan finds double duty suits her fine

Although she's a third-year starting volleyball player at Gonzaga Prep, Liz Hardan is plowing new ground as both the setter and, at times, as a hitter. "I get to do both and it's exciting because I've never been a hitter before," Hardan said before quickly recanting. "I started out as a right side in U-12. Does that count?"
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Greasy Pig battle will be Friday

It may be Greasy Pig week, but there's more at stake than district bragging rights and a trophy when University travels to Central Valley on Friday for football. The Titans (3-3 overall) and Bears (4-2) have identical 3-2 records in the Greater Spokane League. The winner will be in position to challenge for a top-three 4A league finish.
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Mt. Spokane girls remain unbeaten

When the season began, those associated with the Mt. Spokane girls cross country program had no illusions of winning a third-straight Greater Spokane League championship, let alone hopes of another undefeated season. But the iron-willed Wildcats, with mostly new runners and a new coach, is almost there following their 24-33 triumph over Mead (8-2), stunning mainly because of its ease. Both teams beat West Valley (2-9).
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Andersen lifts Shadle over U-Hi

Maybe it was the peanut butter and chocolate PowerBar she ate before the volleyball match. More likely it was the energy she fed off of from her teammates. Whatever the reason, Stacy Andersen's adrenaline surge sparked Shadle Park to a four-game victory over University and kept it tied for third place with Mt. Spokane in the Greater Spokane League, one win away from clinching a playoff berth.
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Panthers leg one out with star RB Jessen hobbled

Mead's football team showed that it needn't rely on one good set of legs. The Panthers defeated rival Mt. Spokane 33-7 at Joe Albi Stadium on a doubleheader homecoming Friday night that attracted a crowd of 6,750.
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Prep, Shadle score big victories

With three Greater Spokane League volleyball matches remaining, every game counts for the half-dozen teams chasing league leader Mead, runner-up Lewis and Clark and the four other available district playoff berths. Two teams, Gonzaga Prep and Shadle Park, did their parts and dealt blows to their opponents on a Thursday night that ended with a four-way tie for third place.
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Opportunistic Titans hold off Mt. Spokane

Good teams find ways to win regardless of the circumstances. University was just good enough Wednesday in its 3-2 escape of Mt. Spokane to remain unbeaten as the Greater Spokane League girls soccer leader.
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Retiree seeks older players for softball

Morris Clark began playing softball 40 years ago and has never been inclined to stop. The last few years, he's been playing in a 50-and-over league in Idaho, and in his only concession to age, he wants to quit traveling so much.
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LC presses past Shadle

Maybe it was the storied rivalry between teams with successful histories that brought out the best in Lewis and Clark and Shadle Park's volleyball teams. Certainly, in the opinion of LC coach Julie Yearout, the match brought out the eye of the Tigers in their 25-16, 29-27, 25-19 victory at LC's Hunter Fieldhouse that kept them in second place behind Mead in the Greater Spokane League.
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Bears shut down Lewis and Clark

A year ago Central Valley's football team had Lewis and Clark on the ropes at home, but let the Tigers get away. Not on Thursday. The Bears (3-2, 2-2) shut down Ethen Robinson, who last year rushed for 237 yards, added 47 yards in pass receptions and scored three times, en route to a 24-0 shutout at Joe Albi Stadium.
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Area football teams all have victorious Friday night

A pair of sophomore quarterbacks had their coming out games on a Friday night when all four Spokane Valley football teams were victorious. Bryan Peterson, who shares duty with senior Cam Wieber, completed 12 of 16 passes for 170 yards and a touchdown and ran for another as improving West Valley (2-2) blew past Rogers 21-0.
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Bowman, Heintz tab WCC schools

Two Greater Spokane League girls basketball stars have made oral commitments to play at a pair of West Coast Conference colleges in 2006-07. Lewis and Clark senior Heather Bowman committed to Gonzaga University, making her the second high-profile GSL and Washington state player in as many years to choose the Bulldogs.
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Couple seek players for 23U fastpitch

After they coached local select girls fastpitch softball players, including their daughters, for 11 summers, you'd think Duane and LaVonne Schreiber would be ready for a break. Their youngest daughter, Cassie, who pitched and played first base for East Valley, had completed her high school career. "With her not playing in school anymore, I thought we were done," Duane Schreiber said. "I'm a glutton for punishment."
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Pullman’s Jones takes one for team

Everyone wants to be the football hero and Jeff Jones, no exception, had his moment in the spotlight last year at quarterback for Great Northern League champion Pullman. But his most heroic football act has nothing to do with a strong arm on Friday nights. It is the about the sacrifice that the 6-foot-2, 240-pound athlete willingly made in order to keep this year's Greyhounds rolling.
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Set play caters to Prep’s win

Gonzaga Prep took what it calls an "Edu-Catered" guess on its one good scoring opportunity against unbeaten Ferris and made good. The Bullpups (7-1, 5-1, 16 points) scored 25 minutes into the second half of the Greater Spokane League girls soccer showdown for a 1-0 victory Wednesday, dropping the visiting Saxons (5-2, 5-1) from first place into third.
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Shadle climbs past Mt. Spokane

Shadle Park's volleyball team had never beaten Mt. Spokane during Sara Lewis' watch as the Highlanders setter. Never, that is, until Tuesday's four-game victory in her third try that kept the Highlanders (6-1) tied for second place with Lewis and Clark in the Greater Spokane League, while dropping the Wildcats (5-2) into fourth place by themselves.