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Seniors Ease Coach’s Initial Season As Their Leader

Mead soccer coach Travis Hanson could empathize with Stacey Drollinger when he moved her from attacker to defender. When he played for the Panthers for three years between 1988 and 1990 he had been switched from center-midfield to stopper to goalkeeper. "Stacey's greatest frustration was not all that different from mine," he said. "I had scored 15 goals as a junior and was a keeper as a senior. Sometimes you realize in the end it's worth it."
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Cross Country Notes

Valley resident Jill Larson, a junior runner for Gonzaga Prep, was awarded a WIAA sportsmanship medal following the 4A state cross country girls race in Pasco. Officials choose an athlete for actions representing sport's ideals apart from the competitive realm during all state contests. Larson, who finished 72nd was singled out.
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Fleet-Footed EV Girls Rewrite The Record Book

The state champion EV girls cross country team from left, (back row) Melissa Frostad, AnnMarie Adams, Crystal Gerky, coach Mike Lanzanis, Joann Adams, and Missa Heid; (front row) Korinda Godwin, Cara Smith, Alyson Mahan and Melanie Frostad. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review
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Girls Soccer, Volleyball, Football In Next Stage Of State Competition

Further state tournament competition beckons North Side teams this week in football, volleyball and soccer. Mead's girls soccer team, unbeaten until last week's district finals, gets a rematch against the team that beat it, Ferris. The Panthers and Saxons were both first round state victors against Big Nine and will meet Saturday, 11 a.m. in a quarterfinal game.
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University Boys End Mead String With First-Ever Cross Country Title

1. U-Hi's Seth Mott finished second at state, behind Mt. Spokane's Tom Becker, left. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review 2. On the winner's perch are the members of the state champion University High Titans cross country team. From left are Dan Chavez, Kris Martin, Mark Davis, Seth Mott, Jeff Rees, and Matt Pierce. Up front, holding the trophy, is Mike Visintainer. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review
Sports

CV Answers Distress Call Bears Make Things Interesting; Mead Loses

After thoroughly dominating early, Central Valley's football team was sinking fast in its playoff game against visiting Wenatchee. Todd Millar answered a "mayday" plea during the Bears 21-14 victory. Mayday is CV's terminology for its two-minute offense. Millar was a big part of it during the 85-yard touchdown drive that won the game in the last 1:13 of the first half.
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Central Valley Bears Stay Home For Playoff Opener

Central Valley's football team gets to stay home for its first playoff game on Tuesday. The Bears earned the 6 p.m. date at Sig T. Hansen field with Thursday night's stunningly easy 45-14 win over Lewis and Clark. Victory secured a share of the GSL title. It was CV's second title in three years. Depending upon the outcome of Friday night's Kamiakin-Kennewick and Pasco-Davis games, CV's opponent Tuesday will be Wenatchee, Davis or Richland.
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East Valley Hosts Hanford In Girls Soccer

Aseason's worth of tinkering produced a finely tuned girls soccer team at East Valley High School. The Knights host Hanford at 1 p.m. today in the first round of State 3A playoffs. The girls soccer team is one of four EV teams involved in post-season competition this weekend. They played four times against Cheney this year to win the Frontier League and district tournament.
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Mead Harriers’ Reign At Stake At State Meet

Mead may need a miracle to continue its string of boys state cross country championships. The Panthers will run in Pasco on Saturday, its nine-year reign in jeopardy. The team qualified for state only as the third place team from Spokane.
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CV Gets Set For Two Tough Football Games

Central Valley must get down to basics for its final two Greater Spokane League football games. "The next two weeks are blocking and tackling weeks," said Bear coach Rick Giampietri. On successive Thursdays the unbeaten Bears play their two closest pursuers, Gonzaga Prep and Lewis and Clark. Both have grind-it-out, ball-control styles that have resulted in a combined 14-2 record.
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Mead Seeks 9th Playoff Appearance

All four football playoff teams from the Greater Spokane League can be decided Friday night when Mead travels to University. The Titans are the team that can prevent the Panthers from becoming the league's fourth entrant in the end-of-season tournament. Mead defeated turnover-plagued North Central 45-10 last week. Victory over U-Hi would assure the 5-2 Panthers no worse than fourth place in league.