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Former Eastern Washington standout J.C. Sherritt makes transition from player to coach in Canadian Football League

Wed., June 12, 2019

The former Pullman High and Eastern Washington linebacker shelved his eight-year Canadian Football League career in January, a year after recovering from a devastating Achilles injury that took away the Edmonton Eskimo star’s 2017 season.

Sports >  Area sports

Rise Above scheduled to speak at Summer Slam 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Cusick

UPDATED: Thu., June 6, 2019

Before Jaci McCormack sent Illinois State to the 2005 NCAA Tournament by way of a buzzer-beating jumper, Native American women’s basketball players had rarely experienced that salient position.

Sports >  EWU basketball

After a season plagued with injuries, Eastern Washington men’s basketball coach Shantay Legans tears Achilles

UPDATED: Tue., June 4, 2019

Eastern Washington men’s basketball coach Shantay Legans can finally empathize with anyone who’s torn their Achilles tendon.

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Spokane’s Chauncy Welliver says ‘hooray for the fat guys’ after Andy Ruiz’s upset heavyweight victory

UPDATED: Mon., June 3, 2019

Score one for the rotund. Andy Ruiz’s world heavyweight championship upset of Anthony Joshua was about as big as the Californian’s waistband.

Sports >  Area sports

Hoopfest deadline passed, but 50 teams can still get in

UPDATED: Fri., May 31, 2019

If you haven’t registered for Hoopfest, don’t count on getting in. Don’t rule it out, either.

Sports >  Area sports

Throwing darts: Community Colleges of Spokane baseball trio became viral sensations with off-field antics

UPDATED: Thu., May 30, 2019

The most nerve-wracking pitch of Reed Harrington’s brilliant junior college career involved a Styrofoam dart and a bald head.

Sports >  Area sports

Community Colleges of Spokane athletic director Ken Burrus honored, will retire next month

Thu., May 30, 2019

Burrus, 62, will retire June 30 after a 13 year-stint with the school. His longtime assistant, former CCS baseball coach Bobby Lee, will take over as interim AD.

Sports >  High school sports

State 4A track and field: Mead’s Jordynn Hutchinson continues family trend of winning shot put titles

UPDATED: Sat., May 25, 2019

As Mead sophomore Jordynn Hutchinson received her medal Saturday after winning the State 4A girls shot put title, an announcer at Mount Tahoma HS emphatically broadcast her name through the venue’s sound system

Sports >  High school sports

State 2A track and field: Cheney’s Camden VerStrate leads impressive showing by Great Northern League athletes

UPDATED: Sat., May 25, 2019

Camden VerStrate didn’t look like a first-year high school sprinter Saturday. More like a dual-event state champion.

Sports >  High school sports

State 3A track and field: Mt. Spokane’s Spencer Barrera claims two titles; Allie Janke breaks another meet record

UPDATED: Sat., May 25, 2019

Mt. Spokane senior Spencer Barrera could point to a half-dozen state medals he’d earned before Saturday, but none were the color he coveted.

Sports >  High school sports

State 4A, 3A track and field: Mt. Spokane’s Katie Rhodes defends 3A high jump title

UPDATED: Fri., May 24, 2019

Between clearing various heights at the state 3A track and field meet Friday at Mount Tahoma High, Mt. Spokane high jumper Katie Rhodes repeatedly jogged toward a nearby fence to chat with coaches and supporters.

Sports >  High school sports

State 2A track and field: Pullman’s Tyrus Thomas holds on to win 110-meter hurdles title

UPDATED: Fri., May 24, 2019

Tyrus Thomas stood atop the podium Friday at the State 2A track and field meet at Mount Tahoma High, his smile beaming toward the near-capacity grandstand.

Sports >  High school sports

State track and field: North Central’s Allie Janke breaks 3A meet record with win in 1,600

UPDATED: Thu., May 23, 2019

Nobody else was going to push North Central distance sensation Allie Janke, so one of the nation’s best sophomores pushed herself.

Sports >  Area sports

North Idaho softball team relished winning second straight NWAC Tournament title near campus

UPDATED: Wed., May 22, 2019

The setting was familiar for North Idaho College softball coach Don Don Williams, but the stakes were different.

Sports >  High school sports

State track and field: Five things to watch for local athletes at the 4A, 3A and 2A meets

UPDATED: Wed., May 22, 2019

The State 4A, 3A and 2A boys and girls track meets begin Thursday at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

Sports >  Area sports

Gonzaga slugger Troy Johnston among the nation’s doubles leaders

UPDATED: Tue., May 21, 2019

Johnston, now third in the country in doubles (26), is one away from the Gonzaga single-season record.

Sports >  High school sports

Prep track and field: Late 4x400 win helps North Central girls earn share of district title

UPDATED: Sat., May 18, 2019

North Central’s girls racked up 134 points to share the 3A girls portion of the meet with Kamiakin. Mt. Spokane placed fourth with 85.

Sports >  Area sports

Community Colleges of Spokane head coach Bryan Winston has swiftly boosted baseball program

UPDATED: Sat., May 18, 2019

When Community Colleges of Spokane closer Reed Harrington’s fastball smacked into the leather of catcher Justin Lutz last week in Pasco, it retired a Columbia Basin hitter and signaled the Sasquatch’s first Northwest Athletic Conference East Region title in 14 years.

Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Former Gonzaga star Dan Dickau’s ties to Portland Trail Blazers go back to his childhood

UPDATED: Fri., May 17, 2019

Dan Dickau has experienced the Portland Trail Blazers organization in several capacities.

Sports >  Area sports

Gonzaga and BYU chase WCC regular-season title again

UPDATED: Thu., May 16, 2019

Gonzaga or BYU – perhaps both – will earn the 2019 regular-season WCC title.

Sports >  Area sports

Former North Idaho College baseball coach Jack Bloxom dies at 80

UPDATED: Thu., May 16, 2019

Jack Bloxom was the face of North Idaho College’s baseball program for 30 years and a fixture in the region’s baseball scene.

Sports >  High school sports

Jump city: Spokane-area long, triple and high jumpers among the state’s elite

UPDATED: Wed., May 15, 2019

Names of the Spokane area’s most-decorated leapers litter the pages of the WIAA’s track and field record book, some marks more recent than others.

Sports >  EWU football

Kupple of Rams: Ketner Kupp signs with Los Angeles, joining brother Cooper and three other ex-EWU standouts

UPDATED: Wed., May 15, 2019

When asked last season about the professional football prospects of his younger brother, Los Angeles Rams receiver and former Eastern Washington star Cooper Kupp saw a potential self-made NFL linebacker.

Sports >  High school sports

From Haiti to Coeur d’Alene, hurdler Nate Burch takes unusual path

UPDATED: Sat., May 11, 2019

Eighteen years after making a long and stressful trek to a Miami orphanage, Laurinda Burch points out the similarities between her and her oldest son.

Sports >  High school sports

Prep track and field: Greater Spokane League athletes punch tickets to district meet

Fri., May 10, 2019

The league’s 4A and 3A district-qualifying meets at CV serve a spectrum of purposes for coaches and athletes, but there’s one they all share: punching a ticket to Richland.