Ryan Collingwood

A youthful Freeman defense put the Northeast A League on notice in 2016. The Scotties posted four shutouts and yielded just six points a game in the regular season.

Defenses will need to know where junior Garrett McKay is at all times.

“I’ve never won a (Northwest) conference title and I’ve never won a playoff game,” said Kolste, who boasts a 17-4 record as Whitworth’s starter the last two seasons.

Kelsey Landreth’s emotional investment in Trinity Catholic School is obvious.

Haley Cooper-Scott compressed months of training into an eight-week window, something she hadn’t done in her previous 16 Ironmans. When the 37-year-old Spokane woman learned the event was leaving Coeur d’Alene back in June, she wanted to experience its final run, though it wasn’t initially in her plans.

Beer-drinking patrons nearly choked on their mugs when 6-foot-8 Tim Atwood came crashing through their bar’s window.

Coeur d’Alene will host its final full Ironman on Sunday after a 14-year run.

Spokane is host to the 2017 USA BMX Lumberjack Nationals at Dwight Merkel Sports Complex on Friday and Saturday, an event slated to attract over 2,000 participants from around the U.S. and Canada.

Five players from the Greater Spokane League and Inland Empire League are in NFL training camps working toward the goal of sustaining an NFL career. They are: Central Valley’s Austin Rehkow and Will Davis, Shadle Park’s Jake Rodgers, Coeur d’ Alene’s Josh James and University’s Joe Dahl.

Eventuris, a partnership between two former Hoopfest officials, has nationwide pursuits that include: The Portland Trailblazers’ Rip City 3-on-3; PHX3on3 in Phoenix; Nike Basketball 3-on-3 in Los Angeles; and The Scottsdale Final 3, played on the same weekend as the 2017 Final Four in Phoenix.

Rod Sandberg is wary of making comparisons, so the Whitworth head football coach adheres to a don’t-worry-about-them strategy.

The Spokane Youth Sports Association won’t be doling out helmets and pads this fall.

Former NHL All-Star Brenden Morrow captured his second consecutive tournament championship at The Showcase Celeb-Am at the Coeur d’Alene Resort on Saturday.

After a summer of frequenting the links, catching up with family and introducing his 19-week-old daughter, Will Davis reported to San Francisco 49ers training camp on Thursday, his body healthy and mind refreshed.

When James Troutt walked into a Montgomery, Alabama, Air Force base gym in 1972, his plan was to meet a group of friends for a night of pick-up hoops. Nobody else showed up, though, prompting Troutt to find other means of recreation. A small racket and hollow rubber ball piqued the airman’s interest.

The annual Gabefest 2-on-2 tournament, played in Vern Hare’s backyard along the Spokane River near Seven Mile, is an atypical outdoor hoops gathering.

Michael Chiesa found himself on the wrong end of a rear-naked choke at UFC Fight Night 112, the same submission that’s helped vault the Spokane native’s lightweight career. Just over four minutes into last month’s headline bout in Oklahoma City, Kevin Lee, who appeared to be in control from the outset, worked his way behind the bearded Chiesa before applying a palm-to-palm choke.