Stories by Steve Christilaw for the Spokesman-Review

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Steve Christilaw: Local ties built enthusiasm for national soccer teams

Thu., June 20, 2019

A person can tell a great deal about people by the jokes they like to tell.

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Finding their potential: Buddy Ball allows youths with special needs to play

Thu., June 13, 2019

Yogi Berra, perhaps the greatest of all baseball philosophers, summed it up best.

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Steve Christilaw: After 16 years, Valley Girl Triathlon will make its final run

Wed., June 12, 2019

There comes a time in most careers when you have to think about timing and that fragile balance between an abundance of different issues.

Sports > High school sports

No secret: Ryan Montang is the new University wrestling coach

UPDATED: Thu., May 30, 2019

It’s not exactly a secret, but most of his classmates and former teammates don’t know that Ryan Montang is the new head wrestling coach at University High School.

News > Spokane

Steve Christilaw: Class 4A fastpitch tourney impressive

Wed., May 29, 2019

A state tournament is supposed to be a final sprint to the finish line. Never a straight line, of course – there always are hurdles to overcome and battles to be won along the way.

Sports > High school sports

State tennis: Brooke Fager of Lewis and Clark caps high school career at state tournament

Thu., May 23, 2019

Brooke Fager knows what it’s going to take at this weekend’s state Class 4A girls tennis tournament.

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Steve Christilaw; Mental component vital to success in sports

Thu., May 23, 2019

I dropped by The Creek at Qualchan Wednesday morning to watch the State Class 4A boys golf tournament tee off.

Sports > High school sports

Mead senior golfer Zane Mularski propels Panthers to spot in state tournament

UPDATED: Thu., May 16, 2019

Zane Mularski played the first golf holes of his life at The Creek at Qualchan Golf Course, and the irony is not lost on him that he will play the final 36 holes of his high school career at the same place.

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Steve Christilaw: How did it get so late so soon?

Thu., May 16, 2019

Where does the time go?

Sports > High school sports

CV girls credit eight straight GSL track and field championships to teamwork

Thu., May 9, 2019

At the start of every spring season, Central Valley girls track coach Geoff Arte posts a list of every athlete to have been part of the program since the 2010 season.

News > Spokane

Steve Christilaw: Reader feedback almost always welcome

Thu., May 9, 2019

There’s an odd phenomenon that comes with writing for a daily newspaper. It’s called silence.

Sports > High school sports

Test of time: Longest-standing area track records still belong to familiar faces

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2019

When it comes to one of the oldest sport we have – track and field – we have a long tradition of keeping records down to fractions of a second.

Sports > High school sports

Prep softball: University to host Central Valley in intense finale

Thu., May 2, 2019

There is no shortage of excitement when Central Valley and University High face off in a sport.

News > Spokane

Steve Christilaw: It’s cliché to point this out, but we don’t care

UPDATED: Wed., May 1, 2019

There are things in life that go together so well that you just can’t separate them.

Sports > High school sports

Former track athlete’s 1968 Mead High School record in girls high jump is reinstated

UPDATED: Fri., April 26, 2019

Had Becky Nelson been born just a decade later, we just might be celebrating her as an Olympic athlete.

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Steve Christilaw: Athletic records are for us to emulate

Wed., April 24, 2019

One thing you learn early on about sports is that the box score never, ever tells you the whole story. Neither does the record book.

Sports > High school sports

Prep baseball: Ferris rookie baseball coach Samuel Brown finding his way

Thu., April 18, 2019

When Ferris hired former Gonzaga star Samuel Brown to be the Saxons’ coach, they found the right guy at the right time – in ways the South Hill school never imagined.

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Steve Christilaw: Cycling star puts new face on homelessness

Thu., April 18, 2019

You meet some incredible, memorable athletes in this business.

Sports > High school sports

Mt. Spokane’s Graham Clark reaches for net goals

Thu., April 11, 2019

To say that Mt. Spokane sophomore Graham Clark is his team’s No. 1 boys tennis player undersells his game by a good margin.

News > Spokane

Steve Christlaw: Region’s jumpers, vaulters set high standard

Thu., April 11, 2019

There are some track-and-field events a normal person can picture doing.

News > Spokane

Steve Christilaw: Welcome to the spring track season

Thu., April 4, 2019

Welcome to the REAL March Madness in the Pacific Northwest, where our motto is: “We Dare You to Take Off Those Snow Tires!”

News > Spokane

U-Hi senior Dayton Larson earns bronze medal at Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi

Thu., April 4, 2019

The moment was captured on video and Dayton Larson watches it every day. The University HIgh senior scored a goal in the third-place match to help the Team USA soccer team take a bronze medal during the Special Olympics World Games 2019 on March 14-21 in Abu Dhabi.

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