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News >  Spokane

Steve Christilaw: Coaches earn respect for teaching life lessons

Thu., March 14, 2019

Very few of the coaches that I have worked with over the years have I been able to call by their first name.

Sports >  High school sports

Three Spokane girls basketball teams come up just short of state titles

Thu., March 7, 2019

It was a tough day for three Eastern Washington girls basketball teams in the final game of their respective seasons Saturday.

Sports >  High school sports

Steve Christilaw: High school rivalries breed serious respect, friendship

UPDATED: Wed., March 6, 2019

Athletic rivals show compassion time and time again in Spokane and Spokane Valley.

Sports

Steve Christilaw: College recruiting much like panning for gold

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 27, 2019

College recruiting is like panning for gold, Christilaw says. Recruiters sift through hundreds of players before they find the right nugget.

Sports >  High school sports

Stags athletic director: ‘We’re in a really good spot’

Wed., Feb. 27, 2019

Deer Park is comfortable, thank you very much.

News >  Spokane

Idaho football player Collin Sather loses cancer fight at 19

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 26, 2019

University of Idaho football player Collin Sather, a 2018 graduate of West Valley High School, died early Tuesday morning, just weeks after he was diagnosed with advanced renal cancer.

Sports >  High school sports

Lewis and Clark girls basketball finds a new level

Thu., Feb. 21, 2019

Lewis and Clark has a group of six seniors who have contributed to a run of success in the Greater Spokane League over the course of their four-year careers.

Sports >  High school sports

Steve Christilaw: We should celebrate the Central Valley girls basketball team

Thu., Feb. 21, 2019

The greatest of sports streaks always have an end point.

Sports >  High school sports

East Valley’s Avery Sundeim tops on mat and in service

Thu., Feb. 14, 2019

You root for guys like Avery Sundheim. The East Valley wrestler and his teammates will brave the winter blizzard that has embraced the state to vie for a state championship at Mat Classic beginning tomorrow.

Sports

Steve Christilaw: Toughness a most impressive quality that sports reveals

Wed., Feb. 13, 2019

We throw words around so often that they too-often lose some of the impact.

Sports >  High school sports

Central Valley’s Mady Simmelink embraces new role as leader

Thu., Feb. 7, 2019

To fully appreciate Mady Simmelink, you must watch her over the course of a game. Or two. Maybe even a full season.

News >  Spokane

Steve Christilaw: Former Spokane boxer Andrea Kallas passing on love of sport to youngsters in Washington, D.C.

Thu., Feb. 7, 2019

Spokane women’s boxing great Andrea Kallas is passing on her love and knowledge of the sport to children at a Washington, D.C., parochial school.

Sports >  High school sports

Mead senior wrestler Chase Tebbets pursues another state title

Thu., Jan. 31, 2019

It’s Tuesday and there are four practice days left before the District 8 tournament and the Mead wrestling room is doing something it hasn’t done for a while.

Sports >  Spokane Chiefs

Steve Christilaw: Our region has an affinity for hockey

Thu., Jan. 31, 2019

We might not be as avid as our neighbors north of the border, but we have always loved our hockey here in the upper left-hand corner of the country.

Sports >  High school sports

Proposed changes to WIAA school classification rules could have significant effect on Great Northern League, too

Thu., Jan. 24, 2019

The Great Northern League is staring change right in the face. The Class 2A league is small, but mighty. Five teams battle it out in every sport, and the teams that prevail invariably do well in competing for state titles.

Sports

Steve Christilaw: WIAA considers new classification formula

Thu., Jan. 24, 2019

Raising a child is expensive. But raising an athlete?

News >  Spokane

East Valley senior Genesis Wilkinson a force on the boards

Thu., Jan. 17, 2019

It’s a typical girls basketball practice session at East Valley High, which means there are happy sounds filling the gym.

News >  Spokane

Steve Christilaw: Mom’s OK, but let’s be careful out there

Thu., Jan. 17, 2019

Indulge me while I bring up a topic that has weighed heavily on my mind since the day after Christmas.

Sports >  High school sports

Coaching gives Ferris’ Sean Mallon different perspective

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 10, 2019

There are things that teams just don’t talk about.

News >  Spokane

Steve Christilaw: Pacific Northwest turns into recruiting hotbed

Thu., Jan. 10, 2019

Another football season in the beautiful Pacific Northwest can be put to bed.

News >  Spokane

Steve Christilaw: Richland High’s Cartmell wore referee stripes with distinction

Thu., Jan. 3, 2019

I’ve been told that vertical stripes make you look slimmer.

Sports >  EWU basketball

Eastern Washington surges back from first-half deficit to top Idaho State

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 31, 2018

Eastern Washington came from 11 points down in the first half to beat Idaho State 65-55, evening its conference record at 1-1.

Sports

Steve Christilaw: Imagine Gonzaga versus Villanova again

Thu., Dec. 27, 2018

I found myself walking across the Gonzaga University campus the other day, and as always, I was struck by how much the school’s architecture has changed over the years.

Sports >  High school sports

University wrestler Drew Roberts carves own path at mat legend father’s high school

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 27, 2018

Drew Roberts is a rarity in high school wrestling.

News >  Spokane

Steve Christilaw: Links strong in Spokane region’s cross country world

Thu., Dec. 20, 2018

Disney had it right. This is a small, small world. I found out just how small it really was at Thanksgiving.