The change happened for Jacob Parola early on. The Gonzaga Prep senior point guard started out the way most players do – enamored of offensive prowess.
There are creatures that get caught in your imagination and stay with you for a lifetime. For earlier generations, the simple mention of Old Yeller or Bambi’s mother is enough to spark waterworks.
They may be maligned in some circles and treated as cliches in others, they may face unimaginable horrors in Halloween movies at a rate far greater than most and they may be subjected to unfair stereotypes for more reasons than can be listed in this space, but here’s the truth:
The new leadership teacher at University High challenged her students “to build a program based on kindness and inclusion and empathy.” That small challenge, that acorn of an idea, has taken root with a group of senior boys.
Kelsey Crosby didn’t want to say the word. Granted, it was a harsh word in a preview of the Greater Spokane League girls soccer season published in this newspaper in early September. It said Crosby’s University Titans had been “gouged by graduation.”
Home games at Freeman High have always drawn a good crowd. A loyal crowd with a boisterous student section and an equally well-represented contingent of family, faculty and friends.
The WIAA executive board’s new rule requiring game film within 30 minutes of announced football playoff brackets gets every team on the same playing field.