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North Central girls turn up defensive pressure

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 19, 2018

North Central entered the 2018-19 season with a new coach and a new attitude.

Sports >  High school sports

First-year coach Nathaniel Desantiago sees Ferris wrestlers poised to move up

Thu., Dec. 13, 2018

Nathaniel Desantiago sees the way forward. And he sees a way to get there.

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Steve Christilaw: Learning to win part of process

Thu., Dec. 13, 2018

Winning doesn’t just happen. It’s a learned thing.

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Dec. 1 unlucky day for Mead basketball player Alexa Brandt

Thu., Dec. 6, 2018

Alexa Brandt has learned one important thing.

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Steve Christilaw: Let’s give Gonzaga, and women’s basketball as a whole, its due

Thu., Dec. 6, 2018

Sometimes you just have to take the news and turn it on its head to get its relevance.

Sports >  High school sports

Gonzaga Prep senior Jacob Parola has learned to love defense

Thu., Nov. 29, 2018

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.

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Steve Christilaw: Coaches, mentors know how to instill confidence

Thu., Nov. 29, 2018

It’s an exercise that came up with my family – a question that you have to really think about before you offer an answer. What do you know?

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Steve Christilaw: Spokane has rich history as basketball incubator

Thu., Nov. 22, 2018

I’m trying to remember just exactly when Spokane turned itself into a hoops city.

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Christilaw: Push-pull not just for Dolittle

Wed., Nov. 14, 2018

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.

Sports >  High school sports

U-High volleyball takes their ‘Aha!’ momentum to state tournament

Wed., Nov. 14, 2018

There comes a moment where a team suddenly realizes that it just might be better than they originally thought. An “Aha!” moment.

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Steve Christilaw: Cross country titles impressive

Thu., Nov. 8, 2018

Numbers are a funny thing.

Sports >  High school sports

West Valley girls’ team effort earn school’s third cross country state title, first since 1986

Thu., Nov. 8, 2018

Distance runners train with a partner, and Emma Garza’s was with her the entire season.

Sports >  High school sports

GNL/CWAC football crossovers: West Valley runs over Ephrata, into State 2A playoffs

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 2, 2018

It takes numbers to slow down the West Valley running game, and even more to stop it.

News >  Spokane

Steve Christilaw: Cheerleaders necessary in all aspects of life

Thu., Nov. 1, 2018

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:

News >  Spokane

University High leadership squad aims to improve students’ days with themed greetings

Thu., Nov. 1, 2018

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.

Sports >  High school sports

University girls soccer defy predictions, advance to playoffs with new coach, young team

Thu., Oct. 25, 2018

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.”

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Steve Christilaw: Passion fuels excellence in sports, life

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 24, 2018

It is elusive as it is essential, but if there is one thing that qualifies as the magic elixir of life, it is simply this: passion.

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Steve Christilaw: Coaching role as a family figure is growing

Thu., Oct. 18, 2018

There’s a lot to be said for style.

Sports >  High school sports

Mead High lineman Nathan Puletasi playing for his future

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 17, 2018

Nathan Puletasi wears his heart on his sleeve. Well, more specifically on his arm.

Sports >  High school sports

West Valley offense comes to life late in victory over Pullman

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 12, 2018

Anyone who has ever played a game of stare-down knows: The first one to blink loses.

Sports >  High school sports

Confidence is key for Lewis and Clark Tigers football

Thu., Oct. 11, 2018

Once in a while, if the timing is right, you see a football team come into its own over the course of a single game.

Sports >  High school sports

Steve Christilaw: Recalling Spokane’s volleyball pioneers

Thu., Oct. 11, 2018

It’s time to start cranking the volume up in the gym.

Sports >  High school sports

Freeman volleyball team gets helpful boost from home court fans in victory match against Riverside

Thu., Oct. 4, 2018

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.

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Steve Christilaw: WIAA’s new rule requiring game film for post playoff play is great improvement

Thu., Oct. 4, 2018

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.

Sports >  High school sports

Steve Christilaw: Sometimes even homecoming queens play football; get used to it

Thu., Sept. 27, 2018

There are days when you just have to wonder just what, exactly, is wrong with some people.