Thomas Clouse

While it won’t have the drama of the final win last season, the Spokane Shadow will play tonight and later receive the trophy for its second straight Evergreen Premier League soccer championship. The Shadow (10-1-2) locked up the championship last week with the 2-0 win at Bellingham. For the final game, Spokane hosts the Olympic Force (6-7-0) tonight at 7 at Spokane Falls Community College.

One of two Spokane Shock players has had his theft charge dismissed after he paid a fine and attended counseling. However, a second player charged in the case has been cut from the team. The Shock last week released lineman Mark Jackson and reinstated receiver Samuel Charles. Both were charged with petit larceny after a security video showed Jackson taking money from three purses inside a Las Vegas lounge and handing some of the money over to Charles.

With the extremely hot and dry conditions, Fourth of July campers in North Idaho and Eastern Washington should consider their campouts fire-free unless they have a fire ring inside a designated recreation site. It’s not as if any people will want a fire with temperatures on Saturday expected to be 97 degrees, but anyone on public land in Washington and Idaho, and on Potlatch-owned lands in Idaho, will face fire restrictions on one of the busiest camping weekends of the year.

While it wasn’t exactly a scene from “Hoosiers,” Steve Eyl, who helped Indiana win the 1987 national championship, played in his first Hoopfest Saturday and helped former tournament director Rick Steltenpohl to a 2-0 finish for the day.

Arrest warrants have been issued against two Spokane Shock players in connection with money reportedly stolen from the purses of three women last month in a Las Vegas lounge. The Clark County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday issued warrants against lineman Mark Jackson and receiver Samuel Charles for conspiracy to commit a non-felony crime and larceny.

In a game where it seemed that neither team’s offense seemed up to the challenge to score, the Everett AquaSox finally came to life in the seventh and eighth innings Wednesday night to beat the Spokane Indians 3-0. The Indians scratched out six hits, but could not string them together. Former Washington State pitcher Joe Pistorese came on in relief and ended up getting his first professional win for the AquaSox in front of 3,811 fans at Avista Stadium.

The Spokane Indians recaptured the lead off a two-run homerun in the eighth inning, but the Everett AquaSox scored two dramatic runs of their own in the ninth inning to steal a 4-3 win Tuesday at Avista Stadium. “We had a tough night,” Indians manager Tim Hulett said. “We just couldn’t put them away.”

The Spokane Shock players and coach believe the team has the talent to win. But the team is running out of chances to secure a chance to extend its season. Coach Andy Olson said this week that he likes his team’s attitude despite a 3-8 record and dropping four of its last five games. As a result, Olson hinted that the team may make changes at key positions to find that spark.

Eastern Washington women’s basketball announced Monday the signing of four players which will fill out a roster depleted by departures following one of the best seasons in Eagles history. Coach Wendy Schuller announced Monday the signing of 6-foot junior college transfer Ashli Payne; 5-8 guard Violet Kapri Morrow of Tacoma; 5-7 guard Desiree “Dez” Harding from Fresno, Calif.; and 5-3 guard Baylee Rexing of Suwanee, Ga.

Eastern Washington women’s basketball announced Monday the signing of four players which will fill out a roster depleted by departures following one of the best seasons in Eagles history

The police report detailing an alleged theft by members of the Spokane Shock football team backs up claims made by two women who came forward last week to say they had money stolen from their purses on May 23 in a Las Vegas lounge. The Spokesman-Review on Thursday obtained a copy of the report which says a security video clearly shows Shock player Mark Jackson, 26, taking money from three purses and handing some of the cash over to two other players, who were seated across the table.

The police report detailing an alleged theft by members of the Spokane Shock football team backs up claims made by two women who came forward last week to say they had money stolen from their purses on May 23 in a Las Vegas lounge.

After losing his job as Mead High School football coach in late March and having it restored on appeal in late May, Sean Carty announced to parents on Monday that he has resigned as coach of the Panthers. Mead athletic director John Barrington confirmed late Monday that Carty had stepped down. The search begins immediately to replace the 14-year head coach, who won four Greater Spokane League championships.