Thomas Clouse

The Eastern Washington Eagles twice scratched within distance, but the Gonzaga women’s basketball team pulled away at the end for a 78-58 victory. The win puts No. 24 Gonzaga at 3-1 for the season and leaves the Eagles still searching for their first win at 0-3.

The Eastern Washington Eagles twice scratched within distance, but the Gonzaga women’s basketball team pulled away at the end for a 78-58 victory. The win puts No. 24 Gonzaga at 3-1 for the season and leaves the Eagles still searching for their first win at 0-3.

Whitworth University announced Tuesday that John Tully resigned as the Pirates’ football coach after having won his 100th game Saturday. At 19 years, Tully had the longest tenure and most wins for Whitworth, which finished a disappointing 4-6 overall and 2-4 in the Northwest Conference.

Whitworth University today announced that John Tully has resigned as the Pirates’ football coach after having won his 100th game Saturday.

The Regina Pats scored late and won 3-2 in a shootout following a scoreless overtime against the Spokane Chiefs.

Mead’s Wyatt Maguire may seek higher competition after winning the American Motorcyclist Association’s Flat Track Pro Singles series title. Maguire, 22, who is also helping coach wrestling at Mt. Spokane High School, said he will talk with sponsors this winter before deciding on whether to step up to the “expert” class, which run motorcycles with more powerful two-cylinder engines.

Football games on television continue to haunt former Whitworth University great Michael Allan. The worst comes when he sees players he tested against in the 2007 NFL scouting combine or those he later shared locker rooms with on the rosters of the Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks.

Football games on television continue to haunt former Whitworth University great Michael Allan. The worst comes when he sees players he tested against in the 2007 NFL scouting combine or those he later shared locker rooms with on the rosters of the Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks.

The Gonzaga women’s basketball team leaned on senior Haiden Palmer and she led her team to an opening 64-56 victory Friday over an Idaho Vandals team that just wouldn’t go away.

1 In the past 10 years, just 60 seats have become available in the McCarthey Athletic Center to watch Gonzaga men’s basketball.

Their coach calls them “Flash and Substance.” One plays tenaciously and piles points up quietly. The other creates points in a flurry. One has curly blond locks and the other has a crew cut. About the only thing similar between Whitworth’s senior guard duo of Dustin McConnell and Colton McCargar is that they are both left handed.

1 Follow the leaders. Younger players need to follow the flow of the game provided by senior guards Colton McCargar and Dustin McConnell. 2 Develop big men. The key to that development will be getting 6-foot-8 junior forward Taylor Farnsworth healthy after his shoulder injury. The Pirates also need to find him help in the paint along with 6-7 Adam Wilks and 6-6 forward Brandon Loiler. Freshmen getting a chance to contribute will be 6-5 Christian Jurlina, 6-7 Riley Moreen and 6-10 Drew Sears.

Senior Stephanie Golden was introduced to the ultra-competitive Lindsay Sherbert quickly last year after she transferred to Gonzaga from the University of California. “When (Sherbert) first gets here, I’m like, ‘What’s your go-to move?’ She says, ‘I’m not going to tell you that,’” Golden said.

Rod Butler started attending Gonzaga basketball games in 1980 when a guy named John Stockton began throwing the ball around on his way to the NBA Hall of Fame. Just weeks ago, Butler received the last pair of season tickets, only the 30th such pair that have become available in the decade since Gonzaga opened the McCarthey Athletic Center.

The Portland Winterhawks swooped into Spokane riding a 10-game winning streak and they looked every bit like a team on a roll, beating the Spokane Chiefs 3-1 on Saturday night at the Arena. The Chiefs (12-6-0) came into the game trailing Portland (14-3-0-1) in their division and came out hot despite not arriving in Spokane until 7 a.m. Saturday after a 6-4 win Friday over Vancouver.

Some of the stories have been told so many times over beers that the yardages tend to get a bit longer, the runs a bit more dramatic and the plays more outstanding. But a half-century has done nothing to diminish what was arguably the best high school football team ever to take a field in Spokane.