State quarterfinals a day away

PREPS

For Nine area football teams, the state quarterfinals are a day away.

Click the link below to see a few items I found surfing the Internet this morning.

STEVE GRAFF took Pasco to the state playoffs eight times in 12 seasons, winning three state championships. Now he’s in his second year at the city’s new school, Chiawana. The Riverhawks have a date with Ferris on Saturday. Here’s a story by Kevin Anthony of the Tri-City Herald looking through the eyes of a wife and a mother, Dana Graff, who I believe is the daughter of former University of Idaho and Oregon men’s basketball coach Don Monson.

MASON KELLEY of the Seattle Times will have a live football chat today at noon.

STATE FOOTBALL notebook in the Tacoma News Tribune.

THE COLFAX and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague football teams know each other well. Ryan Collingwood of the Lewiston Tribune takes a look at the matchup here .