G&T blog matters: Cougar football’s nonconference schedule, Spokane Indians’ fast start, Wellpinit Redskins stand firm

A sampling from the past week of entries in The Spokesman-Review blog SportsLink at www.spokesman.com/ sportslink/

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The Spokane Indians have established patterns while starting the season 4-0.

In each game, the Indians’ starting pitcher has worked at least five innings and earned the win. In each game, Spokane relievers have been (mostly) stingy. To top it off, the Indians are not only piling up good hit numbers – Monday’s game was their third with nine or more hits – but the hits are coming at crucial times and often resulting in runs.

Chris Derrick

While the U.S. Patent Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registrations, there’s another organization in Washington state that’s decided to stand firm that their sports teams will remain the Redskins – the Wellpinit High School Redskins, whose school is located in the town of the same name on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Stevens County. Wednesday night the school board got together and decided, despite a push to get the mascot changed at the high school, they won’t be pursuing a re-branding from the Redskins.

Dave Oliveria