Wad's Blog
Let’s Talk a “Little” Football
November 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
When I say little, I mean youth football. I have heard some talk over the past several months of a disagreement on which youth football program kids should be playing in. Pop Warner football makes a lot of sense to me. This is as close to “High School” football rules and play as you can get, with the utmost of safety concerns being with their player weight restrictions. [Read the full story] Read More →
The Benchwarmer's Blog
What to make of the 2009-10 Spokane Chiefs
November 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
One-third of the way into the season, the Spokane Chiefs find themselves in fourth place of the five U.S. Division teams with 29 points. But looking at the standings and looking at the play on the ice would yield two very different opinions. This Chiefs team is very good. Better than fourth place in the U.S. Division good. That’s because there are a few reasons for some of their early-season woes: 20-year-olds Jared Spurgeon and Ryan Letts missed significant playing time, coach Hardy Sauter juggled lines like he was in the circus and the team’s rookies played like, well, rookies. [Read... [Read the full story]
High School
Remember the Rams
November 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Anyone who’s laced up the cleats in high school knows that friendships and teams are forged in that first year of freshman football. Moving from the playgrounds of middle school to the Friday Night Lights (well actually more like Tuesday or Wednesday) – it’s where kids learn what they’re made of. And boy does Riverside High School have something brewing. [Read the full story] Read More →
Collegiate
Zags win Maui Invite; shows it is reloading, not rebuilding
November 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Welcome to Gonzaga men’s basketball – version 9.0. Maybe even 10.0. It would be fitting, but that’s to be determined in March when the regular season comes to a close. For now – as the Zags enter another year of what could be another prosperous season – the West Coast Conference coaches have predicted Mark Few & Co., will once again win the conference. [Read the full story] Read More →
Community
Behind the lanes
November 18, 2008 · 1 Comment
It’s tough not to notice how varied the atmosphere of a bowling alley can be. Between the deadest and liveliest of times, the place can be crawling with one or 100 customers. It’s a roller coaster ride that our editors wanted to share for a morning with the people who see it every day. As part of our morning with the employees of Lilac Lanes, we had the opportunity to see what daily tasks go into the operations of a bowling alley. And while it may not seem so, there are several aspects to running the lanes that make your trip fun, worry-free and worthwhile. [Read the full story] Read More →
Professional
Chiefs welcome 2010 with open arms
January 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Gary Peterson/Action Sports Images The Spokane Chiefs found themselves just one point out of first place in the U.S. Division during the early stages of December. It must feel like a long time ago since then, however, as the Chiefs stumbled into the new year losers of five straight and six out of seven. [Read the full story] Read More →
On Deck
Shining Bright in Spokane for Nov. 14
Greg Peach EWU football The senior defensive end set an Eastern Washington University single-season record for sacks with 16 when he chased down the quarterback twice against Northern Colorado last Saturday, Nov. 8, in a 31-16 road victory. His 33 1/2 career sacks is also a school record, and he has two more games to add to his total with matchups against... [Read more of this review]
Q&A: Eastern Washington University women’s basketball Head Coach Wendy Schuller
We sat down with EWU women’s basketball Head Coach Wendy Schuller and asked her a few questions regarding the upcoming season… [Read more of this review] Read More →
Shining Bright in Spokane for Nov. 7
GSL Cross Country On to state finals Spokane’s reputation as a cross-country hotbed is well deserved. After regionals last Saturday (Nov. 1) down in Richland, the GSL will be sending six teams out the of the 10 that qualified. All four team titles in 4A and 3A were won by GSL schools. Ferris boys took the title in 4A, the North Central boys took the... [Read more of this review]
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