1
Gobbler Awards
The gathering of family and friends for a feast that will allow for enough calorie consumption to give Jared from Subway a heart attack is the perfect time of the year to unveil the Gobbler Awards. This is a rare distinction given out by HomeTeam Sports to those special individuals... [Read more...]
2
It’s Snow Big Deal
So what if the white stuff is coming? Spokane offers a wide variety of winter sports for us to enjoy. From skiing to snowmobiling, the Lilac City and surrounding areas has it all. Get your snowjacket and gloves ready because HomeTeam Sports is diving head first into a snow bank. ... [Read more...]
3
The poor Washington football fan’s guide to college football
Since we’ve been so busy watching our teams lose by fifty to sixty points every contest, it’s hard to follow what is going on in the rest of the land. Since he won’t have to analyze the possible bowl games that the Cougars and Huskies would make, Editor-in-Chief Brandon... [Read more...]
4
One Simple Request: Outdated bumper stickers must go!
As the first snowflake of the season drizzled down onto my windshield, I noticed an alarming trend among the cars of the Spokane area: they still have their political bumper stickers on their car. McCain-Palin and Obama-Biden paraphernalia were everywhere. I am all about national... [Read more...]
5
Final GSL Football Power Rankings
With the regular season wrapped up and five GSL teams headed to the postseason, it’s time to wrap up the Power Rankings. CV and Ferris remain on top while some other teams make quite a jump after the final week of action. See how your favorite team did and how this season... [Read more...]
6
Game Blog: Sac State 15, EWU 13 FINAL
Sacramento State took a knee to hold onto at 15-13 road victory and spoil Homecoming on Saturday (Nov. 1) for Eastern Washington University. Eagles’ quarterback Matt Nichols was picked off twice and fumbled once as EWU fell to a 3-5 record overall and a 2-3 mark in the... [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 Big Sky Conference opponents Northern Arizona, Nov. 15, in Cheney and Weber State, Nov. 22, on the road.
Jeremy Pargo
Gonzaga basketball
Jeremy Pargo was named to the preseason watchlist for the John R. Wooden award, the most prestigious honor in college basketball. It’s given to the best player in the land, and after averaging 12 points, six assists and four rebounds a game last year, there’s no real surprise that Pargo is in the spotlight for this award. He was named the WCC Player of the Year in 2007-2008, which is the eighth-straight year a Bulldog has won that honor.
Holly Tomlin
Whitworth volleyball
The senior from Kirkland, Wash., had a career-high 18 kills in her last game as a Whitworth Pirate for the volleyball team. Finishing the season with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Linfield College, the Bucs finished with a 14-14 record overall and a 7-9 Northwest Conference mark.
Compiled by Brandon Hansen, editor-in-chief. Brandon can be reached by e-mail at brandon@htsports.org.
Professional
Consistent inconsistency
Nineteen games into the season, the Spokane Chiefs have yet to capture the steady level of play that earned them a pair of championships a year ago.
[Read more...]
Youth
What sport should my kid play?
Not that we think that parents should specify what sports their kids could play, we at HomeTeam Sports understand that there’s a definite preference that some parents “want.”
Since the twenty-something editorial staff at the publication don’t have kids yet (our publishers are quite happily married and have their kids involved in so many youth sports we think they’re trying to create the next Bo Jackson), we feel that we’re detached from the situation of parenting far enough that we don’t have to worry about painting some kid into a corner they don’t want to be in.
However, if the question was presented to us, hopefully in the far, far away future (especially Anna. We’re sure she’ll never have kids, maybe just a large assortment of small dogs), here’s what we would think.
Brandon’s Take - While I understand that there have been technological advances in equipment and the chances of a head injury are very slim, I don’t think I’d let my kid play football. High school and youth head injuries are much more common because their brains are still developing. Hits are just part of the game, but I think I’d much rather have them play basketball so I could spend the entire contest making up clapping chants. Ask anyone at Reese Court at EWU about me and clapping chants – in fact, ask my former professors about clapping chants. Sometimes I still just break out in random clapping chants.
And besides, with basketball I can over-hype them in high school to the point where they get scouted by NBA teams based purely on hypothetical potential, spend one year in college on scholarship and then make millions of dollars in the pros regardless of actual accomplishments. Cough! Cough! Greg Oden. Cough! Cough!
The other sport would be golf, which is something of an expensive hobby, but if the kid was good and eventually won the Masters someday, I’d love to be on the receiving end of a tearful, heartfelt hug from them. Or it would be just for the fun weekends hitting the links with them and enjoying the great weather. Either or. Forget the money, it would be for the memories.
Dylan’s Take - As an avid baseball fan, I’ve already envisioned watching my child growing up on the baseball diamond. I would hope my child would share the same passion for the game that I did growing up.
However, I would be very hesitant to sign my kids up for baseball leagues because of a growing trend… abrasive parents.
I don’t fear myself becoming one of these, but I would not want to subject my children to a group of these, who are becoming more prevalent in most sports, but particularly baseball.
Berating umpires, coaches and other players is something that shouldn’t be tolerated at any level, but particularly when the players are still developing the fundamentals of the game and are playing to have fun.
Should attitudes and perspectives of future parents change by the time I have children, I would want my kids playing on the diamond. But until that point, I wouldn’t want those parents setting examples for my children.
Darren’s Take - While I value my child’s safety, I am more concerned about what sports they play because of my potential for being “that parent.” You know the one… the guy with head-to-toe school apparel, whose vociferous tones bellow through the gallows of an eighth-full elementary school gymnasium. Perhaps my child would be best suited in sports that have the least outside influence possible. How about golf? Swimming? Track? Distance running? Those are still great sports for participation and activity, and would not be prone to my going postal on an unsuspecting 11th grader. Don’t get me wrong, I love basketball, baseball and football, but I am being proactive in preventing my likely incarceration.
Anna’s Take - Of course I’d like to start by saying if I have children I will encourage them to pursue any interest that seriously engages their mind and physical abilities. Not to say there aren’t a few activities that I would be wary about, say racing cars or blind base jumping, but as long as they’ve got that insurance card handy I’d be willing to let them try it! That being said, there are a few sports that I’d love to see my kids try or play, and I’d be more than ecstatic to help them practice.
Tennis- My school didn’t even have a tennis program, but after picking up the sport in college, I can appreciate its challenges and merit. And scorekeeping isn’t rocket science, another plus for the distracted spectator.
Swimming- I promise this doesn’t stem from Michael Phelps or the Olympic fascination with the sport, but swimming is a great activity to push your personal limits in a whole different element.
Snow sports- Well this is pretty much a no-brainer with the Northwest’s winters providing several months of the wonderful fluffy stuff. Plus you can get away with throwing snowballs at your kids.
Competitive Cleaning- OK, well I don’t think this is an actual sport, but in my house I figure I could get away with an elaborate game for several years, especially so it would become a habit.
Story by the HomeTeam Sports staff.
Overtime
The rise of Brad Moon
Horses, paintings, hockey and the rodeo may not seem to have anything in common, but one man brings it all together to make one exciting life for himself. Whether it’s bull riding, showing his stuff at an art gallery, entertaining thousands of people during a game or causing shenanigans Brad Moon, 29, public address announcer for the Spokane Chiefs, does it all.
Collegiate
The Bond that holds the team together
Kevin Bond grew up in a basketball family. His father played high school ball on the Oregon Coast. His older brother was a Gonzaga Prep athlete, with which he followed that to a four-year hoops stint overseas in Germany, where their mother was born and raised. [Read more...]
High School
Remember the Rams
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.
Community
Behind the lanes
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.
Scoreboard
ESPN The Mag's College Basketball Rankings1. North Carolina
2. UConn
3. Pitt
4. UCLA
5. Louisville
6. Michigan State
7. Gonzaga
8. Notre Dame
-
Advertisement
