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 that escape normal words.

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 [...]

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 [...]

The city of runners

With today’s economy, it can be a struggle to get money flowing into the city of Spokane, so the Spokane Regional Sports Commission is doing their part to help. After conferences and many hours of brainstorming and preparation, the Northwest Regional and USA Track & Field National Club Cross Country Championships are coming to Spokane.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Running for Pirates’ treasure

Lining the walls of Whitworth cross country Head Coach Dr. Toby Schwarz’s office used to be quite a bit of portraits from runners past and present, reminding him of his past success.

A majority of those pictures and memorabilia rest at home as the offices in the athletic department are in a transition of renovation and expansion. But one particular memento remains close to his desk.

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.

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. 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.

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