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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009

All's well in end for Titans baseball 

All's well that ends well. After suffering an ignominious loss to Lewis and Clark, seeded fifth in district, the top-seeded University Titans baseball completed a three-game run of loser-out games to return to state for the third straight year. U-Hi beat Southridge 6-2 in eight…

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No homecoming for Murrietta

Jason Murrietta, who opened the 2008 season as Spokane's starting quarterback before losing the job to Nick Davila, won't lead Central Valley against the Shock on Saturday night. He's out with a shoulder injuury.Read more below, along with several other Shock notes.

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Your chance to weigh in on shot clock 

Last week I wrote a column about the impending shot clock for high school basketball in Washington next year. I talked to a batch of coaches who were mainly in favor of it, but also offered reasons why the current ways are OK.Here's your chance…

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Preps post-season: age is showing

You know you're getting old when you can remember standing in the middle of a track or along cross country courses watching the Weitz family run - not only last fall, but 35-plus years ago.Lynn Weitz was the first, a scrawny youngster who, you could…

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