COUGARS Washington State had one bad inning against Oklahoma on Sunday, but the seventh inning was bad enough to end the Cougars' 32-25 season, the school's best since 1990. Here's the Daily Oklahoman's quick, end-of-game story about the 7-2 defeat to the Sooners in Norman.…
COUGARS It's a do-or-be-out day for Washington State, facing Oklahoma this morning at 11 then, if the Cougars win, turning around and dealing with Arkansas at 5 this afternoon. WSU has already faced the Sooners this year, splitting an early season four-game set in Pullman.…
Spokane's two most lopsided wins this season have come against Tri-Cities. The Shock clobbered the Fever 61-20 on Saturday night to improve to 9-0. Spokane crushed Tri-Cities 62-32 six weeks ago in Spokane.More below.
COUGARS WSU just eliminated Wichita State, 3-2, behind the 10-strikeout pitching of Chad Arnold (a career high), a two-run home run from Derek Jones (his 12th) and a solo shot from Jared Prince (his seventh). The two home runs were on back-to-back pitches in the…
COUGARS Washington State will be back on the diamond in a couple hours, so let's catch up with what happened yesterday. Even if you don't want to, read on.
Forty finals have been completed - mainly in the field events. Bulk of the State 2A-3A-4A track meets here at Mt. Tahoma High, 65 races and field events in all, will be contested today. We got to watch Thursday's events before moving over to softball…
Greetings from Tacoma. Shadle Park and North Central lost their openers at the State 3A softball tournament. The Indians went out in two straight games, but the Highlanders bounced back for two wins and reached the final eight. Two wins and they'll trophy for the…
COUGARS The day started so promising for WSU. But a 3-1 lead heading into the bottom of the eighth collapsed quickly, with Arkansas exploding for nine runs in a 10-3 NCAA-opening-round win. You can read the wire story here. When our story appears we'll link…
Back with an advance of Saturday's Spokane/Tri-Cities game. The unedited version is below.
COUGARS With the baseball team doing something today it hasn't done since 1990, that is, playing in the NCAA Tournament, we have stories that will get you ready to listen. Read on.
The Lewis and Clark girls golf team won its first 4A State title Thursday, blitzing the competition at the Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco. Chessey Thomas also took the individual title with a birdie on the final hole. Over at Canyon Lakes in Kennewick,…
I attended Shock practice Wednesday and put together a notebook that will run In Thursday's S-R. You can read an unedited version below. Pictured above is backup quarterback Casey Hansen.
Gonzaga's Mark Few is one of six court coaches chosen to work with USA Basketball's U19 and World University Games team trials. More here.
COUGARS• UPDATED: 8 P.M. Want an interesting way to start your Wednesday? Sit down, make sure no one will disturb you for an hour or so and then just read on for Washington State links.
Austin Daye is in the midst of NBA workouts that will likely determine whether he stays in the draft or returns to GU for his junior season.More on Daye in Hoopsworld and ESPN.com. And here's a link to numerous NBA mock draft boards.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 12:20 P.M. As you may know, Washington State University is headed to Norman, Okla., for the first round of the NCAA baseball tournament. The Cougars will open with Arkansas, a team that swept them in a three-game series early in the year.…
COUGARS Just a quick post to let you know WSU's baseball team defeated UW again today, this time by an 10-5 score. The win gave the Cougars a sweep of their cross-state rivals in a three-game series for the first time since 1984 and the…
Major computer issues here at the Arena, so hopefully this post makes it. Spokane defeated Central Valley 43-22 on Saturday. Unedited game story below.
COUGARS Two games, two wins. Washington State's baseball team is on a roll, thanks in a large part to a pitching staff that has punched out more opposition hitters than any in Cougar history. They reached that mark Saturday midway through a 7-1 win over…
COUGARS The Pac-10 is one tough college baseball conference. Year in, year out. Though this might be one of those out years, the Pac-10 is still darn good. But, because other than Arizona State at the top and Oregon at the bottom, it's a conference…
I know nearly every post on this blog is basketball-related, but I staffed the GU-LMU baseball game Friday night and witnessed an outstanding game.GU won 4-3, taking a one-game lead in the best-of-three WCC Championship Series. My unedited game story is below.
COUGARS Just when it looked like WSU would breeze to their seventh Pac-10 series-opening victory, the Huskies rallied to take the lead. And then the Cougars rallied back. UW tied it again. And in the bottom of the 10th, WSU won it 6-5 on Michael…
There's going to be another Stockton at Gonzaga.John Stockton's son, David, is heading to GU as a walk-on. The Gonzaga Prep senior (his last day of school was Friday) received recruiting interest from Idaho, Seattle U and The Citadel, but decided to stick close to…
Back with an advance of Saturday's Spokane-Central Valley game at the Arena. The unedited version is below. Also, the Shock shook up their roster with a couple of trades and three new additions. None of the newcomers are expected to be activated for Saturday's game.…
Former Washington State Cougar Charles Dillon has been an impact player for the Spokane Shock from the first day of training camp. Read more about Dillon here.
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