The magic ended for Eastern Washington as sixth-seeded Montana State pulled away in the closing minutes to defeat the Eagles in the Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinals at Reese Court on Friday.Mike Vlahovich's unedited game story is below. However, the season isn't over as the…
Any hope the the Spokane Chiefs had of finishing first was dashed with a mediocre effort in a 4-3 loss to Tri-City Saturday night at the Arena.It also ended any hope of wrestling the No. 3 seed from Everett. They'll need to rebound at Tri-City…
The Shadle Park boys and girls basketball teams lost in the semifinals of the State 3A basketball tournaments in Tacoma while the previously undefeated West Valley girls team lost in the 2A semifinals at Yakima.The Shadle boys lost to Enumclaw 46-34. The Highlander girls fell…
COUGARS Just when you have this called Pac-10 basketball figured out, you find you're totaled wrong. Completely wrong. The Arizona State Sun Devils were playing for an NCAA Tournament bid, right? So they had to play with passion and effort Thursday. There was no way…
The Lewiston Tribune this morning reported Idaho football coach Robb Akey has agreed in principle to a contract extension. The deal comes after prolonged negotiations. No details were given in the story. "We needed to come to an agreement on what the contract was going…
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