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Jim Meehan

Jim Meehan

Current Position: sports writer

Jim Meehan joined The Spokesman-Review in 1990. Jim is currently a reporter for the Sports Desk and covers Gonzaga University basketball, Spokane Empire football, college volleyball and golf.

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Sports >  Area sports

Amateur Andrew Von Lossow claims Rosauers Open title with birdie on 18th hole

Longtime followers of the tournament, a major on the PGA’s Pacific Northwest Section, know Indian Canyon’s final two holes – a drivable par-4 and a shortish par-5 – often produce fireworks and dramatic swings on the leaderboard. That’s exactly what happened Sunday as Spokane amateur Andrew Von Lossow spent his lead with a double bogey on No. 17 before responding with a birdie on the par-5 18th to take home all the Rosauers Open trophies – low amateur and tournament champion.
Sports >  Area sports

Amateurs Andrew Von Lossow, Dalton Dean shoot 65 to share lead at Rosauers Open Invitational

Spokane’s Andrew Von Lossow and the University of Idaho’s Dalton Dean led a strong showing by area amateurs in Friday’s first round of the 37th Rosauers Open Invitational.Von Lossow and Dean each birdied all three par-5s and carded 6-under 65s at Indian Canyon Golf Course to move to the top of a crowded leaderboard. Amateur Nate Plaster, who recently played at Washington State, is one of six players trailing the co-leaders by one stroke.
Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Dates set for next two matchups in Gonzaga-UCLA basketball rivalry

Gonzaga and UCLA will resume their interesting non-conference rivalry in December each of the next two seasons. The West Coast powers agreed to a two-game series back in May. The dates are now set for the matchups: Dec. 28th at the new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles and Dec. 13, 2025, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, according to a Gonzaga release.
Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga coach Mark Few weighs in on new-look West Coast Conference

The West Coast Conference took significant steps by adding Washington State and Oregon State as affiliate members for the next two years and the Western Athletic Conference’s Grand Canyon and Seattle as full members beginning in the 2025-26 season. The moves provide the WCC with stability as well as strength in numbers in case Gonzaga leaves for another conference down the road. The Zags have had multiple conversations with the Big 12 but those talks have cooled off with the conference expanding to 16 this fall with four former Pac-12 schools in the fold.
Sports >  Golf

Jim Meehan: Four area courses step up to host WIAA State golf tournaments

As the awards ceremony began, site manager Dave Tikker offered a sincere thank you to MeadowWood and its staff for hosting, noting that it’s not always easy to line up courses willing to take on two-day state tournaments. It stuck in my mind as a topic I hadn’t explored in more than a dozen years of covering state golf, so I made a few calls to learn about the process involved for staging the events and positives and negatives for courses on the schedule.
Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

‘It’s just a testament to keeping my head down’: Former Gonzaga walk-on Connor Griffin follows unique path to Brooklyn coaching position

The Denver Nuggets’ playoff run coming to an end. A new job. Relocating to New York. Attending former Gonzaga teammate Rem Bakamus’ bachelor party in Southern California. Squeezing in a few visits to the Portland area to see family and friends. Upcoming trips to Canada, Las Vegas and France for the Paris Olympics with Canada’s national team. Welcome to Connor Griffin’s whirlwind spring and summer.
Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Michael Ajayi withdraws from NBA draft, will play senior season with Gonzaga

In the finest tradition of Drew Timme, Anton Watson and Julian Strawther, Michael Ajayi provided some deadline day drama for Gonzaga basketball followers before withdrawing his name from the NBA draft. Ajayi’s decision hit social media Wednesday afternoon, 6-plus hours before the withdrawal deadline for early entrants. ESPN’s Jonathan Givony’s was first with the news on X (formerly Twitter) and it was quickly reposted by Ajayi.