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Gutsy play leads to LC win

A gutsy fourth-down call in the waning seconds of another stirring edition of Lewis and Clark-Central Valley football led to a Tigers score with just 5 seconds remaining and 27-21 victory that provided 3,560 Greater Spokane League fans with a rousing start to the 2007 season.
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Let the games begin

The pre-season reports are done and predictions have been made. Now it's time to play the games and determine what really transpires. ( Full post )

Here's a look at Great Northern FB

The Great Northern League starts the first of three non-league games this weekend and then it's on to what promises to be a war. At least five teams have legitimate title claims. ( Full post )

GSL football preview

The season begins tomorrow and complete team capsules are on the blog. But first,take a gander at the preview stories in The Spokesman Review here and here, and then learn about your individual teams. ( Full post )

GSL football, volleyball on TV

Selected Greater Spokane League football games will be available on Comcast Digital Cable�s On Demand schedule.
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Northeast A League team capsules

Click the "read full entry" button below for a complete team-by-team breakdown in the Northeast A League. ( Full post )

More GSL observations

Sorry this is late, but at the end of last week I was able to catch up with Shadle Park and watched a bit of Gonzaga Prep�s scrimmage. Still haven't seen Mt. Spokane, I'll do so today. ( Full post )

Day two around the GSL

Day two of the football circuit took me to Mead, East Valley and Ferris. The former two schools will field fairly new lineups, the Saxons return nearly everybody and have added depth.
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Info from Tacoma area

Lakes High is loaded this year, considered the best of Dave Miller's crew in eight years of success. The reason is not only the return of D-I athletes, but also transfers. ( Full post )

Titans athlete back

In case you didn't see it in The Spokesman-Review, Tyler Olson is back at University High. He played for a local select baseball team in a recent tournament and listed the Titans as his school. ( Full post )

Makin' the rounds

Made my initial circuit of Greater Spokane League football practices, beginning at North Central and up to Lewis and Clark. ( Full post )

King football returns

Football season began with a flash when new Rogers football coach Matt Miethe lit a fire under his charges during a huge gathering at a �Midnight Madness� early on Wednesday. ( Full post )

Mike Warchol dies

Not sure how many of our bloggers follow Washington Preps and Rivals.com, but Washington Preps poster Mike Warchol died unexpectedly last week leaving things for athletes in the Washington area up in the air. ( Full post )

Down time? What down time?

There used to be a window of respite for high school athletes between the end of summer activities and start of high school sports. ( Full post )

Softball doing well as well

Allie Burger, who will be a junior, has become the latest Shadle Park softball player to verbally commit to a Division I softball program.
Burger, entering her junior year, has chosen the University of Oregon her oral choice. Highlanders teammate Sam Skillingstad earlier verbally elected to play for the Ducks.
�It�s like a dream to play with one of your teammates,� Burger said. �It�s like a comfort zone to know someone there.�
Shadle teammates China Frost (Wright State) and Danielle Lynn (Portland State) have also previously announced their choices.
Burger played centerfield at Shadle last year after transferring from East Valley. She was one of the Greater Spokane League�s leading hitters and a defensive star for the state champs.
She said she chose Oregon because of its proximity for family and because of its sports marketing major.
�It�s a great school and in the Pac-10,� said Burger. �It�s always a girls� dream to go big. It�s where I want to be.�
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Plenty of baseball to go around

Over the years there have been laments about the lack of success Spokane has had in developing top-level baseball players (and teams) for Division I colleges and the pros. Various reasons have been put forth, but judging from what has gone on the past several years � including this one - lack of opportunity isn�t one of them. ( Full post )

Mead is Tacoma News Tribune winner

A couple weeks ago we ran a story on the results of the WIAA/Wells Fargo Bank Scholastic Cup in which Odessa was the 1B winner for a combined scholastic/athletic/sportsmanship point system. ( Full post )

Brown verbals to Cougs

Shadle Park junior-to-be Anthony Brown has made an oral commitment to play basketball at Washington State University. ( Full post )

First you say you do, then you don't.....

What is it they say about changing your mind being a woman's perogative? ( Full post )