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THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Diamond on the sideline — Paul Mortensen has been a fixture on the Coeur d'Alene High football chain gang for 29 years
"I've always been active in sports," Mortensen said recently, on the visitors' sideline just before a Viking home …
Making his point with a pin
After sitting out his junior year of wrestling due to a knee injury, St. Maries High senior Dylan Edwards wasn’t even sure if he’d wrestle again.
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Depth of the Stars
There were two reasons Post Falls High wasn’t the popular choice to win the 5A Inland Empire League in boys basketball this season.
Northwest Notes
Akanno suspended
Williams-Goss named WCC Player of Year
SAN BRUNO, Calif. — Gonzaga junior Nigel Williams-Goss was named the West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, and the Bulldogs’ Mark Few was selected as the Coach of the Y…
Gonzaga sees what must be corrected
Mark Few likely saw this coming – and I’ll bet he really didn’t mind it all that much.
Kelowna powers past Chiefs early
SPOKANE — The Kelowna Rockets scored the first seven goals of the game and went on to beat the Spokane Chiefs 9-5 in Western Hockey League play Sunday night before 4,927 at the Spokane Arena.
Northwest Notes
Former Vandal great
Post Falls bid for 3-peat comes up just short; Coeur d'Alene third
NAMPA — “It sucked.”
Tri-City takes down Chiefs
SPOKANE — Tyler Sandhu recorded a hat trick for the Tri-City Americans in a 5-1 win over the Spokane Chiefs in Western Hockey League play in front of 9,331 at the Spokane Arena on Saturday.
Cardinal men close in on clinching East
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Perry third at nationals for NIC
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — The effort was there for North Idaho College freshman Trey Meyer in his semifinal match at 165 pounds in the NJCAA tournament at the Mid-American Center on Saturday.
Lakeland goes 5 for 5 in finals, takes third in 4A
NAMPA — One by one, the brothers Edelblute started an impressive march to the top step of the awards stand at the state 4A wrestling tournament at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa on Saturday.
Post Falls wins state play-in game
GRANGEVILLE — Jake Pfennigs totaled 18 points and 15 rebounds as the Post Falls Trojans, armed with a little extra motivation, beat the Capital Eagles of Boise 55-49 in a state 5A play-in game Saturday at Grangevil…
Idaho striking while the iron's hot
The national spotlight doesn’t shine on University of Idaho athletics very often.