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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 …
Tight at the top
NAMPA — The state 5A wrestling tournament has unfolded just as the two-time champion Post Falls Trojans thought it might.
The best yet to come for area hoops?
That whole wait until next year idea almost came true a lot sooner than most expected for the Post Falls High girls basketball team at the state 5A basketball tournament last weekend.
NIC freshman Meyer reaches semifinals
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — What a difference a few weeks of rest have made for North Idaho College freshman Trey Meyer of East Valley High in Spokane Valley.
Timberlake earns second berth to state
SPIRIT LAKE — Timberlake rallied from five points down midway through the fourth quarter, and Brayden Menti’s free throw with just over a minute to play broke a tie and lifted the Tigers to a 42-41 victory over the…
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Empire hold on late in opener
SPOKANE — Quarterback Charles Dowdell gave Spokane the lead for good with 10:10 remaining on a 25-yard touchdown run, leading the Empire past the Green Bay Blizzard 34-31 in the Empire’s Indoor Football League open…
Post Falls bounces back, eliminates Coeur d'Alene
POST FALLS — The Post Falls High boys basketball team had two days to erase the sour taste of its first home loss in three seasons.
Genesis Prep romps to another district title
RATHDRUM — Once they got to work, there wasn’t much stopping the Genesis Prep Jaguars on Thursday.
Lakeland comes up short
4A
All-league teams
BOYS BASKETBALL
Different roster, but same approach for Cardinals
With six of its seven competitors in this weekend’s NJCAA wrestling tournament being freshmen, it will be a little different when North Idaho College hits the mat in Council Bluffs, Iowa, starting on Friday morning.
Cardinal men, women romp
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At College
Nicole Rozier
Born into this spotlight
RATHDRUM — Some kids are born to be athletes.