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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 …
Adding to an already chaotic night?
For the first time in quite a while, they tried wrestling the annual TerHark Cup on the same week as that other spirit competition between Lake City and Coeur d’Alene High schools earlier this week.
Chiefs fall to Portland
PORTLAND — Nolan Reid scored his first goal of the season with Spokane late in the third period of a 5-4 loss to the Portland Winterhawks in Western Hockey League play in front of 4,338 at Veterans Memorial Coliseu…
Lake City sweeps
COEUR d’ALENE — After watching his team go a ghastly 0 for 8 from the free-throw line in the first half, as well as seeing some other unseemly play, veteran La…
Freshmen come up big for Timberlake
SPIRIT LAKE — Freshman Isaiah Evans, who bumped up a weight to 113, defeated Brandon Downs 7-2 in the final match to clinch the 39-34 win by the Timberlake Tigers against the Priest River Spartans in the War of the…
Cold-shooting Lakeland falls to Moscow in 4A IEL opener
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Weather cancels tonight's NIC wrestling match
COEUR d’ALENE — North Idaho College’s home wrestling match tonight vs. Pacific University of Forest Grove, Ore., has been canceled because of weather conditions in the Portland area.
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Pride is the prize they're playing for
Four august members of the Coeur d’Alene Press All-Star Pigskin Prognosticators have a shot at winning first place. Leader Mark Koerner went out on a limb last weekend and picked the feeble Lions to upset Seattle. …
Chiefs blanked at Everett
EVERETT, Wash. — Mario Petit and Dorrin Lunding combined to stop 23 shots for the Everett Silvertips in a 5-0 shutout of the Spokane Chiefs in Western Hockey League play in front of 3,225 at the XFINITY Center on W…
Vikings pin down TerHark title
COEUR d’ALENE — With the 22nd annual TerHark Cup wrestling match swinging back and forth with competitive weight class after class, Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Mo…
Prep girls basketball media poll
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Yankoff makes a nice play off the field
When not slamming down alley-oop passes during basketball season, or fielding scholarship offers from major colleges in football, Coeur d’Alene High junior quarterback Colson Yankoff quietly did something pretty co…
A fitting end to the college playoffs
Congratulations to the College Football Playoff Committee.
Brennan hits another game-winner for Post Falls
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