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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 …
Parity reigns again in NFL
Pete Rozelle would be proud.
Chiefs fall at Tri-City
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Riley McKay scored the lone goal of the night for Spokane in the first period, losing 3-1 to the Tri-City Americans in Western Hockey League play in front of a sellout crowd of 5,869 at the Toyot…
Ringing in the new year with Twain, pigskin
More than 150 years ago the brilliant Mark Twain wrote a New Year’s Day column for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, in which he posited this gem, as true today as it ever was: Now is the accepted time to m…
Tri-City shoots past Chiefs
SPOKANE — Parker AuCoin scored a pair of goals for the Tri-City Americans in a 6-3 win over the Spokane Chiefs in Western Hockey League play in front of 7,740 at the Spokane Arena on Friday.
What a difference a year makes
COEUR d’ALENE — Both Lake City and Mountain Home had lengthy scoring runs in their Friday morning boys basketball matchup. But the Timberwolves had theirs at t…
Until they meet down the road
In the case of most holiday tournaments, it’s a chance to see someone that you’d normally not get a chance to do in any other setting.
Cardinals roll to title
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Lake City stops Timberline
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Dowd lifts Cardinal men to tourney finals
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Unanimity outbreak sparks League probe
The Coeur d'Alene Press All-Star Pigskin Prognosticators were too like-minded for comfort over the Christmas weekend.
NIC BASKETBALL: Cardinal men, women advance
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PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeland sixth in Reno
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Rested Trojans outlast Kentridge in OT
COEUR d’ALENE — For a team that had a 19-day wait before taking the floor — not its fault — the Post Falls boys basketball team didn’t exactly leave it right a…
Bowling scores
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Fast break done, for now for hoops teams
So much for that holiday break for area basketball teams.