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5A REGION 1 VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: Lakeland loses, waits
Lakeland (15-14) will find out today, when the MaxPreps rankings are updated following Tuesday's district tourname…
STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL: Defending 3A champ Timberlake romps in opener
Timberlake and Sandpoint won first-round games at state, but Bonners Ferry lost in the first round, and Lakeside and Mullan were eliminated.
PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeland captures 4A IEL boys hoops title
By running the table in the 4A Inland Empire League, Lakeland will host all three games, if necessary, in next week's 4A Region 1 best-of-3 championship series.
Northwest Notes Feb. 19, 2021
The Spokane Indians are scheduled to open their inaugural High-A West baseball season at home on Tuesday, May 4 against the Eugene Emeralds for the start of a 120-game season, with 60 games at Avista Stadium.
STATE 1A DIVISION I GIRLS BASKETBALL: Blocked up
You can make up for a lot of things by shooting the ball well on a basketball court. Size isn’t one of them.
THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Timberlake girls showed they could play at any level this season
Very few 3A schools are able to consistently play with teams in the two larger classifications. One of them is bidding for a repeat state girls basketball titl…
State girls basketball preview: Timberlake focused on bid for repeat; eastern Idaho trip paid off for Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls
Area girls basketball teams Coeur d'Alene, Sandpoint, Timberlake, Bonners Ferry, Lakeside and Mullan begin their state tournament journeys today.
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Timberlake dumps first-place Priest River for first IML win
Ethan Riley and Zach Yetter combined for 35 points to help Timberlake pick up its first Intermountain League victory on Wednesday night, knocking off league-leading Priest River 66-55.
Northwest Notes Feb. 18, 2021
State-qualifying prep wrestling tournaments begin today COVID-19 has affected the area's state-qualifying wrestling tournaments as well. Instead of three classifications on one day at one site, it's three on …
AT COLLEGE: Feb. 18, 2021
Updates on area athletes at the next level
Bowling scores: Feb. 18, 2021
Scores from area leagues
Rosters announced for state high school all-star basketball games
After a one-year absence last year due to COVID-19, the annual state high school all-star boys and girls basketball games are returning this year — albeit in a new location in North Idaho. This year's event is s…
Idaho high school boys basketball media poll Feb. 18, 2021
Lake City, St. Maries and Lakeside are ranked in the final media poll of the season.
On guard in the blue and white
There was once a time when the Coeur d’Alene girls ran the state of basketball. Then, just as quickly, the Vikings didn’t.
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Ballew hits big hoop, and Post Falls battles past Lakeland
Isaac Ballew hit a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to give Post Falls the lead for good, and the Trojans survived a wild finish to beat the Lakeland Hawks 51-48 in nonleague play on senior night in Rathdrum.
THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: WSU hoops, and its youthful box of chocolates
Some of Wazzu’s recurring puzzles are down to the coach himself, since Kyle Smith regularly hands playing time to a crowded cast of characters — each of whom i…