THE FRONT ROW with JASON ELLIOTT: Post Falls product McGowan fills gap in goal for NIC

“He’s developed a lot technically,” second-year NIC men's soccer coach Brad Williams said. “I’ve spent a lot of time teaching him some specific details of his game that he needed to improve. And he’s a great student and picks everything up really quickly and is super attentive to the details. He’s been easy to work with in that sense, but he’s had to do a ton of work on his own. And it’s apparent that he’s done that and been coming through in his play.”