PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeland girls give new coach first win

“We did a good job of keeping our shape and that allowed us to connect our passes,” said Lakeland coach Kevin Rogge, who notched his first win as coach. “We played really well as a team, talked more and were just going after the ball, which opened the field. I’m happy for our girls and glad we got some goals under our belt.”

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: Neophyte Kraken fans, predictions and ailing fingers

Notes and quotes day, kids, and wow … There’s a lot going on.

LEGION BASEBALL: Northern Lakes opens with win

Northern Lakes and Coeur d'Alene each posted victories in Legion baseball play Thursday.

PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeland takes two in tri-match

Lakeland volleyball tops Coeur d'Alene, Timberlake; Post Falls falls to Moscow, beats Gonzaga Prep and Timberlake soccer sweeps Priest River

PREP SOFTBALL: Coeur d'Alene fights back for split with IEL-leading Lewiston

Coeur d’Alene lost the opener in extra innings and lost their leader to injury in the second game, but that didn’t stop the Vikings from bouncing back to split a doubleheader with the league-leading Lewiston Bengals on Tuesday at Larry Schwenke Field.

PREP ROUNDUP: Timberlake wins another IML softball title

Timberlake freshman Acacia Pecor struck out six over five innings, allowing one hit in the Tigers’ 31-0 win over the Bonners Ferry Badgers in the first game of an Intermountain League twinbill on Friday.

PREP BASEBALL: Miller, defense key in IEL-leading sweep by Post Falls

Tyson Rutherford scattered two hits and struck out seven over six innings in the opener, and Ethan Miller closed out the first game and saved the second as the Inland Empire League-leading Post Falls Trojans swept the Lake City Timberwolves 4-0 and 5-3 on Tuesday.

Vandals nearly upset Eagles with running back-turned quarterback

With their top four quarterbacks not making the trip, the Idaho Vandals turned to an athlete who last played QB in high school in their game Saturday at No. 9 Eastern Washington.

Northwest Notes Dec. 29, 2020

The West Coast Conference named Gonzaga's Corey Kispert and Jalen Suggs the Men's Basketball Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week.

Slang disconnect: Do you speak Teen?

It's a whole new generation with its own language.

PREP ROUNDUP: Vikings battle back for split in baseball

For everything that went wrong in the opener, it was what went right for the Coeur d’Alene Vikings in the nightcap that has coach Erik Karns optimistic about the team as it heads toward the final part of the season.

PREP SOFTBALL: Grantham powers Timberlake to state

Sophomore Ashley Grantham belted two home runs and drove in nine runs as the top-seeded Timberlake Tigers beat the second-seeded Bonners Ferry Badgers 37-2 in the championship game of the 3A District 1 tournament Thursday at Timberlake High.

PREP ROUNDUP: St. Maries' Barden follows Watkins' one hitter with no-no

Senior Gracie Barden pitched a no-hitter in the second game, capping the St. Maries Lumberjacks’ sweep of the visiting Kamiah Kubs in Central Idaho League play on Friday.

PREP ROUNDUP: Post Falls baseball wins postseason opener

Prep Roundup for May 11

Op-Ed: Can Idaho doctors be disciplined for spreading COVID misinformation?

Dr. Ryan Cole of Boise has been accused of spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, discouraging life-saving vaccinations and touting unproven remedies for the virus.

PANDEMIC: Who to believe

We have two doctors write to the paper, one a retired medical doctor saying that Ivermectin is a proven award-winning drug safe to use for COVID, while the psychologist doctor implies he was a MD.

BEWARE: Medical totalitarianism

Response to the op-ed about disciplining physicians by Jim Jones.

Mayoral candidates face crisis questions

Forum is third of four from Press, CDA Chamber

2021 Elections Town Hall Forums continue Wednesday

ADVICE: For the unvaccinated

We don’t need no stink-king vaccination.

JONES: Misinformed opinions

The “Guest Opinion” from Jim Jones accuses Dr. Ryan Cole of misinformation.