JASON ELLIOTT
Jason Elliott has worked at The Press for 14 years and covers both high school and North Idaho College athletics. Before that, he spent eight years covering sports at the Shoshone News-Press in Wallace, where he grew up.
Recent Stories
Full circle
Lake City softball's Rowe and Kritz renew friendship during senior year
COEUR d'ALENE - Katie Rowe and Kory Kritz are enjoying what is left of their senior season together on the Lake City High softball team.
Running hot and cold
Asper part of three victories; Funk wins third straight discus title
POST FALLS - On days like Thursday, with wind and rain mixed in with 40-degree temperatures, it makes it difficult for Lake City High senior Leanne Asper to run while battling asthma at the same time.
Thanks, brother
D.J. Sutton comes up with big hit as Coeur d'Alene downs Post Falls
Bats, ships and pucks
Post Falls' Givens trading baseball for a navy career and the hockey rink
As a baseball player, Gil Givens' bat has helped put his high school baseball team in the mix to contend for a state 5A tournament berth.
Trojans ride past Lake City twice
Hunt, Reeder come up big for Post Falls
COEUR d'ALENE - The roller coaster ride for second place in the 5A Inland Empire League baseball standings has begun.
Something special
Ness and Finney pack a 1-2 punch for Lake City tennis
COEUR d'ALENE - When Lake City High boys tennis coach Tim Scott first saw 6-foot-7 Luke Ness walking toward the tennis courts at the school last spring, he hoped that something special was on its way for the Timberwolves program.
NIC falls in first SWAC 'home' game
COEUR d'ALENE - After a long wait to get on the field Friday afternoon, Mother Nature made the North Idaho College softball team wait a little longer.
Patient Vikings beat Timberwolves in a walk, 27-2
Pereira hits two home runs for Coeur d'Alene; Lake City pitchers walk 15
Air time
Tigers' Simmons primed to defend state pole vault title
Some people are born to run.
Craig takes over for Haynes as Lakeland boys soccer coach
Just a year removed from qualifying for its first state 4A boys soccer tournament, Lakeland High will look to its junior high music teacher to keep the Hawks in tune for another state run in the fall.
Shippy sparks Lake City to win
Leadoff hitter helps T-Wolves beat Cd'A for 2nd time in 4 days
Frosh Wilson steps up in Lake City softball win
Coeur d'Alene falls 5-2, but ends scoring drought vs. Timberwolves
COEUR d'ALENE - A familiar face came up big for the Lake City Timberwolves in a 5A Inland Empire League softball game on Tuesday with another strong showing in the circle.
NIC basketball players weighing future options
Joksimovic, McGregor, Hosley, White, Bates among those drawing recruiting interest
Sophomore Petar Joksimovic, who played in 23 of 32 games this season for North Idaho College, will visit Lewis-Clark State College this weekend, with the chance he'll verbally commit by the end of the weekend, according to NIC men's basketball coach Jared Phay.
Southern statement
North swept by South at ninth annual Idaho High School All-Star games
NIC women aiming for 4th straight title
Cardinal men take on Salt Lake in semis
He's the coach of the defending NJCAA and Region 18 champion North Idaho College women's basketball team, but Chris Carlson is aware of the trappings of being the No. 1 seed for the Region 18 tournament, which unfolds this week at Salt Lake Community College.
Cardinal men, women prepare to close out SWAC schedule
The regular season winds down this weekend for both the North Idaho College men's and women's basketball teams with a road trip to Rangely, Colo., to face Colorado Northwestern on Friday night.
NIC women win SWAC
Buskey leads Cardinals past CSI
No. 7 CSI men fend off North Idaho in overtime
Win over CSI would clinch No. 1 seed for NIC women
Cardinal men trying to nab either second or third seed
Two conference champions could be crowned on Saturday night when the North Idaho College men's and women's basketball teams welcome archrival Southern Idaho to Rolly Williams Court in Scenic West Athletic Conference play.
A drive from within
After helping the Vikings win back-to-back state titles, Coeur d’Alene senior Garrett DeMers has one final goal: a championship of his own
COEUR d'ALENE - He's been a part of back-to-back state 5A championships for the Coeur d'Alene High wrestling team the past two seasons.
Lake City holds off scrappy Lewiston in OT
T-Wolves play at Cd'A on Friday for berth to state
COEUR d'ALENE - Lake City High boys basketball coach Jim Winger had a bad feeling all day on Tuesday about the Timberwolves' loser-out game against the fourth-seeded Lewiston Bengals in the 5A Region 1 tournament.
Landing on his feet
NIC's Zumwalt shines at home after D-1 scholarship goes away
With nowhere to go after redshirting at Cal State Fullerton and the school being forced to cancel its program, former University High wrestling standout Ryan Zumwalt returned to the one place that felt right.
Timberlake happy with runner-up finish at state
Priest River girls bitten by Snake in 3A third-place game
Viks bounce back for 3rd
Viks stopped in semis
Hopes of seventh straight trip to title game snapped
Timberlake back in title game
Tigers outlast Snake River in 2 overtimes
Madsen sparks Timberlake
Tigers roll past Salmon in opener
Vikings stifle Meridian
Coeur d’Alene rides defense into semis vs. Centennial
NIC men, women hitting home stretch in SWAC schedule
Hitting the home stretch in the Scenic West Athletic Conference schedule, both the North Idaho College men's and women's basketball teams know that a false step now could alter their postseason plans.
Viks take aim at 4th title in five years
They've got experience with three starters and five reserves back from last year's state 5A runner-up team.
Biding her time
Sumner ready when the call comes to help Vikings at 5A state tournament
COEUR d'ALENE - Coaches often tell players to be ready, because their chance could be only moments away.
NIC wins wild one in 3 OTs
COEUR d'ALENE - Former Coeur d'Alene High standout Connor White started Saturday's game for the North Idaho Cardinals against Utah State University-Eastern Utah Golden Eagles at 5 p.m.
Buskey's basket lifts Cards
NIC moves into tie for first place in Scenic West
Trojans fall short of state berth
Defending champion Lewiston will join Coeur d'Alene at state
Timberlake rally falls short
Priest River advances to state; Tigers play St. Maries tonight for state berth
Cardinal men, women ready to play at home, snap skid
COEUR d'ALENE - After a long month away from the friendly confines of Rolly Williams Court, both the North Idaho College men's and women's basketball teams return home for the next three weeks starting with the women's game tonight at 5:30.
Trojans grab piece of 1st place
POST FALLS - And now, the playoff picture in the 5A Region 1 boys basketball tournament is muddy.
Orlandi, Viks feeling fine
Coeur d'Alene storms past Post Falls for first regional championship since 2009
COEUR d'ALENE - Coeur d'Alene High junior Caelyn Orlandi was a little under the weather after waking up the morning of the Vikings' 5A Region I girls basketball tournament championship game at Elmer Jordan Court.
Well-traveled NIC visits CSI in hoops
Following what North Idaho College women's basketball coach Chris Carlson called the toughest road trip of the season, his 12th-ranked Cardinals team, along with the NIC men's team will hit the road again for one night only this week.
Failor fuels Trojan upset
Post Falls dumps Lewiston, to play Coeur d’Alene for title
Trojans muddy the waters
Post Falls win pulls Trojans into tie for second with Lake City in 5A IEL boys hoops
POST FALLS - The road to the 5A Region I tournament just got a little more unclear for Post Falls and Lake City High.
Rosie back, but Cards mostly new with 13 freshmen
NIC opens season today
The road to 300
North Idaho College women’s basketball coach Chris Carlson hits milestone with no sign of slowing down
COEUR d'ALENE - The road to 300 wins had a few bumps, but considerably more smooth sailing for North Idaho College women's basketball coach Chris Carlson.
Post Falls pigs out
Trojan boys fend off deliberate Hawks; Failor leads Post Falls girls past Lakeland
RATHDRUM — The Post Falls Trojans may have swept the basketball games, but host Lakeland High brought home the bacon in front of an estimated crowd of 1,600 in the annual Prairie Pig spirit games Tuesday at Hawk Court.
Returning on a record pace
T-Wolves' Smith keeps positive attitude through knee surgery, rehab process
COEUR d'ALENE - It was a night that Lake City senior point guard Jasmyn Smith can't forget.
Sherman: Always around the net
Former hockey player a solid addition for NIC men's basketball
Kaj Sherman isn't your typical 7-foot post on the basketball court.
Cards' return from winter break delayed
Duals tonight, Thursday wiped out by snow
COEUR d'ALENE - The North Idaho College wrestling team will have to wait a couple more days for its month-long winter break to come to an end.
His day in the sun
Begines to umpire at Little League World Series
COEUR d'ALENE - Just when Torben Begines thought his window to umpire at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn., had closed - it was reopened.
