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.
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Plenty of new faces on Prairie's 'AA' roster
Cardinals open season Monday with just two returning players
The names are familiar in the high school ranks in the Rathdrum and Spirit Lake area and for the Prairie "A" Cardinal American Legion baseball program.
New home, new look for Lums
Coeur d'Alene opens season Saturday; first home game at Ramsey Park set for Wednesday
New faces in new places just might be the theme of the class AA Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen American Legion baseball team this season.
State 5A softball championship: Perfect ending
Lake City completes second undefeated season in three years; defending champion Coeur d'Alene settles for third
Collision course
State 5A softball: Lake City, Coeur d'Alene go 2-0, will square off today for berth in title game
COEUR d’ALENE — Not surprisingly, they’ll meet again.
Runs, runs, runs
Coeur d'Alene takes offensive juggernaut to state; Timberlake, St. Maries have high hopes
The Coeur d'Alene Vikings have scored 89 runs in their last five games.
Lakeland rallies past Sandpoint
Langenderfer drives in game winner in bottom of seventh
Scholwinski stymies Lewiston again
Defending state champion Vikings head to Fruitland for state play-in game Saturday
COEUR d'ALENE - Lindsie Scholwinski struck out 16 in a two-hit shutout for the Coeur d'Alene Vikings in Tuesday's 5A Region 1 tournament semifinal against Lewiston at Finucane Park.
Hedge to be a Husky
Post Falls sophomore girls soccer standout, who committed to Washington, also at U-15 national camp
The future for Post Falls High sophomore Kelcie Hedge appears to be in soccer.
PREP ROUNDUP: Cd'A jumpers sock it to 'em
* TRACK AND FIELD
A bright future for Bevacqua
The Lake City High senior will have an opportunity to showcase his talents at the next level — whether it at college, in the minors or beyond
COEUR d'ALENE - When Mitch Bevacqua first stepped onto the baseball field at Lake City High, he had to prove himself to some fans in the bleachers that he truly belonged at shortstop as a freshman.
DeHaas belts game winner for Viks
Split gives Cd'A command of 5A IEL baseball race
NIC's pipeline to UTSA continues
Lewis fifth Cardinal to go D-I; NIC inks WSU transfer
The schools are separated by 2,002 miles, but for the third straight year, the North Idaho College men's basketball team will have a player join the University of Texas-San Antonio roster.
PREP ROUNDUP: Barrowcliff slams Viks to sweep
* BASEBALL
PREP SOFTBALL: Lake City pounds Vikings twice
Timberwolves' Stangel allows just two hits in two games
Above the bar
Art, academics a solid base from which Lakeland's Ward jumps into college career
Middlebrooks sets sights on Illinois State
Kramer joining Woods at Central Washington
For Michael Middlebrooks, his college career has been for the birds.
Lake City takes Cd'A deep
Timberwolves rout Vikings in rematch of last year's state 5A championship game
Playing the field
CHS' Pereira earns scholarship to Gonzaga
NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Getting closer to their lifetime goals
Georgia Stirton, a freshman point guard, came to North Idaho College from Melbourne, Australia, with the goal of someday getting to play college basketball at a high level.
Father knows best
Encouraged by her father to play softball at North Idaho College, sophomore Desirae Tinoco now plays on in his memory
Sometimes it takes your parents to make you realize what’s best for you.
'Mania begins again on Sunday
The actual Super Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., will have to wait until next February, but the home to the New York Jets and Giants will get a taste of a big time event this Sunday as Wrestlemania 29 unfolds at the area.
Fighting through adversity
Injury-plagued NIC swept by Salt Lake
Nice weather, nice start to season
Coeur d'Alene wins coed meet
POST FALLS - In the first three weeks of the high school track season, the reason for the fast start for many of the athletes is simple.
About those expectations ...
Sophomores on NIC women's basketball team making a name for themselves, headed to nationals
South teams prove to be Ram tough
Wilkinson, Dakota Gonzalez of Highland each named MVPs in victories over North
Mixing it up with the big boys
Whipple shined at 1A Division II Kootenai
Kootenai High senior Ben Whipple probably isn't going to score 40 points in today's North-South high school boys basketball all-star game at North Idaho College.
A Dent in their plans
NIC upset by CSI for regional title, now waits for possible at-large berth to NJCAA tourney Region 18 women’s basketball championship
Salt Lake downs Snow for Region 18 men's title
NIC waits, hopes for at-large berth to NJCAA tourney
Highs, lows for Cardinals
Rally from NIC men comes up a little short in semifinal
COEUR d’ALENE — The rally on Rolly came up a little short for the host North Idaho College men’s basketball team on Friday afternoon.
Next flight for Cards begins at home
NIC teams host region foes with an eye on playing for more
COEUR d'ALENE - For all the formulas that could wind up getting a team to the NJCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments two weeks from now - there's one clear-cut way to avoid the math.
Stretching their potential
Former Seattle prep adversaries Lewis, Middlebrooks complement each other at North Idaho College
STATE WRESTLING PREVIEW: Post Falls, second last year and still strong, seeks first state title
The Post Falls High wrestling team has been one of the best tournament teams in the state this year.
NIC set up for run at national title
North Idaho College wrestling coach Pat Whitcomb might not be known as much of a gambler.
At a crossroads
Vikings' Konda pondering future past his final state wrestling meet
Title time for Trojans
Post Falls edges Coeur d’Alene in overtime for first state title since 2003 State 5A high school girls basketball championship
No small consolation for Bonners Ferry girls
Young Badgers bring home fourth-place trophy, look for more in future
Post Falls holds on in thriller over Highland
Coeur d'Alene cruises past Capital in semis
Cruise control
Failor posts double-double in opener as Post Falls routs Mountain View
Vikings sharp from the line, ease past Rocky Mountain
NIC men, women close in on Region 18 first-round byes
Cardinals on road for final three games before regionals
The North Idaho College men's and women's basketball teams will head out of town for the first time in nearly a month as they travel to Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, to resume Scenic West Athletic Conference play tonight.
Season aligning for Post Falls
Trojans, Coeur d'Alene have eyes on 5A title; tourneys start today
To evaluate the potential of a possible state 5A championship for the Post Falls Trojan girls basketball team - just point to the Stars.
Viks hurdle Lewiston, keep state hopes alive
Coeur d'Alene will play Boise on Saturday in state play-in game
COEUR d'ALENE - The road to the state 5A girls basketball tournament was going to be a tough one for whoever won the second-place game in the Region 1 tournament.
NIC NOTEBOOK: No. 1 Cardinals wrestling team takes aim at Region 18 title
North Idaho College has been the top-ranked wrestling team in the NJCAA the entire season.
Might as well jump
Post Falls advances to state for first time since 2008; Coeur d'Alene hosts Lewiston on Thursday in loser-out game
CSI dumps No. 2 NIC women
Lewis, McCloud help Cardinal men cruise
Morrill of the story
NIC soph notches quick pin in final home match
COEUR d'ALENE - North Idaho College sophomore Jarrett Morrill saved his best for last on Thursday night.
Abdul-Bassit finds success as a Cardinal
To say that North Idaho College sophomore Jalil Abdul-Bassit has had a good week on the basketball floor might be an understatement.
Cardinals give Salt a licking
NIC teams avenge earlier losses; men take over first in SWAC
COEUR d'ALENE - Now, they're even.
NIC men survive Snow in OT
Cardinal women rout Badgers; Salt Lake visits NIC on Saturday
COEUR d'ALENE - The North Idaho College men's basketball team nearly found themselves trapped at Rolly Williams Court by visiting Snow College on Thursday night.