Injuries are once again mounting for an already thin Washington State football team.
Neither side of the ball has been immune. On defense, the linebacker crew is without two starters – Andy Mattingly and Alex Hoffman-Ellis – while four key wide receivers – Jeshua Anderson, Daniel Blackledge, Jeffrey Solomon and Johnny Forzani – have been either held [...]
For the seventh straight season, the media has picked the USC Trojans to win the Pac-10. On the flip side, WSU was pegged for a last place finish.
USC (28)… 316
California (3)… 277
Oregon (1)… 250
Oregon State… 216
Arizona State… 155
Stanford… 150
UCLA… 145
Arizona… 142
Washington… 74
Washington State… 35
According to ClevelandIndians.com, Cleveland signed Washington State closer Jeremy Johnson. The Indians selected the right-handed junior earlier this month in the 13th round of the MLB first year player draft.
Johnson had one more year of eligibility remaining at WSU, but the allure of pro-ball must have been too tempting.
Washington State coach Donnie Marbut expects a handful of 2009 Cougar squad to be selected at the MLB draft on Tuesday and Wednesday.
I spoke with Marbut earlier today and he said he expects star pitcher Matt Way to come off the board first, possibly even in the first five rounds. The lefty was drafted last [...]
WSU senior catcher Greg Lagreid and junior utility player Matt Fanelli were selected to the 2009 Pacific-10 Baseball All-Academic First Team.
It is the second-straight year both Lagreid and Fanelli were named to the first team. Lagreid posted a 3.48 grade point average in finance, while Fanelli had a 3.77 GPA in psychology.
There was little doubt that the Washington State baseball team was headed to the postseason for the first time since 1990.
The only questions remaining were who, when and where it would be playing.
Those unknowns were answered Monday when the NCAA selection committee awarded the Cougars a No. 3 seed in the Norman, Okla., Regional and [...]
Washington State’s Kenny Alfred was named to the Rimington Trophy Watch List for the second straight season.
The trophy is awarded to the nation’s top center in January.
Washington State redshirt freshman defensive end Cory Mackay underwent surgery Friday to fuse two spinal fractures after he flipped his truck near Washtucna on Thursday on his way home from Pullman to Redmond, Wash., according to the Kitsap Sun.
He was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle following the accident and was listed in stable [...]
Former WSU tight end Devin Frischknecht’s tenure with the Washington Redskins was a short one after he was cut today.
The move comes only four days after he signed with the Redskins.
New WSU coach Ken Bone inked Reggie Moore of Brewster Academy in New Hampshire to play for the Cougars starting next season.
Moore, a 6-1, 175 pound guard, played one season at Brewster Academy after graduating from Seattle’s Rainier Beach High School in 2008.
In his senior season, Moore averaged 13 points and 10 assists per game [...]
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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