The high school season is over, but the American Legion baseball season has begun. The Pullman Patriots play tonight and the Moscow team has already begun. The Legion season is a sure sign of summer, and while the prep season was pretty spectacular, Devin Rokyta and I are ready to ease into the summer schedule. There will be [...]
Friday, May 22, 2009
Once in a while my job allows me to see some pretty great things. I’ve seen many teams win state titles, I’ve seen records broken and I’ve had the chance to see high school athletes pull off great team and individual accomplishments. On Thursday in Pullman I saw a pitching performance I’ve never seen before, and one [...]
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Pullman won the Great Northern League baseball title, beating Cheney 5-4 in a game Greyhound catcher Alec Scourey said was the best game he’d ever played in. Greyhound pitcher Brett Druffel struggled with his control early, hitting two batters and giving up three hits and a walk as Cheney jumped to a 4-0 lead in the [...]
Saturday, May 16, 2009
The Idaho baseball and softball seasons have come to a close and teams on the Palouse did very well. Genesee defeated Kendrick to win the 1A state title for the second year in a row. The Moscow baseball team finished second, losing to Minico in the 4A title game. The Genesee softball team finished its year as the [...]
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Moscow, Troy, Kendrick and Deary are at the Idaho state track meet in Boise, and all but Deary have score points already. Deary should pick up some points in the girls distance events. Moscow’s Jayson Washington ran a 10.85 in the 100 preliminaries. He was the only runner to break 11 seconds. Margaret Behre finished second for Moscow [...]
Monday, May 11, 2009
Moscow star pitcher Zach Hull has already committed to play his college ball at Lewis and Clark State College, but he is still drawing interest from other universities. Washington State coaches Donnie Marbut and Travis Jewett were in attendance at Moscow’s district championship matchup with Sandpoint last week. Marbut was clocking the senior lefty at 86-87 mph [...]
Sunday, May 10, 2009
I can’t tell you how great it was to finally get out and cover some events. Last week was brutal. The weather dominated the headlines, and Idaho teams that were trying to play district tournament games were hammered by Mother Nature. Going to the Idaho track meet on Friday and to the Whitepine district baseball on Saturday [...]
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Moscow baseball and softball teams are on rain delay again. The wet weather has forced the Moscow athletic department to move both of today’s games to Thursday at 4 p.m. At the beginning of the year moving games to a later date wasn’t a big deal, but these games are district playoff games, and with state [...]
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Mother Nature - 5,123, Palouse teams playing at home - 0. Ok, so there have been a few teams that have been able to get a home game or two in, but not many. The spring sports season has been brutal in terms of getting to play at home. Soccer, softball, baseball and track have been altered [...]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Moscow high school star pitcher Zach Hull won’t stray far from home to play college baseball. The Bears’ senior, 6-foot-3, 210-pound lefty signed a letter of intent to play at Lewis-Clark State College starting in the 2010 season. “Once they offered I didn’t hesitate,” Hull said of his decision to sign with LCSC. “I really wanted to [...]
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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