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There are a lot of things that go through one’s mind when you hear about the destruction of a relic or part of a community. I had a lot of feelings that went through my mind when I saw pictures of the Almira School fire that happened last week. If you’ve never been in the building then maybe it doesn’t have as much of an effect. The one thing I remember most about Almira High School’s gym is that it was the only gym in the Bi-County that I never played in. Was it that big of a...
Longevity in the NFL is something many players hope for but in the real world most players only last a couple of years. Tom Brady is certainly the exception. Russell Wilson is too for that matter. Although Wilson has had injuries in past seasons he has yet to miss a start for the Seattle Seahawks in a regular or post season game. That will all come to a screeching halt on Sunday as Wilson suffered an injury to the middle finger on his throwing hand. He ruptured a tendon in...
For most college football teams the big rivalry game is the last scheduled game of the season. All of the team’s fans look forward to it because it is for bragging rights for the year. For EWU that game is against Portland State not because it is a real rivalry but because the Big Sky Conference thinks it should be. If you ask any true Eagle fan they would most likely tell you that their biggest rival is the University of Montana Grizzlies. Now if you ask a UM fan they w...
I like to look through the scores of high school and college football games the following day. It’s kind of interesting to wonder how one team beat another team in what seems to be an upset. Was the losing team playing a road game or did the star quarterback get hurt? How did such a great defensive team give up 35 points? You can ask five people that were at the game and get five different answers. At least four of them will say, “We didn’t play very good.” Others will be...
So I know September 11th was last Saturday. Since my wife’s birthday is also on the 11th it is very important to not forget. I also have a great niece who was born on September 11, 2001 and I made sure to tell her mom to give her a hug from me on her 20th birthday. For those of us that are old enough to vividly remember what we were doing at the exact moment when we first heard about what was happening that morning it will be something indelibly etched in our memory bank. E...
If you are anything like me, maybe I should rephrase that. If you are a football fan like me that enjoys the fall because of football then hopefully we can resume a happy lifestyle by watching high school athletes play the game. Yes, this coming Saturday there will be the high school football jamboree at Jimmie Snider Field at 1:00. Out Lind-Ritzville-Sprague-Washtucna Broncos will again be the host. And football is going to be played at the traditional time of year with a...
I know that many of you get freaked out when you are out and about and see someone enter a store that you are frequenting and they are not wearing a mask. While others look at people wearing a mask and wonder if they are probably not vaccinated. It has come to this point in the pandemic where we all have trust issues. We all know at least one person that refuses to get the vaccine shot(s) because they have heard too much negativity and fear what might happen to them in the...
A few weeks ago we needed to make a trip to Spokane and on the way home we decided to get away from the freeway traffic and go through Cheney. We decided to go to a store and browse around for a bit. I noticed a young man wearing a red Eastern Washington athletics sweatshirt. The young man looked like he spent a fair amount of time in the weight room. As he meandered through the store I saw him picking out some items to purchase. He was close enough so I walked over and asked...
Last week, I talked about the Olympics and my feelings about the games. I said I may not watch any of the coverage and as of this writing I haven’t watched this year’s installment. But I have read some of the storylines and there are some interesting happenings thus far. The first thing that took place was when the USA women were shutout by Sweden 3-0 in their first game. As an American I should be shocked, dismayed and upset. Okay, I’m a bit dismayed but I’m not upset....
Before you know it, the 2020 Olympics will be on TV disguised as the 2021 Olympics because of the C-19 pandemic. The games that will be taking place starting on Friday will be without fans, like sports were a year ago. I’m not sure if the stands will be full of cardboard cutouts. We will just have to wait and see. As a young lad I used to get excited about the Olympics and couldn’t wait to see some of the track competition or basketball games, boxing or even gymnastics. The...
The age-old question for graduating seniors again this year is, of course, “And what are you going to do now?” For most people those choices have been in the works for a while. Schools have been researched, scholarships applied for and secured, and it’s just a matter of time until exciting things will happen. It’s interesting that kids who have been best friends for 6-8 years will have differing goals upon graduation. But each individual should want what best interes...
In case you've been in a coma during this C-19 pandemic, you may have missed the announced retirement of North Carolina Coach Roy Williams and just recently Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K) said that this upcoming season would his last as a head basketball coach. What is the reason that Williams at 70 and Coach K at 74 would think this is a good time to hang it up? This has been a most difficult year to say the least and with all of the relaxed rule changes because of C-19...
Memorial Day weekend was once very special for this community, not only for remembering those that gave their lives for the freedom of this country, but also remembering those family and friends that we held so dearly in our hearts. We visited them at the cemetery with fond memories and decorated their graves. During Memorial Day weekend was the Alumni reunion, when former RHS and LRHS alums came back to celebrate with their classmates and teammates just how special it was to...
When you have success people will notice, and when they notice it is most certain that opportunity will be knocking. Last week long-time assistant Tommie Lloyd was announced as the next head basketball coach for the University of Arizona Wildcats. It was just a few years ago that Arizona was considered the best basketball program in the west. Gonzaga has taken over that spot with their many consecutive years of success both during the season as well as the NCAA tournament....
When you only lose one game in 32, chances are most people would say that is quite a feat. When it’s the last game for a national championship, then some pundits will wonder why that one. Yes, Gonzaga was beaten by Baylor last week in the championship final and we can all look into the microscope and come up with our reasoning as to why. For a lot of people the answer is the WCC doesn’t challenge the Zags enough once the NCAA tournament begins. Some might say that the Bul...
I’m sure most of you saw the game on Saturday between the UCLA Bruins and the Gonzaga Bulldogs. I was watching with my headphones on as my wife was reading one of the many books she reads on Kindle. She didn’t bother me and I didn’t bother her. How about that? Even with the shot heard round the globe by Jalen Suggs, I didn’t scream and holler; I just sat up in my chair and said, “Wow!” On Sunday I was listening to a sports show and it was very interesting listening t...
Basketball’s new season is getting started even while the NCAA tournament is still in progress. The musical chairs of college coaching changes and the dreaded I’m going pro or better yet the transfer portal for the players. EWU’s Shantay Legans is on his way to Portland to try to revive a Pilot basketball program that couldn’t be revived by two pretty good coaches, the last being a former NBA star with the Trailblazers, Terry Porter. I’m thinking that Legans will try to ge...
Yes, it has been a year since we were shutdown, schools closed, sports equipment locked away, and only essential businesses could be open. Did we neglect to protect those people that needed to be protected or hurt those that were not as vulnerable? Or both? Let’s take a little walk back 52 years ago when the world was in the midst of another pandemic. In 1968-69 there was the Hong Kong flu pandemic. It, too, was an election year and Dan Evans was reelected as the Washington s...
It was about 11 years ago when EWU alum and Tennessee Titan lineman Michael Roos donated $500,000 to fund a red turf project at the EWU football field. Woodward Stadium would become Roos Field because of the donation. The nickname for Roos Field and the red turf would become known as ‘The Inferno.’ The red turf is a sight to behold if you are an Eagle fan. More than one person has commented to me that they have a hard time watching the game on TV because to them it is too red...
Normally we would be talking about the basketball playoffs now and my yearly trek to Spokane to enjoy four days of small school, high octane basketball tournament play. But the short football season just got underway Friday night. Working with the chain gang I get to visit with the young kids from the visiting team. The Chewelah kids were a nice group and I learned a lot. One young man said he was cold. I mentioned that he was from Chewelah and should be used to it. He said...
I think that most people look at the coming week and will either be excited or maybe a bit apprehensive. If your calendar looks like ours does, you would most likely think really? That’s this week? Last week with President’s Day the schools were out and it was snowing on top of it. Middle School football was supposed to get started on Tuesday in Lind but with the snowstorm it was decided that the schools would stay closed to in class learning and instead it would be onl...
There are times when I get upset with something I hear or read,and I immediately want to voice my opinion. It's a natural reaction whether it is personal, political or community related. With the C-19 shutdowns and delays, I was looking forward to seeing Eastern Eagle football this spring. But when the new schedule was released, three of the teams Eastern was scheduled to play said they were going to wait until fall to make a comeback. They are Portland State, Montana and...
After writing last week’s column it occurred to me that I have been submitting this weekly blurb, well I’ve missed a few as well, since the fall of 2004 when Jake Kragt and his teammates made that great championship run. When you write a column you get a few ideas bundled in your head and once you start writing them down you start to see how many words that have piled up and before you know it you’ve got to bring it to an end. That certainly was what happened last week and t...
When it comes to recognizing athletes and teams from the past, EWU goes out of its way to make sure credit is given. That is one of the things that I missed about not having a football season last fall, because former athletes and teams get their recognition on a Saturday afternoon with many being inducted into the Eagle Athletic Hall of Fame. Recently EWU football announced the all-decade team from 2000-2009. The teams were coached by Paul Wulff 2000-07 and Beau Baldwin...
Since baseball got started in July, announcing games has changed a whole bunch. TV announcers would not travel with the team, but would do the play by play and color commentating from the home stadium. Monitors were used, similar to a computer or TV screen we would use at home. There were a few times when the announcer would lose track of the ball and then would excuse their mistake by stating they were in Seattle and not Oakland, or Houston, etc. The same thing is happening w...
