WIAA delays start of fall sports practices until September
On Tuesday, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced it was delaying the start of fall sports practices.
On Tuesday, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced it was delaying the start of fall sports practices.
SR Story | Normally this time of year, athletes and coaches from across Eastern Washington gather at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox for the Spokane Youth Sports Awards, a red carpet evening celebrating the best of the best from around the region.
SR Story | In its 35th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, the Gatorade Co. today announced Allie Janke of North Central as its 2019-20 Gatorade Washington Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row.
SR Story | The WIAA issued guidelines for the state’s high school sports to return to play this fall. It doesn’t – rather, can’t – answer the question everyone wants to know: When will it be safe for our kids to play again?
SR Story | Music blared from the speakers of Thorco Field in Coeur d’Alene last week as sun-kissed fans took in an American Legion baseball game.
SR Story | The pandemic forced the cancellation of the annual Greater Spokane League scholar-athlete luncheon earlier this year, but that doesn’t mean the athletes shouldn’t be saluted for their efforts on the field and in the classroom.
SR Story | Caviness, who lost her father and Ferris High boys cross country coach Chris Caviness to cancer in April, was handed a plaque that read “Coach Caviness ‘You Gave It Your All’ Scholarship.”
SR Story | Jeremy Wu-Yelland, a 2017 Central Valley grad, was selected in the fourth round of the 2020 MLB draft by the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.
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For at least one more season, the state high school basketball tournament will remain the same. That was the decision of the WIAA’s Executive Board, which met virtually Sunday from across the state.
SR Story | Barville was primed to be one of the region’s top 800-meter runners this spring, but the coronavirus pandemic canceled his final try at a state medal.
SR Story | Dana Tran took the news of the spring sports season being canceled hard. She couldn’t avoid disappointment, but that didn’t stop her from being constructive.
SR Story | The WIAA approved a “foundation game,” adding a regular season contest for the sports of baseball, basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball beginning with the 2020-21 school year.
SR Story | From Gerry Lindgren seeming to float over long distances to the power of Becca Noble blasting down the stretch, Rogers High School has two of the most iconic track and field record holders of any high school, let alone the Greater Spokane League.
SR Story | This was to be the 25th year the WIAA has had one of its state high school track and field meets on the campus of Eastern Washington University and Roos Field, and before that when it was known as Woodward Field.
SR Story | They competed, they joked around with teammates and they complimented playing partners after hitting a quality shot.
SR Story | We’d like to give a little recognition to some additional senior athletes – with thanks to the people who nominated them – from small schools in the region and ‘second helpings’ from the GSL.
SR Story | I was late leaving the finish line at then-Woodward Field to get to the discus circle inside the opposite corner at the Frontier League track and field meet at Eastern Washington University.
SR Story | For Central Valley distance runner Tyler Hunter, the “what if” caused by the pandemic might have been a school or league record in the 1,600- or 3,200-meter races.
SR Story | This is when the cold, windy, wet days of spring are forgotten as coaches prepare to load up their best athletes for state championships.
SR Story | Shadle Park’s Victoria Arnold enjoyed a successful track and field season last year by any measure. She hoped to make even better of it this year.
SR Story | Mason Rose planned for this spring and summer to be a sort of last hurrah for his baseball career.
SR Story | Have we already witnessed the last State B tournament in Spokane? It’s entirely possible.
SR Story | Kati Solin took over as coach of the North Central dance team five years ago. Four-year returners Alyssa Toney and Gloria Miller helped her rebuild the program.
SR Story | After a track and cross country career that took her from Hanford to University to the state meet, Aayiana Fuller will continue to run for Gonzaga next year.
SR Story | The Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association on Monday
SR Story | The WIAA executive board on Friday approved a resolution to adopt a seeding committee to determine seeds for all state tournaments for team sports.
SR Story | With 12 returning seniors, Ferris was primed for another strong showing in the Greater Spokane League and was a serious state title contender.
SR Story | With states starting to implement plans to reopen, some area baseball leagues and coaches are trying to figure out a way to play this summer.