The Regina Pats have had their road woes this season, winning just twice in 10 games.

PULLMAN -- The notoriously rowdy student section at Martin Stadium was relatively deserted Saturday afternoon, and for good reason.

For whatever reason you may have missed the Columbia Basin College men's basketball team's season opener Saturday, the good news is it has seven more home games this season.

LAKEWOOD -- There wasn't much left that Jori Skorpik, Kamiakin's small but mighty forward, could do in the final minutes of Saturday's 1-0 loss to Kentwood but throw herself into harm's way to try to get an edge.

PULLMAN -- This afternoon, barring an upset that would rank among the biggest in Pac-10 history, Sam Tennant will become part of the most infamous senior class in Washington State football history.

KENNEWICK — It's hard to know where to start.

DOHA, Qatar -- Dave Villwock drove the U-16 Ellstrom Elam Plus to heat victories Friday in 1B and 2B at the Oryx Cup UIM World Championship in Doha, Qatar.

WALLA WALLA -- Walla Walla head football coach Marc Yonts announced Friday he is resigning his position after 14 years.

The Snake River's record run of steelhead has been parading and delivering pleasure and profit from the mouth of the Columbia upstream 800 miles to the Salmon, Idaho, area- and beyond.

RICHLAND -- A lecture and video presentation by Bob Kolowith on his recent hunting safari and wildlife photography in South Africa highlights the Richland Rod & Gun Club meeting at 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at the City of Richland Maintenance Facility on Queensgate Drive across from Walmart.

PULLMAN — Here is a preview of today’s Oregon State at Washington State football game:

SPOKANE -- Here is a preview of today's Connell vs. River View state playoff game:

SPOKANE -- Here is a preview of today's Othello vs. West Valley state playoff game:

SPOKANE -- Here is a preview of today's DeSales vs. La Salle state playoff game:

PASCO -- A football player's nightmare took place Friday night in the midst of Tri-Cities Prep's 52-22 victory over Almira/Coulee-Hartline in a 1B state quarterfinal at Edgar Brown Stadium.

KENNEWICK — Teri Carr's decision to take the Tri-Cities Fever from the Arena Football One league to the Indoor Football League on Thursday was about survival in every way.

LAKEWOOD -- The Kamiakin girls soccer team rolled into Lakewood on Thursday with 14 straight wins and hopes of the first state championship in program history.

CENTRAL POINT -- Hermiston QB Faafiaula Ena connected 6-yard pass to Mike Royer and Steve Martinez rushed 56 yards for another TD, but it wasn't enough as Hermiston fell to Crater in an Oregon Class 5A playoff game at Dutch Meyer Field.

TUKWILA -- This year's run to the Final Four has been a little more of a struggle for the Columbia Basin College women's soccer team.

PUYALLUP -- Coaches are used to getting second-guessed by players, parents and fans.

GRESHAM, Ore. -- John Patrick knew his squad could beat a handful of team's at this year's NWAACC volleyball tournament.

Lane Schumacher figured it couldn't hurt to check out his competition, so he made the drive to Walla Walla on Friday night to see the Warriors play Seattle Community College.

DOHA, Qatar -- Dave Villwock drove the U-16 Ellstrom Elam Plus around the 2-mile course at Doha Bay at an average speed of 146.427 mph Thursday to claim the top qualifying position for the 2009 Oryx Cup UIM World Championship, the final stop on the newly renamed H1 Unlimited series.

KENNEWICK — Just because your team is one of the tops in the league, it doesn't hurt to try and make yourself a little better.

KENNEWICK -- Just a couple more seasons.

PASCO -- The Chinese may consider 2009 to be the Year of the Ox, but for the folks at Tri-Cities Prep, it's turning out to be the Fall of the Jaguar.

Teri Carr jumped back into the indoor football business in September to save the sport in the Tri-Cities.

GRESHAM, Ore. -- Amber Durand had 26 kills for the day for Columbia Basin, Brittany Weiand weighed in with 59 assists and the Hawks bounced back from a first-round loss to host Mount Hood with a 25-18, 25-18 victory over Pierce on Thursday in the consolation bracket of the NWAACC volleyball tournament.

PULLMAN -- Senior Kevin Lopina will start at quarterback for Washington State on Saturday against 20th-ranked Oregon State, said Cougars coach Paul Wulff.

KENNEWICK -- The Arena Football One league — of which the Tri-Cities Fever is a member — lost another team this week.

KENNEWICK — The Tri-City Americans traded the rights to 18-year-old defenseman Lane Werbowski to the Edmonton Oil Kings on Wednesday in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2011 WHL bantam draft.

There is no question that the Columbia Basin College volleyball team enters this year's NWAACC tournament battled-tested.

SEATTLE -- Sami Whitcomb hit an open 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds left to lift Washington to a 67-66 victory over Brigham Young on Wednesday night.

KENNEWICK -- Think the Tri-City Americans missed playing at home?

PASCO -- The Tri-City Dust Devils, winners of the Northwest League's East Division twice in the past three seasons, will open their 2010 slate on June 18, starting on the road with a three-game series against the Spokane Indians at Avista Stadium.

PULLMAN -- The Washington State Cougars will celebrate Senior Day at Saturday's final home football game, but there doesn't figure to be much of a party atmosphere at Martin Stadium.

NEW YORK -- Wally Backman wants another chance to manage in the majors.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State's winning streak at home against nonconference teams was in jeopardy.

YAKIMA -- Brittany Blackketter rolled a 222 game to help Kennewick tie Eisenhower 2-2 in a Columbia Basin Big Nine girls bowling match at Nob Hill Lanes in Yakima.

HERMISTON -- The Hermiston Linebacker Club will hold a luncheon meeting at noon Thursday at the Desert Lanes Bowling Alley, 1545 N. 1st Street in Hermiston.

PULLMAN -- Washington State broke a six-match losing streak with a 25-20, 25-13, 25-21 non-conference win over Eastern Washington in Pullman.

PULLMAN -- Faisal Aden has signed to play basketball for Washington State next season.

RICHLAND -- Hanford High School senior Laura Hughes will celebrate having signed a letter of intent with Eastern Washington University at a ceremony at noon Friday in the Falcons' Gym Foyer.

BOISE -- Kellen Moore grew up in sparsely populated central Washington. Now he is out here in Idaho, still way off Broadway.

EAST LANSING, Mich -- Gonzaga coach Mark Few was not particularly impressed with his young team's sloppy play in a season-opening win over Mississippi Valley State.

The Tri-City Americans' three-game swing through the Central Division did not go as planned.

PULLMAN -- Klay Thompson scored 24 points Monday night to lift Washington State to a 67-61 victory over Eastern Washington.

A busy weekend of football is set for Mid-Columbia teams still alive in the state playoffs, and the Tri-Cities will be the site of two of those games plus another featuring the top-ranked 2A team in the state.

PULLMAN -- Jason Stripling, a starting linebacker for Washington State, was suspended after being arrested early Sunday morning and charged with fourth-degree assault and obstruction of a public servant.

Two Mid-Columbia girls soccer programs will be playing for a shot at a state title this weekend on the west side of the state.