Sports: NW Colleges
Published Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ugly losses, a frustrated fan base, a coach under fire; it's been a rough first two seasons for Paul Wulff at Washington State.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009

Nikki DePeel (Hanford/CBC) scored 22 points and her 11-for-12 performance from the free throw line helped the Lewis-Clark State College women's basketball team defeat Northwest Christian University 87-48 on Monday.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009

SEATTLE -- University of Washington basketball coach Lorenzo Romar announced Monday that 6-foot-9 sophomore forward Brendan Sherrer had made the 14th-ranked team as a walk-on.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009

EUGENE -- University of Oregon football coach Chip Kelly says there's nothing to report about the possible reinstatement of suspended running back LeGarrette Blount.

Published Monday, Nov. 02, 2009

NEW YORK -- Texas took a small step forward in the Bowl Championship Series standings Sunday, and the remaining unbeaten teams held down the first seven spots.

Published Monday, Nov. 02, 2009

PULLMAN -- Washington State football has morphed into Chinese water torture, with a twist.

Published Monday, Nov. 02, 2009

PULLMAN -- Washington State football coach Paul Wulff said that junior strong safety Chima Nwachukwu is expected to miss at least one game with the ankle sprain he suffered in Saturday's 40-14 loss to Notre Dame.

Published Sunday, Nov. 01, 2009

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Before he took his first snap in college, Jimmy Clausen arrived on the Notre Dame campus in a stretch limo to announce he would sign a letter of intent with the Fighting Irish.

Published Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Washington State coach Paul Wulff has expressed concern that his young team might get caught up in the aura of Notre Dame's storied football tradition and forget to focus solely on the Fighting Irish team that takes the field today in the Alamodome.

Published Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

PULLMAN -- Charlie Weis hopes for a mercy killing when Notre Dame battles Washington State on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas.

Published Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

BERKELEY, Calif. -- The California Bears do everything fast.

Published Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009

SEATTLE -- This is really taking the rivalry between Oregon and Washington fans to new heights.

Published Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Paul Wulff's dream job turned into a nightmare by his second game as coach of the Washington State Cougars.

Published Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- Pete Carroll touts Oregon State tailback Jacquizz Rodgers as the second coming of Emmitt Smith.

Published Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009

PROVO, Utah -- TCU can't reach the BCS without a win over BYU.

Published Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009

WSU (1-5, 0-4) vs. Cal (4-2, 1-2)

Published Monday, Oct. 19, 2009

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Nobody in the Washington Huskies camp was certain what broke down on Arizona State's final touchdown -- a 50-yard pass from Danny Sullivan to Chris McGaha with no defender in sight -- in the final seconds of Saturday night's 24-17 Pacific-10 Conference loss.

Published Monday, Oct. 19, 2009

NEW YORK -- Florida, Alabama and Texas hold the top three spots in the first BCS standings and control their fates in the national championship race.

Published Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- In his first start of the season, Cody Kempt threw three touchdown passes, including a 36-yarder in overtime, to lead Montana State (4-2) past South Dakota (3-4).

Published Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

TACOMA -- Taylor Eglet threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to former Royal standout Kyle Scroggins and Whitworth (3-4, 1-2 Northwest Conference) scored all 24 points in the second quarter in a win over Puget Sound (0-5, 0-2).

Published Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

SEATTLE -- Garrett Rolsma kicked a 44-yard field goal with 32 seconds remaining to cap a run of 23 unanswered points in the second half as Central Washington (8-0, 3-0 GNAC) came back to defeat Western Oregon (3-4, 2-2) in front of 5,374 fans at Battle in Seattle VII at Qwest Field.

Published Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

MISSOULA, Mont. -- Chase Reynolds plunged into the end zone from 1 yard out with 1:18 to play Saturday to lift Montana to a 41-34 victory over Eastern Washington.

Published Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The last time Danny Sullivan played at home, he was booed off the field. Now, the cheers are probably still ringing in his ears.

Published Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

MOSCOW, Idaho -- De'Maundray Woolridge rushed for four touchdowns and finished with 81 yards to lead Idaho past visiting Hawaii 35-23.

Published Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009

All three Division I basketball programs in Eastern Washington opened practice Friday.

Published Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009

SEATTLE -- A summer day camp. A Bible camp. Teaching preschool and English classes.

Published Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009

MOSCOW -- Idaho football coach Robb Akey won't lie: today's game against Hawaii is huge, as the Vandals seek to become bowl eligible for the first time in a decade.

Published Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Before the Washington Huskies can think about a bowl game, coach Steve Sarkisian says they'd better figure out how to win a game on the road.

Published Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

PULLMAN -- This news flash just in, courtesy of the Washington State Cougars: Basketball players prefer offense over defense.

Published Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

MOSCOW, Idaho -- Five-and-one, perched atop the Western Athletic Conference standings, a first-time vote in a regular-season football poll and on the brink of bowl eligibility -- the insanity continues at the University of Idaho.

Published Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

ELLENSBURG -- Ryan Robertson will start at quarterback for third-ranked Central Washington against Western Oregon.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009

PULLMAN -- The Washington State basketball team will be counting heavily on young talent this season, and one of the Cougars' most heralded freshmen resumed working out with the team Monday.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009

SEATTLE -- If Washington hadn't gotten the quirkiest of bounces to beat Arizona, talk of returning to a bowl game would be considered outlandish and inconceivable.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009

PULLMAN -- While pleased with his team's victory over Washington State -- his third in as many years as Arizona State head coach -- Dennis Erickson made it clear there were aspects of the Sun Devils' performance that concerned him.

Published Monday, Oct. 12, 2009

PULLMAN -- The Washington State Cougars, despite all their struggles in recent years, had a truly great player in their midst at Saturday's game.

Published Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

PULLMAN -- Dennis Erickson took a hit for his team Saturday.

Published Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

ARCATA, Calif. -- Central Washington (7-0, 2-0 GNAC) overcame a 20-13 halftime deficit with three second-half touchdowns, including two by Randall Eldridge, as the fourth-ranked Wildcats held off an upset-minded Humboldt State (3-3, 0-3).

Published Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

MISSOULA, Mont. -- Marc Mariani caught six passes for 200 yards and two touchdowns and Chase Reynolds rushed for 109 yards and scored three times as Montana (5-0) rallied past Cal Poly (2-3).

Published Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

ST. PETER, Minn. -- Pacific Lutheran receiver Greg Ford broke his own school record with 292 receiving yards but the Lutes (1-3) fell to Gustavus Adolphus (2-3) on a 1-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Becker to Elliott Herdina with 12 seconds left.

Published Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

CORVALLIS -- Jacquizz Rodgers upstaged Toby Gerhart. Rodgers ran for a career-high 189 yards and four touchdowns as Oregon State (4-2, 2-1 Pac-10) beat Stanford (4-2, 3-1).

Published Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

CHENEY -- Trevyn Smith rushed for 143 yards and Cameron Higgins threw two touchdown passes as Weber State (3-3, 3-1 Big Sky) spoiled Eastern Washington's (4-2, 3-1) homecoming.

Published Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

PULLMAN -- Dennis Erickson took a hit for his team Saturday.

Published Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

SPOKANE -- Aaron Williams ran for 102 yards and three touchdowns as seventh-ranked Linfield (5-0, 2-0 NWC) clinched its NCAA-record 54th consecutive winning season by beating Whitworth (2-4, 0-2).

Published Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

PASADENA, Calif. -- When Oregon puts together the highlight reel of its remarkable turnaround from that season-opening loss to Boise State, the Ducks probably could leave the first four minutes of this second half unedited.

Published Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- DeMaundray Woolridge scored on a 5-yard run with just over a minute to play as Idaho (5-1, 2-0 WAC) beat San Jose State (1-4, 0-1), ending a four-game losing streak to the Spartans.

Published Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009

PULLMAN -- His football team is young, battered and fighting desperately to avoid a 1-11 season.

Published Thursday, Oct. 08, 2009

PULLMAN -- One football after another after another gets snapped flawlessly on extra points, field goals and punts, and no one gives a second thought to who might be delivering the ball.

Published Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009

EUGENE -- Few visiting teams have been able to quiet the raucous crowds that pack Autzen Stadium, but Washing-ton State managed to pull it off Saturday night, to their ever-lasting regret.

Published Saturday, Oct. 03, 2009

EUGENE -- Jeff Tuel's last name is pronounced "tool," so headline writers figure to have plenty of fun with Washington State's new quarterback over the next four years.

Published Saturday, Oct. 03, 2009

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Don't ask the Washington Huskies about Touchdown Jesus, Knute Rockne or the Four Horsemen.


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