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Garage to Gonzaga: North Kitsap basketball star Cade Orness commits to his dream school
As a young basketball player, North Kitsap senior Cade Orness made a habit of creating practice plans focusing on personal improvement. He'd tape these plans, handwritten on notebook paper, onto the refrigerator inside his garage. This didn't begin three or four years ago. This was when Orness was in the first grade...
NCAA ratifies immediate eligibility for athletes no matter how many times they switch schools
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NCAA athletes are now eligible to play immediately no matter how many times they transfer — as long as they meet academic requirements — after the association fast-tracked legislation to fall in line with a recent court order. The Division I Board of Directors formally ratified the change to the transfer rule and approved a tweak that allows schools to identify name, image and likeness opportunities and facilitate deals between athletes and third parties. Athletes are not obligated to accept assistance from the school and must maintain authority over the terms in their NIL agreements. Beginning Aug. 1, member schools will be permitted to increase NIL-related support only for athletes who disclose their NIL arrangements.
Hounds blitz Highlanders
The Greyhounds had a good start and a better finish in a 10-0 2A Greater Spokane League baseball victory against the Highlanders of Spokane on Wednesday at Pullman High School. Pullman put up three runs in the first inning to build some early separation. It capped off the game with...
Gonzaga players enjoy time at Ronald McDonald House
SPOKANE, Wash. – Children at Spokane’s Ronald McDonald House had the opportunity to shoot some hoops with Gonzaga basketball players on Tuesday. The players enjoyed ice cream with the children and even did some basketball practice!. It was clearly a special day for several young people at the...
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