Mike Leach
in aloha shirt seen in a Washington State Football Facebook page posting on 2/24/2019
with message reading, “We are looking forward to Springtime here in Pullman,
WA...and Spring Football!”
See photo:
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WSU
BASEBALL: Cougars Use Six-run Eighth Inning For Comeback Win
From WSU
Sports Info
SANTA
CLARA, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2019) – Washington State used a six-run eighth inning
to post a 10-6 victory over Santa Clara Sunday, splitting the series 2-2.
Freshmen
led the way for the Cougars (2-6) as designated hitter Kyle Manzardo recorded
four hit and drove in three runs while fellow freshman third baseman and high
school teammate Kodie Kolden added three hits and three RBI. Freshman Tyson
Guerrero came off the bench to play centerfield in the seventh, singled and
walked and came in to close things out in the ninth.
Senior
catcher Rob Teel singled home the go-ahead runs in the seventh inning.
In the
second inning, Manzardo got the inning going by punching a two-strike pitch the
other way down the left field line for a double and later came home on Garrett
Gouldsmith’s RBI-single into right centerfield for a 1-0 advantage.
In the
bottom half of the inning, Santa Clara used a leadoff double, a balk and a
squeeze bunt to even things at 1-1. Later in the inning, the Broncos took a 2-1
lead with a two-out RBI-single through the right side.
In the
third inning, Sinatro pulled a single to right field and later scored on
Manzardo’s opposite field RBI-double into left centerfield that tied the game
at two. In the bottom of the inning, SCU opened the inning back-to-back home
runs to left field for a 4-2 advantage.
In the
fourth inning, the Cougars loaded the bases with one out but Santa Clara ended
the threat with a 4-6-3 double play. WSU put one on the board in the fifth
inning as Sinatro was hit by a pitch and Andres Alvarez singled to right before
Manzardo brought home Sinatro with a sacrifice fly to right field. SCU limited
the inning by getting a pair of flyouts, stranding a pair of runners and preserving
a 4-3 advantage.
In the
seventh, Collin Montez pulled a one-out double just inside the first base bag
and down the right field line for a double. A walk and a wild pitch put runners
on second and third for Kolden who singled back up the middle to score Montez
but the second runner was thrown out by the shortstop who had made a diving
stop deep up the middle and fired home to get the second runner and kept it
4-4.
Santa
Clara opened their half of the seventh with a solo homer to left, their third
solo shot of the game for a 5-4 advantage.
In the
eighth, Plew led off with walk and Guerrero followed with a two-strike single
into center after taking over in centerfield for Sinatro who was ejected for
arguing balls and strikes in the seventh. Alvarez followed with a bunt that
Santa Clara couldn’t make a play on, loading the bases with nobody out.
Manzardo stepped in a pulled a single through the right side for a game-tying
RBI-single and Teel delivered a go-ahead two-run single to left field for a 7-5
advantage. One batter later, Kolden doubled off the third base bag that scored
two and Brody Barnum followed with a one-out squeeze bunt for a 10-5 Cougar
lead.
In the
bottom of the eighth, Santa Clara used a pair of singles around a wild pitch to
push one run across, cutting the WSU lead to 10-6.
In the
ninth, the first two SCU hitters singled and the Cougars called in
centerfielder Tyson Guerrero to pitch with runners on the corners and nobody
out. The freshman lefthander clinched the win and his first career save by
getting a popout, a strikeout and a fly out.
INSIDE THE
BOX SCORE
Gouldsmith’s
RBI-single in the 2nd gave him a hit in all 4 games of the series
Danny
Sinatro singled in the 3rd inning, extending his on-base streak to 7 straight
games
Manzardo
recorded a season high 4 hits and 3 RBI
Kodie
Kolden recorded a season high 3 hits and 3 RBI
Alvarez
singled in the 5th to extend his hitting streak to 5 straight games
Connor
Barison struck out the only batter he faced in the 7th
Davis
Baillie struck out both batters he faced to end the 7th, earned the win
Dillon
Plew walked in the 8th, has reached base in all 8 games
Tyson
Guerrero singled in the 8th for his first career hit, struck out 1 in the 9th
for 1st career save
Hayden
Rosenkrantz starter, ND, 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 3 K, 1 BB
NEXT UP
The
Cougars will return to Pullman for a four-game series with Nevada beginning
Thursday at 6 p.m.
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Missed
Chances Down the Stretch do in WSU
2/24/2019
| WSU Women's Basketball from WSU Sports Info
...
SALT LAKE
CITY - With a handful of chances to tie or take the lead in the final minutes,
Washington State (9-18, 4-12) could not get the shots to fall when needed as
Utah (20-8, 9-7) held on for a 75-67 win Sunday afternoon. Down by as much as
12 late in the third quarter, the Cougars mounted a quick strike counter attack
to claw their way back into the game. Led by Borislava Hristova, WSU would put
together a 10-2 run in a two minute span that closed out the third and began
the fourth. The Cougars would add a 7-0 run minutes later that cut the Ute lead
to just two points with 7:06 to play as Hristova and Chanelle Molina took over
the game. With the game within reach the Cougars would have five different
occasions to tie or take the lead but the ball would not cooperate. After
missing a free throw that would have knotted the game at 62 apiece, the Cougs
would score just one more basket in the final 3:16 allowing the Utes to pull
away for the win.
WSU Coach Kamie
Ethridge Quote:
"I
just thought Utah beat us in transition the number of times on a make or a miss
they just hustled it up the floor and get a wide open three. We gave up three
of them on offensive rebounds. Three threes on offensive rebounds in the first
half. Kind of cleaned that up in the second but in early offense we just don't
run the floor hard enough. It's not anything other than we have got to be
better. We've got to be better at trans-D. It is the thing that I think beat us
tonight. Again, I think 5-on-5 we did a good job on them, did some good things
defensively. Transition they killed us and it was the difference in the
game."
INFO:
The Cougs
dropped both ends of season series with the Utes for the second consecutive
season. WSU finished 1-8 on the road in conference play after playing its final
road game of the regular season.
Borislava
Hristova scored a team-best 22 points as the redshirt-junior posted her 14th
20+ point game of the year, 3rd most in WSU single season history. She scored
18 of her 22 in the second half. She has gone for double-digits in 26 of 27
games this season. She added five rebounds and three assists.
Chanelle
Molina ended her day with 14 points while adding four rebounds and four
assists. Molina became just the fourth Cougar in program history to play 1,000
minutes in a season at the eight minute mark of the first quarter. She played
37 minutes in the game for WSU.
The Utes
were led by the career day out of Kiana Moore who scored 26 points including
hitting 6-of-9 from deep, one off of the school record of seven three-pointers
in a game. Megan Huff, playing in her final home game, ended the day with 25
points and 12 rebounds.
For the
game, the Cougs outshot the Utes, 47.3%-to-44.4% but Utah hit 10-of-28 from
deep while the Cougs finished 7-of-15.
With 37
minutes played Chanelle Molina ran her season total to 1,029 minutes, tying Tia
Presley’s 2013-14 season for the all-time minutes played record. Presley played
1,029 minutes in 34 games where as Molina has played 1,029 minutes in 27
contest.
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MEN’S
BASKETBALL WSU
Old
Cougars emerge
By COLTON
CLARK of the Lewiston Tribune Feb 24, 2019
PULLMAN —
Washington State initially emerged on Saturday night at Beasley Coliseum as the
group that had triumphed in three of its last four.
It was
apportioning the ball, flying past Utah in transition, flushing jams and
netting treys for 3,199 reinvigorated fans to behold.
But as the
minutes passed, a nine-point advantage and a whole lot of Cougar gusto
dissipated rapidly and “we looked like our Washington State of about six weeks
ago,” boss Ernie Kent said, which brought forth a 92-79 WSU defeat.
The Utes
(15-12, 9-6 Pac-12) — boasting the No. 30 offense and 256th-ranked defense
(KenPom) — manufactured double-digit rallies late in the first and early in the
second and overcame a 29-point night, on 63 percent shooting, from Robert
Franks.
Those surges
were far too much for a lagging Wazzu to overcome, as it trailed by about 10
points for the better part of the second half.
“We
started the game extremely well and in a great rhythm, then as soon as we had
to sub … (we got) out of that rotation we’ve been in,” Kent said. “I feel like
the momentum of the game got away from us and we really never gained it back.”
Underneath,
the Cougars (11-16, 4-10) lacked their “glue-guy” in Jeff Pollard, who Kent
said is generally responsible for pivotal efforts that don’t appear on stat
sheets — diving for loose balls, taking charges, etc.
With
Pollard sidelined with a concussion suffered Wednesday against Colorado, WSU’s
attack on the glass was severely limited, the overall display was
“discombobulated,” Kent said, and the Cougs relied on low-percentage looks,
many of which were taken in haste down the stretch.
“I
certainly thought there were a few times where guys tried to do too much,” Kent
said. “The ball didn’t move, the ball didn’t rotate, stuff was hurried a little
bit and you end up knocking yourself out of rhythm.”
Meanwhile,
Utah was opportunistic and ablaze. Five Utes combined to hit 16-of-35 long
balls, and Sedrick Barefield — who WSU’s Viont’e Daniels said was at the top of
the scouting report — made Wazzu pay for any minor blunder.
He booked
a game-best 33 points on 10-of-19 shooting (five 3s), often lining up with a
defender afoot and raining down triples.
“There
were some plays where we didn’t get out to him on pick and rolls, jump
switches,” said Daniels, who booked 13 points on 80 percent after playing
limited minutes recently.
Kent said
“it was us” rather than crediting a sharp-shooting Utes showing. When Barefield
was fouled while splashing a 3 from about four steps beyond the arc to cap the
first run — a 14-2 one late in the first (40-33 Utes lead afterward) — it was
the Cougs who could’ve closed out, or not gotten touchy.
When
Parker Van Dyke (17 points, five 3s) canned consecutive triples midway through
the second to stamp an 11-2 spurt complete and go up 64-50, it was the Cougs
who could not score in response, and it was the Cougs who gave Utah those
chances via turnovers (11 total) and single-shot possessions.
“There
were a lot of miscues, a lot of stagnant, a lot of standing going on in our
offense,” Daniels said of the second half, which the Utes closed out at the
charity stripe. “Utah’s a good halfcourt team. They sat on us and we didn’t get
the looks that we normally get.”
In the
first, however, WSU shot efficiently — much better than Utah — controlled the
boards and appeared swift and fluid.
Three
minutes passed, and Wazzu was up 10-2, a lead procured by a Franks 3 and nifty
show-and-go finish off a steal, both emblematic of his performance.
Franks
logged 22 points in the first half, including four of WSU’s 12 total 3s, but
was keyed on by a “more aggressive” Utes defense in the second, limiting him to
seven points. He also grabbed seven boards, while CJ Elleby ended with 16
points — he bounced back in the second after a slow start — and seven rebounds.
The Cougs
got 12 points out of Marvin Cannon. Utah boasted four double-figure scorers,
including Donnie Tillman (16 points, 11 boards) and Riley Battin (11 points).
WSU had an
edge for about 15 minutes of game time before Utah initiated its tilt-altering
run.
“We
started out fast,” Daniels said. “But we just need to learn how to close out
halves, and we also gotta learn how to close out games.”
UTAH (15-12)
Battin 5-9
0-0 11, Gach 1-4 3-4 5, Tillman 6-11 0-1 16, Johnson 1-1 1-3 3, Barefield 10-19
8-10 33, Topalovic 2-2 0-0 4, Van Dyke 5-9 2-2 17, Jones 1-4 0-0 3. Totals
31-59 14-20 92.
WASHINGTON
ST. (11-16)
Wade 2-7
0-0 4, Franks 10-16 5-5 29, Cannon 4-8 3-3 12, Daniels 4-5 2-2 13, Ali 1-6 2-3
5, Cooper 0-0 0-0 0, Elleby 5-12 3-7 16, Kunc 0-1 0-1 0, Robinson 0-3 0-0 0.
Totals 26-58 15-21 79.
Halftime_Utah
45-43. 3-Point Goals_Utah 16-35 (Van Dyke 5-9, Barefield 5-10, Tillman 4-7,
Jones 1-3, Battin 1-4, Gach 0-2), Washington St. 12-26 (Franks 4-8, Daniels
3-4, Elleby 3-4, Cannon 1-2, Ali 1-5, Kunc 0-1, Robinson 0-2). Fouled Out_Ali.
Rebounds_Utah 28 (Tillman 11), Washington St. 31 (Elleby, Franks 7).
Assists_Utah 18 (Tillman, Barefield 4), Washington St. 13 (Daniels 6). Total
Fouls_Utah 18, Washington St. 21. A_3,199 (11,671).
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Dodging
drought
Favorable
farming conditions will hinge on spring rains
By KATHY
HEDBERG of the Lewiston Idaho Tribune Feb 24, 2019
It may
seem unlikely — considering the precipitation of the past couple of weeks — but
Idaho and Washington could be headed for an abnormally dry summer.
The
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently issued a climate
prediction showing a worsening outlook for drought across the region. Both
eastern Washington and Idaho, based on short- and long-term forecasts, may
expect an abnormally dry spring and summer, according to the report.
“The
seasonal outlooks forecast for the spring are showing warmer-than-normal
conditions and drier-than-normal for the Northwest,” said Karin Bumbaco, who
conducts research as the assistant state climatologist with the Office of the
Washington State Climatologist.
“So I
think that is a bit concerning, both with what snowpack we have, and we may not
build up as much through the latter part of the snow season as what we’ve seen
the last few years.”
While the
situation seemed more dire in January, which was an unusually warm and dry
month throughout the Pacific Northwest, Bumbaco said the precipitation of the
early part of February helped replenish snowpacks, particularly in the Cascade
Mountain region and the panhandle of Idaho.
“I’ve been
pleased with how the snowpack has improved over the last month,” she said. The
Cascade region has built up to about 85 percent of normal, while Idaho’s snow
level is between 90 percent to 95 percent of normal.
Climatologists
“are nowhere as concerned as it looked (in December), and it looks like we’ll
have another cool week or two in the Northwest. But there is some concern
still.”
Bumbaco
said long-term trends throughout the Northwest show temperatures have been
warming in all seasons of the year.
“I think
that’s becoming clear,” she said. “Washington state had the warmest year on
record in 2015, and that’s going back to 1895. In terms of snow, there hasn’t
been as much of a drop-off in snow over the last 30 years, but longer-term
trends show it has decreased overall. I do expect there to be more decrease in
our snowpack in Washington and Idaho in the future than what we’ve already
seen, due to climate change.”
Defining
‘drought’
Drought is
defined by the National Weather Service as a deficiency in precipitation over
an extended period. It is a normal, recurrent pattern that occurs in all
climate zones, and the duration of droughts varies widely.
Sometimes
droughts develop quickly and last only a short time. There are other cases,
when coupled with extreme heat and wind, that droughts can span multiple years
or even decades.
The
National Integrated Drought Information System was established by Congress in
2006 to implement a monitoring system at federal, state and local levels. The
system includes monitoring, forecasting, response, research and education and
it features outlooks and monthly field reports from various agencies across the
country.
Drought
has a major impact on agriculture, resulting in soil water deficits and reduced
groundwater and reservoir levels needed for irrigation.
According
to federal data, there have been three or four major droughts in the past 100
years. In the 1930s Dust Bowl and the 1950s, droughts lasted five to seven
years and covered large areas of the continental U.S. Agricultural losses
during these events have cost the country hundreds of billions of dollars.
Since
2000, the longest duration of drought in Idaho lasted 258 weeks, beginning on
Jan. 30, 2001, and ending on Jan. 3, 2006. The most intense period occurred in
2003 when the drought affected 40.78 percent of Idaho land.
In
Washington, the longest duration of drought since 2000 lasted 116 weeks,
beginning Jan. 7, 2014, and ending March 22, 2016. The most severe period
occurred in August 2015 when 84.6 percent of Washington land was affected,
according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Too early
to panic
In spite
of the warnings, it’s too early yet for farmers to panic, said Steve Van Vleet,
a regional Extension specialist with Washington State University at Whitman
County.
“It’s been
very, very dry, but our springs have been relatively wet, and that’s when we
get a lot of moisture,” Van Vleet said. “It was drier than normal, but when it
comes to crop production, we had the highest yields ever this last year.”
The lack
of rainfall in September and October caused some farmers to delay planting
their winter wheat crops, which means plants may not have been fully emerged
when the winter weather hit.
“The snow
we’re getting now is good, but if the snow is not available earlier and if we
have extremely cold temperatures below zero, then that’s when we really have
problems,” he said. “We really haven’t had that, so our crops should be quite
good this year, too. Especially if we get spring rains like we’re used to.”
Farmers
count on getting their spring crops planted during a window of time between
March and May, then keep their fingers crossed for a good sprinkling the latter
part of June.
That
moisture rejuvenates winter crops that have lain dormant over the winter and
gives the spring seedlings a boost to keep growing over the summer, when there
may be no further rain.
“If we
don’t have rain starting in April and May … that’s when we could really get
worried,” Van Vleet said. “There could be a serious problem for our spring
crops, and it will reduce yields of winter grain crops also. That’s the time
frame that growers are going to be most concerned about.”
Lack of
moisture also makes plants susceptible to disease and pests, he said. Many
insects thrive in hot temperatures, and stripe rust, a fungus that affects
grain crops, is likely to be a big problem.
“If you
don’t have a hard winter to kill those (threats),” he said, “then we can have a
problem with all crops.”
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Company that’s pursuing controversial marijuana facility
near Pullman issues a call to action
From Pullman Radio News 11:15am 2/24.2019
The company that is pursuing a controversial marijuana
facility near Pullman that’s led to a possible moratorium on marijuana
businesses countywide has issued a call to action. Selway Holding’s LLC wants to grow, process
and research marijuana Southwest of town on Country Club Road. The proposal is opposed by several neighbors. Washington State University wants a stay on
the application so they can determine if the operation will affect their dairy
farm next door. Pullman Regional
Hospital has expressed concerns with the plan along with the Whitman County
Sheriff.
The Whitman County Commissioners have agreed to explore a
moratorium on new marijuana businesses.
They will learn more about the legalities of a moratorium Monday morning
from their legal counsel. That workshop
is at 11:00 in the Whitman County Courthouse in Colfax.
Selway Holdings has issued a call to action on its website
https://www.growpullmanscience.com/.
They are asking marijuana industry supporters to attend Monday's meeting
to make their voice heard. Monday’s
workshop is open to the public but the public will be prohibited from
commenting. Neighbors opposed to the
proposed marijuana facility have set up their own website at https://healthypalouse.com
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SPORTS
John Blanchette: Aye, there’s the snub: Give these epic
films a sporting chance
UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 22, 2019, 11 p.m.
By John Blanchette Spokane S-R
So the Oscars air on Sunday night without a host, which
should free up time for more virtue-signaling from presenters and honorees.
As we know, this wasn’t by design. But after the Academy
originally announced Kevin Hart as the evening’s ringmaster, it took about 30
seconds for a raging case of homophobia to be uncovered in the attic of his
Twitter account. Rather than bow to the Academy’s ultimatum that he apologize,
Hart resigned – and then launched a weird damage-control tour that whipsawed
from “Sorry” to “Whatever.”
If all the Academy sought was a quick apology, why didn’t it
turn to sports? Everybody’s sorry in sports, especially when their Twitter
histories are exhumed.
Heisman winner Kyler Murray released an apology for his old
tweets faster than he can get rid of a football in the face of a pass rush.
Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner was sorry. Josh Hader of the Brewers
had “no excuse.”
Athletes can play the apology game. Comedians – Hart, Louis
C.K., Kathy Griffin – suck at it.
So surely any athlete full of contrition would make a fine
Oscars host. But, as usual, sports get the back of the hand from the Academy –
which also snubbed these epic films in the nominations this year:
BlacKkKlansman – Colin Kaepernick settles his collusion suit
with the NFL and volunteers to go undercover for the league as a quarterback.
Fifty Shades Freed – Washington State continues to madly mix
and match football uniform and helmet colors – never the same combo twice. But
surely it’s no coincidence that the Cougars win a record 11 games while
scrapping the crimson-numbers-on- anthracite-tops abomination.
A Star Is Born – Loyola-Chicago becomes the latest
Cinderella to crash the Final Four. So how come the only memorable character is
the Fairy Godmother, Sister Jean?
A Wrinkle in Time – The digital time code on video reveals
that Idaho’s winning shot over Eastern Washington in women’s basketball comes
too late, though referees timing the replay by hand rule otherwise. EWU
announces that the next game will be Stopwatch Night, with free admission to
fans bringing timing devices, including hourglasses.
Bad Times at the El Royale – National champion Clemson
agrees to be feted at the Trump White House, only to be served grub from
McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s.
Game Night – Santa Clara takes out a full-page ad in The
Spokesman-Review touting a planned basketball operations building, declaring
“Game On” in a giant headline. Follow-up headline: Gonzaga 98, Broncos 39.
Ben Is Back – And back and back and back again to the drop
area, after putting seven golf balls in the water and carding 17 on the second
hole of a Web.com tour event. Ben DeArmond stars in the Kevin Costner Tin Cup role.
Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Cougars football coach Mike Leach
and Pac-12 general counsel Woodie Dixon swap kinder, gentler texts about replay
protocol and targeting calls.
If Beale Street Could Talk – New Memphis basketball coach
Penny Hardaway claims other college basketball coaches are jealous of him.
Cold War – Following a training camp holdout, Earl Thomas
signals to the Seahawks sideline that the franchise is No. 1 as he’s carted off
the field with a broken leg.
Green Book – Colin Kaepernick’s agent drives his client from
one NFL training camp to another, and still he’s not allowed in the door.
Smallfoot – Jose Canseco is ready to show you where to stalk
aliens and Bigfoot. Just bring $5,000 cash and wear a tinfoil batting helmet.
Solo: A Star Wars Story – The French Fencing Federation
recognizes lightsaber dueling as an official sport.
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot – Teenage basketball
superstar Zion Williamson blows through his Nike sweatshop sneaker and injures
a knee 33 seconds into Duke’s game with North Carolina.
Bohemian Rhapsody – WSU quarterback Gardner Minshew shows up
at the Alamo Bowl in a ’70s era Cougar leisure suit, disco shirt open to the
navel and gold chain.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – The Mountain West Conference
tries to lure Gonzaga into jumping leagues and it’s going well until somebody
leaks a picture to the players showing Laramie in January.
You Were Never Really Here – Five-star football recruit Bru
McCoy enters the NCAA transfer portal and leaves USC after being on campus just
three weeks.
Ralph Breaks the Internet – Spokesman-Review sports editor
Ralph Walter is so gaga about publishing an 8,000-word retrospective of a
fictional EWU baseball team that he forgets to send a reporter to that night’s
Zags game.
The First Purge – Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto guts
the roster and declares the team will be taking a “step back.” Just how far
back isn’t clear until the Mariner Moose shows up as the Opening Day center
fielder.
Mary Poppins Returns – After four years of teasing from his
Gonzaga teammates about his hops, Josh Perkins actually dunks in a game. But
there’s a suspicious umbrella in his locker.
The Favourite – UMBC becomes the first 16 seed in the NCAA
tournament to topple a No. 1, blasting Virginia by 20 points. Pundits suggest
grandfathering the Retrievers into the bracket every year.
Night School – Mike Leach cooks up a class for Washington
State students called Insurgent Warfare and Football Strategy. Extra credit if
you can tell him how to beat the Huskies.
Black Panther – Carolina offers Colin Kaepernick an NFL
contract, but to win the quarterback job he must don a Vibranium suit and kill
Cam Newton in ritual combat.
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