WSU Men's Club Soccer v. Spokane Spiders

The Men's Club Soccer Team competed for regional dominance last weekend as they hosted the Whitman Men's Soccer Team and the Spokane Spiders, a semi-pro team. Although the Cougs lost to Whitman, their performance against the spiders was nothing short of fantastic. Check out the slide-show below to see some of the action through the camera lens.

Special thanks to Austin Shelton for letting me use his camera.

One Mans Journey

Cougar Football 2008

Saturday marked the end of spring football. After four-weeks and 15 days of practice, the Cougars strutted their stuff for more than 1,000 fans hoping to get a peak of things to come. If you attended the Spring Game, let us know what you thought about the team. Even if your weren't there, feel free to take the time to complete our Cougar football survey.

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Cougars Split Weekend Series

The Cougars baseball team split its four-game series with UC Davis this Weekend. The Aggies took the rubber game yesterday, outslugging the Cougars 13-11. Coach Donnie Marbut said the Cougars came out hot, but after taking a big lead, they lost their focus.
“It's disappointing when you spot your starting pitcher seven runs and can't hold the lead,” he said. “We seemed to stop playing after the first inning. You look at the scoreboard, see 11 runs and 17 hits, and think it's a lot, but it's not.”
Jim Murphy led the Cougars at the plate. The senior went 4-for-5 with a career high six RBI, including a grand slam in the first inning.
The Cougars next play on Tuesday, when they travel to take on Gonzaga. Game time is set for 6 p.m.

Poem of Aussie

Give Baynes ball,
Baynes dunk ball,
Dunk Baynes dunk!!!

Cougar Coaches Up-Close

Check out this video of two Cougar assistant coaches making a return to the Palouse.

Sweet Sixteen Video.....

A view through the eyes of Jeremy Cross and Taylor Rochestie as they travel to Denver and Charlotte for their historic run to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.

Cougar Baseball up to Bat

The baseball team looks to maintain its winning ways this weekend against Kent State. The teams will play two on Friday, get in a game on Saturday and finish up the series on Sunday. Pending weather, game time is noon each day with the double header starting directly after the first game on Friday.
The Golden Flashes sport a 2-5 record and have lost four of their last five games. The Cougars are winners of seven in a row after opening their season with a loss. Freshman Shea Vuninich (pictured) leads WSU with a .556 batting average while Senior Paul Gran leads the team with 12 RBI. Senior Jim Murphy already has two homeruns this season, giving him 20 for his career.

The end of an era....

This is the first of many team blogs that we will be posting on this site. This first one though is dedicated to the ending of an era. This era being the losing streak that the Men's Cougar basketball team had against the University of Oregon Ducks. This streak had lasted the better part of 7 years, in that we had lost 13 in a row going into Sunday nights game.

I wish that I had been there to see it, as I am sure that Jeremy can give you a first person point of view. I can however tell you that I have another interesting point of view for this thrilling game. I do sports shows. I am currently the Co-Director for a Cable 8 Production Show, "Inside the Lines" and am working on a spin off show called "Trackside" (It's all about motorsports.) I also have a weekly radio show on KUGR, called FNST (Friday Night Sports Talk). In addition to all of this, I get to do KUGR sports coverage of the games (sometimes play by play, sometimes color) or like I was on Sunday, doing studio coverage for pre-game, halftime, and post game.

I have to admit that I was bouncing back and forth watching via Internet the NFC Championship game and the cougars. I listened to the two guys doing coverage, WSU trailing big early, then coming back, Baynes inside early, then D-Low, then Kyle. 34-30 UO at half. Then the second half came, the crowd getting into it, the national TV crew eating it up, and the studio team getting excited. Near the end of the game, I couldn't stand it, I was pacing back and forth like a expecting father. Finally, the free throws go through down the stretch and WSU wins, 69-60. It was great. Now there are downsides to doing this approach (aka not seeing it). However, when you get a chance to be that involved at home....It makes for a great day!

Congratulations Cougs! Back to #6 and tied for first.

Trevor