
Mark Nelke
Sports Editor at Coeur d’Alene Press
Coeur d'Alene Press sports editor Mark Nelke covers North Idaho high school and North Idaho College sports, with a touch of Idaho Vandals mixed in
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1 month ago |
cdapress.com | Mark Nelke
By MARK NELKE Sports editor Basketball teams can go just about anywhere and play a lot of games in a short period of time. So what’s behind the growing popularity of the CDA Summer Shootout, a hoops tourney featuring (mostly) high school teams, the fifth edition of which is scheduled for June 20-22 in Post Falls? “In Year 5 now, the word is out,” tournament director Jon Adams said.
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1 month ago |
cdapress.com | Mark Nelke
By MARK NELKE Sports editor 6A The Coeur d’Alene High softball team has lost just two games heading into the state 6A tournament, which begins today at Eagle High and at Owyhee High in Meridian. The Viking coaches studied those two losses, made an adjustment and the team has resumed its winning, hitting ways. The adjustment? “Taking pitches,” seventh-year Coeur d’Alene softball coach Bobbi Darretta said.
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cdapress.com | Mark Nelke
By MARK NELKE Sports editor Two things any high school team looks for are senior leadership and an experienced coaching staff. Brandon Williams, in his first year as head baseball coach at Coeur d’Alene High, is grateful for both. “Having Kolbe Coey roaming the outfield for me, having Harrison (Trunkey-Evans) in the infield (at shortstop), Tyson Voorhees (second base), both those guys up the middle, is absolutely crucial,” Williams said of three of his seniors.
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1 month ago |
cdapress.com | Mark Nelke
By MARK NELKE Sports editor COEUR d’ALENE — Needing only one win on Saturday to advance, the Coeur d’Alene Vikings’ stay at this newfangled thing called the 6A Play-in Series North qualifier was extended one more game by a 10-1 loss to the Lake City Timberwolves in their first game. No problem for the Vikings.
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cdapress.com | Mark Nelke
By MARK NELKE Sports editor COEUR d’ALENE — A lineup switch by Coeur d’Alene High baseball coach Brandon Williams put junior Bam Fenter in the spotlight early Friday evening at Lake City High.
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