HS Round-Up 9.9: Deer Park Tops Lakeside; NC Wins Rivalry Showdown

Thursday featured a few big matchups with the first contest between elite NEA sides saw Deer Park prevail at home against Lakeside while North Central claimed bragging rights in their rivalry with Shadle Park in a contest that is now a non-league affair due to classifications. 

HS Round-Up 9.7 & 9.8: Same Story as NEA Opens Season

Tuesday was a big night as it was the start of the Northeast A League and featured quite a few non-league fixtures for the rest of the area schools. 

Non-League Action Underway for High Schools

 It was Labor Day weekend, but it was no holiday for a handful of high school programs that got in their first bit of preseason non-league action - aside from Wednesday's jamborees. There were six games on Friday and a few more on Saturday with a mixture of match-ups that ranged from league foes to sides from north Idaho, central Washington and local lower league teams.

Local College Action Kicks Off in Spokane

Normality, to some degree, is back when it comes to college soccer, and it kicks off Thursday night with Gonzaga playing host to Eastern Washington. The following day the Bulldog men host an exhibition against NAIA program College of Idaho, which is sticking around to play CC Spokane on Sunday. 

Not long after action begins to stir at Whitworth with the men's program playing host to Northwest University (NAIA) on Tuesday.

NWAC RECAP - Surprise Rise from Blue Mountain Men; Spokane Women Go Unbeaten

Hampered by the pandemic, the NWAC East carried on in a modified format this spring with a team missing each from the men's and women's groups and a schedule that was far from balanced due to travel and cancelations that popped up during the season. In the end, though, it was the Blue Mountain men and the CC Spokane women that were the top sides based on points per game.

GSL Stat Leaders for Spring 2021 Girls 3A/4A

Check out the Stat Leaderboards for the Spring 2021 Girls GSL 3A/4A regular season (as tabulated by INWsoccernews)...

Catching Up With Collegiate Soccer

Well... It has been quite a year... but the time has finally come for most collegiate players in and from around the region. 

Here is a round-up of where things stand with area leagues and programs since we last checked in with things at the end of 2019. The following summation begins with area leagues with significant representation in the inland northwest and conclude with leagues with one or two members in the region.