Saturday, September 15, 2012

Shannon Falls Excursion

On our way to our game against Quest University, we had a beautiful drive on the infamous Sea to Sky Highway.

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We also stopped at Shannon Falls, the third highest waterfall in British Columbia. (1,099 feet)

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Friday, September 14, 2012

EWU Player Fun Fact

Parker Kelly's father Terry started 80 straight games for the Washington State Cougars and led them to the 1980 NCAA tournament. Terry's #44 jersey is one of two retired at Gonzaga Prep (The other being John Stockton)

APOLOGIES

Dear blog friends,

Thank-you so much for following our trip! Due to a high volume of page views, our blog was flagged by Google as a potential "spam blog." For this reason, we were unable to post anything new the past 48 hours. We have just been put back on though, and wanted to thank-you for your continued support! GO EAGS!!

6th Game: EWU vs. Trinity Western


The Eastern Eagles capped off an undefeated Canadian tour with a decisive 86-57 victory over the Trinity Western Spartans in Langley, British Columbia. Wednesday night's win gives the Eagles its sixth win in six days.
Remarkably, in all six games, a new leading scorer emerged;  four of the six being freshmen. Thomas Reuter led the way for the Eags against the Spartans with an efficient 16 points in 22 minutes.
For more on the game on our game and the trip to Canada here’s coach Hayford.


Wednesday, September 12, 2012

EWU Player Fun Fact

Venky Jois from Boronia, Australia wants to become a doctor, has been playing piano for a number of years, gets mildly annoyed by Crocodile Dundee references, and enjoys doing this on the fast break... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgLPS0Ii2co&feature=youtu.be

Game Photos: vs. Thompson Rivers and the University of Victoria









Photo Credit: Armando Tura / Vikes Athletics and Allen Douglas Photos

If there are photos you would like to purchase, some of these are available at www.neatpicture.com

Game Tonight... Watch EWU live vs. Trinity Western

Our final game of the tour against Trinity Western will be available for free online at http://canadawest.tv/

Tip-off starts at 6:15pm (PST)

Hope you can tune in! Go EAGS!