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<< Northwest Sports Stories This week, Seaside, Oregon native and current Boise State football safety Alex Teubner joins the show for a short discussion about growing up on the Oregon coast, earning his spot on a college football roster, and the nuances of playing the safety position. Your host Joe Londergan also provides some updates on upcoming changes to college sports leagues on the west coast in the coming years.

<< Northwest Sports Stories Ellensburg, Washington is home to Central Washington University and arguably the nation's best men's college rugby program. Since 2016, New Zealand native Todd Thornley has been the program's head coach and achieved exceptional success. Coach Thornley spoke with host Joe Londergan about the growth of the sport in the region, producing a significant amount of professional and U.S. National Team players, and what coaching rugby has taught him about himself over the years.

<< Northwest Sports Stories Portland State University, Eastern Washington University, and several other schools in the region are members of the Big Sky Conference. This week, Big Sky Conference Tom Wistrcill sits down with Joe Londergan to discuss the league's future amidst a rapidly changing college athletics landscape.

<< Northwest Sports Stories Bruce Barnum has spent the better part of the last 15 years at Portland State University, helping reshape the Vikings' football program. A native of Vancouver and an Eastern Washington University graduate, Barnum began his coaching career in the late 1980's, with stops at many of the regions' smaller college football programs. Barnum became the head coach at PSU prior to the 2015 season.

In the second part of our conversation with Spencer, he goes a little deeper on the nuances of coaching high-level baseball in 2024 and continuing to grow the game in Oregon and Washington. Dan Spencer took over the storied Linfield University baseball program in 2020. A native of Vancouver, Washington, Spencer has developed a perspective on the growth of the sport in the region that few others can claim.

<< Northwest Sports Stories Dan Spencer took over the storied Linfield University baseball program in 2020. A native of Vancouver, Washington, Spencer has developed a perspective on the growth of the sport in the region that few others can claim. A former Division I player himself at Texas Tech University, Spencer was the associate head coach at Oregon State University from 1997 to 2007.

<< Northwest Sports Stories Michelle French has been the head coach of the University of Portland women's soccer team since 2017. Since then, she's helped reinvigorate and end a postseason drought at one of America's more-decorated college women's soccer programs. She's also a former player for the United States' Women's National Team, an Olympic medalist, and a proud mentee of the late Clive Charles.

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<< XRAY Presents Amy Richter, founder and Executive Director of Music Workshop joins us to talk about the Soundwaves concert series for youth. Portland based Music Workshop is a 501(c)3 non-profit that creates and provides K-8 teachers with free access to high-quality, culturally responsive music education to more than 3.7 million students worldwide. Learn more at www.MusicWorkshop.org.