By Dena Wood
The Times
Weir is Wash. Sportscaster of the Year
Waitsburg native followed in the footsteps of his longtime role model, Bob Robertson
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Waitsburg native Larry Weir takes a break from providing EWU play-by-play with Eastern's famous red turf Woodward Field in the background.
WAITSBURG - Eastern Washington University broadcaster and Waitsburg native Larry Weir is pleased to join the ranks of his longtime role model, Bob Robertson, by earning the title of National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Washington Sportscaster of the Year. Weir, who has provided the play-by-play for EWU basketball and football games for over 20 years, was selected as the 2014 award recipient on Jan. 7 and will be honored at a ceremony in Charlotte, N.C., in June.
The 1979 Waitsburg High graduate, who participated in high school basketball, baseball and football, is the son o...
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