Long before area sports fans might either be elated or devastated by how the Seahawks, Mariners or Zags might fare on a given day or year, there was another hard luck team that galvanized the community.
Prior to sports franchises dealing with $100-million contracts — for a single player — or stadiums and arenas costing billions to build, a local group spent countless hours dedicated to a labor of love without a penny in their pockets.
It was nearly 70 years ago that the Miss Spokane unlimited hydroplane carried the hopes and dreams of big-time greatness for a city that always lived in the shad...
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