After redshirting last season, wide receiver Collin Sather thought he would finally be competing for playing time once spring practices rolled around for the University of Idaho football team.
Instead, Sather will be battling cancer.
The Spokane native and 2018 graduate of West Valley High was diagnosed with advanced renal (kidney) cancer and is undergoing dialysis and chemotherapy at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane.
Sather began experiencing stomach pains on Jan. 17, and they got bad enough that he was taken to the hospital on Jan. 21. Once he is stabilized, Sather will be transferred to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance for a consultation and further treatment.