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State - and worlds - loom for local athletes

Posted by Vince

May 21, 2007 8:41 a.m. • 0 comments

PREPS

Welcome to Monday morning. It’s raining in Spokane, or at least it was. It’s 39 degrees outside. It’s gloomy.

Just the right time to think about Washington’s spring sports state tournaments. Usually it rains on them. At least a little. One item I learned to pack when covering the State softball tournaments the past few years: A plastic bag to cover my scorebook. Oh, and an umbrella. And a soft seat for my big … let’s just say the bleachers are too hard and leave it at that.

Anyhow, I’m not the only one thinking about State. So is Mike Vlahovich in his Monday morning prep notebook.

• Mike has more on his blog. You can also find information about Idaho’s now-finished spring seasons on Greg Lee’s blog.

• For the next couple of weeks, at least, news about Angie Bjorklund stays in this category. The soon-to-be U-Hi graduate made the first cut for the United States’ U-19 women’s basketball team. The team will be cut down to 12 before the world championships July 26-Aug. 5 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The U.S. has won two of the last three gold medals in the competition. For more, check to the USA Basketball web site. You can hear Bjorklund’s thoughts on making the cut here.

• There was a high school football combine in Sumner on Saturday and nearly 400 prep athletes showed up to show off for college coaches.