He Was Just Biding His Time, And Summer Became Eventful
It’s been a good summer for Garrett Carlson. Team-leading figures in strikeouts and earned-run average for the Ithaca, N.Y., Lakers semipro baseball team; a spot on the league all-star team; a professional contract; a victory in his first pro outing.
Carlson, a 1992 graduate of North Central High School, went from biding his time before his senior year at Notre Dame into a career move.
The Chicago White Sox, after watching him pitch a shutout (in which he struck out 11 batters) and clocking his fastball in the 90-mph range, signed him and assigned him to Sarasota, Fla., in the Gulf Coast League.
In his first appearance last Monday, he pitched two strong innings in relief and got the win when a teammate came up with a late-game home run.
Carlson, whose contract calls for the White Sox to pay for his senior year at Notre Dame, had a 2-3 record for the struggling Ithaca team in his second summer tour there, with a 1.8 ERA.
BASKETBALL
Bakari Hendrix, a 6-foot-7 forward from Solano Community College in Suisun City, Calif., has committed to attend Gonzaga University this fall.
Hendrix averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds a game last year as a freshman at Solano. He will have three years of eligibility with the Bulldogs.
HOCKEY
Spokane 9-year-old Jena Danzig was recently named the Hockey News/Starter Minor Hockey Showcase player of the year in the United States.
Last season, Danzig was a standout for her Senior Mite boys team, leading the club in assists.
GYMNASTICS
Four members of the Northwest Gymnastics Academy boys’ team participated in a development camp in Lynnwood, Wash., last week.
The foursome, selected because of their finishes at the state championships last spring, includes Aaron Sheck, Level III age 12-13; and Nick Antich, Brian Velategui and Glen Hannibul, all Level IV age 12-13.
TENNIS
Jenny Westbrook, 13, of Spokane was the sole representative from the Pacific Northwest Tennis Association (Washington, Oregon, Alaska) to attend the National Junior Tennis League invitational camp last week.
Westbrook was one of 32 young prospects from around the country invited to Escondido, Calif., for a week of intense work on everything from individual tennis skills to healthy attitudes.
The NJTL was founded in 1968 by the late Arthur Ashe as a way of introducing young people to the lifetime sport of tennis.
TRACK AND FIELD
Janelle Edington of Spokane saved her best for the right time.
Edington, 14, who will be a freshman at Mead Junior High School this fall, turned in personal bests in the javelin and discus to medal in both events in the youth girls division at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympic National Championships last weekend in San Jose, Calif.
She finished third in the javelin with a toss of 106 feet, 4 inches and fourth in the discus at 102-11.
Edington had qualified for nationals by winning the discus and finishing second in the javelin at the Washington-Oregon-Alaska regional meet in Seattle.
OFFICIATING
Mandatory rules clinics for veteran and first-year high school football and volleyball officials will be held Thursday at Coeur d’Alene High School at 7 p.m.
Anyone living in Idaho’s District I (five northern counties) who plans to be a football or volleyball official this fall must attend the clinics.
First-year football officials are asked to arrive 30 minutes early to meet with District I commissioner Jim Kravik.
SKYDIVING
Spokane Skydiving Club sent a team to the Snohomish Ten-Way Speed Star event July 14-16 and the team finished in third place with a per-round average of 17.5 seconds.
Wind Pigs Fly, a Snohomish team, was first with 13.5 seconds per round average, and California was second with a 16-second average. There were six free-fall jumps from 7,500-foot altitude. The time limit for each formation is 25 seconds.
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