Downriver Assistant Wins Golf Pro-Am
Dan Porter, an assistant at Downriver Golf Course, shot a 31-33-64 to edge Indian Canyon assistants Tom Colon and Dave Christenson by a stroke at the Washington Trust Bank Pro-Am at Sun Dance Monday.
Twelve players (six pros and six amateurs) beat the par of 70.
In the senior professional division, Hal Merian (Pine Acres) shot a 37-32-69 to beat former Sun Dance pro Ken Johnston by two strokes.
Kent Brown (Liberty Lake) recorded a 34-34-68 to share the amateur gross lead with Al Scarth (Ponderosa Springs) 36-32-68.
Next week will be the Pro-Ladies at Avondale. The University of Idaho Pro-Am has been rescheduled for Aug. 28.
Junior boys golf
Spokane’s Michael Hastings, the Pacific Northwest Golf Association defending boys’ amateur champion, shot a 1-over-par 73 to qualify into the first round of this year’s tournament in Billings, Mont.
Fellow Spokane resident Royal Stumph also qualified with a 74.
Baseball
The Spokane Heat, an all-star team of 14-year-old boys living within a 200-mile radius of Spokane, defeated the Las Vegas Bulldogs 7-6 at the AAU Junior Olympics World Series in Coco Beach, Fla.
The win, combined with the Heat’s 8-4 victory over Bloomington, Minn., on Saturday, earned Spokane a berth in the winners’ bracket Wednesday.
Prairie of Post Falls beat Twin Falls 10-7 in a loser-out game of the Idaho American Legion playoffs and will meet Pocatello today for a chance at the championship game on Wednesday.
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