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Liske To Leave Idaho To Be A.D. At Toledo

From Staff And Wire Reports

University of Idaho athletic director Pete Liske is expected to be named today to a similar position at Toledo.

Liske was selected by Toledo president Frank Horton, whose recommendation will be acted on at Toledo’s board of trustees meeting on July 10. No snags are anticipated.

Liske, who has been at Idaho since 1992, signed a letter of agreement with Toledo on Thursday. Toledo, a member of the Division I-A Mid-American Conference, will pay Liske $102,000 annually and he’ll receive use of a car and a country club membership. He made roughly $70,000 per year at Idaho.

Liske, 55, will probably stay on at UI until the end of July. Robert Hoover, Idaho’s new president, begins on July 1 and UI likely will wait until then to begin searching for Liske’s successor.

Soccer

The Spokane Shadow take their six-game winning streak on the road this weekend for a pair of USISL soccer games in Oregon.

Tonight, the Shadow take on the Willamette Valley Firebirds in what could be a playoff preview. Spokane plays the Cascade Surge on Saturday.

Spokane has added three players, all from the University of Washington. Heading the list is defenseman Craig Waibel, a graduate of Lewis and Clark. The other newcomers are midfielder Ryan Edwards and keep Bill May.

Wrestling trials on TV

The U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling trials, held two weeks ago at the Spokane Arena, will be shown this month on both ESPN cable stations.

ESPN2 will show the trials on Saturday at 6 p.m., while ESPN will show the event on June 29 at 9 a.m.

Legion baseball

The Knights of Richland (Wash.) beat Brown’s Mountain 5-4 at Missoula in the Scott Klaudt Memorial Tournament.

Brown’s Mountain’s Jim Gewalt threw a complete-game four-hitter and allowed just two earned runs. Teammate Kurt Smidt was 3 for 4 with two RBIs.

In AAA play, Bill Graffis of the Royals shut down Butte (Mont.), allowing one hit in a 10-1 win at the Lethbridge Tournament. Also at Lethbridge, the North Stars beat Claremont (Calif.) 5-0 before losing to Butte (Mont.) 2-1.

Golf

Spokane’s Britney Holt shot 76 and is at 153, 11 shots behind leader Elise Kimm in the Women’s Amateur Public Link Championship at Alton, Ill.

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