Mead’s Vaughn Takes Leave Of Absence From Coaching

Mead High baseball coach Dave Vaughn, fresh from winning his second Greater Spokane League title, has taken a leave of absence from coaching.

“Right now (coaching is) just too much of a sacrifice,” said Vaughn, who has four children. “These are the (parental) years you just don’t get back.”

Vaughn left open a chance of returning. Mead plans to name an interim coach early in the school year. Vaughn said the school has three or four good candidates.

Vaughn was 42-22 in four years as the Panthers’ head coach. His overall record, in 14 years, including Whitworth College and the Mead JV, is 243-105.

Golf

Rosauers Open champion Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club in Blaine, Wash., fired a round of 7-under par 65 at Spokane Country Club to extend his lead to 10 strokes after two rounds of the Wilson PNW PGA Section Championship.

Coston is at 129 with Brent Murray of Oswego Lake CC next at 139. Rob Gibbons of Arrowhead GC is at 140. Michael Combs of The Golf Club and Mark Gardner of The Creek at Qualchan have scores of 141.

Results for local golfers are in the Stat Sheet.

Coston has had 15 birdies and no bogeys in the first two rounds.

The tournament concludes today.

Soccer

This weekend, the Mountain View Soccer Complex in the Spokane Valley will be the site of the fifth annual Northwest Cup Tournament.

The three-day event, beginning Friday, will include 140 teams from Canada, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Washington.

The tournament was begun by Manny Faridnia, director of the Spokane Soccer Club Falcons.

Faridnia, former coach at Ferris High and an engineer at Hewlett-Packard, oversees the premier and Olympic Development Program club of 400 soccer players, on teams ages 12 through 19.

Volleyball

Eastern Washington University has been picked by the league’s coaches to win the Big Sky Conference women’s title.

EWU was third last season and last won the title in 1989. The Eagles, coached by Pam Parks, received 57 points in balloting with Cal State Sacramento next.

The complete poll is in the Stat Sheet. , DataTimes