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Scholars and athletes

The annual Greater Spokane League Scholar-Athlete Luncheon today will honor the top female and male from each of the league’s 14 schools at the Spokane Club.

Representatives are chosen based upon school academics and sports participation plus an array of outside activities and accomplishments. The athletes and their GPAs:

Central Valley – Zach Evans, 3.83 and Salena Leavitt, 3.77.

Cheney – Marina Gresham, 4.0 and Zachary Cleary, 4.0.

Clarkston – Eric Entel, 3.56 and Stephanie Ogden, 3.6.

East Valley – Nick Atwood, 4.0 and Elise Olk, 3.88.

Ferris – Alysha Spear, 3.93 and Anthony Zackery, 4.0.

Gonzaga Prep – Corrina O’Brien, 3.61 and Conner Hare, 3.55.

Lewis and Clark – Dan Fullmer, 3.95 and Allison Moran, 4.0.

Mead – Megan Thigpen, 3.8 and Nick Harter, 3.92.

Mt. Spokane – Brendon Townshend, 3.96 and Megan O’Reilly, 3.85.

North Central – Greg Conley, 3.94 and Ashlee Michelson, 4.0. .

Rogers – Mike Holloman, 4.0 and Cari Landkammer, 4.0.

Shadle Park – Josh Landsverk, 3.39 and Cami Nelson, 4.0.

University – Nate Thompson, 3.74 and Tonya Schnibbe, 3.87.

West Valley – Leah Hanenburg, 3.97 and Michael Hauschild, 4.0.

WIAA Hall of Fame

Shadle Park’s Mark Rypien and former St. John and Newport coach Bill Hays will be among 10 inducted next week in the WIAA Hall of Fame.

Rypien, a three-sport Highlanders star and Parade All-American went on to play football at WSU and in the NFL. He was the 1992 Super Bowl MVP as quarterback for the Washington Redskins.

Hays went 110-15-1 in football, once winning 37 straight games. In basketball his teams went to state 11 times with four state titles during 15 years at St. John. He spent 15 years at Newport where his girls basketball teams were 169-81 and made seven state trips.

Around the leagues

Great Northern: It’s a big baseball week as five teams with winning league records collide in six games. On Saturday, a pair of doubleheaders gets things going, as first-place Medical Lake (6-2, 6-1) plays at third-place Colville (7-4, 7-4) and fourth-place Pullman (4-2, 3-2, through Tuesday) travels to second-place Lakeside (7-4, 7-3). Fifth-place Riverside (7-4, 5-4) has single games Tuesday (Lakeside) and Wednesday (at Pullman). … On the softball field, three teams are still undefeated (Colville, Chewelah and Pullman). Actually, it’s four counting Riverside, which still hasn’t completed a league game but is scheduled to play five doubleheaders in the next three weeks.

Northeast A: Freeman’s boys and girls both finished in the top five Saturday at the Freeman Invite at Central Valley High School. Jessie DePell won the long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 4 1/2 inches as Freeman’s girls took fourth place. Chris Davis’ 11.4 100 meters and 19-11 long jump won both events as the Scotties boys took fifth. Newport’s boys took third.

Bi-County: Liberty’s baseball team has played only one league game against a team with a winning record. The Lancers (6-3, 4-1) will get a chance to take over first place this week with a doubleheader in Ritzville against first-place Lind-Ritzville (11-1, 8-0) and a single game at home Tuesday against the team they are tied for second with, Almira/Coulee-Hartline (7-3, 5-2). … There are a pair of softball doubleheaders between the top four teams in the league this week as Davenport (6-3, 4-0) plays at Odessa (9-0, 6-0) on Friday and Liberty (5-0, 4-0) travels to Lind-Ritzville (6-6, 6-2) Saturday.

Panorama: First place should be decided in baseball this weekend, as Northport (12-1, 10-0) plays a doubleheader Saturday at second-place St. George’s (8-1, 5-1). St. George’s is coming off a split with fourth-place Springdale while the Mustangs have won 10 straight. … The big softball doubleheader this week is between a pair of two-loss teams when Springdale (10-2) plays at Curlew (8-2) on Saturday. Two teams still have one loss: Selkirk (9-1) and Inchelium (7-1).

Whitman County: This coming week will include pivotal three-game series in baseball and softball. In baseball, first-place Colton (4-0) meets Garfield-Palouse (3-1), starting with a doubleheader Saturday in Colton and concluding Tuesday in Garfield. Asotin (3-1) will look to stay in the league title race with a three-game set against last-place St. John-Endicott (1-5), starting Saturday in Asotin. … Colton (2-0) and Gar-Pal (2-1) will also be a pivotal softball matchup, with the games taking place at the same locations.