Big Sky honors Eagles’ Nelson
Eastern Washington sophomore Chloe Nelson was named to the All-Big Sky Conference second team in women’s golf.
Nelson, the sixth Eagle to earn an all-conference award the last five years, has a 77.0 scoring average to rank second among conference players for the 2006-07 school year. She was seventh in spring tournaments and is ranked 413th nationally by Golfweek.com.
•Sadie Green led Community Colleges of Spokane to its second NWAACC tournament title, a 38-stroke margin over Southwestern Oregon, 467-505, in the Bigfoot Invitational at Hangman Valley.
Green, the medalist in both conference tournaments and two matches for the Sasquatch, defeated Paige Gifford of Green River in a playoff after both shot 9-over-par 153s for 36 holes.
College baseball
Jeremy Stumetz, a Gonzaga freshman who figured in all three Bulldogs wins last week, is the West Coast Conference pitcher of the week.
Stumetz allowed just three hits while striking out seven in 10 innings of relief work and earned a win and two saves.
Track and field
Whitworth junior Brandon Howell from Clarkston, who won the 800 meters at the Sam Adams Classic in school- and track-record time of 1 minute, 51.34 seconds, is the Northwest Conference men’s track athlete of the week. His time is .04 off the automatic NCAA qualifying time and improved his NWC-best time by two seconds.
High school baseball
Brian Peterson scored on a passed ball to ignite a three-run 11th inning that produced a 4-1 Great Northern League win for West Valley at Riverside in the completion of a doubleheader that was halted by rain Saturday in the second inning.
After Peterson scored, Cameron Bowman delivered a run-scoring single and Andrew McLeod a one-run double for the Eagles. Peterson went the distance on the mound for WV, pitching a three-hitter while striking out 12. He walked one.
In the makeup of the second game of a GNL doubleheader from Saturday, Cheney won 3-1 at Deer Park. Matt Wedde and Justin Walker combined on a four-hitter for Cheney, allowing no earned runs. Ryan Bell had two of Deer Park’s four hits.
High school golf
Kaitlen Parsons of University chipped in from eight feet off the green on the fourth playoff hole to claim medalist honors at the 20-school Deer Park Invitational girls tournament.
Parsons and Jenny White of East Valley both shot 7-over-par 79s. Gracie Schory of Chewelah was third with an 80.
Pullman posted a four-stroke win over Mead, 470-474.
•Pasco, led by medalist Brian Barton’s 2-under-par 70, won the 19-school Krause Invitational boys tournament at Avondale.
Pasco beat host Coeur d’Alene, led by Taylor Porter’s runner-up 71, 306-308.
Ferris was third at 309 led by Dustin Poe’s 1-over 73.