Locally: Post Falls girl captures Idaho Junior golf title
Area golfers claimed two overall titles and won four divisions in the Junior Golf Tour of the Pacific Northwest Idaho Junior Open last weekend in North Idaho.
Genavive Dodge of Post Falls, an 11th-grader, was the overall girls leader with a 36-hole score of 141 in competition at Coeur d’Alene Municipal and Prairie View golf courses, and also won the girls 11-12 grade division.
Savana Bezdicek of Colbert, an eighth-grader, was second overall with a 156 and led the girls 7-9 grade division. Megan Haase of Spokane, also an eighth-grader, shot a 160 to finish third overall and second in the 7-9 grade division.
Ashley Dodge of Lewiston, a sixth-grader, was second in the girls 4-6 grade division with a 203.
In the boys competition, Chris Williams of Moscow, Idaho, an 11th-grader, was the overall winner and leader in boys grades 11-12 with a 141. Connor Moran of Spokane, also an 11th-grader, tied for fourth both overall and in grades 11-12 with a 143.
Garrett Howard of Spokane, a 10th-grader, won boys 9-10 in a four-hole playoff after tying for first at 147. Dalton Cunningham of Hayden, also a 10th-grader, tied for third in boys 9-10 at 154. Derek Bayley of Rathdrum, a sixth-grader, was second in boys grades 4-6 with a 161.
Baseball
The Spokane Indians promoted four front-office personnel and added three interns, the Northwest League team announced.
Sarah Cislo, a graduate of Lewis and Clark High School and Westmont College, was promoted to assistant general manager-promotions; Matt Almond, a graduate of Washington State, was named director of sponsorships; Moira Mis, working on a master’s degree at Gonzaga University, was named group sales coordinator; and Nikki Stokes, a graduate of Mead High School and Seattle Pacific, has added account executive duties to her promotions coordinator position.
New Indians interns are Keenan Bowen, director of public relations; Brianna K’Burg, ticket office manager; and Jonathan Jacobs, account executive.
Miscellany
Gonzaga University associate athletic director Heather Gores has been named to the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee, a term that expires Sept. 1, 2012.
Main function of the 10-person committee is to select the 64 teams for the NCAA Division I championships every March.
Gores is in her 14th year at GU and her eighth in administration. Six of those years she was an assistant coach in women’s basketball. She was also a two-year basketball assistant at Washington State, where she was a four-year letter winner.
“Heather’s ability to think strategically, combined with her extensive background as a player and coach, will make her a valuable asset to this important NCAA committee,” said West Coast Conference commissioner Michael Gilleran.