Cougars’ Sauls will transfer

Washington State freshman guard Stephen Sauls, following a concussion which ended his season early in January, has been granted a release from the men’s basketball program and plans to transfer to a school that is closer to his hometown in Missouri City, Texas, head coach Tony Bennett announced Wednesday.

Sauls sustained a significant concussion during a practice on Jan. 7 and withdrew from classes and moved back home to get treatment to help control his symptoms. WSU plans to apply to the NCAA for a medical hardship which would give Sauls four more years of eligibility if granted. Sauls health is improving and he is on path for a return to the court.

Sauls appeared in eight games for the Cougars this season, averaging 2.1 points in 6.3 minutes per game.

Baseball

Community Colleges of Spokane split a Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges doubleheader at Wenatchee Valley, losing the opener 11-4 before winning the nightcap 11-9. The Sasquatch (12-10, 3-6) scored six runs in the first inning of the second game to beat the league-leading Knights (17-3, 6-2). Zane Bator went 4 for 7 in the two games with a home run and eight RBIs for Wenatchee Valley.

Track and field

Jeshua Anderson of Washington State has been named the Pacific-10 Conference Men’s Track Athlete of the Week. Anderson won the men’s Texas Relays 400-meter hurdles with a personal-record time of 49.68 seconds, the top collegiate time nationally this year. Anderson’s time is the fourth fastest in school history for men’s intermediate hurdles and it breaks the WSU freshman school record.

Football

The Spokane Shock remain in the No. 2 spot in the arenafootball2 coaches’ poll for the second week in a row. Defending ArenaCup champion Tulsa maintains the top spot.