February 28, 2010 in Sports

Shadle Park wins girls state bowling

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Shadle Park, led by Megan Froman and Megan Smith, won the 2010 Washington State Bowling Proprietors Association High School Varsity state championship in the girls division last weekend in Longview.

Froman, who averaged 182 for eight games, was named the most valuable player in the girls team division and Smith, who averaged 161, was named to the all-state girls team.

Chelsea LaCombe, Rayanne Shears and Kaley Burchett are also members of the championship team. John Gately is the coach.

Shadle finished seventh in the Division I boys team competition with Dalton Shears, who averaged 225, a first-team all-state selection and Ryan Gately, who averaged 190, on the second team.

Mt. Spokane was ninth and Cheney 11th in Division II boys.

In singles competition, Spokane bowlers held the top three spots in boys Division B. Tyler Sumpter of Mt. Spokane, who averaged 213.5, was first; Bryne Tillett of Ferris (190.75) was second; and Jeremy Graves of Rogers (174.75) third. Lyndsey Grineau of Rogers (167.75) was sixth.

Karl Fenci of Rogers (183.38) was 10th in boys Division A; Heather Lundgren of Mead (183.0) was second in girls Division A; with Kolette Foster of Rogers (149.13) and Madison Dean of Cheney (148.88) third and fourth, respectively, in girls Division B.

Basketball

Members of the Spokane Cyclones wheelchair team paid tribute to Bill Donahue, the former Spokane County auditor and commissioner of the Northwest Wheelchair Basketball League for more than 20 years, who died last Monday.

Donahue was a Cyclones supporter from their inception in 1974.

“Back in those days, we financed ourselves as team players, but if someone could not afford to travel, it was Bill who made sure every player made the trip,” said Cyclones spokesman John Rees, who added that Donahue handled and directed the team’s finances and travel arrangements.

Rees said Donahue was known nationwide in the disabled sports arena.

“We all benefited from Bill’s leadership and dedication to the sport he loved,” Rees said. “We are so grateful to have been associated with Bill for 34 years.”

College scene

Griffon Jones of Cheney, a sophomore at Community Colleges of Spokane, was named the most valuable player in the men’s division of the Eastern Region when the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges announced its all-league basketball teams.

Zack Humphrey, a CCS sophomore from Shadle Park, was a first-team Eastern Region selection and sophomore Chris Pynch was named to the second team.

Jones, Humphrey and Pynch will play for the East in the conference’s sophomore all-star game March 14 at Pierce Community College at Lakewood, Wash. CCS coach Clint Hull and Jeff Reinland of Walla Walla will coach the East. Reinland, a former Eastern Washington standout, was named the region coach of the year.

CCS landed sophomore Megan Eisenmann on the Eastern Region women’s first team and freshman Brooke Randall on the second. Eisenmann will play for the East in the all-star game, also March 14 at Pierce.

•Senior Jackie Albright collected two honors when the Washington State volleyball team passed out awards at its banquet last weekend.

Albright, who was a tri-captain, was named the team’s most inspirational player and also received the P.R.O.W.L. Academic Award.

Freshman libero Oceana Bush of Lewis and Clark was selected the most valuable player by her teammates; senior Cassie Robbins was named the most improved; and senior Renee Bordelon of Lake City and North Idaho College, received the coaches’ Coug Award for academics, leadership and commitment.

•Whitworth had three men and five women selected by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association to its Division III All-Academic team in cross country.

Pirates men honored are Tyler Dudley, Nicholas Gallagher and Collin Stewart. The women are Jo E. Mayer of East Valley, Dana Misterek, Joy Shufeldt, Tonya Turner of Mead and Kathryn Williams.

To qualify, an athlete must have at least a 3.25 grade-point average. Shufeldt and Williams have 4.0 GPAs.

•Jenna DeLong of Coeur d’Alene, a junior on the Drake University softball team, was named Missouri Valley Conference pitcher of the week after throwing 17 shutout innings, striking out 33 and walking just three, in collecting two wins in a tournament in Denton, Texas. She tied her career high with 14 strikeouts in one game.

Cross country

Kaitlin Cunningham of Deer Park, an All-Great Northern League selection last fall, has signed a letter of intent with University of Great Falls, Argos coach Jim Brewer announced.

Cunningham, who helped the Stags to sixth in the state in 2008, has a personal best of 19 minutes, 52 seconds for 5,000 meters. She was a four-year letter winner in track and three years in cross country.

Football

Drew Clausen of West Valley, the offensive MVP of the Great Northern League as a senior quarterback last fall, has signed a letter of intent as a wide receiver with Carroll College in Helena, the Saints announced.

As the WV quarterback, the 5-foot-11, 165-pound Clausen was responsible for 39 touchdowns in leading the Eagles to a 13-1 record and State 2A championship in 2009. During his career, he accounted for more than 6,000 all-purpose yards and 61 touchdowns. He was an All-GNL selection as a junior and senior.

•Ryan Flores of Shadle Park, a second-team All-Greater Spokane League defensive back last fall, has signed a letter of intent with Montana Tech, the Butte school announced.

The 5-10, 180-pound Flores was a two-way player for the Highlanders – running back and wide receiver on offense and cornerback and safety on defense.

Hockey

The Coeur d’Alene Thunder pee wee team capped an injury- and illness-plagued season by winning the championship in the division for 10-12-year-olds at the Idaho State Championships last weekend in Boise.

The Thunder, who don’t have a rink to call their own and have to find ice time where they can practice, went 5-0 in the state tournament, winning the championship 2-1 on a goal 8 seconds into overtime.

Nordic skiing

Derek Alcorn and Keirsten Utsey, both seniors at Lewis and Clark, are among eight named to the Pacific Northwest Ski Association Junior Nordic Team that will travel to the 2010 Junior Olympics next month in Presque Isle, Maine.

Annie Pokorny of Spokane, who has been training this winter in Sun Valley, Idaho, also will represent the PNSA.

Team members were selected according to points they accumulated in eight races around the region.

•Last Sunday’s Pursuit at Mount Spokane determined the top male and female cross-country skiers in the Selkirk Nordic Series, comprised of three citizens races during the season.

Top men in order were Nick Bauer of Spokane, Ben Scott of Libby, Mont., and Bruce Utsey of Spokane.

Top females were Lisa Sunderman and Ann Torigoe-Hawkins of Spokane and Margaret Williams of Sandpoint.

Other races in the series were at Schweitzer Mountain Resort and 49 Degrees North.

Track and field

A couple of Mead seniors, Tasha Clark and Anthony “A.J.” Maricich, have signed letters of intent with the University of Washington, Huskies coach Greg Metcalf announced.

As a junior last spring, Clark finished third in the State 4A pole vault. She has cleared 12 feet and is the top returning placer in the state.

Maricich, a 7-foot high jumper who also placed third in the State 4A meet as a junior, recently cleared 6-103/4 at an open meet at UW. One Web site lists that as the best mark by a high school jumper in the country. He won the State 4A title as a junior.

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