Mueller named Idaho’s best

Soccer: Post Falls junior Timmy Mueller has been named the 2012-13 Gatorade Idaho Boys Soccer Player of the Year.

He’s the first player chosen from Post Falls.

The 6-foot-3 Mueller (pictured) led the Trojans to the State 5A title and a 17-1-1 record last fall. He scored 30 goals and had seven assists including two goals each in the semifinal and title matches.

Mueller was the Idaho Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year in 2012. He has 74 goals and 19 assists as a three-year starter.

“Timmy Mueller was phenomenal, that is the only way I can describe him,” Lewiston coach David Kronemann said. “Not only was his athletic ability leaps and bounds ahead of my team, he was a student of the game. He knew where to be on the field to give himself and his team the best chance possible to score, move the ball and even defend.”

Mueller carries a 3.94 grade-point average.

Greg Lee

Spokane signs boxing event

Boxing: Northern Quest Resort & Casino has signed a four-year deal to host the annual USA National Boxing Championships.

A partnership between the Spokane Sports Commission, The Hub Sports Center, USA Boxing and Northern Quest brings the Olympic-style boxing event to the Inland Northwest from 2013 until 2016.

Last February Northern Quest hosted the United States Olympic Team Trials for Women’s Boxing.

The athletes competing in the 2013 USA Boxing National Championships will arrive in Spokane the last week in March, with weigh-ins beginning on March 31 at Northern Quest. Preliminary bouts will be held on April 1-4 at The Hub Sports Center in the Spokane Valley.

The semifinal and final rounds will be held at the Northern Quest’s Pend Oreille Pavilion during April 5-6.

Tickets for preliminary, quarterfinal, semifinal and final matches are on sale now. Those interested can order by calling the Northern Quest box office at 877-871-6772 or by ordering online at northernquest.com.