Greg Lee

If a second attempt to pass an override levy in Boundary County fails, dozens of athletes say they will move. Coaches and athletes at Bonners Ferry High School say several families have made contingency plans. Count sophomore Katie Poston, who is heavily favored to defend her 3A state track championships in the shot put and discus this week, among them.

Post Falls High sophomore pitcher Michael Shaffer found out he was going to start in the 4A Region I baseball tournament title game Thursday as he was putting on his uniform in the locker room. While that might have rattled some young players, the left-handed Shaffer stepped up to the challenge even though he bounced back and forth between the varsity and junior varsity all season.

It may have been a rainy day at the sixth annual District I Meet of Champions, but it didn't seem to dampen the spirits or hamper the efforts of area track and field athletes. Under a steady drizzle, athletes posted personal bests all over Post Falls High School's second-year track.

Jim Thacker hadn't applied for a job in nearly three decades. That explains why he fumbled around filling out an application and had to dust off his resume. He felt a little awkward, too, during his interview Tuesday afternoon for the Lake City High boys basketball job. But he must have done something right because the nine-person interview committee didn't need long to unanimously select Thacker as the school's next head coach. The recommendation to hire Thacker will go before the school board for approval at the next board meeting.

The Moscow High boys and girls track teams swept the Inland Empire League championships Friday at Lake City. For the Bears, it was a combination of coming out of hibernation and coming out of nowhere.

The Lake City High softball team went into Thursday's final Inland Empire League game against its crosstown rival a win away from dethroning the conference champion. Now, the Timberwolves need at least two victories in their final four IEL games to secure no worse than a share of the title and three to take it outright after the Vikings evened the season series with a 6-4 victory.

HARRISON, Idaho – They haven't updated the track and field records at Kootenai High School the past two years. For good reason, too. First, the new high school opened this year so the record board is still hung on the wall of the old, barn-like gym that now serves the junior high. The second reason – and perhaps most plausible – is coach Shannon LaFountaine will likely wait until Darcy Collins, a junior, graduates.

Officially it will go down in the scorebook as a save for pitcher Brady Capaul. Credit Lake City junior center fielder Cory Kreighbaum, however, with the actual save. With the bases loaded and two outs, Kreighbaum chased down a deep fly ball off the bat of Coeur d'Alene first baseman Mike Estrada. Kreighbaum's acrobatic catch – he fell as he caught the ball, jamming his right shoulder into the bottom of the fence – helped Lake City to escape with a 3-1 win in an Inland Empire League baseball game Thursday at LC.

Prior to Lou Musso taking over as head baseball coach at Priest River High School in 1997, he coached for two decades just across the state line at Newport, where he started in 1961. His Newport teams won more than 300 games during that span. It stands to reason that when Musso resigned to become the school's principal, the field was named in his honor.

Scott Stockwell's dream is to play college basketball at the NCAA Division I level. So the Post Falls High senior figures the best route to the highest collegiate stage is through the junior college ranks. To that end, Stockwell signed a letter of intent with North Idaho College just minutes after school ended Tuesday afternoon. NIC coach Jared Phay hand delivered the letter and watched as Stockwell signed.

The Post Falls High boys golf team returned all five players off its team that placed fourth at state and earned a trophy last year. It was the first time in the six-year history of the sport at the school that a boys team had qualified for state. Following the state tourney, the Trojans golfers and their coach, Craig Newton, promptly began thinking about the 2005 season and the possibilities. Specifically, they thought that with a little improvement they could trade up a trophy or two or three. The words "state title" were uttered.