Baskett Wins Twice In Tri-City Track

Senior Jason Baskett won the shot put and hammer throw Saturday to lead Washington State University’s track and field teams at the Tri-City Sports Festival in Richland, Wash.

Baskett, out of Mead High, had a shot put of 54 feet, 11 inches and a hammer throw of 175-8. Baskett finished third in the discus (161-10), just behind runner-up Dan O’Brien, the world-record holder in the decathlon who competes for Footlocker.

The Cougars, at their first outdoor meet of the season, won 11 events. Three Cougars had Pacific10 Conference men’s qualifying marks. Jed Stannard cleared 6-10 in the high jump; Jody Page ran 14 seconds in the 110-meter high hurdles; and Chris Mosley had a triple jump of 50-4 .

The WSU men also won the 1,600 relay (3:19.32).

Nate Pugh of the Eastern Washington University men tied for first in the pole vault (14-6).

Winning for the WSU women were: Annemarie Hobbs, 1,500, 4:43; Nicholle Booth, 110 high hurdles, 14.1; Tori Hall, 400 hurdles, 1:02.43; Kim Hulse, shot put, 42-4; and Kolleen Faires, triple jump, 37-5.

EWU’s women swept the sprints, with Joyce Rainwater (11.55) in the 100, Nakia Walker (25.27) in the 200 and Chundranae Nicholson (1:00.33) in the 400. The Eagles also won the 400 relay, in 46.94, and received a first-place boost from long jumper Jennifer Bauman (18-3).

Stephan Lewis of Moscow USA won the men’s 100 (10.63) and 200 (21.61). Moscow USA blitzed the field with a 41.30 in the 400 relay.

Frontier boys soccer

Trevor Harrelson assisted on one goal and scored another 3 minutes later as Cheney defeated visiting Deer Park/Riverside 3-0 in an opener for both.

Mike Kisslinger and Kanyon Anderson also scored for the Blackhawks. Cheney used the defense of John Montecucco, Nick Reynolds and Kapeli Odood to wear down Riverside on a field that was described as “a mudpit.”

In another opener, Chris Skidmore and Tory Swenson scored unassisted second-half goals to rally visiting East Valley to a 2-all tie with West Valley.

In both instances, WV failed to clear the ball. The Eagles led 2-0 after goals by Quinn Sharpe and Lenny Peterson. Sharpe had a 12-yard header on a pass from Jamie Scarcello, while Peterson took a feed after Jason Roberts dribbled past two defenders.

Also, Harouna Savada scored twice as visiting Pullman ruined Colville’s welcome to the league, 3-1. The Greyhounds had a 21-7 shots-on-goal edge.

Travis Lumpkin scored for Pullman near the end of the first half. Minutes into the second half, Colville’s Mark Mostek had a breakaway goal.

Prep football

Coeur d’Alene High School quarterback Jason Rook has orally committed to attend Central Washington University.

The 5-foot-10, 170-pound Rook passed for 1,302 yards and 13 touchdowns and rushed for 453 yards and three TDs last fall as Coeur d’Alene qualified for the Idaho A-1 Division II playoffs.

By league rule, Rook can’t officially sign with CWU until May 1, CWU coach Jeff Zenisek said. Zenisek said CWU, currently an NAIA Division II school, plans to recruit more in Eastern Washington and North Idaho in the future as the school plans to apply for membership into NCAA Division II in June.