North Handles South
Lewiston teammates Sara McEachern and Laura Bloom scored in double figures as the North defeated the South 50-37 for second place at the Idaho BCI tournament in Boise.
McEachern had 13 points and Bloom added 10. Deary’s Courney Warner added 12 points.
Lapwai’s Veneice Guillory controlled South point guard Shauna Stewart, holding the Pocatello star to seven points.
The West defeated the North 69-39 in the title game. The tournament was held at Borah High School.
Horse racing
Rubicon and jockey Antonio Castanon barreled down the outside stretch to win by a head the $10,800 Soroptomists of Federal Way purse at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash., Saturday.
Strong Pursuit and Halo Passer finished in a dead heat just behind the winner. Justaboutdoesit made a strong run on the rail but finished out of the money by a neck.
Rubicon won the 6-furlong sprint for 4-year-olds and up in 1:11 3/5, paying $8.80, $4.30 and $3.80.
“I thought that I would be closer to the pace. As soon as he went wide in the lane, he got real competitive,” Castanon said.
The rare three-horse exacta combinations with Strong Pursuit or Halo Passer behind Rubicon returned $27.60. Strong Pursuit paid $3.40 and $4.20 and Halo Passer paid $3 and $4.60.
Boxing
Spokane’s Mahlon Kerwick lost a 5-0 decision to Houston’s Ricardo Juarez in the 119-pound finals of the National Junior Olympic Championships in Marquette, Mich.
Kerwick, who is eligible to return next year, is 48-15. He reached Saturday’s final by defeating Cortez Edwards, a Police Athletic League champion.
Track and field
Washington State freshmen Ian Waltz and Francesca Green qualified for the World Junior track and field championships to be held in Sydney, Australia, in August.
Waltz, from Post Falls, qualified by finishing second in the discus (185 feet, 7 inches) and shot put (57-9, personal best) at the USA Junior Nationals in Columbus, Ohio.
Green, from Kamiakin, qualified with her second-place finish in the long jump at 20-4. Green, who finished sixth in the 100 meters with a time of 11.71 seconds, will be an alternate in the 400 relay team.
American Legion baseball
Luke Sheppard had a two-run double and Nick Gonnella followed with an RBI single as the North Stars used a four-run fifth inning to secure an 8-3 victory over Lakeside as the Yakima Tournament concluded.
Also Saturday, Yakima defeated the North Stars 8-4.
Griz go on-line
University of Montana sports fans with computers will be able to keep track of their favorite teams via the Internet.
The Grizzlies have gone online.
Subscribers to on-line computer services can access the web page at http://www.umt.edu/sports
Each UM sport has its own page with a variety of information.
The women’s basketball page includes schedules, rosters, records, player profiles and newspaper articles from the 1995-96 season.
Trish Duce, assistant women’s basketball coach, is in charge of the project, including updating each page shortly after each game is completed.
“It’s not useful unless it can be maintained and updated,” Duce said.
Duce said the web site could be especially appealing to UM alumni and fans living in other parts of the country, giving them instant access to Montana news.
“I’m hoping to create real good sites for sports such as tennis and golf, which usually don’t get as much publicity as football or basketball,”she said.
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