Longball Powers Nic Win

Three home runs helped North Idaho College to a 13-7 baseball victory over Walla Walla Community College Tuesday at Coeur d’Alene.

Jason Bay hit his seventh homer of the year, Al Bevacqua drove a home run out of the park and across the street, and Ryan Novak hit a threerun blast to right field.

NIC plays a three-game series this weekend against Treasure Valley with the winner advancing to the regional tournament.

North Idaho 13, Walla Walla 7

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NIC 303 103 03x - 13 7 0

Wood, Block (4), Hanzal (6), Hattemer (8) and Jones; Pizzoferatto, Boech (3), Hawkins (5), Packard (7), Caron (9) and Pendell, Dorame (5). W-Boech (3-2). L-Wood.

HITS: Walla Walla CC - Sheppard 2, Arocho 3, Meliah, Hattemer, Miller 2, Telstad 2. North Idaho - Nelson, Bevacqua, Bay, Gorham, Novak 2, Larson. 2B-Sheppard, Meliah, Telstad. HR-Sheppard, Hattemer, Bevacqua, Bay, Novak.

Track

Dusty Lane of Community Colleges of Spokane cleaned up in the decathlon competition at the NWAACC multi-event championships at Albany, Ore.

Lane scored 6,793 points to outdistance runner-up Rocky Simpson of Lower Columbia, who scored 6,738. Brad Mandal of Chemeketa was third with 6,162. Other CCS entrants were Jon Bell (6th, 5,724), Bryon McMurtrey (11th, 5,260) and Steve Roche (13th, 5,060).

Softball

Community Colleges of Spokane swept an NWAACC doubleheader at Wenatchee Valley, winning 3-2 and 8-0.

Kelly Kinder’s two-run single in the fifth inning of the opener gave the Sasquatch a 3-2 lead that held up in the six-inning game.

In the five-inning second game, Marci Meddock had two triples and three RBIs. Traci Moore allowed one hit in improving her pitching record to 6-2.

CCS 3-8, Wenatchee Valley 2-0

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Wenatchee 010 010 0 - 2 6 1

Vanwert and McGowan; Holzy and Stotko. W-Vanwert (9-3). L-Holzy.

HITS: CCSShelton, Moore, Zahrowski 2, Kinder, Stredwick, Armitage 2, Vanwert. Wenatchee Valley-Clemenson 2, Ferguson, Beckler 2, Jurgiliwicz. 2B-Ferguson, Stredwick, Armitage 2. 3B-Clemenson.

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Moore and Curry; Firth and Stotko. W-Moore (6-2). L-Firth.

HITS: CCSShelton, Moore, Zahrowski, Kinder, Cossette 2, Meddock 2, Vallou 2. Wenatchee Valley-Clemenson. 2B-Zahrowski, Cossette. 3B-Meddock 2.

Golf

Rob Gibbons of Arrowhead Golf Club finished with a three-round total of 6-under 210 to win the Sentry Markets/Al C. Giusti golf tournament, a Pacific Northwest Section PGA event at Vancouver, Wash.

Gibbons earned $9,000.

Area finishers included Mark Gardner of the Creek at Qualchan (213, $2,150), Steve Prugh of Manito Country Club (219, $1,093.75), Gary Lindeblad of Indian Canyon (222, $475), Michael Rorholm of Spokane CC (228, $250), Bob Scott of MeadowWood (230, $250) and Andy Hite of Colville Elks (234, $250).

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