Brennan’s Effort Earns Burger King Scholarship

Idaho quarterback Brian Brennan has been chosen as a Burger King College Football Scholarship winner.

Brennan is one of eight players honored, and Burger King will donate $10,000 to Idaho’s general scholarship fund in his name.

Selections are based on on-field performance, academic achievement and community involvement.< Brennan’s grade-point average is 3.14. He has been a guest speaker at elementary schools.

He was selected after passing for 396 yards and two touchdowns against North Texas on Oct. 4. Winning the weekly award qualifies Brennan for the Burger King Vincent Draddy Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. Four will be selected as $25,000 finalists. The winner’s school receives a $100,000 endowment.

Awards

Hubie Dunn, who established the men’s gymnastics program at Washington State University in 1947 and coached there 14 years before moving on to Northern Illinois University, was inducted into the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Dunn is credited with introducing the sport in the Pacific Northwest at college, prep and club levels. He had a 70-20-3 dual-meet record at WSU with six conference championships. He had 48 individual champions.

At NIU, he built the school into a respected Division I program with seven winning seasons in 10 years. He earlier was inducted into two national gymnastics halls of fame and has received numerous other national awards.

Baseball

Eric Sandberg of Spokane, a senior at Ferris High School, has been selected to the Texas Rangers Baseball Academy Under-19 team that will tour Australia Dec. 21-Jan. 4 for two tournaments.

Sandberg, an All-Greater Spokane League pitcher who also plays left field, is one of only two Northwest players on the 20-man team that also includes players from Puerto Rico.

The Spokane Indians have promoted two members of the team’s ticket staff.

Eric Marglous, an account executive last year, was promoted to director of corporate ticket sales. Brent Miles, the box office manager the last two years, has become director of group sales.

Indians president Andy Billig also announced that Paul Barbeau, the team’s assistant general manager-tickets, has left to become the director of season ticket sales for Chicago’s new Major League Soccer team.

Basketball

Shadle Park High School will stage a boys basketball alumni tournament Dec. 27 at the school.

Former Highlanders interested in playing should contact Shadle coaches Darcy Weisner (468-9731) or Tim Gaebe (838-8274). The school number is 353-4531.

Four teams will be formed for the tournament. Returning alumni coaches include Dave Robertson, Jim Groves, Jim Meredith, Jim Elvington and Jim Whitman.

A family social will follow the tournament at Heroes Sports Restaurant in NorthTown.

Motor sports

Northwest Motorsports will conduct a high performance driving school and open road course Oct. 17-19 at Spokane Raceway Park.

Friday’s session will be a ground school conducted by Andy Collins of Armadillo Racing and Ed Humphrey of the International Conference of Sports Car Clubs. Saturday will be in-car, on-the-track, one-on-one instruction on SRP’s 2.5-mile road course. Sunday will be an open track day for students and race-licensed drivers.

Cost for Friday and Saturday is $120 for NWMS members. Sunday’s fees are $30 for students and $60 for race-licensed drivers.

Info: Tony Longinotti, NWMS president, (509) 456-7260; or Steve Cassell, vice president, (509) 482-7171.

Softball

The Mirage girls 18-and-under fastpitch team is looking for players for the 1998 season.

Info: Coach Bill Weed, (509) 483-7410.

Miscellany

Associations that officiate winter sports - boys and girls basketball, wrestling and gymnastics - are gearing up for training programs and looking for new officials.

Following are the associations, their initial training plans and contact persons.

Boys basketball: First meeting for newcomers and transfers, Oct. 26, 5 p.m., University High School. State rules clinic for officials and coaches, 6:30 p.m., Shadle Park High School auditorium. Required meeting for newcomers, transfers and veterans, Nov. 16, U-Hi, 1-5 p.m. Info: George Chalich, (509) 891-1922.

Girls basketball: First meeting for newcomers and transfers, Oct. 20, 5:45 p.m., Lewis and Clark High School room 213. First meeting for veterans, Oct. 27, 7 p.m., LC. State rules clinic for officials and coaches, Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m., North Central High School. Info: Brad King, (509) 921-5024.

Wrestling: First meeting and state rules clinic for officials and coaches, Monday, 6:30 p.m., Central Valley High School cafeteria. Info: Mike Sullivan, (509) 467-6497 (home); (509) 467-3036 (work).

Gymnastics: First meeting and state rules clinic for officials and coaches next Sunday, 10 a.m., Spokane Community College gymnasium complex. Info: Karen Renner, (509) 489-1432.

The University of Idaho Division of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (HPERD) will put on a one-credit coaching education workshop in Moscow Friday through next Sunday at Gritman Hospital.

The workshop is designed to provide coaches with National Federation of Interscholastic Coaching Education Program certification that fulfills the Idaho High School Activities Association coaching education requirements for non-teacher head coaches. It also helps coaches learn the basics of sport science and medicine.

Damon Burton, a sport psychologist with extensive coaching experience and coaching education background for 15 years, will be the instructor.

Info: Burton, (208) 885-2186.

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