Kodama Takes Boise Junior Lead

Thu., Aug. 13, 1998

Matt Kodama of Mead shot a 4-under-par 67 Wednesday to take the first-round lead in the American Junior Golf Association’s Boise Junior Classic.

Kodama started his day with three consecutive birdies on Boise’s Warm Springs Golf Club layout and rode his confidence from there.

“I took advantage of the openness of the course,” he said. “I was able to hit my driver a lot, and that is the best club in my bag.”

Others in contention include Bryon McDougall of Wenatchee at 68 and David Fern of Spokane, Brock MacKenzie of Yakima and John Ellis of San Jose, Calif., at 69. Coeur d’Alene’s Dan Potter shot a 70.

In the girls division, Washington State University-bound Raphael Garstecki of Milwaukee took the first-day lead with a 3-over 74.

Volleyball

The University of Southern California has been picked to win the 1998 Pac-10 Conference volleyball title in a preseason poll of the conference coaches.

The Trojans earned nine of 10 possible first-place votes, with defending champion Stanford taking the other. Washington State was voted fifth.

The poll, with first-place votes in parentheses and total points: USC (9) 90; Stanford (1) 81; UCLA 69; Washington 61; Washington State 60; Arizona 49; Oregon State 39; Arizona State 37; Oregon 29; California 25.

Sacramento State received eight of nine first-place votes in becoming the coaches’ choice to win the Big Sky Conference. Eastern Washington, the coaches’ No. 2 pick, earned the other first-place vote.

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