Ferris, Lc Players Win Legion Openers

Thu., June 11, 1998

By Mike Vlahovich mikev@spokesman.com (509) 927-2180

The American Legion AA baseball season began Monday with both Ferris and Lewis and Clark teams victorious.

Evan Stancil pitched Kimmel Athletic to a one-hit 8-0 shutout victory over East Valley. Eric Everson had three hits, including a double and triple.

LC Boosters outscored Freeman 10-7. Colin Shields had a pair of hits.

Captain’s Cup at Hangman

Winner of the most-recent round of Captain’s Cup play for Hangman Valley Ladies Club golfers was Marie Nelson with a net 66.

Ella Leinwebber recorded fewest putts with 30.

During A flight play, Billie Etter, Diane Joss and Jackie Shea tied with low gross 88.

Low net was a tie between Alice Shattuck and Marlene Thies with 73.

B flight winner was Nelson with low gross 94. Alice Hamilton and Sue Henley shared net honors with 73.

Leinwebber had low gross 96 in C flight, and Kathy Thiesen netted 71. D flight was won by Barb Hafner with 110, while Susan Crosby and Joyce Mohler netted 75s.

Eclectic (best scores) for May went to Thies with A flight low gross of 78. Fran Nord and Margaret Sims tied in B with 88. Henley shot 92 for best C score, and Crosby had 102 in D.

Net bests for the month were Lesa Hambleton with 63 in A, Ellen Boudewyns with 63 in B, Kitty Duval with 60 in C and Patty Murphy with 71 in D.

Corrections

Kyle Rossiter may have been the first Spokane Chief to graduate from Ferris High School, but he wasn’t the first Chief to graduate from a Spokane high school.

Shane Maitland, who played on the 1991 Memorial Cup championship team, graduated from Shadle Park High School, said Julie Mayer, who was his billet at the time.

She and her husband Jack housed more than two dozen Chiefs players during six years as a billet, Mayer said. They once hosted five players at one time.

“Being a billet was a lot of fun, and we stayed in touch with a lot of them,” Mayer said. “They’re strewn all over Canada and in Germany.”

Maitland remained here. He is employed in Spokane, married a Shadle graduate and, in 1994, coached the Spokane Braves hockey team.

Track replay

Jonathan Parker, for two years one of Ferris’s top sprinters, was a member of the state runner-up 400 relay team.

His name was incorrectly replaced by alternate Blaine Craig in the official state results.

Parker was a state qualifier in the 100 and 200 as a junior and a regional participant in the sprints this season.

Although not qualifying for state in the open races this year, Parker nonetheless was integral to the school record-setting 42.09 state relay runners-up.

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