G-Prep Edges Defeats Saxons In A Shootout

Ferris and Gonzaga Prep, two of the favorites in Greater Spokane League soccer, opened the counting portion of the season Monday in a classic battle.

The visiting Bullpups escaped with a 1-0 shootout victory. It appeared they would win in regulation after Nick Ascolese scored with less than 4 minutes remaining, but Prep was called for being offsides.

In the shootout, Saxons’ goalkeeper Tommy Servine stopped Ascolese’s shot, but was called for moving too early and Ascolese converted on his second attempt. After a Saxon miss, Mik Baltins nailed a shot to capture the shootout 5-4 for Prep.

North Central’s Owen Turnbull had two goals and an assist in the first half as the Indians defeated visiting Lewis and Clark 5-3, University’s Mike Damascus scored three goals as the visiting Titans defeated Mt. Spokane 3-1, Mead’s Ken McArthur headed in Troy Ready’s corner kick at the 53-minute mark to break open a close match as the Panthers prevailed at Shadle Park 4-0 and Ben Zimmerman and Matt Johnson each had two goals in Central Valley’s 7-1 win at Rogers.

GSL baseball

Central Valley’s Mike Tasca hit a solo home run in the fourth inning as the Bears (2-0) pulled out a 6-5 victory at Shadle Park (0-2) in a make-up game Monday afternoon.

The Highlanders got within a run in the seventh on Derek Bishop’s two-out RBI triple before CV’s Chris Funk got his third stikeout of the inning to earn the save.

In the completion of a suspended game, Joe Chimienti’s sacrifice fly gave Mead its second run in the 10th inning as the Panthers (1-1) edged Mt. Spokane (0-2) 7-5.

Boys AAU basketball

Spokane had two first-place teams and two runners-up in the Inland Empire AAU Association boys basketball tournament during the weekend in Spokane and Yakima.

Division champions qualify for national tournaments.

The Spokane Packers beat Wenatchee Valley 79-53 to win the 17-and-under division while the Spokane Stars captured the 16-U title with a 3-0 record in round-robin play.

Runners-up were Spokane Brewster in 14-U and Spokane Newcastle in 13-U.

Boxing

Frank Vassar of Spokane will put his International Boxing Association continental belt on the line against Ed Dalton of Boise in the main event of the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Bingo/Casino card Wednesday night at 7 in Worley, Idaho.

Popul Todd Foster of Great Falls, Mont., will be featured in an eight-round bout.

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