Sos Earns Championship

Thu., July 22, 1999

Mike Vlahovich Staff Writer

Spokane Olympic Sports won 9 of its last 10 games - and the coin flip - to earn championship of and top playoff seed in the AA American Legion Baseball South Division.

The three best-of-three series playoffs began on Tuesday with SOS beating Kimmel Athletic, sixth during the regular season, 14-2.

Spokane Athletic Supply from Central Valley shared the division championship at 16-4 with University High-based SOS and beat Whitman County 9-3 in another best-of-three series opener.

Winners of those two will then meet beginning Friday in a best-of-three playoff for the division title. The following Tuesday, that winner meets the North Division AA champion in a best-of-three series that qualifies the eventual survivor to state.

The young SOS includes five varsity veterans, three of them regulars, six off junior varsity and five sophomores-to-be on the roster, The team played 10 games in 11 days between July 5 and July 15, including a pair of doubleheaders.

Only loss was the second game of a twin bill in Lewiston.

Spokane Athletic, also with five varsity vets, split its final four games, enabling Olympic to share the league title, one game ahead of third-place Lewis-Clark Bucs.

First playoffs nearly formful

First rounds of the Spokane Valley Baseball Giant and PeeWee playoffs were nearly formful with the top seeds still in the hunt.

The lone upset in the Giants tournament came when eighth-place Autocraft knocked out fifth-place East Valley 13-0.

In other games, top-seed Tom’s Barber Shop won 11-1 over Centennial 2 and second-place Valley Electric outlasted Zip’s 19-10 to earn second-round byes.

Banner Fuel continued its late-season surge with a pair of victories, 8-5 over Greenacres Gypsum and 12-1 over Ellingsen-Paxton.

Ellingsen-Paxton had won its opener 7-2 over Spokane Valley Firefighters.

Mountain View 1 also won twice, 17-6 over Food Rainbow and 12-7 over Autocraft.

Banner played Tom’s Barber Shop on Wednesday and Mountain View played Valley Electric in double-elimination quarterfinals.

Autocraft and Ellingsen-Paxton dropped into the losers’ bracket and play on Friday.

Seven Pee Wee League teams earned byes into Wednesday’s second round of their single-elimination tournament.

Monday’s first-game scores included Bagel Company’s upset over Leo’s Photography 15-1. Bagel Company had won just twice during the year.

Pizza Hut beat Spokane Recycling 8-1. St. Mary’s escaped 5-3 over Harris Dean Insurance. Conley’s Place beat McDonald’s 2-1.

Spokane Olympic Sports edged Valley Kiwanis 14-12. Sterling Self Storage beat Broadway Eye Care Center 9-4.

Medicine Shoppe beat River City Pizza 12-5 with a nine-run fourth-inning rally. East Farms 2 beat Food Rainbow 7-4.

Midget League single-elimination tournament began on Tuesday.

YMCA tackle football registration

Players interested the fifth- and sixth-grade YMCA tackle football league still can sign up to play. Director Pat Estes said that teams are being formed for the Grid Kids Contact Football League, which begins practicing Aug. 23.

“We’d like to get registration wrapped up by the first of the month,” said Estes.

Cost to play is $130, or $110 if a YMCA member. For information call 777-YMCA.

Painted Hills medal play

Carolyn Geiger recorded low gross score during last week’s outing for Painted Hills Ladies Golfers.

She shot 46, well up on B flight and no-handicap leaders Ruth Mathis and Karen Goyins, who each shot 52.

Caryl Marcus led C flight with 59, and Cathy Diehl led D flight with 61.

Net winners were Carol Blume in A and Joyce Jacobs in B with 35, Cindee Corrick in C with 37 and Connie Bergman in D with 36.

Blanche Stark and Beth Zehm had chip-ins on 13 and 16 respectively.

Hangman Valley golf tourney

Hangman Valley 18 Hole Ladies Club completed the second round of its annual Hanging Tree Tournament.

During the most recent outing Jackie Shea shot 84 in the A flight, and Carol Wagner netted 67.

In B flight, Donna Ogilvie shot 98, and Dorothy Tormino netted 73. Pam Anderson had 100 in C flight, and Pat Coon netted 69.

D flight went to Jan Powell with 109, and Marian Pearson netted 76.

Stay-at-homes lead play

Most of the Liberty Lake Ladies 9-Hole Golf Club were guests at Avondale.

Those who stayed were led by Nancy Lampe with 66 in A flight, and Shirley Schoenberger with 55 in B, including a chip-in on the 10th hole.

Sybil Sturgill had 60 in C, and Elberta Walker had 56 in D. Net leaders were Sharon Brazington with 34 in B, Sue Matsui with 37 in C, and Marge Davis with 41 in D. Goldie Costanzo had a chip-in on 13.

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