Area women claim 13 bowling titles

Area bowlers captured 13 titles, including four of seven all-events categories and six of 10 team events, in the 2006 Washington Women’s Championship Tournament that wound up a more than two-month run May 21 at Lilac Lanes.

In addition, the area produced 40 other top-five finishes in the 30 divisions. All the scores were scratch.

Amber Munro of Spokane was the only area bowler to claim first in two categories, winning F singles (584) and F all-events (1,587). She also finished second in C doubles with Heather Houston.

Julie Heath of Spokane was on two winning A division teams – Valley Bowl Pro Shop in five-woman and Hopeful’s in four-woman – and Jo Lee Mullen of Coeur d’Alene won E all-events (1,577) and was on the winning D four-woman team, Charlie’s Angels.

The tournament produced one state record when Lisa Barfield of Kitsap won A singles with a score of 778.

Other area individual and doubles winners: Shari Cawley and Jamie Nelson, Spokane, A doubles, 1,324; Beverly Bailey, Lewiston-Clarkston-Orofino, C all-events, 1,715; and Dana English, Spokane, G all-events, 1,473.

Area five-woman team winners: Valley Bowl Pro Shop, Spokane (Sandra Hanson, Kim Gellhaus, Cheryl Gould, Julie Twiss and Heath), A, 3,033; Just Us, Spokane (Randi Anderson, Kathy Schilling, Tiffany Litchfield, Linda Butler and Kelly Dodge), B, 2,709; Coeur d’Alene Hand Center (Lena Welker, Coleen Buckham, Mary Jacobs, Margaret Eddings and Kelli Eddings), E, 2,267.

Four-woman team winners included, Hopeful’s, Spokane (Debbie Miller, Marsha Ungricht, Tracy Heath and Julie Heath), A, 2,373; McCroskey Attorney at Law, Newport (Jacie Zorica, Robin McCroskey, April Hurst and Michelle Sommer), C, 2,070; Charlie’s Angels, Coeur d’Alene (Fern Miles, Donna Bailey, Mullen and Dorothy Fiorucci), D, 2,017; Charlie’s Angels, St. Maries (Jeanne Reynold, Martha Banderob, Donellen Moen and Betsy Snyder), E, 1,825.

(See the results of the others from the area who had top-five finishes in the Stat sheet, page C6.)

Basketball

The Washington Basketball Coaches Association will induct three men from Western Washington whose accomplishments are known statewide into its Hall of Fame July 5 in Seattle.

Slated for induction are Al Hairston, who gained fame at Garfield High in Seattle; Jerry Koester from Redmond and Everett; and Ed Pepple, who is still coaching at Mercer Island and is the winningest basketball coach in state history with 898 victories.

College scene

Senior volleyball middle blocker KeLicia Shorts from Mead was awarded the 2006 Anne Dolan Award as the top female student-athlete at the University of San Francisco.

Named MVP at two tournaments and a 2005 West Coast Conference honorable mention selection, Shorts completed her four-year career as the USF all-time leader in hitting for both a season and a career.

After closing her volleyball career, in which she led the Dons to more victories during a four-year span than any player in program history, Shorts joined the basketball team, and plans to play that sport again next season.

•Kim Bussiere of Mt. Spokane, a soccer defender at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, received the school’s Senior Female Athlete Award.

Bussiere was a first-team All-Iowa Conference selection as both a junior and senior after being named to the second team as a freshman and sophomore. She had 11 career goals and 16 assists.

•Jackson Brennan of Gonzaga, who is pursuing an MBA after graduating with a 3.64 grade-point average, was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team in baseball.

•Four track and field athletes from Washington State were named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII teams.

McKinnon Hanson, a sophomore with a 4.0 GPA in philosophy, and Tamara Diles, a senior with a 3.35 GPA in sports management, were named to the women’s first team. Haley Paul, a sophomore with a 3.93 GPA and an undeclared major, was named to the second team.

The men’s second team included Ryan Scott, a sophomore with a 3.85 GPA in management and operations.

•Seven Washington State athletes from the area were named to Pac-10 Conference All-Academic teams.

From track and field were Drew Ulrick, a junior from Mead (3.49 GPA, history), named to the men’s second team. Phil Hinrichs, a sophomore from Pullman; Jon Jeffreys, so., West Valley; and Josh Leyk, senior, Central Valley, received honorable mention.

Women’s rowing had Carey Homan, a junior from Deer Park (3.92, accounting) and Suzanne Vogt, a senior from Lewis and Clark (3.53, movement studies), on the first team. Senior Sharon Finney from Harrison, Idaho, was honorable mention.

•Rodney Stuckey, the Collegeinsider.com Freshman of the Year and an Associated Press All-America honorable mention, was named the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team MVP at the team banquet.

Other awards went to the team’s only senior, Deuce Smith, captain and co-best defender; Matt Penoncello, co-best defender; Derek Risper, most improved; and Neal Zumalt, most inspirational.

•Gonzaga sophomore defender Lori Conrad was invited to the U-20 women’s national team camp in Carson, Calif., where she will compete for one of two spots still available on the squad.

As a freshman last season, Conrad earned second-team All-West Coast Conference honors and was named to the All-West Region and WCC all-freshman teams.

Softball

Two Lake City seniors, Kelli Bridges and Alysha Krier, have signed letters of intent to play at North Idaho College, the Cardinals announced.

Bridges, a shortstop who hit .350 with six doubles and 11 RBIs as a senior, and Krier, a catcher who hit .254, were both first-team All-Inland Empire League selections after helping Lake City to a second-place state finish.