S-H wins league tourney
Jamie Larmer had 19 kills and nine blocks and Natalie Deking finished with 45 assists as Sprague-Harrington upset Tekoa-Oakesdale in five games in the championship match at the Whitman County 1B volleyball tournament Monday at Rosalia.
Shelby Puckett had 17 assists for the Nighthawks, who had a first-round bye and move on to Thursday’s District 9 1B tournament as a No. 2 seed. Teammate Kaiti Robinson contributed 44 assists and two aces in the loss.
S-H, which earned the No. 1 seed to districts, swept LaCrosse-Washtucna in an earlier match. Alyssa Koller posted 11 kills and five blocks for the Tigercats, who advanced as the No. 3 seed.
Sixth-seeded Rosalia surprised a couple of teams, eliminating Colton in its first match and upsetting Garfield-Palouse to take the fourth seed. The Vikings, who eliminated St. John-Endicott in the first round, will be the fifth and final seed into districts.
Alyssa Gibbar had 10 kills for the Spartans against G-P. Courtney Shoemaker had a stand-out performance for the Vikings, finishing with 12 digs, seven kills and four blocks.
The district tournament begins Thursday at Pomeroy and continues Saturday at Colfax. First-round matchups are S-H vs. G-P and Liberty Christian vs. L-W at 3:30 p.m., and T-O vs. Tri Cities Prep and Touchet vs. Rosalia at 5 p.m. Four teams will advance to the State 1B tournament Nov. 10-11 at Spokane Falls Community College.
•Andrea Edwards had 18 kills, 17 digs, five blocks and four aces as Almira/Coulee-Hartline edged Columbia in five games in a District 7 1B play-in game at Davenport. The tournament begins Thursday with first and second-round games at Curlew and Odessa.
Men’s golf
Washington was eliminated from the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship, falling 3-2 to UNLV in the third round of the consolation bracket.
The 12th-seeded Huskies got wins from Erik Olson and Chris Killmer. Ferris grad Alex Prugh lost to Matt Kinsinger.
Junior hockey
Spokane Chiefs defenseman Sean Zimmerman was handed a two-game suspension by the Western Hockey League on Monday, meaning he will miss Wednesday’s home game with Portland.
Zimmerman already served one game by sitting out Saturday’s contest with Vancouver. The suspension stems from an attempt to injure match penalty given to Zimmerman in Friday’s night’s game with Seattle.
•The Chiefs have announced the addition of four road games versus the Tri-City Americans to their television broadcast schedule on Comcast channel 12: Nov. 4, Dec. 2, Feb. 10, and March 17.