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College basketball

Gonzaga’s Davis agrees to deal

Theo Davis, suspended from the Gonzaga basketball team after he was arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession, agreed Thursday to community service and life skills classes in a deal that could erase the charge.

Davis was arrested Feb. 9 in Cheney with Gonzaga forward Josh Heytvelt. Police said they found a partially burned marijuana cigarette in Davis’ pocket. Heytvelt recently received a diverted sentence after hallucinogenic mushrooms were found in his car.

Davis appeared in Cheney Municipal Court, where he agreed to do 10 hours of community service and take life skills classes. The court issued a continuance until May 2008, meaning the case will be dismissed if Davis isn’t arrested on similar violations by then.

“Right now I just want to get a chance to apologize to my teammates, coaches and my family and the community and Gonzaga for the embarrassment I caused,” Davis said after the hearing. “Hopefully, I can get this behind me and start over on a new page.”

Both he and Heytvelt were placed on indefinite suspension from the team after their arrests. Both face additional sanctions through the university’s student life system.

Softball

Shadle Park 21st in national poll

The Shadle Park High School softball team was ranked 21st in the nation in the USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll Thursday and the Highlanders celebrated with a 10-0 victory over Mt. Spokane highlighted by Sam Skillingstad’s six-inning no-hitter in which she struck out 15 batters.

The Highlanders, who made their initial appearance in the poll at No. 22 last week, are undefeated in the Greater Spokane League at 12-0.

Baseball

Mariners go bilingual on FSN

Fox Sports Northwest has started to include a Spanish language feed on its broadcasts of Seattle Mariners home games. It’s available via the “secondary audio program” (SAP) feed on cable systems on televisions that have SAP capability.