Jimenez, Duncan earn honors at CCS

Rigoberto Jimenez, who led Community Colleges of Spokane to an eighth straight Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges men’s cross country championship this fall, is the school’s male scholar-athlete of the month for November.

Jimenez, a freshman from Royal, Wash., was undefeated against NWAACC competition, capping his season Nov. 8 by becoming the 10th Sasquatch to win the conference individual championship since 1967.

Patty Duncan, sophomore soccer player from Ferris, is the female scholar-athlete of November.

She missed just one game for a second straight season, scoring five goals and adding four assists, moving into third place on the school’s career assist list. She was team captain and was voted most inspirational by her teammates.

College scene

Jennifer Greeny, the second-year coach at Lewis- Clark State who led the Warriors into the NAIA national tournament, was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association Region I coach of the year for a second straight year.

Junior outside hitter Anile Clemente of LCSC was named the Region I player of the year and was a first-team all-region selection along with Warriors senior middle blocker Julie Maciboba. Senior libero Lindsay Scott was honorable mention.

•Jared Prince, a senior pitcher/outfielder at Washington State, is on college baseball’s 2009 preseason “watch list” for the Brooks Wallace player of the year award.

Prince, from Poulsbo, Wash., batted .306 with 22 extra-base hits while posting a 2-2 pitching record in 12 appearances as a junior. After three seasons, Prince is a career .330 hitter with 17 home runs and 123 RBIs with an 8-4 pitching record.

•Matt Mullennix, a sixth-year senior at Washington State from Spangle, was a first-team selection on the Pac-10 Conference all-academic football team with a 3.30 grade-point average.

Brian Danaher of Colfax, a redshirt sophomore, and senior Ben Woodard of Cheney received honorable mention.

Golf

Hank Frame of Spokane, a four-year letterwinner at University High School, has signed a national letter of intent with Washington State, Cougars coach Walt Williams announced.

The resume of Frame, who is regularly high on the leaderboard, includes being two-time Washington Junior Golf Association District champion, a three-time top-20 finisher at the State 4A tournament and Idaho Junior State champion following his freshman year.

•Emma Betland from Forbes, Australia, twice a top-15 finisher in the Australian Girls Amateur Championship, has signed with the WSU women’s team, Williams announced.

Replay

An item in the Locally column last Sunday about two Inland Northwest Junior Pee Wee Pop Warner football teams that played in the Corvallis Oregon Bowl contained some inaccuracies because of incomplete information available to the newspaper.

The Inland Northwest champion Panthers defeated the Corvallis Cowboys 33-0 to finish with a 10-1 record. The Cheney Blackhawks, who beat the Corvallis Cardinals 40-20, finished 9-1-1.

A third Inland Northwest team, the Vikings, also played in the Oregon Bowl, beating the Corvallis Red Chiefs 25-18, and finished the season 5-5.