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Volleyball

Doering national coach of the year

Colfax volleyball coach Sue Doering has been named National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) coach of the year.

The award is the culmination of a process recognizing the top coaches nationally in 20 sports by the NFHS Coaches Association for 2006-07.

Doering was selected as state coach of the year through the WIAA and went on to be named NFHS sectional coach of the year in volleyball. Winners from there are forwarded to a national advisory committee that has a point system to determine the national winner.

Doering’s Bulldogs won State 1A volleyball in 2006, the third of four straight titles. The year before, she coached while undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

She has coached for more than two decades. At Colfax, she has taken teams to the state finals 10 times since 1995, winning seven championships.

Volleyball

WSU head coach resigns

Washington State volleyball coach Brian Heffernan resigned, the school announced Thursday night.

Heffernan coached four seasons at WSU with a 39-87 record.

The school said associate head coach Ken Ko and assistant coach Gretchen Killebrew will continue with their duties with the team.

Director of Athletics Jim Sterk said in a school press release that WSU has begun a search for a new coach.

Cross country

Hatcher 11th at championships

Dylan Hatcher, a 2007 graduate of Mead High attending Arizona State University, finished 11th in the Junior Men’s race during last weekend’s USA Cross Country Championships and World Team Trials.

Hatcher timed 25 minutes, 11 seconds during the 8,000-meter race in San Diego. Another 2007 Greater Spokane League distance product, Tylor Thatcher from Central Valley, competing for Brigham Young University, placed 19th.