Owen goes to mat for U.S.
Following competition in the FILA Junior and University World Team Trials, University’s Brian Owen will compete in the Junior Pan American games later this month in Equador, according to his dad, John.
John Owen said that Brian, a two-time Titan state champion and four time finalist, was chosen for both freestyle and Greco-Roman.
Owen placed second in the challenge tournament at 60 kilograms (132 pounds) in Greco during the FILA trials in Colorado Springs May 23 and 24. He was third in the challenge tournament at the same weight in freestyle.
“It worked out because he is a multi-tasker,” said John Owen of his son’s selection to the United States team.
Spring scholar athletes
The National Electrical Contractors Association and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers recently presented the spring sports scholar athletes for each of the 11 Greater Spokane League schools.
The awards are for students who demonstrate superior balance in academics, athletics and community involvement. Winners included Brittany Carter (track and field) and Nick Piger (soccer), Central Valley; Morgan Dunning (track) and Case Parker (track and field), East Valley; Katie Davis (track and field) and Collin Siok (tennis), Ferris; Mikaela Peterson (tennis) and Jacob Lampe (track and field), Gonzaga Prep; Caleb Fergin (track and field) and Logan Amstadter (track and field), Lewis and Clark; Katrina Schwab (tennis) and Ross Nevdahl (soccer), Mead; Amanda Konzal (track and field) and Nick Mc Murray (tennis), Mt. Spokane; Kelsey Vallies (softball) and Spencer Cressey (tennis), North Central; Devann Burney (softball) and Kyle Erdman (baseball), Rogers; Jennifer Schwartz (soccer), Ryan Thomas (track & field), Shadle Park; Hailey Parrish (tennis), Danny Jordan (baseball), University.
Golf
University’s Hank Frame finished fourth at the Pacific Northwest Junior PGA Championship on Sunday at Tumwater Valley GC in Tumwater, Wash.
Frame, a junior at U-Hi, shot a 70 and 71 for a two-round total of 141.
Gaston De La Torre of Brush Prairie, Wash., won the boys events with a two-round score of 133. Central Valley’s Robb Tanner finished 26th with a 155.
Erynne Lee of Silverdale, Wash., won the girls side with a 137. Spokane’s Megan Haase was 10th with a 160.
By winning the boys’ and girls’ divisions respectively, De La Torre and Lee qualified for the 33rd Junior PGA Championship, August 13-16, 2008, at TPC River’s Bend in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tennis
Katrina Schwab, a senior at Mead Senior High School, has been selected as one of 37 winners nationwide of a $6,000 College Educational Scholarship by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Tennis & Education Foundation (T&EF).
The Foundation has granted 54 high school students a variety of college scholarships this spring, totaling $287,000.
The 37 honorees were selected from applicants throughout the country on the basis of their commitment to academic success, their local community and the game of tennis.
Schwab finished third at state in singles and teamed up with Britta Stime last season to win the state doubles title.