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College basketball

Williams picked All-Big Sky

Eastern Washington University senior Kellen Williams has been selected to the All-Big Sky Conference second team.

Williams, 6-foot-4, was second in the conference in rebounding (8.3), sixth in scoring (13.4) and field-goal percentage (.507) and first in minutes played (35.5).

Portland State junior guard Jeremiah Dominguez was selected as the conference MVP and Newcomer of the Year. Teammate Scott Morrison, a senior center, was chosen Defensive Player of the Year, while Freshman of the Year honors went to Sacramento State guard Vinnie McGhee Jr.

College football

UW hires veteran high school coach

Washington high school hall of fame coach Steve Gervais has been hired to coach running backs for the University of Washington.

Gervais, 54, has spent 31 years coaching at the high school level with six state championships. The past 10 seasons he has been head coach at Skyline HS in Sammamish, Wash., winning three titles including last year’s 3A crown in a 14-0 season. Husky coach Tyrone Willingham’s son played on that team.

He was also a head coach at three other Washington high schools: Rogers in Puyallup, Gig Harbor and Eatonville.

Gervais played his college ball at Oregon State.

The running backs coach position became available after Trent Miles left to become head coach at Indiana State.

Auto racing

Edwards hit with toughest penalty

Carl Edwards used two straight wins to take the Sprint Cup points lead for the first time in his career.

On Wednesday, NASCAR said his Las Vegas victory was tainted and slammed Edwards and his Roush Fenway Racing team with its strictest penalty.

Edwards was docked 100 points – knocking him out of first place – and stripped him of the 10 bonus points he would have carried into the Chase for the championship.

Edwards’ crew chief Bob Osborne was fined $100,000 and suspended six weeks, and Jack Roush was docked 100 owner points.

The penalties stem from postrace inspection Sunday when NASCAR discovered the cover was off the oil tank in the race-winning No. 99 Ford.

Rival competitors on Monday circulated a photo via e-mail of Edwards doing a celebratory backflip off his car, and the cover is clearly not attached to the oil tank.

It’s believed that by opening up the oil tank trunk, the air is able to circulate through the car and create as much as 10 percent more downforce.