LCSC beats Lee, rematch tonight
Kyle Greene and Brian Ward drove in three runs apiece and the Lewis-Clark State Warriors forced a winner-takes-all championship game with a 7-6 victory over the Lee University (Tenn.) Flames at the Avista NAIA World Series in Lewiston.
With the Flames (63-9) having only suffered one loss in the tournament, LCSC (57-7) needed to beat Lee twice to secure the national championship.
The teams will play tonight at 7 p.m.
•Washington State University senior third baseman Paul Gran was selected first-team all-conference and the Pacific-10 Conference defensive player of the year.
Gran batted .313 with 11 homers and 55 RBI in 54 starts. He commited just one error in 163 chances, setting a single-season team record for fielding percentage (.993).
Six other Cougars were selected honorable mention all-conference. They were: junior second baseman/designated hitter Travis Coulter, senior pitcher Jayson Miller, senior first baseman Jim Murphy, senior outfielder Scott Suttmeier, freshman shortstop Shea Vucinich, and junior pitcher Matt Way.
Youth baseball
Ten Eastern region players were among 80 players nominated for the All-State series, which takes place next month in the Seattle area. The final list of 40 selections from around the state will be announced on Monday.
Representing the Eastern region are: Rusty Shelhorn (Central Valley), Danny Jordan (University), Andy Druffel (Pullman) Brian Peterson (West Valley), Andrew Kittredge (Ferris), Andy Vennum (West Valley), Sean McNaghten (Mead), Travis Todd (Odessa), Tucker Guglielmino (Northport) and Tyler Olson (University).
Men’s golf
Sophomore Nick Taylor followed up a first round 75 with a 6-under 66 to help the Washington Huskies move up to sixth place after the second round of the NCAA Division I championships at West Lafayette, Ind.
Taylor’s two-round total of 141 puts him in third place, two strokes behind Billy Horschel of Florida and one stroke behind Kyle Stanley of Clemson.
Clemson leads the team scoring, one stroke better than UCLA.