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Golf section in today’s paper

GOLF. The second Golf 2009 special section of the season is included in today’s Spokesman-Review.

Stories include:

•Golf columnist Steve Bergum reviews the new Wine Country GC near Walla Walla.

•A profile by staff writer Jim Meehan on Dawes Marlatt, a former local pro who has taken on a big role for PGA of America.

•Meehan also writes about how venerable Coeur d’Alene Golf Club has been perked up with the help of a new irrigation system.

•Staff writer Jim Kershner reveals that the course at Chewelah Golf and Country Club has three distinctive holes that provide particular challenges.

RiverHawks open at Avista tonight

BASEBALL: The 2009 West Coast League season opens tonight at Avista Stadium with the Spokane RiverHawks taking on the Kelowna Falcons.

The home opener will be the first of a three-game series against the Falcons. All three games will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Avista Stadium.

The eight-team, wood-bat league is in its fifth season and will include 48 RiverHawks games. The top two teams in each division make the playoffs.

Kelowna, an East Division rival, nudged out the RiverHawks for the second-place finish in the division last year.

The RiverHawks’ roster this season includes Jason Brunansky, son of former major league baseball player Tom Brunansky. The younger Brunansky plays at Kansas University.

Area players on the roster include Zach Clanton (Coeur d’Alene, Lewis-Clark State College), Danny Jordan (University High, Lower Columbia College), Billy Moon (University, Gonzaga), Tyler Olson (University, Gonzaga) and Jake Partridge (Rogers, Gonzaga).

The RiverHawks have two new faces in coaching roles this year. Joining head coach Barry Matthews will be former Gonzaga players Bryan Winston and Brian Munhall, who played seven years in the minor leagues for the Giants, Rangers and Brewers.

For more information about the RiverHawks or to purchase tickets for any of the 2009 games, call 244-HAWK or visit www. spokaneriverhawks. com.

McCrae to play for UBC

HOCKEY: Justin McCrae, captain of last season’s Spokane Chiefs, will play for the University of British Columbia, the Chiefs announced.

McCrae played five years in the Western Hockey League, including the past year and a half with the Chiefs. The native of Cochrane, Alberta, played previously with the Saskatoon Blades before coming over to the Chiefs during the 2007-08 season.