Weber’s McBride says he will retire

College football: Weber State coach Ron McBride will retire at the end of this season after nearly five decades on the sidelines for more than a half-dozen college football programs.

McBride said Tuesday that he will coach the remaining two games for the Wildcats, a team he has led for seven seasons.

McBride has a 41-38 record at Weber State.

The 72-year-old McBride is the sixth-oldest active coach in Division I football. Prior to taking the helm at Weber State, he coached Utah for 13 years, compiling a record of 88-63.

McBride has worked as an assistant coach at Arizona, Wisconsin and Kentucky, among other universities.

Associated Press

Area stock in National Finals

Rodeo: The Big Bend and Flying Five stock contractors, owned by Don Hutsell of Ritzville and Sonny Riley of Pomeroy, are sending six bucking animals to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas next month.

Heading the list is Spring Planting, which finished second in Saddle Bronc of the Year voting. Three other broncs are also NFR bound – Broken Saddles, Spring Blues and Sundance.

There is also one bareback, Spotted Mountain, and one bull, Flying Knife.

Corey and Lange, a contractor based in Moses Lake, is taking three bulls – Due North, Jordan’s Jacket and King of Hearts, which was third in the stock of the year voting that included all NFR qualifiers. Mike Corey also runs Flying Diamond Rodeo Co., which is sending bareback bronc Big Easy.

Dave Trimmer

Sounders draw Santos Laguna

Soccer: The Los Angeles Galaxy will play Toronto FC in an all-Major League Soccer pairing in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, and the Seattle Sounders will meet Mexico’s Santos Laguna.

Defending champion Monterrey was drawn to play Mexican rival Morelia on Tuesday, and Mexico’s Pumas UNAM will play El Salvador’s Isidro Metapan.

Toronto, Seattle, Morelia and Isidro Metapan will host first legs of the home-and- home, total-goals series from March 6-8, and the second legs will be the following week.

The L.A.-Toronto winner plays the Seattle-Santos winner in the semifinals.

Associated Press