Left-hander Todd Belitz struck out a career-high 12 batters Sunday while pitching Washington State University to a 13-5 victory over Portland State in the second game of a Pac-10 North doubleheader at Portland. Brian Maddox went the distance as the host Vikings won the seven-inning opener 4-2.

When a team scores 15 runs in a baseball game, you'd think it would have an easy win. Especially with a nine-run inning figured in. Not so for Gonzaga University.

It should have ended with the teams shaking hands, not fists, and with players congratulating their opponents on a well-played, superbly pitched baseball doubleheader. Instead, an unsightly scrum punctuated College of Southern Idaho's 3-2, 2-1 sweep of North Idaho on a sunny Friday afternoon.

Area colleges Brian Mazone pitched no-hit ball for 5-1/3 innings and struck out seven Friday as visiting San Diego (17-14-2, 5-4) beat Gonzaga University 8-1 in a West Coast Conference baseball game at August/A.R.T. Stadium. Jeff Bowne of the Zags (13-17-1, 2-7) broke up the no-hitter with a double in the sixth. Dominic Prince followed with a run-scoring single.

Trevor Davis singled to drive in two runs during an eight-run sixth inning Wednesday as Gonzaga University stomped visiting Whitworth 17-3 in a non-league baseball game at August/A.R.T. Stadium. Charlie Zimmerman, the second of five Zags pitchers, picked up the win after allowing two hits in 2-1/3 innings.

At least two candidates for the vacant University of Idaho men's basketball head coaching job are expected to interview today. Vandals' assistant coach Dave Farrar and Stanford assistant Doug Oliver will kick off what likely will be a busy weekend as UI searches for Kermit Davis' replacement.

Oregon State pitching ace Mark Newell struck out 12 Washington State batters and the Beavers defeated the Cougars 9-6 Friday in a Pacific-10 North baseball opener at Corvallis, Ore. The Cougars (2-24) outhit Oregon State 12-11 and did not commit an error, but couldn't rally off Newell in the late innings.

Harvey Hargrove singled, doubled and hit a home run to account for four runs in Cal-State Sacramento's 17-5 win over Washington State in a non-conference baseball game Monday at Hornet Field in Sacramento. CSS (5-7) banged out 18 hits. Steve Gleason had a three-run triple in WSU's five-run sixth inning and Shawn Stevenson had three singles for the Cougars, one delivering Gleason with WSU's final run.

Jered Fowler hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning, then pitched the ninth for a save as Washington State University salvaged the second game of a Pacific-10 Conference North doubleheader Saturday by beating visiting Washington 7-4. The Huskies won the opener 8-6 as Fowler's younger brother, Blair, (2-3) picked up the win with four innings of four-hit ball. Dave Wheeler (1-2) of WSU and Mead High, who entered in the sixth, earned the second-game win. The Cougars (14-26, 3-4) trailed the nightcap 4-2 when Rob Ryan, of Shadle Park High, hit a towering, two-run homer to center.

Paul Wilson went 7 for 10 and drove in four runs Saturday to lead North Idaho College to a split of two non-league games in Yakima. Wilson had four hits in the Cardinals' 5-4 win over Shoreline Community College. Host Yakima Valley CC then edged NIC 5-4 despite a Wilson home run.

Gonzaga University pitcher Darin Blood was named the Pac-10 North's player of the year on Wednesday. But as he sat in his parents' home in Post Falls, one of his first thoughts was: "Man, I'd trade this award for the Pac-10 North Conference Championship." But Washington State coach Steve Farrington, whose Cougars won the division this year, certainly wouldn't accommodate Blood if he made such a request to the first-year coach. Farrington doesn't need another award - he was named the Pac-10 coach of the year.