Northwest Notes August 17, 2010

Legion World Series title game today at Avista

SPOKANE - Midwest City, Okla., and Eden Prairie, Minn., will play today at 4 p.m. at Avista Stadium in the championship game of the American Legion World Series.

If Midwest City wins, a second title game would follow at 7.

Tickets are $9 at the gate. Youth ages 5 to 16 in baseball jerseys will get in free. Ages 5 and under are free.

Fans will also have a chance to win tickets to the Spokane Indians playoff games on Sept. 7. Fans will receive raffle tickets at the gate and winning tickets will be announced throughout the game.

Maldonado signs with De Anza

Brian Maldonado, a 2009 Timberlake High graduate who played football and ran track for the Tigers, has signed to play football this fall at De Anza (junior) College in Cupertino, Calif.

Maldonado played quarterback at Timberlake, and in 2009 Maldonado won four gold medals at the 3A district track meet, helping the Tigers win the district title.

Last spring Maldonado competed in track and field at Community Colleges of Spokane.

WSU football team plans Fan Appreciation Day

PULLMAN - Fans will have an opportunity to meet the 2010 Washington State football team at Fan Appreciation Day in Martin Stadium from 2-3:30 p.m. on Aug. 28.

The team will be signing autographs and handing out free posters. There will also be inflatable games, and the first 300 fans in attendance will receive a free WSU football T-shirt.

Fans are asked to please enter Martin Stadium through Gate A, located next to the Ticket Office on Stadium Way.

Information: (509) 335-0214