Northwest Notes December 1, 2010
Ex-Lakeland coach
Gorton dies of cancer
Terry Gorton, who coached and taught at Lakeland High for 25 years, died Nov. 19 following a 1 1/2-year battle with cancer.
He was 62.
Gorton coached Nezperce High to back-to-back state A-4 boys basketball championships in 1978 and 79 before moving to Spirit Lake in 1980 and taking a job at Lakeland.
At Lakeland, Gorton coached football, boys and girls basketball, and baseball. He also was a referee for football and basketball, and officiated in several state playoff games. He was recently recognized by the Idaho High School Activities Association for outstanding service in the field of high school athletics and extracurricular activities.
Gorton played baseball and basketball at Lewis-Clark Normal School in Lewiston.
A celebration of life is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Coeur d'Alene Inn.
In lieu of flowers, the family wishes that monetary donations be made to the American Cancer Society, or people can make a donation of blood at the local blood bank.
Former Cougar listed
on Hall of Fame ballot
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - John Olerud, the NCAA Player of the Year in 1988 while at Washington State, is on the Baseball Writers' Association of America Hall of Fame ballot for the first time.
Olerud is one of 19 newcomers and joins 14 holdovers seeking to be enshrined into the Hall of Fame. Results of the vote will be announced on Jan. 5, 2011, with induction weekend July 22-25 in Cooperstown.
Olerud was a pitcher/first baseman for WSU from 1987-89. He was 15-0 on the mound with a 2.49 ERA and 113 strikeouts in a single-second school record 122 2/3 innings pitched in 1988.
Also on the ballot are: Roberto Alomar, Carlos Baerga, Jeff Bagwell, Harold Baines, Bert Blyleven, Bret Boone, Kevin Brown, John Franco, Juan Gonzalez, Marquis Grissom, Lenny Harris, Bobby Higginson, Charles Johnson, Barry Larkin, Al Leiter, Edgar Martinez, Tino Martinez, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Mark McGwire, Raul Mondesi, Jack Morris, Dale Murphy, Rafael Palmerio, Dave Parker, Tim Raines, Kirk Rueter, Benito Santiago, Lee Smith, B.J. Surhoff, Alan Trammell and Larry Walker.
Cowen invited for
Canadian team tryout
Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced that Spokane Chief captain Jared Cowen has been invited to take part in the national junior team selection camp, to be held Dec. 12-15 at the MasterCard Centre in Toronto.
The camp will help determine Canada's roster for the 2011 Word Junior Hockey Championships in Buffalo, N.Y. beginning on Dec. 26.
Cowen, who won a silver medal last year with Team Canada, is one of 39 players invited to camp and one of 17 from the Western Hockey League and has four goals and four assists in his last six games for Spokane.