Northwest Notes December 3, 2010

No. 1 NIC opens

tournament tonight

COEUR d'ALENE - The top-ranked North Idaho College men's basketball team opens the Bigfoot-Cardinal Shootout against the Gonzaga Club team tonight at 7:30 at Christianson Gymnasium.

Today's other games will be played at Spokane Falls Community College, with second and third-round games in Coeur d'Alene on Saturday and Sunday.

2010 BIGFOOT-CARDINAL CLASSIC

Friday

Game 1 - Clackmas vs. Green River, 5:30 p.m. (Spokane Falls)

Game 2 - Shoreline vs. Spokane, 7:30 p.m. (Spokane Falls)

Game 3 - Edmonds vs. Highline, 3:30 p.m. (Spokane Falls)

Game 4 - Gonzaga Club vs. North Idaho, 7:30 p.m. (North Idaho College)

Saturday

Games to be played at N. Idaho College

Game 5 - Loser, Game 1 vs. Loser, Game 2, 1 p.m.

Game 6 - Loser, Game 3 vs. Loser, Game 4, 3 p.m.

Game 7 - Winner, Game 1 vs. Winner, Game 2, 5:30 p.m.

Game 8 - Winner, Game 3 vs. Winner, Game 4, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday

Games to be played at N. Idaho College

Game 9 - Winner, Game 5 vs. Winner, Game 6, 11 a.m. (fourth place game)

Game 10 - Loser, Game 7 vs. Loser, Game 8, 1 p.m. (third-place)

Game 11 - Winner, Game 7 vs. Winner, Game 8, 3 p.m. (championship game)

Shock add depth

to defensive line

The Spokane Shock said that defensive linemen Angelo Craig and Torrey Davis were added to the 2011 roster.

Craig, 6-5 245, played in the Canadian Football League for the BC Lions last season. He was also a practice squad player in the NFL for the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers in 2009.

Davis, 6-3 310, was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers earlier this season before being released.

He finished his collegiate career in 2009 at Jacksonville State after transferring from Florida, where he collected 16 tackles, 2.5 sacks, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery.

Shock agree to television deal

SPOKANE - The Spokane Shock and KREM 2/KSKN 22 announced Thursday that the stations secured local broadcasting rights to televise Shock games in the 2011 season.

A majority of the televised home game broadcasts will be carried on KSKN, with an