Northwest Notes July 18, 2010
Kong leaves Zags after one season for personal reasons
SPOKANE - Gonzaga men's basketball junior-to-be Bol Kong has withdrawn from summer school for personal reasons and will not return to the Bulldogs for the upcoming season, coach Mark Few announced.
Kong, who will return to his home in Vancouver, British Columbia, appeared in 31 games last season in a reserve role, averaging 12.5 minutes/game, 4.5 ppg and 1.5 rpg. He had six double-digit scoring games, including a season-high 14 points in a victory over Oklahoma at the Spokane Arena.
Kong came to the Bulldogs last season from Douglas College in Westminster, B.C., where he played as a freshman and redshirted as a sophomore while waiting for his visa so he could transfer to Gonzaga. Douglas College won the 2008 Canadian men's national championship and he was named to the all-tournament team.
Gomez, Murray qualify
for national event
Coeur d'Alene High runner Kinsey Gomez won the 1,500 meters in 4 minutes, 49.12 seconds and the 3,000 in 10:26.49 at the USA Track and Field Regional Junior Olympics in Seattle last weekend.
Athol native Johnathon Murray, who will be a senior at Coeur d'Alene High, finished third in the discus with a throw of 147 feet, 10 inches and also qualified for the national Junior Olympics, to be held in Sacramento, Calif., on July 31.
Murray also finished fifth in the shot put with a 41 1/4 and seventh in the hammer throw of 119-0.
Also representing Hammer Idaho was Post Falls High junior Austin Funk, who was fifth in the discus at 143 feet and fifth in the hammer at 134-5.
Free sports physicals offered at Kootenai Health Park
POST FALLS - Young athletes returning to the region's middle schools and high schools may receive free sports physicals between noon and 4 p.m. Thursday, July 29 at Coeur d'Alene Pediatrics' Post Falls office located in the Kootenai Health Park at 1300 E. Mullan Ave.
The program is sponsored by Coeur d'Alene Pediatrics, Kootenai Health and Panhandle Health District.
Exams will be done on a first-come, first-served basis. No registration is necessary. All students must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to be eligible for exams. Students must bring their immunization records with them.
In addition to comprehensive sports physicals, full musculo-skeletal exams from Kootenai Health physical therapists will be provided.
Information: Coeur d'Alene Pediatrics, 777-1330 or 667-0585.
A second round of free exams will be offered Aug. 19 in Hayden.