Northwest Notes July 31, 2010
Ex-Lakeland super Kinsey headed into IHSAA Hall
BOISE - Former Lakeland School District superintendent Chuck Kinsey will be inducted into the Idaho High School Activities Association Hall of Fame at a banquet next Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. MDT at the DoubleTree Riverside Hotel.
Kinsey retired as superintendent of the Lakeland School District in 2008. During a 37-year career as a teacher, coach, building and district administrator, Kinsey held leadership positions in many professional organizations, including the IHSAA.
Others to be inducted into the Hall of Fame will be John C. Berry of Rexburg, Alan Gardner of Ririe and Mike Matthews of Declo.
Other awards to be presented at the banquet include the inaugural Official of the Year award to Charles "Bud" Ford of Coeur d'Alene; the Dick Fleischmann Memorial Award to Joe Morris, Pocatello; the Wes Lowe Memorial Award to former Kellogg High principal Ralph Lowe, Meridian; the Duane D. Wolfe Memorial Award to Donna Kleinkopf, Twin Falls; and the Spirit of Sport award to Luke Lish, Marsh Valley High School. Distinguished Service Awards for each of the six activity districts will also be presented.
Vandals begin football practice next Thursday
MOSCOW - The University of Idaho football team will hit the field next Thursday at 3:30 p.m., for its first practice of fall camp.
All practices are at the SprinTurf practice field on the east side of the Kibbie Dome and are open to the general public. The Vandals, 8-5 and winners of the Humanitarian Bowl last season, open Sept. 2 at home vs. North Dakota.
Scrimmages are scheduled for Aug. 11, 17 and 21.
The practice schedule is as follows (times subject to change):
Aug. 5 - 3:30 p.m. Aug. 6 - 9 a.m. Aug. 7 - 9 a.m. Aug. 8 - 2:30 p.m. Aug. 9 - 9 a.m. Aug. 10 - 9 a.m., 7 p.m. Aug. 11 - 2:30 p.m. (scrimmage). Aug. 12 - 9 a.m., 7 p.m. Aug. 13 - 2:30 p.m. Aug. 14 - 9 a.m., 7 p.m. Aug. 15 - off. Aug. 16 - 9 a.m., 7 p.m. Aug. 17 - 7:30 p.m. (scrimmage). Aug. 18 - 2:30 p.m. Aug. 19 - 9 a.m., 7 p.m. Aug. 20 - 2:30 p.m. Aug. 21 - 2:30 p.m. (scrimmage).
WSU opens fall football camp on Aug. 8
PULLMAN - The Washington State football team opens fall camp Sunday, Aug. 8, with an 8:30 a.m. practice on Rogers Field. WSU rookies report to campus Friday (Aug. 6) while returning veterans will report by Saturday, Aug. 7.
The Cougars will open with helmets-only practices on the first two days of fall camp, and will add shoulder pads on day three. The first practice in full pads will take place Thursday, Aug. 12. Practices four (Wednesday, Aug. 12) and five (Thursday, Aug. 13) will be split-squad, with the gray team practicing at 8:30 a.m., and the crimson team practicing at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13 will mark the first of five two-a-days, with the entire team practicing at both 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
WSU opens its season Sept. 4 at Oklahoma State.
Gonzaga announces 5 marquee games on 2010-11 schedule
Gonzaga has added five premier games to the 2010-11 men's basketball schedule, including two games in Spokane, coach Mark Few announced.
The newest additions to the Bulldog schedule include: Illinois on Dec. 4 in the eighth annual Battle in Seattle; at Washington State on Dec. 8; Baylor on Dec. 18 in Dallas; Oklahoma State at the McCarthey Athletic Center on Dec. 31 and Memphis in the Feb. 5 Ronald McDonald House Charities Classic in the Spokane Arena.
Game times and television details will be announced when they become available.
The remainder of the Bulldogs schedule will be released as it becomes finalized.
EWU announces latest Hall of Fame class
CHENEY - A three-time national champion in the pole vault and the school's 1950 football team are among those who will be inducted into the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame in ceremonies that take place on Oct. 9.
The new inductees include the 1950 football team, which won Eastern's third-straight Evergreen Conference championship and finished the year with five straight shutouts to finish 8-2. The coach from that team, Albert Harold "Abe" Poffenroth, will be inducted posthumously.
Other individual inductees include track and field standouts Curt Hisaw and Seville Broussard-Hering, as well as former women's basketball coach Bill Smithpeters. Former Eastern golfer and legendary Canadian broadcaster Ernie Afaganis will receive the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame Service and Contribution Award.
The inductees will be honored with a breakfast and ceremony that starts at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 9 at the Pence Union Building. The public is invited to attend (RSVP to 509-359-2463 or 1-800-648-7697) and the cost is $15 per person.
They will also be honored at EWU's football game against Northern Arizona that begins at 1:05 p.m. Pacific time.
Chiefs release tentative schedule
The Spokane Chiefs have released their tentative schedule for 2010-11, featuring 25 home weekend dates at the Spokane Arena.
The season will begin when the Chiefs visit the Tri-City Americans on Saturday, Sept. 25.
Spokane opens the home portion of the regular season on Saturday, Oct. 2 when Tri-City visits the Arena, the 19th time in 21 years the two have met in the Chiefs' home opener.
The regular season will end on Sunday, March 20 when Spokane travels to Portland.
Tickets for individual games will go on sale on Thursday, Sept. 9.
Information: www.spokanechiefs.com