Northwest Notes October 9, 2010
Griz legend, ex-Yankee
to speak at NIC boosters
COEUR d’ALENE — Former New York Yankee and soon-to-be Grizzly Sports Hall of Famer Ed Anderson will be the featured speaker at the North Idaho College Booster Club luncheon Tuesday at the Coeur d’Alene Outback Steakhouse.
Anderson played catcher behind Yankees Yogi Berra and Elston Howard. Also on that same Yankee team were Don Larsen, Billy Martin and Mickey Mantle.
Coming out of Missoula County High, Anderson earned nine letters in football, basketball and baseball while competing for the Grizzlies in the early 1950s. He is the only Montana athlete to earn first-team All-Skyline Conference honors as a college football, basketball and baseball player.
In arguably his best sport, Anderson played catcher for the Grizzly baseball team. He batted a team-high .423 in 1953 and .385 in 1954 and was a second team All-American selection. Anderson, who was awarded the 1954 Grizzly Cup, went on to sign a pro contract with the New York Yankees.
After his stint with the Yankees, Anderson coached football and basketball at Great Falls, Flathead and Samamish high schools before moving to the college ranks at Pacific Lutheran University. At PLU, Anderson coached baseball, football and JV basketball until he became the head men’s basketball coach from 1976 to 1983. He won three straight Northwest Conference championships at PLU.
Anderson will be inducted into the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame in Missoula on Nov. 12.
Arena-vet Alston
added to Shock roster
SPOKANE — The Spokane Shock have signed defensive lineman Mike Alston to the 2011 Arena Football League team’s roster.
Alston (6-2, 250 pounds), played for the Chicago Rush last season recording 20 tackles and 2.5 sacks in just 13 games. In 2009, Alston played for the af2’s Mahoning Valley Thunder, registering 32.5 tackles with a team-leading 4.5 sacks.
At the University of Toledo Alston was named first team All-MAC as a junior and a senior. In his career as a Rocket, Alston finished with 184 total tackles, 36.5 tackles for loss and 20.5 career sacks (including a team-high seven as a senior).
Alston is the 25th player added to the Shock’s 2011 roster.
Post Falls pre-selling homecoming game tickets
POST FALLS — Post Falls High is pre-selling tickets to next Friday’s homecoming football game with Timberline High of Boise beginning Monday in the school’s main office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Adult tickets are $5; student tickets for grades 6-12 are $3 and tickets for grades K-5 are $1.
Post Falls High ASB, Post Falls Booster Club and IHSAA passes will be honored. Pre-schoolers and senior citizens (60 and older) will be admitted free.
Pre-buying tickets will get fans into both the junior varsity game vs. Timberline (game time 4 p.m.) and varsity game (7 p.m.).