Northwest Notes Sept. 17, 2010
Circling Raven’s Davidson earns PGA merchandiser award
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tom Davidson, the PGA director of golf at Circling Raven Golf Club in Worley, has been named the recipient of the 2010 PGA Merchandiser of the Year Award for resort facilities.
Davidson, who was elected to PGA of America membership in 1992, becomes the first Pacific Northwest PGA Professional to be named a recipient of the award since it was established in 1978 to recognize professionals who excel in the promotion of golf.
He will be recognized at The PGA of America Awards on Jan. 27, 2011 at the 58th PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla.
Chiefs release
backup goaltender
The Spokane Chiefs have released goaltender Michael Tadjdeh, making the 19-year-old a free agent.
The move leaves the Chiefs with three goaltenders; 20-year-old James Reid, 18-year-old Chris Sharkey and 17-year-old Mac Engel.
Acquired from the Lethbridge Hurricanes last November, Tadjdeh appeared in 13 games with Spokane and posted a 5-5-0-0 record with a 2.39 goal against average and .916 save percentage. In his two-year career he has a 15-17-0-0 record and has played in 37 games.
Minus five veterans who are away attending NHL camps, the Chiefs have 24 players in Spokane including seven defensemen and 14 forwards.
Spokane will play its final two games of the preseason this weekend when the Chiefs travel to Kennewick, Wash., to play the Tri-City Americans on Friday night and host the Kootenay Ice on Saturday night at Eagles Ice-A-Rena.
Grunenfelder ousted as
Lewis-Clark Legion coach
LEWISTON — Tom Grunenfelder, who posted a 405-158 record during 10 years as coach of the Lewis-Clark Twins American Legion baseball program, will not be back as coach next summer, as the program’s executive board voted recently to not retain him.
The Twins won four state Legion titles during Grunenfelder’s tenure and never finished with less than a .622 winning percentage. In 2001, his first season, the Twins advanced to the Legion World Series for the first time in 24 years. L-C lost to Brooklawn, N.J., 5-2 in the national title game, which is the best showing in Twins history and for any Legion club from Idaho. L-C hasn’t been back to the Legion Series since then.
Grunenfelder said he will be back for his 18th season as baseball coach at Lewiston High in the spring.
Grunenfelder was recently selected to coach in USA Baseball’s Tournament of Stars, a weeklong event that takes place every summer at Cary, N.C. He is scheduled to be a coach for two years, then manage the third year.
“So it’s kind of ironic that I’m good enough to coach the national Legion team, but I’m not good enough to coach the Legion team at Lewiston, Idaho,” Grunenfelder told the Lewiston Tribune.