Northwest Notes April 26, 2011

NIC's Hale commits to University of Texas-San Antonio

North Idaho College men's basketball player Michael Hale III, a 5-10 point guard from Federal Way, Wash., recently committed to play for the University of Texas-San Antonio next season.

Hale led the Cardinals in scoring this season with 17.9 points per game and earned National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) second team All-American for the second consecutive year. Hale helped lead the NIC men's basketball team to a 50-13 overall record the past two seasons and a Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) title in 2009-2010.

The University of Texas-San Antonio made it to the second of the NCAA tournament this season. Hale chose to attend and play basketball at UTSA over Utah, Hawaii, Creigton, Montana, Portland State and Idaho.

Meeting for CHS football players, parents set

Shawn Amos, head football coach at Coeur d'Alene High School, has set an important parent/player meeting for anyone who is planning to play football at CHS next fall for Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the auditorium.

Camp information and summer schedule will be discussed as well as program expectations.