Northwest Notes Dec. 11, 2011
NIC women's soccer player honored as All-American
North Idaho women's soccer player Alaina Webb was named to the NJCAA All-American second team.
Webb, a freshman from Bozeman, Mont., was a center-back, starting every game for the Cardinals that finished the season 14-2-1.
She was voted Defensive Player of the Year by her teammates and has been nominated for a National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American Award.
The team set school records for fewest goals allowed in a season (11) and most consecutive wins (11). They also tied the 2002 team for fewest losses in a season (2) and consecutive games without a loss (13).
Rolly Williams to speak at NIC booster luncheon
Former North Idaho College men's basketball coach and Idaho Hall of Fame inductee Rolly Williams will be the speaker at the NIC Booster Club Luncheon on Tuesday at noon at the Outback Steakhouse in Coeur d'Alene.
Williams served as coach from 1961 to 1996, accumulating 731 wins and 314 losses and 25 consecutive winning seasons. He ranks ninth in career wins among all men's basketball coaches in the NJCAA.
Williams was named the Region 18 coach of the year three times and led the Cardinals to the NJCAA tournament in 1978 and 1980. During the 1979-80 season, NIC went 30-7 and earned a 10th place finish at the NJCAA tournament.
He was inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame in 1988 and into the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 1993.
The club meets on the second and last Tuesday of the month at noon, alternating between the Outback Steakhouse and Coeur d'Alene Resort. The luncheon is open to the public, but the cost of lunch is not covered.
Information: 769-3348
WSU announces two-game football series with BYU
PULLMAN - Washington State and Brigham Young will play a home-and-home football series beginning in 2012, it was announced by both schools Friday.
WSU will open its 2012 season at BYU Sept. 1 with the return game the following year in Martin Stadium.
"This falls in line with future schedules which include series with Wisconsin and Boise State," WSU athletic director Bill Moos said.
BYU holds a 2-1 advantage in the all-time series, with BYU capturing a 38-36 win at the 1981 Holiday Bowl in the first meeting. In 1989 WSU captured a 46-41 upset win over No. 24 BYU in Provo followed by a 50-36 BYU victory the following season.
State board approves upgrade for Bronco Stadium
BOISE (AP) - The State Board of Education has given Boise State permission to add more than 3,000 new bleacher seats to Bronco Stadium and begin work on a new $22 million complex of the football program.
The board also approved the contract for new athletic director Mark Coyle, who was hired last week.
Boise State officials are in the process of the biggest expansion of Bronco Stadium in more than a decade as the team prepares to join the Big East Conference in 2013. As part of change in leagues, athletic officials have made clear the need to add more seats and improve facilities to help generate more revenue and keep the team competitive in the world of recruiting players and keeping head coach Chris Petersen and the rest of his coaching staff on campus.
One phase of the project approved by the board features the replacement of 5,200 bleacher seats in the north and south end zones with 8,500 new seats spread across both areas. The athletic department will pay for that project with a $3.1 million loan from the university that will be repaid with proceeds from three years of revenue generated by those seats.
The existing bleachers will be relocated to the Dona Larsen Park, the future home of the Broncos' track and field teams.
The board also unanimously gave the university permission to begin work on a new football complex, planned behind the stadium's north end zone. The 69,000-square-foot facility will be the home of offices for coaches, meeting rooms, a new Bronco locker room and player lounge as well as training and weight rooms.
Shock add third player to other league exempt list
SPOKANE - Defensive back Jameel Dowling has been placed on other league exempt by the Spokane Shock after he signed with the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos.
Dowling, who signed with the Shock in October, will enter his rookie season in the CFL but has experience in the NFL (Arizona Cardinals) and in the UFL (Las Vegas Locomotives).
Spokane has now placed three players on the other league exempt list.
Lakeside's Haynes honored on all-tourney volleyball team
Ruth Haynes of Lakeside High earned honorable mention honors on the 1A Division I state volleyball all-tournament team announced recently at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston.
1A DIVISION I
STATE VOLLEYBALL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
FIRST TEAM - Rachelle Chamberlain, S, Challis; Karli Bennett, S, Genesee; Molly Swanger, OH, Troy; Brianna Nelson, OH, Genesee; Madisen Garlie, MB, Challis; Saige Self, MB, Horseshoe Bend; Katelyn Phillips, L, Genesee.
SECOND TEAM - Brittany Hosley, S, Troy; Sierra Riley, S, Horseshoe Bend; Marlae Moss, OH, Challis; Brielle Sheppeard, OH, Challis; Sam Moser, MB, Genesee; Morgan Miller, MB, Challis; Madisen Yockey, L, Troy.
HONORABLE MENTION - Aly Sauer, Hagerman; MeShel Rad, Prairie; Sammy Sperber, Genesee; Ashlee Petty, Horseshoe Bend; Katee Hines, Hagerman; Ruth Haynes, Lakeside; Nicole Kleint, Cascade; Raechel Osterberg, Genesee; Demetria Riener, Prairie.