Northwest Notes Nov. 9, 2011
North Idaho Thunder sets
tryouts for club volleyball season
The North Idaho Thunder club volleyball team will hold an informational meeting on Saturday at 4 p.m. in the auditorium at Lake City High.
The purpose of the meeting is to answer questions, go over budgets and philosophies and registration for tryouts.
Tryouts for under-12 to U16 will be held on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Coeur d'Alene High, with U14 to U18 from 2:30 to 5 p.m.
Cost is $10.
Information: 699-7495
Ex-T-Wolf Bridges named NAIA
preseason baseball All-American
Lewis-Clark State senior and former Lake City High standout Trent Bridges was named to the 17-member NAIA 2012 preseason All-American baseball team, selected by the NAIA Baseball Coaches Association All-America Selection Committee.
Bridges was the school's second-leading hitter last season with a .392 average. He started a team-high 53 games and went 82 of 209 at the plate with 18 doubles, one triple, four home runs and 44 RBIs.
Bridges becomes the first LCSC player to earn preseason honors in two years.
Legel signs to
play at Great Falls
Erin Legel, a 5-foot-6 senior point guard who played on the 2010 state 5A champion Coeur d'Alene High Vikings, has signed a letter of intent to play basketball for NAIA University of Great Falls, coach Bill Himmelberg announced.
Legel also helped the Vikings, coached by Dale Poffenroth, to a state runner-up finish in 2011 and has also played for the Spokane Stars AAU team coached by Ron Adams, Steve Ranniger and Eric Anderson.
"We are thrilled that Erin is joining our program," Himmelberg said. "She has great court presence and plays with both poise and confidence. She is a well-rounded player who can do it all and she has a very high basketball IQ. She has played in two of the top programs in the west and knows how to win."
Legel averaged 12.2 points, 5.8 assists, 2.4 steals and 4.3 rebounds last season and shot 85 percent from the free-throw line during the AAU season.
"The university offers great academics and the school is a good fit for me," Legel said. "I'm looking forward to being an Argo. I'm also looking forward to getting to know the girls."
Zags' Harris named to
Naismith preseason watch list
ATLANTA - For the second straight season, Gonzaga junior Elias Harris has been named to the Naismith preseason watch list for the 2012 award, to be presented by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
Harris averaged 12.4 points and 6 rebounds per game, while starting 33 of 34 appearances last year for the Bulldogs, who advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
He was named West Coast Conference honorable mention last season and was an all-WCC preseason pick of the league's coaches for the upcoming season.
Harris scored a season-high 22 points midway through the season at home against Oklahoma State, one of 23 double-digit scoring nights last season.