Northwest Notes Oct. 5, 2011

Lakeland grad Buchmann

to play at Little Big Horn

Neena Buchmann of Lakeland High recently signed a letter of intent to play women's basketball at Little Big Horn College, an NJCAA Region IX school on the Crow Indian Reservation in Crow Agency, Mont.

The 5-foot-9 Buchmann will likely play at shooting guard for the Rams, first-year coach Mark Stordahl said.

"I like her tenacity," he said. "She's a strong kid, she's a good defensive basketball player; right now she's our quickest basketball player. She can shoot the 3 pretty well. She'll probably be a starter right off the bat."

Little Big Horn plans to play a practice game Oct. 21 in Coeur d'Alene vs. the North Idaho College women as well as against Blue Mountain Community College of Pendleton, Ore.

Hoffman-Ellis earns honors

following comeback win

PULLMAN - Washington State senior linebacker Alex Hoffman-Ellis has been named the Pac-12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

Hoffman-Ellis, a senior from Los Angeles, registered a game-high 14 tackles in the Cougars' 31-27 win at Colorado. His 14 tackles were a team-high and one shy of a career best.

n Washington State's homecoming game against Stanford on Oct. 15 will be televised live by Versus (Time Warner channel 48, Dish Network 151, DirecTV 603).

Game time is 4:30 p.m. at Martin Stadium.

Mathews wins two events

at Nevada Senior Olympics

LAS VEGAS - George Mathews of Hayden Lake won a pair of events at the Nevada Senior Olympics, held at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Oct. 1-2.

Mathews, who is also the Coeur d'Alene High throws coach, won the men's 65-69 5K hammer with a throw of 145 feet, 8 inches and the 20-pound weight throw at 57-8 1/4.

WAC officials apologize for

Hawaii-Louisiana Tech mishap

DENVER - Western Athletic Conference commissioner Karl Benson apologized for the delay in Saturday's Hawaii-Louisiana Tech game in Ruston, La., caused when an instant replay review took 22 minutes to conduct.

The review occurred early in the second quarter following a punt by Hawaii. During the preceding series of downs, a timeout was called by Hawaii as the third down play was being run. The officials granted the timeout and the play did not count, but the replay official thought the timeout was granted after completion of the play. Following an incomplete pass on the next play, and subsequent punt, the replay official buzzed the field to inform the referee that five downs had occurred and the plays needed to be reviewed.