Northwest Notes Oct. 12, 2011
Coeur d'Alene volleyball team
to hold fundraiser Friday
The Coeur d'Alene High volleyball team will hold a fundraiser before Friday's homecoming football game against Lewiston.
The Vikings will be serving a meal from Texas Roadhouse, with a pulled pork sandwich, beans, chip, dessert and drink for $7 from 5:30 p.m. to kickoff in the commons area by the gym.
ESPNU adds November
WAC football games
DENVER - ESPN has announced it will carry two Western Athletic Conference games to be shown on ESPNU.
The network will carry the Louisiana Tech-Fresno State game on Nov. 5, with a new kickoff time of 7:30 p.m., with a game between Hawaii and Nevada the following week to start at 7:15 to accommodate both broadcasts.
BC Basketball Classic
tickets on sale Friday
Tickets for the BC Basketball Classic featuring Gonzaga and Hawaii on Nov. 19 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, go on sale this Friday.
The BC Basketball Classic will be the first regular season NCAA men's basketball game to take place in British Columbia since 1990, when UNLV defeated Alabama-Birmingham 109-68.
Gonzaga features three players from Canada: Robert Sacre (North Vancouver, B.C.), Kelly Olynyk (Kamloops, B.C.) and Kevin Pangos (Newmarket, Ontario).
Information: www.ticketmaster.ca
Shock add linemen
to 2012 roster
SPOKANE - Defensive lineman Jeremy Geathers and offensive lineman Sifa Etu have signed with the Spokane Shock, the team announced.
Geathers (6-foot-3 255 pounds), was a member of Spokane's ArenaBowl XXIII championship team in 2010, collecting four sacks and 19.5 tackles in nine regular season games. In 2011, he was acquired by the Chicago Rush where he played five games and had six tackles and one sack.
Etu (6-1, 310) enters his first season of arena football after he was in camp with the Jacksonville Jaguars earlier this season.