Northwest Notes March 15, 2012

Ex-NIC baseball player Brown

honored by Montana hall of fame

BILLINGS, Mont. - Former North Idaho College baseball standout and local businessman Rick Brown will be inducted into the Montana American Legion baseball Hall of Fame as a member of the 1985 Billings Scarlets.

The Scarlets will be honored at the induction scheduled for April 28 in Billings.

Brown played center field and hit leadoff for the '85 Billings team that won the state Legion title.

Brown, also an all-state football player at Billings West High School, played baseball at NIC from 1986-88, then finished his collegiate career at Eastern Oregon State University in La Grande.

Brown and his family are full-time residents of Hayden Lake.

Shock activate linebackers,

place Walters on IR

The Spokane Shock announced linebackers Steven Black and Freddie Harris have been activated from the physically unable to perform list and have released wide receiver Deron Clark.

Defensive lineman Pierre Walters has been placed on injured reserve.

In other Arena Football League news, the Iowa Barnstormers jumped from unranked to fourth in the AFL Coaches Poll after a 69-63 overtime win over the Spokane Shock on Monday at the Spokane Arena.

Spokane (0-1), which was ninth in the preseason poll, dropped to 10th.

San Jose received 16 of 17 first-place votes to claim the top spot, followed by Chicago and the Arizona Rattlers, who received the other first-place vote.

San Antonio, ranked sixth this week, will host Spokane on Saturday.