Northwest Notes Nov. 2, 2012

NIC volleyball Region 18

matches to be webcast

TWIN FALLS - North Idaho College, (20-4), ranked No. 8 in the NJCAA and seeded third in the Region 18 tournament, will take on sixth-seeded Colorado Northwestern Community College (0-23) at 9 a.m. PDT today in the first round of the Region 18 tourney at the College of Southern Idaho.

The winner of that match will face No. 2-seed Salt Lake Community College (22-6) at 3 p.m. PDT today. The winner will qualify for the NJCAA tournament, and also advance to Saturday's championship match.

Region 18 is the only conference in the NJCAA that receives two representatives at the NJCAA volleyball national tournament, due to the league's strength of schedule and prior national tournament performance.

A championship match will be played on Saturday for seeding to nationals. All five matches of the tournament will be webcast live. To watch the webcasts, go to www.nicathletics.com and click "Live Webcasts."

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REGION 18 VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

at College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls

Times PDT

Friday

Match 1 - North Idaho (20-4) vs. Colorado Northwestern (0-23), 9 a.m.

Match 2 - Snow College (15-8) vs. Utah State-Eastern (11-16), noon

Match 3 - Winner Match 1 vs. Salt Lake (22-6), 3 p.m. (winner to nationals)

Match 4 - Winner Match 2 vs. Southern Idaho (27-1), 6 (winner to nationals)

Saturday

Match 5 - Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, noon (winner is District A representative to nationals, loser is District B representative).

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

tickets now on sale

BOISE - Tickets to the 2012 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 15 at 2:30 p.m. MST at Bronco Stadium, are now available to the general public.

The bowl will be the second game played of the 2012-13 bowl schedule and will feature teams from the Mid-American Conference and the Western Athletic Conference. The selection of teams will come at the conclusion of the regular season.

Ticket packages include premium upper and lower-level seating for $50 each, upper and lower-level corners for $30 each, end-zone tickets for $18 each, and a family pack of four upper-level corner tickets for $50 total. Tickets are also available in the Stueckle Sky Club, beginning at $99 each for club seating.

All tickets are available at Idahotickets.com, by phone at (208) 426-4737, or at the Boise State Bronco Stadium ticket office.