Northwest Notes Nov. 28, 2012
Youth rec players admitted free for Friday night games at NIC
All youth recreation league team members who wear their team's T-shirt will get into either North Idaho College basketball games for free during a doubleheader on Friday at Christianson Gym.
The NIC women's team will face the Community Colleges of Spokane at 5:30 p.m., followed by the men facing Edmonds to open the Bigfoot/Cardinal Classic at 7:30.
Two coaches from each recreation team will also be admitted for free, but parents will have to pay.
Cost is $5 for adults.
Information: (208) 769-3352 or (208) 769-5975.
Recruiting seminar set at Lakeland High Dec. 5
RATHDRUM - Jack Renkens, founder of Recruiting Realities, will share lessons he's learned as a high school and college coach, athletic director and parent of a high school athlete during a seminar at the Lakeland High Commons area on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m.
He founded Recruiting Realities for the purpose of debunking the myths and presenting facts about recruiting for student-athletes, their families, coaches and school counselors.
Renkens is a weekly contributor to several major newspapers and magazines.
Information: (208) 687-0181
Harris earns WCC honor; Gonzaga moves up to 12th
One day after winning the Old Spice Classic, Gonzaga got the attention of national pollsters and forward Elias Harris the West Coast Conference.
Gonzaga, which ran its record to 6-0, is ranked 12th in both the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN polls. Harris was named the WCC Player of the Week.
Harris, a 6-foot-8, 240-pound senior from Speyer, Germany, scored a season-high 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds against Davidson in the championship game of the Old Spice Classic. It was the 23rd double-double of his career.
The Bulldogs, meanwhile, jumped five spots in the AP rankings and four spots in the USA Today/ESPN poll. It's the highest the Bulldogs have been ranked since finishing 10th in the final AP poll in 2009.
Gonzaga will host Lewis-Clark State on Thursday at 6 p.m., as well as future WCC foe Pacific on Saturday at 5 p.m.
Lewis-Clark State features former Lake City High and NIC standout Nick Fromm. Petar Joksimovic, who played at NIC, has left the Warrior program for personal reasons, the school said, after playing in four of the team's nine games.
Former CSI athlete enters guilty plea
TWIN FALLS (AP) - A former College of Southern Idaho baseball player has pleaded guilty to selling anabolic steroids.
The Times-News said 21-year-old William Robert "Billy Bob" Ward of Las Vegas pleaded guilty on Nov. 19 to three counts of delivery of a controlled substance.
Prosecutors are recommending a three- to nine-year prison sentence that could be reduced under the retained jurisdiction program when Ward is sentenced on Jan. 7.
Ward said he pleaded guilty because on three occasions between February and May he delivered testosterone propionate to a confidential informant. He was arrested in May after an Idaho State Police investigation into Ward's reported sale of anabolic steroids to several of his teammates.
Ward had just finished his sophomore season at the junior college at the time of his arrest.
Spokane Golf Show set for Feb. 16-17
SPOKANE - The 15th annual Spokane Golf and Travel Show will be held on Feb. 16-17 at the Spokane Convention Center.
Hours are Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission is $12 and children 12 and under are free and tickets will be available on Dec. 7 at all TicketsWest Outlets or the golf show website at www.spokanegolfshow.com.
Every adult paid admission will receive two free rounds of golf, one free round of golf from Spokane's Fairways Golf Course and another round at a variety of courses.
There will be golf manufacturers, PGA seminars, retailers, area and regional golf courses and new equipment all in one location, with contests and interactive golf attractions also available.
Information: www.spokanegolfshow.com or (509) 621-0125.