Northwest Notes April 12, 2013

Top two arena teams

collide tonight in Spokane

SPOKANE - The Spokane Shock (3-0) take on the defending Arenabowl champion Arizona Rattlers (3-0) for their first National Conference West Division matchup and home opener tonight at 7 (SWX, ESPN 700) at Spokane Arena.

Arizona and Spokane are 1-2 in the league's power rankings.

After a 66-43 win against the Iowa Barnstormers last Friday, the Shock start the season 3-0 for the first time since the 2009 af2 season. Erik Meyer has thrown 24 touchdown passes in three games.

Arizona quarterback Nick Davila, who led the Shock to the af2 title in 2009, has thrown for 20 touchdowns with two interceptions for the Rattlers.

Several girls basketball

coaching jobs available at Coeur d'Alene High

COEUR d'ALENE - Coeur d'Alene High girls basketball coach Dale Poffenroth is looking for a few good coaches.

Emphasis on coaches.

Poffenroth is looking to hire a complete new staff of assistants - a varsity assistant, a junior varsity coach, and a freshman/"C" squad coach.

"I have never had this many openings," the longtime coach said.

Anyone interested can contact Poffenroth at [email protected].

Cardinals to host Snow in Scenic West softball series

COEUR d'ALENE - The North Idaho College softball team resumes Scenic West Athletic Conference play as the Cardinals host the Snow Badgers starting today at 1 p.m. at Memorial Field.

NIC (15-25, 9-20 SWAC) enters the weekend fifth in the conference, just ahead of Western Nevada (11-33, 8-23).

Snow (19-13, 17-12) is third, Southern Nevada (24-22, 17-18) fourth. Sixth-ranked CSI (35-7, 29-3) travels to second-ranked and SWAC-leading Salt Lake (36-5, 30-2) this weekend.

The teams will conclude the weekend series with a doubleheader on Saturday starting at noon.