Northwest Notes April 19, 2013
Former NIC volleyball standout
Yang signs with Rocky Mountain
BILLINGS, Mont. - Yang Yang, who was a second-team NJCAA All-America selection as a middle blocker at North Idaho College as a sophomore, has signed to play volleyball at Rocky Mountain College, the Billings Gazette reported.
The 6-footer from Yongan, China, will have two years of eligibility remaining starting this fall.
"We are happy to add such a great athlete like Yang on our roster," Rocky Mountain coach Laurie Kelly told the Gazette. "She is one of the premier players in the nation and has played two seasons in a top junior college program. Her experience will be a bonus for our already tough team next season."
Yang, 24, who played the last two seasons at NIC, helped the team place 8th and 9th in the NJCAA tournament and was coached by Kelly's daughter, Kandice (Kelly) Gregorak at NIC.
As a sophomore, Yang had 392 kills, 286 digs and was sixth in the NJCAA with her average of 1.46 blocks per set and was also selected to the Division I all-tournament team after collecting 70 kills, 58 digs and 12 blocks at nationals.
At Rocky, Yang will join setter Tori Bertsch, the former Post Falls High standout who was a freshman at Rocky last fall.
Post Falls High seeks
nominees for Hall of Fame
The Post Falls High athletic department is seeking nominations for its Hall of Fame.
Forms can be accessed at www.pftrojans.com.
Cardinals host Western Nevada
in final home softball series
COEUR d'ALENE - The North Idaho College softball team will conclude its home schedule this weekend as the Cardinals host the Western Nevada Wildcats in Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheaders today at 1 p.m. and Saturday at noon at Memorial Field.
Sixth-place NIC (16-27, 10-22 SWAC) is a game behind Western Nevada (14-34, 11-24) in the conference with 12 games remaining.
The teams split their previous meetings in Carson City on Feb. 26-27, with NIC winning the final two games of the series, outscoring the Wildcats 21-2 after losing 5-4 and 7-2 in the first two games.
NIC will face College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls next weekend and travel to Colorado Northwestern to conclude the regular season May 3-4.
League-leading CSI (38-8, 32-4) hosts Snow (21-14, 19-14) and Salt Lake (27-8, 31-5) hosts Southern Nevada (24-22, 17-18) in other SWAC play this weekend.
EWU football team to appear
on ROOT Sports four times
The Eastern Washington football team will appear four times as DIRECTV Sports Networks announced the telecast schedule for the upcoming 2013 Big Sky Conference season.
A total of 10 league games will be televised on ROOT Sports, marking the second year of a multi-year partnership between DIRECTV Sports Networks and the Big Sky Conference.
Times are yet to be announced, but four of Eastern's last five games will be broadcast - Oct. 26 at Montana, No. 9 vs. Montana State, Nov. 16 at Cal Poly and Nov. 23 vs. Portland State.
The broadcast schedule will open with a special Thursday night matchup on Sept. 26 when Portland State hosts Cal Poly, followed by nine Saturday games. The final games of the season will be the "Brawl of the Wild" between Montana and Montana State and the "Dam Cup" between Portland State and Eastern Washington.
BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Times Pacific
SEPTEMBER
26 - Cal Poly at Montana State, 7 p.m. 28 - Montana at Northern Arizona, 6 p.m.
OCTOBER
5 - Portland State at Montana. 19 - Montana State at Weber State. 26 - Eastern Washington at Montana.
NOVEMBER
2 - Montana State at Northern Colorado. 9 - Montana State at Eastern Washington. 16 - Eastern Washington at Cal Poly. 23 - Montana at Montana State, Portland State at Eastern Washington.
Shock travel to San Jose
to resume AFL play
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Spokane Shock (4-0) will take on the San Jose SaberCats (2-1) for their second West Division matchup in a row tonight at the HP Pavilion starting at 7:30.
Last week, Spokane came home after a three-game road trip to start the season, defeating the defending ArenaBowl champion and West Division rival Arizona Rattlers 66-49.
Erik Meyer threw for 351 yards and eight touchdowns in the win and now has 32 TD passes on the season and has yet to throw an interception.
Cd'A Resort Course
featured on MSN.com
The Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course has been featured on MSN.com, which reaches 1.1 million unique viewers each month.
The travel story focuses on the world's most spectacular golf courses and writer Tamara Hinson featured the Resort Course among other greats, including Al Ghazal in Abu Dhabi, Kauri Cliffs in New Zealand and Nefyn and District in the UK.
Information http://travel.uk.msn.com/adventure-travel/the-worlds-best-golf-courses#image=4