Northwest Notes April 26, 2013

| April 26, 2013 9:00 PM

NIC softball hits road

to face Southern Idaho

The North Idaho College softball team will play its first road games in almost two months today as the Cardinals travel to Twin Falls to face the Scenic West Athletic Conference leading Southern Idaho Golden Eagles in doubleheaders today and Saturday.

NIC (18-28, 12-23 SWAC) moved into fifth place in the conference with two wins last weekend and has four more games at Colorado Northwestern next weekend to finish the regular season. CSI (41-9, 35-5) can clinch the conference title and will host the Region 18 tournament May 8-11 with wins in three of four games vs. NIC.

Salt Lake (40-9, 34-6) is off this weekend.

In other SWAC play this weekend, Colorado Northwestern (4-41, 3-37) travels to Southern Nevada (25-25, 18-21) and Snow (22-17, 20-16) travels to Western Nevada (15-36, 12-26).

NIC boosters selling

raffle tickets for car

COEUR d'ALENE - Tickets are on sale for the NIC 2013 Booster Club Car Raffle.

This year, a 1995 Toyota Camry will be drawn for at the May 4 NIC Hall of Fame Awards Banquet. Tickets are $5 each or $20 for five tickets. All proceeds benefit NIC Athletics. Cal DeHaas and his NIC automotive repair helped prepare the car for the raffle.

To buy a ticket, visit the NIC Athletics Office in Post Hall Room 111 (not the gym) or contact Patty Stewart at (208) 769-3348 or [email protected].