Northwest Notes: Aug. 28, 2013
Viking boosters selling tickets, transportation for Bothell game
For those Coeur d'Alene High parents and fans attending the Viking football games in Seattle on Sept. 7, there is some updated information.
Fans can pre-purchase game tickets to the Emerald City Kickoff Classic varsity game only online at www.chsvikingboosters.com or by contacting Booster Club president Chris Costa at 818-4543. The classic is a four-game event beginning at 10 a.m. at Husky Stadium.
Coeur d'Alene will face Bothell in the third game at 4 p.m. The final game of the night feature Skyline High of Sammamish, Wash., which faces Coeur d'Alene the following Friday in Coeur d'Alene, playing Bellevue (Wash.) at 7.
Tickets are $15 for adults, students with ASB cards and seniors $10 and children five and under are free. The ticket is good for all four games.
There will also be a Viking fan bus leaving at 5 a.m. and arriving for Coeur d'Alene's JV football game at Bothell at 11:30 a.m. and leaving for Husky Stadium following the game. Cost is $70 per person and sold on a first-come, first-served basis and will return to Coeur d'Alene following the varsity game.
Information: 818-4543.
Kootenai County Vandal Booster weekly luncheons resume Thursday
COEUR d'ALENE - For University of Idaho Vandal fans in the Coeur d'Alene area, weekly Vandal Booster luncheons are set to resume Thursday.
The Kootenai County Vandal Boosters will gather every Thursday at the Coeur d'Alene Resort, Cabin 5, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch will be $10 per person and includes validated parking.
Each luncheon will feature a telephone conversation with a Vandal football coach as well as coaches of other University of Idaho athletics teams currently competing. The luncheons are scheduled to run through Thanksgiving.
For more information, contact Vandal Scholarship Fund North Idaho/Washington Development Director Shelly Robson at [email protected].
In addition to planning and hosting events promoting University of Idaho Athletics, the Vandal Scholarship Fund's mission is to assist in raising revenue for the support of student-athlete scholarships. Gifts made directly to the Vandal Scholarship Fund provide tools and resources student-athletes need to be competitive academically and athletically at the University of Idaho.
For more information regarding local events of to join the VSF, call 208-885-0259 or make an online pledge or gift by going to www.uidaho.edu/joinVSF.
Clutter, Hair compete at Masters Race in Oregon
GRESHAM, Ore. - Cindy Clutter and Margaret Hair traveled from Coeur d'Alene to compete in the Gil Young Northwest Zone Championship swim meet Aug. 23-25.
Clutter won the 800 freestyle and 1,500 freestyle, finished third in the 100 breaststroke, fourth in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle. Hair won the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, finished second in the 50 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 800 freestyle and was third in the 1,500 freestyle.
Registration open for Rolly Williams Classic
North Idaho College is holding the seventh annual Rolly Williams Classic golf tournament on Friday, Sept. 20, starting at 1 p.m. at Avondale Golf Club in Hayden Lake.
The entry deadline is Sept. 13 and includes golf, cart, an NIC shirt and dinner provided by Q'doba Mexican Grill. It is a four-person scramble with a 1 p.m. shotgun start.
Cost is $75 per person, $300 per team and $50 per hole sponsor.
Proceeds benefit the NIC golf program.
Information: 769-3348 or www.nic.edu/athletics