Northwest Notes March 14, 2013

Turkenburg, two

Montana prep players

sign with Montana Tech

BUTTE, Mont. - Montana Tech women's basketball coach Kerie DePell announced the signing of three players this week as Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy senior Lexi Turkenburg and Hattie Thatcher of Butte High and Danee Leary of Butte Central will join the Lady Digger squad.

"I am extremely excited to add this group of freshmen to our program," DePell said. "I believe we have signed three great players that are also excellent students and people."

Turkenburg, a 5-foot-8 senior guard, lettered twice in volleyball and four times in basketball, averaging 14.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and three assists per game for the Panthers. As a senior she averaged 20 points per game and was named Most Valuable Player of the 2A Central Idaho League.

She has a 4.4 grade point average and received the Idaho Top Scholar Award and will major in metallurgical engineering.

"Lexi is an intelligent basketball player who has been successful on the court as well as in the classroom," DePell said. "The Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy is a rigorous academic high school, and Lexi has done very well there with a tough course load. She will be well prepared to take the step up to college athletics because of her experience there, and I know she will represent our program in the best way possible."

Turkenburg's grandpa and uncle graduated from Montana Tech.

"I am looking forward to carrying on the family tradition that my grandpa started and encouraged," Turkenburg said. "I am also very excited to have the opportunity to be part of the Montana Tech women's basketball team."

Thatcher, a 5-5 point guard, averaged 8.2 points, 2.7 assists, 1.9 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game.

Leary was named second team All-Conference as a junior and was a first-team All-Conference and All-State selection.

Kroc Lake City

wins Spring Splash

COEUR d'ALENE - Eighteen Kroc Lake City Masters swimmers competed at the Spring Splash held at the Kroc Center on March 9.

The Kroc team dominated the local meet with 12 teams from around the northwest participating.

Inland Northwest records were set by: Alex McEnany (100 breaststroke), Margaret Hair (50 backstroke), Gloria Waggoner (50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 100 individual medley), Barbara Irvin (50 freestyle), Mike Hamm (1,500 freestyle, 200 individual medley), Mike Earin (50 backstroke, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke), 400 medley women's relay (Gloria Waggoner, Cindy Clutter, Margaret Hair, Barbara Irvine), 200 freestyle mixed relay (Alex McEnany, Deidre Ater, Jonathan Siegler, Dan Taylor), 400 medley women's relay (Gloria Waggoner, Cindy Clutter, Margaret Hair, Barbara Irvine) and the 800 freestyle men relay (Mike Hamm, Glenn Mabile, Rob Urbaniak, Todd Cory).

Individual results were: Diedre Ater (Coeur d'Alene) first in 50 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 100 IM and second in 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke; Cindy Clutter (Coeur d'Alene) first in 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 1,500 freestyle, 50 breaststroke and second in 100 freestyle; Todd Cory (Coeur d'Alene) first in 50 freestyle, 50 breaststroke, 50 butterfly, 100 IM; Mike Earin (Coeur d'Alene) first in 50 backstroke, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and second in 400 freestyle, 1,500 freestyle; Margaret Hair (Coeur d'Alene) first in 200 freestyle, 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke, 100 butterfly, 100 IM; Mike Hamm (Coeur d'Alene) first in 1,500 freestyle, 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM; Barbara Irvine (Post Falls) first in 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle; Dee Keese (Coeur d'Alene) first in 1,500 freestyle; Glenn Mabile (Post Falls) first in 1,500 freestyle, 50 backstroke and second in 100 backstroke, 50 butterfly, 200 IM; Kaila Mallrie (Hayden) first in 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and second in 50 freestyle; Alex McEnany (Coeur d'Alene) first in 200 freestyle, 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM; Jonathan Siegler (Coeur d'Alene) first in 50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 butterfly, 100 IM; Steve Tanner (Coeur d'Alene) first in 100 IM, second in 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke and third in 50 freestyle, 400 freestyle; Dan Taylor (Hayden) first in 100 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 100 butterfly, 100 IM; Tisha Taylor (Coeur d'Alene) first in 100 freestyle, 50 backstroke, 100 backstroke and second in 200 backstroke; Brittany Urbaniak (Coeur d'Alene) first in 50 breaststroke and second in 100 breaststroke; Rob Urbaniak (Coeur d'Alene) first in 50 freestyle, 50 breaststroke, 50 butterfly; Gloria Waggoner (Hayden) first in 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 100 IM.

Winning relays included: 200 freestyle men 200-239 (Mike Hamm, Glenn Mabile, Rob Urbaniak, Todd Cory), 200 freestyle mixed 120-159 (Alex McEnany, Deidre Ater, Jonathan Siegler, Dan Taylor); 200 freestyle mixed 200-239 (Steve Tanner, Cindy Clutter, Margaret Hair, Mike Earin); 400 medley women 240-279 (Gloria Waggoner, Cindy Clutter, Margaret Hair, Barbara Irvine); 400 medley mixed 100-119 (Tisha Taylor, Alex McEnany, Jonathan Siegler, Dan Taylor); 800 freestyle women 120-269 (Brittany Urbaniak, Cindy Clutter, Deidre Ater, Tisha Taylor); 800 freestyle men 200-239 (Mike Hamm, Glenn Marbile, Robert Urbaniak, Todd Cory).

During the meet, Larry Krauser of Spokane set a Masters world record in the 200 meter freestyle in the 60-64 age group.

The next competition is the Inland Northwest Championships April 6-7 in Moscow.

Vandals trio

receive honors

from website

University of Idaho senior Kyle Barone was a first-team Western Athletic Conference choice of CollegeSportsMadness.com, while teammates junior Stephen Madison earned third-team honors and sophomore Connor Hill was a fourth-team choice.

Hill, a Post Falls High graduate, has already climbed to sixth on the career 3-point goals list at Idaho with 132, with his 85 this season currently ranking him fourth. He is also fourth on the career 3-point percentage (.424) list and for 2012-13 is third (.450) on the single season list. His 3-point percentage is eight in the nation.

With at least one game to go, Barone has played in more games (125) than any other Vandal and is fourth on the all-time career points (1,414) list, second on the rebounds list (863) and third on the blocked shots list (124). His 16 double-doubles this season are eighth in the nation.

Madison is the team's second-leading scorer at 14.5 points per game and has made 27 3-pointers, with 63 assists and 139 rebounds.

Playoff dates set for series

with Chiefs and

Tri-City Americans

Dates for the first round of the Western Hockey League playoff series between the Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans have been finalized and will begin in Spokane with Game 1 and Game 2 on Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23.

Games 3, 4 and, if necessary 5 will be played in Tri-City with Spokane hosting a potential Game 6.

The location of Game 7 will be determined by who finishes in fourth place in the Western Conference at the end of the regular season. Spokane leads Tri-City for fourth by two points, with the teams playing Friday in Spokane and Saturday in Kennewick, Wash.

If the two teams remain equal in points, then wins would determine the higher seed. Spokane leads Tri-City 42-40.

This will be the third consecutive year the teams have played in the opening round.

Tickets for the first two games of the series go on sale today at 9 a.m. at TicketsWest outlets.

SPOKANE vs. TRI-CITY PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

Games start at 7:05 p.m.

Game 1 - Friday, March 22 at Spokane. Game 2 - Saturday, March 23 at Spokane. Game 3 - Tuesday, March 26 at Tri-City. Game 4 ?? Thursday, March 28 at Tri-City. Game 5 - Saturday, March 30 at Tri-City (if-necessary). Game 6 - Tuesday, April 2 at Spokane (if-necessary). Game 7 - Wednesday, April 3 at TBD (if-necessary).