Northwest Notes: Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014

Local Vandal Boosters to host signing day event

The Kootenai County Vandal Boosters will hold an Idaho national letter of intent signing event on Thursday at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.

Doors open at 6 p.m., with the program to begin at 6:30.

Cost is $20 at the door, with Hors d'oeuvres and a no host bar.

All Vandal football coaches will be in attendance, along with athletic director Dr. Rob Spear.

Pittman tabbed to coach Idaho women's soccer

MOSCOW - Derek Pittman, a four-year associate head coach at Gonzaga, was hired as the fourth head coach in the history of the Idaho women's soccer program, athletic director Dr. Rob Spear announced.

Pittman, 39, comes to Idaho with 13 years of collegiate coaching experience, which includes three years as head coach at Arkansas State.

Pittman replaces Peter Showler, the winningest coach in program history, finishing with 50 wins in nine seasons.

Harvey gets Big Sky honor for second time in four weeks

For the second time in the past four weeks, Eastern Washington sophomore guard Tyler Harvey has been selected as the College Sports Madness Big Sky Conference Player of the Week after yet another record-breaking effort in the Eagles 94-90 overtime win over Northern Colorado last Saturday.

Harvey scored 36 points for the second time in four games when he made a school-record 10 3-pointers and totaled 38 points against the Bears. His point total was the sixth-most in school history.

AFL sets television schedule for upcoming season

CHICAGO - The NET10 Wireless Arena Football League will return to CBS Sports Network for the second consecutive season with a slate of 20 regular season games, the league announced.

The Spokane Shock will play four games on the network, the first on March 23 when they travel to Arizona. Other games are at Tampa Bay (April 26), at San Jose (June 14) and a home game against Arizona on July 12.

Times PDT

17 - San Jose at Portland, 7 p.m. 23 - Spokane at Arizona, 3:30 p.m. 29 - Orlando at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

5 - Portland at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. 11 - New Orleans at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. 19 - Los Angeles at Iowa, 5 p.m. 26 - Spokane at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

3 - Arizona at Jacksonville, 4 p.m. 10 - New Orleans at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. 17 - Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. 24 - Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. 31 - San Jose at Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

7 - Iowa at Cleveland, 5 p.m. 14 - Spokane at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. 21 - Cleveland at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. 28 - Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 4 p.m.

5 - Portland at Cleveland, 3 p.m. 12 - Arizona at Spokane, 7 p.m. 19 - San Antonio at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. 26 - Arizona at Orlando, 4 p.m.