Northwest Notes: Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014

Former Padre pitcher to speak to NIC Boosters

COEUR d'ALENE - Former San Diego Padres pitcher and current Coeur d'Alene realtor Kevin Pickford will be the main speaker at the North Idaho College Booster Club's luncheon at noon on Tuesday at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.

Pickford played professional baseball for 12 years, pitching for San Diego in 2002. Originally from Fresno, Calif., Pickford was drafted in the second round out of high school in 1993 by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He moved to Coeur d'Alene in 2005 with his wife and has worked as a realtor at Keller Realty for the past seven years.

The cost of lunch is not covered.

Information: 769-3348

Miethe leaving Rogers High

for Whitworth coaching staff

SPOKANE - Matt Miethe has always been a Pirate.

Miethe, the head football coach for the Rogers High Pirates the last seven seasons, is returning to Whitworth University as the offensive line coach.

He has coached at Rogers, in one capacity or another, for the last 15 years and returned to Rogers, where he attended high school and played football following graduation from Whitworth in 1999.

Miethe becomes the fourth major coaching staff addition for new Whitworth coach Rod Sandberg and will join fellow Greater Spokane League alum Alan Stanfield on the offensive side of the ball. Stanfield, the former coach at Shadle Park High, was named Whitworth's offensive coordinator on Jan. 6.

Miethe will continue to teach P.E. and weights at Rogers and has also been spending the spring seasons as the girls JV softball coach and winters as an assistant wrestling coach at Rogers.