Northwest Notes, July 9, 2014

Bayley wins match-play opener at men's amateur

PULLMAN - Recent Lakeland High graduate Derek Bayley beat Li Wang of Sammamish, Wash, in 19 holes in the match play round of 64 at the 113th Pacific Northwest Men's Amateur Championship on Tuesday at Palouse Ridge Golf Club.

Bayley, who has signed to play at Washington State next year, was the No. 49 seed after shooting 74-70-144 in two rounds of stroke play. Li was the No. 16 seed.

Bayley faces Clay Christensen of Wilder, the No. 48 seed, today in the round of 32.

The No. 1 seed, Dale Brandt-Richards of Sydney, Australia, was upset by 64th seed Tye Gabriel of Portland, 2 and 1.

Former Lake City outfielder named Eastern League All-Star

Kyle Johnson, an outfielder from Lake City High and Washington State, was a fan vote selection to the Double-A Eastern League All-Star Game next Wednesday in Altoona, Pa.

Rosters were selected by a vote of the league's managers, media members and fans.

Johnson is batting .283 (69 for 244) with 18 doubles, three triples and 34 runs batted in for the Binghampton (N.Y.) Mets, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Mets.

Cd'A native Potter named BSU men's golf coach

BOISE - Coeur d'Alene native Dan Potter has been hired as men's golf coach at Boise State, athletic director Mark Coyle announced.

Potter joins the Broncos from Washington, where he was an assistant coach during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons.

"Having grown up in Idaho and playing competitively throughout the Northwest, I've always felt that Boise State had the ingredients to offer an amazing college golf experience," Potter said. "I'm excited to be a part of that now."

Potter, who played high school golf at Gonzaga Prep in Spokane, played collegiate golf for Washington from 2000-04, earning a bachelor's degree in political science.

In just two seasons with the Huskies, Potter helped coach two individuals to the No. 1 position in the World Amateur Golf Rankings - Chris Williams and Cheng-Tsung Pan. Williams, originally from Moscow, earned the Ben Hogan Award in 2013, the most prestigious award in collegiate golf. He also received the McCormack Medal in 2012 as the leading player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. Pan, a junior this past season with the Huskies, competed in the 2013 U.S. Open and has qualified for The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool July 17-20.

In Potter's two seasons with Washington, seven Huskies earned All-Pac-12 recognition, three were named All-America and one was named Academic All-American.

"We've been fortunate to have Dan in our program for several years as a player and coach, and we'll really miss him," Washington men's golf coach Matt Thurmond said. "He is a great teammate and leader, and I loved working with him every day. He brings with him to Boise a great knowledge of golf and a unique feel for people, and I think the student-athletes and fans at Boise State will love Dan as much as we do. He will do great things to build the program there."

WSU to play Hawaii in Cougar Hardwood Classic

PULLMAN - The Washington State men's basketball team will face Hawaii in the return of the Cougar Hardwood Classic, set for Saturday, Dec. 13 at KeyArena in Seattle, Idol Sports and Entertainment announced.

The 2014 Cougar Hardwood Classic will mark the ninth in 10 years, as last year's event did not take place due to venue conflicts. The game began in 2005 against Utah and WSU has also faced San Diego State (2006), The Citadel (2007), Montana State (2008), LSU (2009), Portland (2010), Pepperdine (2011) and Buffalo (2012) in the game at KeyArena, boasting an 8-0 record all-time.

This year marks the seventh all-time meeting between the schools, with the last meeting coming on Dec. 29, 1991, at the Rainbow Classic at Honolulu.

Tickets for the game will go on sale Friday, Sept. 5.

Information: www.wsucougars.com and www.cougarsinseattle.com.

EWU center Seiferth returning to Germany to play pro hoops

CHENEY - Eastern Washington 6-foot-10 center Martin Seiferth will return to his native Germany for an opportunity to play professional basketball for Alba in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague in 2014-15, Eastern men's coach Jim Hayford announced.

Seiferth signed a two-year agreement with the Berlin-based club, after previously playing for Alba's youth teams. He helped his club to the Under-19 German title in 2009.

The Berlin native was on the school's Dean's List this spring, and will complete requirements for communications studies degree this summer. He was twice named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team and has a 3.33 grade point average.

As a junior, Seiferth averaged 21.5 minutes, 7.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, while starting 27 of the 31 games he played in. He led the Big Sky in field goal percentage (.667) and was fourth in blocked shots and 11th in rebounding.

He finishes his Eastern career with the school record for career shooting percentage (.644). In his 62-game career at EWU, the Oregon transfer averaged 7.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots per game. His 112 career blocks rank second behind the 115 of teammate Venky Jois.

Cawley takes over Idaho track and field

MOSCOW - Tim Cawley, an 11-year assistant track and field coach at Colorado State, was hired as the new Director of Track and Field and Cross Country, athletic director Rob Spear announced.

Cawley, 38, arrives at Idaho with 15 years of collegiate coaching experience. In addition to his collegiate experience, he has spent time on the international level coaching Olympian Janay DeLoach, who won a bronze medal at the London Games in the long jump.

Cawley spent the last 11 seasons at Colorado State where he was responsible for the multi-events as well as the horizontal jumps and the pole vault. While at CSU, Cawley coached eight All-American performances, 23 NCAA Championship qualifiers, 17 conference champions and several regional qualifiers.

Cawley earned his degree in art education from Wyoming, where he competed in the jumps and was on the 4x100 relay team. At the NCAA Championships, he earned All-American honors in 1998 in the long jump and also competed in the triple jump. In 2008, he finished in the top 10 at the USA Indoor Championships in the triple jump.