Northwest Notes, June 18, 2014
Bayley advances to national amateur publinx tourney
PULLMAN - Derek Bayley, a recent Lakeland High graduate who has signed with Washington State, shot a two round total of 145 to win an Amateur Public Links qualifier on Tuesday at Palouse Ridge Golf Club.
Bayley shot a 71 in the first round and a 74 in the second round, all played during rain during the tournament.
With the win, Bayley advances to the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship July 14-19 at Sand Creek Station in Newton, Kan.
Sean Packer of Auburn, Wash., shot a 150 (74-76) to finish second.
Coeur d'Alene High graduate and North Idaho College sophomore Michael Porter shot a 168 (83-85) to finish 15th. Austin Westphal, who played at NIC, finished 16th with a 170 (84-86).
Best of Northwest tourney scheduled to begin today
The 13th annual Best of the Northwest wood bat baseball tournament is scheduled to begin today, with games scheduled for Thorco Field in Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls High.
The 15-team tournament is separated into five-team pods, with pool play today through Friday, and bracket play scheduled for Saturday at Central Valley High and Thorco Field.
At Thorco, the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen will face the Spokane Crew today at 4:30 p.m., followed with the Lums against Wilkinson at 7.
Also in the Coeur d'Alene Division will be the Northwest Blaze and Missoula Prospects.
The Prairie Cardinals will host the Spokane Expos today at 11 a.m. at Post Falls High, followed by a game with the Spokane Bandits at 2 p.m.
Washington FCA and Sandberg Baseball also make up the Post Falls Division.
The Central Valley division includes the Spokane Dodgers, Spokane Dodgers (White), Champion Baseball, Phiten Legion and Twin City Titans.
Semifinals are scheduled for Sunday at Central Valley High, with the championship game at 4 p.m. at CV.
BEST OF THE NORTHWEST
Thorco Field, Coeur d'Alene
Wednesday
4:30 p.m. - Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen vs. Spokane Crew. 7 - Wilkinson vs. Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen.
Thursday
11:30 a.m. - Spokane Crew vs. Wilkinson. 2 p.m. - Spokane Crew vs. Missoula Prospects. 4:30 - Northwest Blaze vs. Missoula Prospects. 7 - Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen vs. Northwest Blaze.
Friday
11:30 a.m. - Wilkinson vs. Northwest Blaze. 2 p.m. - Missoula Prospects vs. Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen. 4:30 - Missoula Prospects vs. Wilkinson. 7 - Northwest Blaze vs. Spokane Crew.
Saturday
10:30 a.m. - Coeur d'Alene No. 4 vs. Post Falls No. 5. 1 p.m. - Post Falls No. 4 vs. Central Valley No. 5. 3:30 - Post Falls No. 1 vs. Central Valley No. 3. 6 - Coeur d'Alene No. 1 vs. Central Valley No. 2.
Post Falls High
Wednesday
11 a.m. - Prairie Cardinals vs. Spokane Expos. 2 p.m. - Spokane Bandits vs. Prairie Cardinals.
Thursday
10 a.m. - Spokane Expos vs. Spokane Bandits. 12:30 p.m. - Spokane Expos vs. Sandberg Baseball. 3 - Washington FCA vs. Sandberg Baseball. 5:30 - Prairie Cardinals vs. Washington FCA.
Friday
10 a.m. - Spokane Bandits vs. Washington FCA. 12:30 p.m. - Sandberg Baseball vs. Prairie Cardinals. 3 - Sandberg Baseball vs. Spokane Bandits. 5:30 - Washington FCA vs. Spokane Expos.
Central Valley High, Spokane
Wednesday
3:30 p.m. - Spokane Dodgers vs. Spokane Dodgers (White). 6 - Champion Baseball vs. Spokane Dodgers.
Thursday
10 a.m. - Spokane Dodgers (White) vs. Champion Baseball. 12:30 p.m. - Spokane Dodgers (White) vs. Twin City Twins. 3 - Phiten Legion vs. Twin City Titans. 5:30 - Spokane Dodgers vs. Phiten Legion.
Friday
10 a.m. - Champion Baseball vs. Phiten Legion. 12:30 p.m. - Twin City Titans vs. Spokane Dodgers. 3 - Twin City Titans vs. Champion Baseball. 5:30 - Phiten Legion vs. Spokane Dodgers (White).
Saturday
10 a.m. - Central Valley No. 4 vs. Coeur d'Alene No. 5. 12:30 p.m. - Coeur d'Alene No. 3 vs. Post Falls No. 3. 3 - Post Falls No. 2 vs. Coeur d'Alene No. 2. 5:30 p.m. - Central Valley No. 1 vs. Winner, CV 12:30 game.
Sunday
10 a.m - Saturday Cd'A 5:30 winner vs. Cd'A 3 winner (semifinal). 1 p.m. - Central Valley Saturday 5:30 winner vs. CV 3 p.m. winner (semifinal). 4 - Sunday 1 p.m. winner vs. 10 a.m. winner (championship).
Zbydniewski placed on recallable reassignment
The Spokane Shock placed quarterback Brian Zbydniewski on recallable reassignment on Monday.
Spokane can recall the quarterback, who started the last four games in place of starting quarterback Erik Meyer, within 48 hours.
Zbydniewski was acquired via trade with Cleveland on May 20 and had previously played for the Shock in 2006 and as part of the 2010 ArenaBowl XXIII championship team.
Meyer, who was sidelined with a broken collarbone, returned late in last Saturday's 47-37 loss at San Jose, and is expected to start Friday's game against San Antonio at the Spokane Arena.