Northwest Notes: Sept. 11, 2014

Grove finishes third

at Montana Open

North Idaho College golf coach Russell Grove of Avondale Golf Club in Hayden shot a nine-under 63 to finished third in the Montana Open on Sunday at Larchmont Golf Course in Missoula.

Grove shot 69 in the first two days of the tournament, finishing with a 201.

Scott Foster of Anthem, Ariz., won the tournament by one stroke with a 69-66-64-199 over Ryan Malby 68-69-63-200.

Trevor Fox of The Club at Black Rock finished 16th with a 69-74-71-214.

Other locals competing included: Matt Bunn of Hayden Lake Country Club (73-74-74-221), John Beutler of Coeur d'Alene with a (75-72-79-226) and Mike DeLong of Coeur d'Alene Resort with a 79-76-76-231.

ESPN to broadcast

Oregon at WSU on Sept. 20

PULLMAN - Washington State's home football game against Oregon on Sept. 20 will kick off at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.

Washington State hosts Portland State on Saturday at 5 p.m. on the Pac-12 Network.

Avista Stadium named NWL

Field of the Year

SPOKANE - The Northwest League announced that Avista Stadium has been named the 2014 Northwest League Field of the Year, the 10th straight year and 16th in the past 18 seasons they've received the honor.

The award is given annually to the team that has the best playing surface and maintains the highest quality field throughout the 76-game season, as voted on by league managers and coaches.

With the award, head groundskeeper David Yearout is one of 16 candidates for Minor League Baseball's Sports Turf Manager of the Year, which will be announced at the 2014 Winter Meetings.

Fram, Helewka

to play

in NHL rookie camps

SPOKANE - Two Spokane Chiefs, Jason Fram and Adam Helewka, have been invited to participate in NHL rookie camps this season.

Fram will play for the Calgary Flames at the Young Stars Classic in Penticton, British Columbia and Helewka will join the St. Louis Blues in the Traverse City tournament in Michigan.