Northwest Notes: Saturday, February 28

Vandals to open football

season at home on a Thursday

MOSCOW - Six home games highlight the 2015 Idaho football schedule.

The home slate kicks off early with the Vandals' Thursday, Sept. 3, opener against Ohio University. Idaho takes to the road for its next game - Sept. 12 at USC, before returning home Sept. 19 to play Wofford of the Southern Conference, then opening Sun Belt Conference action against Georgia Southern on Sept. 26. All Sun Belt games will be on one of the ESPN platforms.

"It's exciting to start at home," said Paul Petrino, who begins his third season as head coach. "That (game at Ohio University) was a great game last year. We played them close."

Idaho will visit Auburn on Nov. 21.

Petrino likes having two non-conference home games heading into the league opener against Georgia Southern.

"We need to make sure we start off the year with a winning record," he said. "Those first five games we'll find out what we're made of."

After the home game against Georgia Southern, the Vandals continue with league games at Arkansas State and at Troy before a home game against Louisiana-Monroe - another game that came down to the wire in 2014.

Season tickets go on sale March 16.

2015 Idaho football schedule

Times Pacific if available

Times subject to change

Home games in CAPS

SEPTEMBER

3 - OHIO. 12 - at USC. 19 - WOFFORD, 2 p.m. 26 - GEORGIA SOUTHERN, 2 p.m.

OCTOBER

3 - at Arkansas State. 17- at Troy. 24 - LOUISIANA-MONROE, 2 p.m. 31 - at New Mexico State.

NOVEMBER

7 - at South Alabama. 14 - APPALACHIAN STATE, 2 p.m. 21 - at Auburn. 28 - TEXAS STATE, 2 p.m.

USSSA umpire clinic

set for March 14

HARRISON FLATS - An eight-hour clinic for those interested in being sanctioned as a USSSA umpire is scheduled for March 14 at 8 a.m. in the multi-purpose room at Kootenai High.

Sanctioned umps are being sought to work baseball, fast-pitch softball and slow-pitch softball games in the Harrison area, though there will be opportunities to work games in Washington.

Teenagers are also being sought to work pitching-machine games.

No experience is necessary, but knowledge of the sports is a plus.

To register, or for more information, call Lonnie Hayes at (208) 689-3447.