Northwest Notes: Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Tickets on sale for Showcase golf at Cd'A Resort Course
Tickets are on sale for the Showcase presented by GoPro.
The nine-hole celebrity golf exhibition is being held at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course on Aug. 3 and will feature PGA Tour professional golfers, along with world-class athletes and celebrities, a special instructive clinic with Tour professionals, an interactive Nike Golf demo center, ESPN Zone and concessions.
Scheduled to appear are: NHL Hall of Fame goaltender Grant Fuhr; current PGA Tour player and Spokane native Alex Prugh; former NBA All-Star Detlef Schrempf; Los Angeles Laker center Robert Sacre; Gonzaga men's basketball coach Mark Few; former NBA head coach and current ESPN basketball analyst P.J. Carlesimo.
Other celebrities and PGA Tour players will be announced throughout the month of July.
Individual gallery tickets are $50, which includes admittance to the Coeur d'Alene Resort grounds, the full day of activities plus complimentary food and beverage.
Tickets can be purchased at showcasegolf.com.
Chiefs defenseman Fram invited to Calgary camp
Spokane Chiefs defenseman Jason Fram is participating in the Calgary Flames development camp this week in Calgary, Alberta.
The camp includes 42 Flames prospects - 18 defensemen - with a mix of drafted and undrafted players.
The camp, which began on Monday, runs through Friday.
Fram, as team captain, scored nine goals and a team-leading 53 assists in 70 games during the 2014-15 season. His 62 points were third amongst defensemen in the Western Hockey League. In 253 career games with the Chiefs - tied for 29th in franchise history - Fram has 141 points, including 121 assists and holds a career +37 plus/minus rating.
Fram was originally an eighth round pick (171st overall) in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft.
Ex-Cougs Conley, Tanielu named minor league all-stars
PULLMAN - Former Washington State pitcher Adam Conley was selected to start the Triple-A All-Star Game for the Pacific Coast League and former Cougar third baseman Nick Tanielu started for the West in the Single-A Midwestern League All-Star Game.
Conley, a second-round pick by the Miami Marlins in 2011, owns an 8-2 record with a 2.33 ERA and 62 strikeouts over 89 innings in 15 Triple-A starts for the New Orleans Zephyrs (Miami) this season.
Conley made his major league debut with Miami earlier in June, pitching a scoreless inning of relief against the Toronto Blue Jays June 10. The Triple-A All-Star Game is set for July 15 in Omaha.
Tanielu, a 14th-round draft pick by the Houston Astros in 2014, was selected to start in the Single-A Midwest League All-Star Game for the West after hitting .304 with two home runs, 13 doubles and 34 RBI in 65 games for the Quad Cities River Bandits (Houston). Last season, Tanielu was named the MVP of the New York-Penn League All-Star Game (Short Season A-Affiliate).