NORTHWEST NOTES: Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Loper signs pro contract
for Luxembourg team
Former Post Falls High and Oregon standout Katelyn Loper signed an international professional contract with BC Musel Pikes in Luxembourg, Loper told the Daily Emerald, Oregon’s student newspaper, on Monday.
“It’s definitely a lifelong dream,” Loper said. “Just getting that contract in your hand and actually signing it, it’s all the hours and work you’ve put in. It comes down to that. I’m so thankful and happy. It’s a cloud nine kind of feeling.”
Loper averaged 9.2 points per game as a senior for the Ducks, making 50 of 156 3-point field goal attempts.
Shock announces schedule
for upcoming IFL season
SPOKANE — The Shock announced their 2016 Indoor Football League regular season schedule on Tuesday, and will have two byes in the first four weeks before finishing the season with 12 straight games.
Spokane will open the season by hosting their renewed in-state rival Tri-Cities Fever on Saturday, Feb. 27 with a 7:00 p.m. kickoff. After a Week 2 bye, the Shock will face off against their second West Division opponent with a road game against the Billings Wolves.
In the first eight weeks of the season, the Shock will visit each of the 2015 United Bowl participants in the Nebraska Danger (Week 5) and Sioux Falls Storm (Week 8).
The Iowa Barnstormers will visit Spokane Arena on April 1 (Week 6), a rivalry many Shock fans were familiar with, as the two franchise met six times from 2010-2014 while playing in the Arena Football League. The following weekend on Saturday, April 9, Spokane will host the Colorado Crush.
At the mid-way point of the season, Spokane will host their fellow IFL expansion partner in the Minnesota Havok on Friday, April 29 and then welcome the Billings Wolves to town on Saturday, May 7 for the final double-header home stand of the season.
After a road game against Colorado in Week 12, the Shock will finish out the regular season with six-straight conference games against Tri-Cities, Billings, and Wichita Falls.
SPOKANE SHOCK SCHEDULE
HOME GAMES IN CAPS
February
27 — TRI-CITIES.
March
12 — at Billings. 25 — at Nebraska.
April
1 — IOWA. 9 — COLORADO. 16 — at Sioux Falls. 23 — at Tri-Cities. 29 — Minnesota.
May
7 — BILLINGS. 14 — at Colorado. 20 — TRI-CITIES. 28 — at Tri-Cities
June
4 — BILLINGS. 11 — at Wichita Falls. 18 — WICHITA FALLS. 25 — at Billings.
Washington State sets time
for kickoff vs. Oregon State
PULLMAN — Washington State’s football game against Oregon State on Saturday, Oct. 17 has been scheduled for a 1 p.m. kickoff on the Pac-12 Networks.
As part of Homecoming Weekend festivities against the Beavers, Cougar football is going Back to the Future, as Marty McFly and Doc Brown set the DeLorean for October 2015, in the hit movie. Fans are encouraged to dress up like their favorite character, with the first 5,000 fans receiving a limited edition Back to the Future T-shirt.
The Cougars resume Pac-12 Conference play on Saturday at Oregon, with kickoff at 3 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks.
Hatley out at
U.S Mid-Amateur
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Reid Hatley, an amateur from Hayden Lake, lost 3 and 1 in the Round of 32 to David Noll, Jr., of Dalton, Ga., at the U.S. Mid-Amateur on Tuesday at John’s Island Golf Club.
Hatley was tied for fifth after the first round of stroke play on Saturday with a 69, two strokes behind the leader. He dropped to 52nd overall on Sunday and qualified for match play, beating No. 4 seed Brian Komline of Bridgewater, N.J., winning the match by two strokes after 17 holes to advance to the Round of 32.