Northwest Notes April 11, 2016
Cathey, Vaughan to speak to NIC boosters
COEUR d’ALENE — The North Idaho College Booster Club luncheon will feature two guest speakers at noon Tuesday at the Outback Steakhouse.
Whitworth College head men’s soccer coach Mogan Cathey and professional golfer Darin Vaughan will highlight the luncheon agenda.
Cathey is in his third season at Whitworth and has already made a huge impact, leading the Pirates to an overall record of 45-7-7, and a ranking of No. 22 in the 2015 final NCAA Division III poll. Whitworth was ranked as high as No. 3 during the year, and Cathey guided the Pirates to Northwest Conference titles in 2014 and 2015 and consecutive appearances in the NCAA Division III tournament. Cathey was a standout goalkeeper at Azusa Pacific, earning All-American honorable mention, before finishing his playing career at the professional level in South Africa.
Vaughan was born and raised in Spokane. He played high school golf at Mead and went on to play at Oregon State and Eastern Washington. He has been the head pro at Twin Lakes Village Golf Club since 2002 and has been teaching golf for the past 17 years.
The NIC spring sport coaches will also provide previews of the upcoming games and the NWAC post season tournaments. The NIC Booster Club meets twice a month, usually on the second and last Tuesday of each month. The special NIC Booster Club lunch menu is $10 or less and the public is welcome to attend the luncheon.
Information: NIC Athletics Coordinator Patty Stewart, 769-3348 or patty_stewart@nic.edu.
EWU slated for four Big Sky football games on Root Sports
Eastern Washington University will have four of its league football games this fall televised live by Root Sports as part of the fifth year of a multi-year partnership with the Big Sky Conference.
The 10-game schedule includes EWU road games at Montana State on Oct. 22 and Portland State on Friday, Nov. 18. The PSU game was recently moved from Saturday (Nov. 19) to the previous evening because of a potential stadium conflict.
Eastern’s Hall of Fame Day game versus UC Davis on Oct. 1 will also be televised by Root, as well as Eastern’s annual showdown with Montana on Oct. 29. Game times for all four games will be announced this summer.
Here’s the 2016 Big Sky Conference football schedule on Root Sports:
Sept. 24 — Montana at Cal Poly
Oct. 1 — UC Davis at Eastern Washington
Oct. 8 — Northern Arizona at Montana State
Oct. 15 — Montana State at Weber State
Oct. 22 — Eastern Washington at Montana State
Oct. 29 — Montana at Eastern Washington
Nov. 5 — Idaho State at Montana
Nov. 12 — UC Davis at Montana State
Friday, Nov. 18 — Eastern Washington at Portland State
Nov. 19 — Montana State at Montana
Golf fundraiser for LCSC-CDA Center set for April 30
COEUR d’ALENE — The Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d’Alene Center is hosting its annual golf tournament on April 30 to raise money for student’s scholarships.
The tournament is a scramble format with a shotgun start at noon at the Coeur d’Alene Golf Club.
“This fun event raises scholarship funds for local LCSC-CDA students, as well as provides community recognition for sponsors and networking opportunities for Coeur d’Alene business owners, alumni, and friends of LCSC,” said Jody Neuberger, who has coordinated this golf scramble event in the past.
Cost is $75 for individuals, $50 for students, teams of four players cost $300.
All proceeds from this event go toward scholarships which benefit local LCSC-CDA students, many of whom are adults balancing family obligations while pursuing their degrees and working full-time jobs.
The $75 entry fee includes green fees, use of a golf cart and a dinner from Mackenzie River Pizza. There is an awards ceremony following the scramble.
Check in as at 11 a.m.
Deadline to sign up with a team is April 22.
Information: Meghann Kolb, 292-2685 or mckolb@lcsc.edu.
IHSAA selects three for 2016 Hall of Fame Class
The Idaho High School Activities Association selected their 2016 Hall of Fame class at Wednesday’s Board of Directors Meeting. This year’s inductees are Dr. Richard Bauscher (Middleton), Jay Darrington (Declo) and David Neumann (Genesee).
Bauscher, currently the Middleton School District Superintendent, will retire in June after working in education for 39 years. He served three terms on the IHSAA Board of Directors, as a representative from District 3 and the superintendent association. He was also a founding board member of the Youth Endowment for Activities. He was instrumental in passing a school bond that built the new Middleton High School and sports complex which is called the Bauscher Sports Complex.
Darrington retired in 2015 after serving as the Declo High athletic director for 25 years. He is a past member of the IHSAA Board of Directors as well as a past president of the IAAA Board of Directors. At Declo, he organized the fundraising and installation of the all-weather track in 1992 and the design of the new athletic facilities in 1997. He was awarded the NIAAA Citation award in 2006 and was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2009. Currently, he is the mayor of Declo.
Neumann retired as the Genesee School District Superintendent and volleyball coach in 2010 after an 18-year tenure in the district where he had also served as principal and athletic director. Over his career at both Genesee and Wood River, he won five state volleyball championships and was named the Idaho Volleyball Coach of the Year five times. He was also a member of the IHSAA Board of Directors for two terms.
The 2016 Hall of Fame Class will be honored on Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 6:30 p.m. at the Riverside Hotel in Boise. Ticket information will be available at www.IDHSAA.org in mid-May.