NORTHWEST NOTES: Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016

Clarkston High grad Dahmen earns PGA Tour card

Joel Dahmen, a Clarkston High graduate who played in The Showcase golf exhibition at the Coeur d’Alene Resort in 2014, earned a PGA Tour card for next season after finishing in the top 25 of the Web.com Tour, which sends its top 25 golfers on the money list directly to the tour.

Entering the Web.com Tour’s final event, Dahmen was in the No. 22 position, but continued to spiral down the leaderboard at the Portland Open last week. Last Friday, Dahmen shot a 3-over 74 to finish 5-over for the tournament and miss the cut.

By virtue of another player missing a birdie putt on the 18th hole of the final round of the tourney in North Plains, Ore., Dahmen punched his ticket by finishing 25th on the Web.com Tour money list by $975.

“My fate was in their hands, but my caddy called me and he told me I was in,” Dahmen told the Lewiston Tribune. “And he would obviously never tell me unless he was sure. Kind of at that point, I realized it was actually real.”

Dahmen’s caddie, Geno Bonnalie of Lewiston, is the son-in-law of Post Falls Mayor Ron Jacobson.

Cougars add pair of football games vs Utah State

PULLMAN — Washington State athletic director Bill Moos announced that the Cougars agreed to a home-and-home football series with Utah State, beginning in 2020.

The first game is scheduled to be played in Logan, Utah on Sept. 5, 2020, with the return contest Sept. 4, 2021, in Martin Stadium.

The 2020 game will mark the first time WSU and Utah State have faced each other since 1961, when the Cougars fell to Utah State, 34-14 in Spokane. The Cougars captured the first two meetings in the series, a 33-0 victory in Pullman, Sept. 17, 1949, and a 46-6 win in Logan, Sept. 23, 1950.

Boise State suspends receiver Sumner-Gardner

BOISE — Boise State football coach Bryan Harsin announced the suspension of redshirt sophomore safety Dylan Sumner-Gardner on Tuesday for the first four games of the season as a result of failing to meet NCAA football academic eligibilty requirements.

Boise State opens the season at Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday. BSU plays host to Washington State the following week.