NORTHWEST NOTES: Thursday, July 21, 2016
Timberlake
hires boys
basketball,
baseball coaches
SPIRIT LAKE — Longtime AAU and select basketball coach Michael Scott has been named Timberlake High boys basketball coach, and former Timberlake assistant Cameron Knigge has been tabbed as Tigers’ head baseball coach.
Timberlake athletic director Jim Simpson said both hires are contingent on approval by the Lakeland school board, which meets Aug. 8.
Scott replaces Tony Hanna, who left Timberlake after five seasons to coach the boys basketball team at Coeur d’Alene High.
Scott has coached AAU and select basketball teams for more than 15 years, including time with the Spokane Stars and Spokane Swish.
“I’ve had a lot of my boys move on to play in college,” Scott said. “I’ve helped out with the program on occasion, but just kind of with summer stuff. When I’d heard Tony had gotten the Coeur d’Alene job, he told me I hope you apply for it. I’m sure his input really helped a lot.”
His son Keegan graduated from Timberlake in 2014. His daughter, Zoe, graduated from University High in Spokane in 2010. Both went on to play at The Master’s College, an NAIA in Santa Clarita, Calif.
“Basketball is kind of my passion,” Michael Scott said. “I’d applied for a few jobs in the past, but after this one was offered, it was a great fit. This is a great group of boys and I really wanted to be a part of it.”
“He is highly respected for his basketball knowledge and his ability to develop players, many of which have gone on to play college basketball,” Simpson said. “Coach Scott has coached many of our current players and has been involved in developing our youth programs.”
Knigge has been an assistant coach at Timberlake the past two seasons and is currently in his second season coaching the Northern Lakes Short A Legion team. Knigge comes from a baseball family with his father Kent and brothers Kasey, Kyle and Tyler all former players at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston. Knigge’s brother Tyler currently pitches in the Seattle Mariners’ minor league system.
Knigge replaces Matt George, who left the district to become the athletic director at Priest River High.
‘AA’ district legion tournament
starts today in Lewiston
Northern Lakes (14-18) will face Coeur d’Alene (11-22) tonight at 5 in the opening round of the Class AA Area A District tournament at Harris Field in Lewiston, to be followed by Prairie (13-29) against tournament host and top-seed Lewis-Clark (31-9).
The top two teams from this weekend’s double-elimination tournament advance to state starting on Tuesday at Timberline High in Boise.
In the regular season, Northern Lakes and Coeur d’Alene split in four games and Prairie lost three of four to Lewis-Clark.
The championship game is scheduled for Saturday at 5 p.m.
CLASS AA AREA A DISTRICT
TOURNAMENT
at Harris Field, Lewiston
Thursday
Game 1 — No. 2 Northern Lakes (14-18) vs. No. 3 Coeur d’Alene (11-22), 5 p.m.
Game 2 — No. 4 Prairie (13-29) vs. No. 1 Lewis-Clark (31-9), 8
Friday
Game 3 — Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 1 p.m. (loser out)
Game 4 — Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 5
Saturday
Game 5 — Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 1 p.m. (loser out)
Game 6 — Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 5 (championship game, both teams to state)
(an if-necessary game could be played on Sunday)
Hatley advances
at men’s
Pacific Northwest Amateur tourney
Reid Hatley of Hayden Lake advanced to the Round of 32 in the Pacific Northwest men’s Amateur Championship this morning after being Colten Kleis of Kirkland, Wash., in a one-hole playoff on Wednesday at Wine Valley Golf Club in Walla Walla.
After finishing the first 18 holes all square, Hatley outshot Kleis by three strokes on the first hole of a playoff to earn the win. Hatley will face James Grierson of Forbes, North South Wales, Australia, in the next round, teeing off today at 7:30 a.m.
Derek Bayley, who shot a course and tournament record to win the Rosauers Open last weekend, was eliminated after losing 3 and 2 to Nicholas Huff of Vancouver, Wash.