NORTHWEST NOTES: Thursday, March 10, 2016

| March 10, 2016 5:45 AM

High school sports season

scheduled to start today

The spring sports season is scheduled, tentatively, to begin today with games at Coeur d’Alene High starting.

Sandpoint will visit Coeur d’Alene in nonleague baseball and softball games, both games starting at 3 p.m.

Idaho announces

2016 football schedule

The University of Idaho football team has five home games and one at nearby Washington State for the 2016 season.

The Vandals will open Thursday, Sept. 1 at home vs. Montana State and first-year coach Jeff Choate, the former Post Falls High football coach and athletic director.

SEPTEMBER

1 — vs. Montana State. 10 — at Washington. 17 — at Washington State. 24 — at UNLV.

OCTOBER

1 — vs. Troy. 8 — at Louisiana-Monroe. 15 — vs. New Mexico State. 22 — at Appalachian State. 29 — Bye.

NOVEMBER

5 — at Louisiana-Lafayette. 12 — at Texas State. 19 — Bye. 26 — vs. South Alabama.

DECEMBER

2 — vs. Georgia State.

Softball benefit

set for March 19

A fundraising pancake breakfast and clothing drive is scheduled for March 19 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Schmidty’s Burgers, 204 N. Fourth Street in Coeur d’Alene.

The event benefits the Pitbulls 10-and-under and 12U fastpitch teams.

Tickets are only $10 for a choice of bacon or sausage, a drink, and all-you-can-eat pancakes.

Information: Teri, 691-4569

Moon named head coach for

Shadow women’s first team

SPOKANE — Longtime Shadow youth coach Kevin Moon will serve as the head coach for the Spokane Shadow women’s first team as it makes its debut in the newly-created Northwest Premier League (NWPL) this spring and summer.

The Whitworth graduate helped lead the Pirates to three conference titles during his playing career (1988-91) at the school and has often been a part of the soccer coaching staff, serving as a men’s assistant on two occasions and, most recently, as a women’s soccer assistant (1992-96, 2001, 2010-15). His playing career also included a brief stint with the Shadow men’s side during its provisional 1995 season prior to joining USL’s Premier Development League.