NORTHWEST NOTES: Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Today’s NIC softball games

moved to Lake City

Due to field conditions at Memorial Field, today’s North Idaho College softball games against Columbia Basin College have been moved to Lake City High.

Because there are no lights at the Lake City field, the games are scheduled for 2 and 4 p.m.

L-C State assistant

named Corban coach

Over the last six seasons, the Lewis-Clark State College men’s basketball team won 134 games, made three trips to the NAIA Tournament, won three Frontier Conference regular season championships and two tournament titles.

Every year Austin Johnson was on the sideline, but that will all change next season as the longtime Warriors assistant has been named head coach at Corban University in Salem, Ore.

Before coming to LCSC, Johnson spent two years as a graduate assistant coach at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Ill. While with the Leathernecks, Johnson’s duties included film exchange, video editing, scouting, recruiting, and on-floor instruction. In his last season there, WIU posted its most wins in 12 seasons and ranked 10th in the NCAA in fewest points allowed per game.

After high school he enrolled at Butler Community College and redshirted his freshman year on the basketball team. He then transferred to Oklahoma Wesleyan where he was a starter his final two seasons. He wound up with 1,207 career points and made more than 250 3-pointers. He was captain of the team his senior season and helped the squad to a 26-8 record, its best ever, and its first appearance in the NAIA Tournament where the team advanced to the Sweet 16 round.