Northwest Notes
Post Falls hosts All-Star
track meet Thursday
North Idaho’s finest track and field athletes will gather at Post Falls High on Thursday to compete in the annual District I All-Star Meet.
To qualify, individual athletes must have a mark in their respective event that ranks in the top 16 in the district, regardless of classification.
The top eight relays also qualify for the meet, which is slated to begin at 2 p.m.
Post Falls standout Foster
earns regional excellence award
Post Falls High senior wrestler Cierra Foster recently was named a regional winner of the Trisha Saunders High School Excellence Award.
Foster won the gold medal in the 56 kg/123.25 lbs. division at the 2016 Pan American Cadet Championships. She helped the U.S. capture the team title, and she received the Golden Boot as the Outstanding Wrestler of the event after winning all three of her matches by pin.
The daughter of Todd and Angelique Foster, she is a two-time champion and five-time finalist at USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals while also winning the USA Wrestling Cadet Freestyle Nationals and finishing second at USA Wrestling Junior Freestyle Nationals.
Foster was named Sophomore of the Year and Wrestler of the Year by USA Idaho Wrestling.
She finished third in the state 5A boys wrestling tournament as a freshman, after becoming the first girl to be a 5A regional champion in Idaho.
She also captained the Trojan girls soccer team as a junior and senior and was awarded the Scholar Athlete award for four years in two sports.
Foster volunteers at Real Life Ministries, local churches and soup kitchens while also coordinating food drives for food banks in Idaho.
Foster was asked to be a member of the National Honor Society, but had to decline because of her class and wrestling schedule.
She has signed a letter of intent to wrestle at Oklahoma City University.
Signup deadline extended
for Cd’A Tennis Association
Deadline now is Sunday to register for play in adult and junior leagues with the Coeur d’Alene Tennis Association.
Play consists of league play and tournaments for adults and juniors.
Signup forms and league information can be found at cdatennis.com.
Cougars sign another state Player of the Year
PULLMAN — The Associated Press’ Washington state 2A Player of the Year, Roberto Gittens (6-5, 215, Guard, Tacoma, Wash./Foss High School), has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Washington State beginning in the fall of 2017, Cougars coach Ernie Kent announced.
Gittens marks the third-straight AP State Player of the Year (by classification) as, well as third-straight Tacoma News Tribune All-Area Boys Basketball Player of the Year, to join the WSU men’s basketball program, joining Viont’e Daniels (Federal Way, Wash.; 2015) and Malachi Flynn (Tacoma, 2016).
As a senior at Foss in 2016-17, Gittens averaged 22.0 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, en route to being named not only the AP 2A State Player of the Year and Tacoma News Tribune All-Area Player of the Year, but also the 2A SPSL Mountain Division MVP and first-team honoree.
As a junior, Gittens was named Associated Press 3A All-State honorable mention, as Foss was a 3A school in 2015-16, averaging 21.9 points, 8.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He averaged 13.7 points and 5.0 rebounds as a sophomore for the Falcons in 2014-15.
Gittens joins a class that includes Davante Cooper (6-11, 235, Center, Atlanta, Ga./West Oaks Academy-Fla./Bradley/Tyler Junior College) and Kwinton Hinson (6-4, 215, Guard, Fairmont, N.C./Fairmont HS/Tyler Junior College), both of whom signed NLIs in November during the early signing period. The Cougars have two remaining scholarships open.