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Grove, Thornton lead Pacific Northwest PGA after stormy day

WORLEY — Round 1 of the PNW PGA Professional Championship at Circling Raven did not finish Tuesday due to darkness after weather delays earlier in the day.

A handful of players that did not finish their round will finish up this morning before their second round time.

Of the finishers, North Idaho College men’s and women’s golf coach Russell Grove shot a 5-under-par 67, good for a share of the lead with Brian Thornton of Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, Wash.

The top 7 professionals from the 54-hole tournament will earn a spot and advance directly to the PGA Professional Championship June 17-20, 2018, in Seaside, Calif. Additionally, the low 20 scores at the 2018 PGA Professional Championship will earn a place in the 100th PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis Aug. 16-19, 2018.

NIC men third at

PLU golf invite

DuPONT, Wash. — The North Idaho College men’s golf team finished third at the Pacific Lutheran Invitational, which concluded Monday at The Home Course.

NIC shot 587, 10 strokes back of champion Willamette.

Todd Henderson and Sean Langham of NIC tied for 12th at 2-over 146.

Pac-12 adds times, TV info

to conference hoop dates

SAN FRANCISCO — Washington State’s men’s basketball team opens up Pac-12 play with two straight games at Los Angeles on ESPN2, first against UCLA, Friday, Dec. 29 at 8 p.m., followed by a trip to the Galen Center to take on USC, Sunday, Dec. 31 at 6 p.m.

WSU will appear on the Pac-12 Network nine times during the conference regular season and seven times during the nonconference regular season for a total of 16 games on the Pac-12 Network, including two on Pac-12 Washington. The Cougars will appear on the ESPN family of networks 13 times, including nine times during the Pac-12 season.

Following Washington State’s Pac-12 opening series at UCLA and USC, Dec. 29 and 31, which is its only meeting with the L.A. schools, it will host Washington, Saturday, Jan. 6 at 1 p.m. on the Pac-12 Network. That begins a three-game homestand for the Cougars as they host Stanford, Thursday, Jan. 11 at 6 p.m. on ESPNU and California, Saturday, Jan. 13 at 1 p.m. on the Pac-12 Network.

Washington State will then play three straight on the road, beginning at Colorado, Thursday, Jan. 18, for a 5 p.m. PT tipoff on the Pac-12 Network, followed by a trip to Salt Lake City to take on Utah, Sunday, Jan. 21 for another 5 p.m. tipoff, this one on ESPNU. The Cougars play a week later, as they take on the Huskies in Seattle, Sunday, Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. on ESPNU.

WSU hosts the Arizona schools in the teams’ only meetings of the season for a Wednesday-Sunday series, beginning with Arizona, Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. on Pac-12 Network. The Cougars host Arizona State, Sunday, Feb. 4 at 1 p.m. on ESPNU. Washington State hits the road again to take on Oregon State at Corvallis, Thursday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. on Pac-12 Network, followed by a trip to Eugene to take on Oregon, Sunday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. on ESPNU.

The Cougars play host to Colorado, Thursday, Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. on Pac-12 Network and Utah, Saturday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. on either ESPN or ESPN2. WSU’s final road trip takes it to the Bay Area to take on California, Thursday, Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. and Stanford, Saturday, Feb. 24 at 4 p.m. Both games will air on the Pac-12 Network.

WSU closes out the conference season as it hosts Oregon, Thursday, March 1 at 6 p.m. on ESPN and Oregon State, Saturday, March 3 at either noon, 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. on Pac-12 Washington and Pac-12 Oregon.

WSU’s season opener against Texas Southern, Sunday, Nov. 12, will air on Pac-12 Washington at 1 p.m., followed by its game against Seattle U, Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. on the Pac-12 Network. The Cougars’ game against Idaho State, Saturday, Nov. 18 will air on Pac-12 Network at a time still to be determined. The time will be announced along with football TV selections for that day. WSU’s games against UC Davis (Saturday, Dec. 2), IUPUI (Saturday, Dec. 16) and Bethune-Cookman (Friday, Dec. 22) will all be on the Pac-12 Network at Noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively; while its ‘home’ game against Kansas State at Spokane Arena will air on ESPNU at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 20.