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Courtesy photo The North Idaho Inferno 07 girls soccer team placed fourth overall in the Surf division at the Soccer in the Sand 5v5 beach soccer tournament June 15-17 at Seaside, Ore. More than 350 teams nationwide were registered in the tourney, which consisted of several divisions. This tournament completed the season for many of the Inferno teams. In the front row from left are Danielle Todd, Lily Bole, Malina Biondo, Mallory Judd, Charlie Calkins and Isabella Berzoza; and back row from left, Nicole Stewart, Juliette Gilmor, Kennedy Hartzell, Jamie Lawrence, Ellie McGowan and coach Kirk H…
Courtesy photo The North Idaho Inferno 06 girls soccer team took first place in the Sand division, bracket A, and took third overall, at the Soccer in the Sand 5v5 beach soccer tournament June 15-17 at Seaside, Ore. In the front row from left are Brooklyn Brunn, Riley Brazle and Rebecca Thompson; and back row from left, Jessica Willbanks, Juliette Gilmor, Ellie McGowan, Kennedy Hartzell, coach Kirk Hartzell and Sienna Grant.
Courtesy photo The North Idaho Inferno 04 boys soccer team won the Sand division at the Soccer in the Sand 5v5 beach soccer tournament June 15-17 at Seaside, Ore. In the front row from left are Landon Patterson and Michael Johnson; and back row from left, coach Felix McGowan, Hayden Ruse, Jacob Simpson, Kael McGowan, Lance Gilmor and Dallas Juarez.
Courtesy photo The North Idaho Inferno 03 girls soccer team finished fourth in the Sand division, bracket B, at the Soccer in the Sand 5v5 beach soccer tournament June 15-17 in Seaside, Ore. From left are Alex Gilbertson, Reagan Hartzell, Erin McPhee, Chase Crites, coach Ashley Rider, Riley Scherr, Teagan Chatterton and Valerie Flores.
Courtesy photo The North Idaho Inferno 00 girls soccer team finished second in the Surf division, bracket A, at the Soccer in the Sand 5v5 beach soccer tournament June 15-17 in Seaside, Ore. Pictured above is Inferno player Lauryn Keith defending the goal box with teammate Karelyn Jesienouski in front.
Courtesy photo The Lake City Thunder placed second in the Crush/In Motion fastpitch softball tournament in Post Falls over Father’s Day weekend. In pool play, the Thunder defeated the Post Falls Blast 12-0 on the strength of Makiya McPhedran’s 9-strikeout no hitter. McPhedran also went 2 for 3 and Natalya Lucero went 2 for 2 in the win. Game 2 was a 12-5 loss to the Spokane Stealth. Lucero went 2 for 2 with a triple and Tapanga Rojas hit a home run. The Thunder defeated the Colville Tribe 14-3 with Lucero earning the win. Lucero and McPhedran both went 2 for 3 with a triple. In ch…
Courtesy photo A new travel team from North Idaho, the 19-and-under North Idaho Black Sox, competed in the West Coast Premier Father’s Day Slugfest and brought home their first championship of the season. The Black Sox placed third in their two previous tournaments, one in Seattle and the other in Spokane. In the front row from left are Quinton Bunch, Justin Bates, Cam Maciel, Zach Sensel, Riley Alley, Elliot Marks and Eli Gondo; and back row from left, assistant coach Mitch Darlington, assistant coach Reign Letkeman, Glenn Gosse, Benji White, Devon Fry, Devon Johnson, Brennen Schuelke, …
Courtesy photo Buzzsaw Wrestling Club members competed in freestyle, Greco-Roman and folkstyle at the Western States tournament June 18-20 in Pocatello. In the front row from left are Rome Borley (4th in Greco), Dylan Moffat (3rd in all 3 styles) and Wyat Carey (5th in freestyle, 1st in Greco and folkstyle); and back row from left are Isaiah Vig (2nd in freestyle and Greco, 1st in folkstyle), Demarco Piazza (2nd in all 3 styles) and Nolan Randles (2nd in all 3 styles). Not pictured is Gavin Sherar (5th in folkstyle and Greco) and Garrett Ashby (2nd in freestyle).
Courtesy photo Gavin Sherar, left; and Nolan Randles, third from left, were two of the eight members of the Buzzsaw Wrestling Club team competing at the Western States tournament June 18-20 in Pocatello. Sherar placed fifth in folkstyle and Greco-Roman, and Randles was second in freestyle, Greco and folkstyle.
Courtesy photo Kylie Marneris, left, of Timberlake High and Megan MacKinney of Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy competed last Saturday at Browns Park in Spokane Valley and earned a bid to compete in the Junior Nationals Beach Volleyball Tournament in Siesta Keys, Fla., in July. Both are 16 and rising juniors, and both are members of the T3 Volleyball Club in Coeur d’Alene.
Courtesy photo Raji Singh, right, representing the Goshinjitsu School in Post Falls at the Forge Fitness Center won the gold at the 2018 Junior Olympic championshisp in Spokane. At left is instructor Bijay Singh.
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Junior Amateur qualifier: Chandler McDowell of Springbrook, Alberta, shot a 1-under par 71 to earn medalist honors in leading the field of 40 players who competed June 19 in U.S. Junior Amateur Championship sectional qualifying at The Club at Rock Creek in Coeur d’Alene.
McDowell, who played in the final group of the day, was the only player from this sectional qualifier to advance to compete in the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, which will be held July 16-21 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J.
McDowell is a freshman at Lynn University, a Division II school in Boca Raton, Fla.
The two alternates from this qualifier are Eloy Vigil Escalera of Puebla, Mex. (first), and Hayden Gamache of Spokane (second).
Cameron Flores of Post Falls shot 78 and was the top local finisher.
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