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Prugh leads at Oregon Open,

Gove four strokes off lead

PGA Professional Corey Prugh of Community Colleges of Spokane leads after the second round of the Oregon Invitational at Aspen Lakes Golf Course with scores of 70-66-136, 8-under par. Prugh won the event in 2008 when it was last played at Aspen Lakes GC.

He leads by two strokes over PGA Professional Colin Inglis of Emerald Valley Golf Course who fired rounds of 69-69-138.

PGA Professional Russell Grove of North Idaho College is four strokes back of Prugh. He is tied with PGA Professional Keith Bennett of Glen Acres Golf and Country Club in Seattle and amateur Bryce Wortman of Emerald Valley Golf Course. Prairie Falls pro Billy Bomar is tied for 20th.

The tournament concludes today.

Vandal men’s

basketball

adds Minnesota transfer

Idaho men’s basketball got even better heading into the 2018-19 season, with RayQuawndis Mitchell signing his letter of intent on Wednesday.

“We are really excited to add RayQuawndis to our program,” said head coach Don Verlin. “We saw him play AAU in April and immediately began working to place him in a prep school with the hopes of signing him in the 2019 class. When we had a scholarship open up a few weeks ago, we arranged for him to come on a visit and he committed to us while he was here.

“Ray is a late bloomer who is still just 17 years old. He has shown unbelievable improvement in the past year. As a junior, he was a part-time player on the varsity team, but kept working and getting better and put up big numbers as a senior.”

A 6-4, 180 lbs., guard, Mitchell will push the rest of the guard class with his hard-working attitude and perseverance. He averaged 22.1 points per game as a senior at Blaine High School, while also grabbing nearly 10 boards per contest and dishing out 6.7 assists a night, to earn All-Conference accolades.

Sanders

signs with

Denver Nuggets

Victor Sanders took another step toward making his dream a reality, signing with the Denver Nuggets for the 2018 NBA MGM Resorts Summer League in Las Vegas.

Competition begins for Sanders and the Nuggets on Friday, July 6, against the Minnesota Timberwolves at 8 p.m., and continues the following day at 8 p.m. against the Boston Celtics. Both games will be carried on NBA TV.

Denver’s final game of the opening round comes on Monday, July 9, at 6 p.m. against the Milwaukee Bucks, live on ESPNU. Tournament play starts on Wednesday, July 11.

Sanders led the team at 19 points per game as the Vandals finished second in the Big Sky standings last year. He picked up second team All-Big Sky honors, as well as second team NABC All-District 6 recognition.

On his career, Sanders’ name is sprinkled throughout the Idaho record books. His 1,804 career points are the second most in team history, as are his 272 3-pointers. He drained 440 free throws, the most ever by a Vandals.

Last season, another former Vandal, Jeff Ledbetter, competed for the San Antonio Spurs.