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Bayley reaches Round of 32 at four-ball tourney before bowing out

Former Lakeland High standout Derek Bayley and his teammate at Washington State, Zach Anderson, reached the Round of 32 before falling in 19 holes Monday at the 4th U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship at the Jupiter Hills Club in Tequesta, Fla.

Bayley and Anderson tied for 24th in medal play on Sunday, qualifying for the Round of 32.

Bayley will be teeing it up in U.S. Open sectional qualifying on June 4.

Griffith named Whitworth

women’s basketball coach

SPOKANE — Joial Griffith, an assistant coach at Williams College (Mass.), was selected to become the next women’s basketball coach at Whitworth University, according to director of athletics Tim Demant.

Griffith takes over for long-time coach Helen Higgs, who resigned after 24 seasons as the winningest coach in Whitworth women’s basketball history.

Griffith spent one season with the Ephs’ women’s basketball team, which finished 12-13 in 2017-18, including two close losses to eventual national champion Amherst.

Prior to her year at Williams, Griffith was the assistant coach at Claremont-Scripps Colleges in Southern California, near where she grew up. The Athenas made back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances during her two seasons, finishing 20-9 in 2017 and 23-6 in 2016.

Whitworth is coming off a 10-15 record in 2017-18. Higgs won 361 games in 24 years leading the Pirates and ranked 48th in total victories among active Division III coaches at the time of her retirement.

Whitworth returns 11 players in 2018-19.