Ticket deadline extended for Saturday's North Idaho Sports Awards banquet

COEUR d’ALENE — The deadline to purchase tickets for Saturday’s 57th annual Idaho Hall of Fame’s North Idaho Sports Awards banquet at The Coeur d’Alene Resort has been extended to this Thursday at noon.

Tickets for the banquet are $25 apiece and must be purchased online at idahoathletichalloffame.org and clicking on the “Tickets Here” button in the middle of the page. Tickets will not be sold at the door.

The North Idaho Sports Banquet is held annually in April and recognizes excellence in North Idaho area male and female athletes, teams, and coaches. Awards are given out for the best athletes in all high school sports and there are four college awards as well.

The banquet begins with a social hour at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. Former Seattle Seahawk fullback Mack Strong will be the featured speaker. Also during the evening four individuals will be inducted into the Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame. The four are former University of Idaho football coach Chris Tormey, former Moscow High and New York Giants offensive lineman Doug Riesenberg, former UI swimmer and volleyball player, and the first UI women’s athlete to receive a scholarship Nancy Monroe, and longtime Pac-12 Conference football official Steve Hudson. Dennis Patchin, former sports anchor at KXLY-TV and now the program director at 700 ESPN/105.3 FM in Spokane, will serve as the master of ceremonies.

A complete list of the nominees can be found at idahoathletichalloffame.org/2018-nominees/.