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NIC Booster Club luncheon

slated for Tuesday

COEUR d’ALENE — North Idaho College coaches will give season recaps of winter sports, post-season awards, and updates on recruiting and athlete signings for all team sports at an NIC Booster Club luncheon Tuesday at noon at The Coeur d’Alene Resort.

The luncheon is open to the public attending the luncheon. The cost of lunch is not covered.

The NIC Booster Club meets on the second and last Tuesday of each month at noon at various locations in the community.

Information: nic.edu/athletics, 208-769-3348.

NIC to hold Athletics Awards Banquet on May 4

COEUR d’ALENE — The North Idaho College athletics department will hold its annual Athletics Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 4, in the Edminster Student Union Building.

The social will begin at 5 p.m., followed by the dinner at 5:30 and the Cardinals Athletics Awards at 6.

The annual banquet will honor the male and female academic and athletic award winners, Team of the Year, and Booster Club Member of the Year, among other awards.

Tickets for the induction ceremony and athletic awards dinner are available for $25 and can be purchased at the NIC athletic department office.

Information: NIC athletic department at 208-769-3348, or nic.edu/athletics

Whitworth’s Logie takes Point Loma hoops job; Pirates promote Jablonski

SPOKANE — The winningest active coach in all of NCAA Division III men’s basketball will be heading to NCAA Division II.

Matt Logie, who has a winning percentage of .847 in his eight seasons at Whitworth University, was announced as the new head coach at Point Loma Nazarene University on Thursday.

Tim Demant, Whitworth athletic director, also announced that associate head coach Damion Jablonski will be elevated to the role of head coach for the Pirates.

Logie posted a record of 194-35 in his eight seasons at Whitworth. He guided the Pirates to six Northwest Conference regular season titles, seven NWC tournament crowns, seven appearances in the NCAA Division III tournament and two trips to the NCAA Division III round of 16. Along the way he became the first coach in NCAA Division III history to reach 100 wins in his first four seasons as a head coach. His winning percentage of .847 leads all active NCAA coaches, regardless of division.

Logie went 113-17 (.869) against Northwest Conference opponents. The Pirates finished 21-6 in 2018-19, the eighth time Whitworth reached 20 wins in his tenure.

Logie takes over a Point Loma program that finished 31-5 and reached the NCAA Division II national championship game this season. He replaces Ryan Looney, who left Point Loma to become head coach at Idaho State. Looney, an assistant coach at North Idaho College in the 2001-02 season, went 69-28 in his three seasons with the Sea Lions.

Jablonski has served on Whitworth’s staff for eight seasons, the last six as associate head coach. Not since Sam Brasch in 1980 have the Pirates promoted an assistant coach to head coach.

Idaho men’s basketball team

signs juco transfer Simmons

MOSCOW ­— Idaho’s men’s basketball team added another for next season, signing Bruce “BJ” Simmons from Trinity Valley Community College.

“He brings experience, athleticism and versatility to our backcourt with the ability to play both guard positions,” Vandals coach Don Verlin said.

Simmons, a 6-2 guard, joins the Vandals after one season at Trinity Valley in Athens, Texas. Trinity Valley went 28-8 last season, advancing to the NJCAA tournament in Hutchinson, Kan.

At Trinity Valley, Simmons averaged 9.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, while posting an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.1. He shot nearly 44 percent from the floor, better than 35 percent from beyond the arc and 77 percent from the free throw line. Simmons previously played for Next Level Prep Academy.

He will have three years of eligibility remaining.

“According to the coaches at Trinity Valley, BJ was the ‘glue” guy who sacrificed his individual stats and accolades for the good of their team,” Verlin said.

Idaho to honor Yarno at

Vandal Scramble golf event

HAYDEN LAKE — The Kootenai County Vandal Boosters will honor former Idaho football great John Yarno at its annual Vandal Scramble golf tournament on May 18 at Hayden Lake Country Club.

The tournament consists of a shotgun start at 1 p.m. A no-host lunch is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., with a cocktail reception at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6:30.

Yarno, a center for the Vandals, was an Associated Press All-American in 1976. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round of the 1977 NFL draft, and he played six seasons and appeared in 74 games.

Yarno is an inductee of the Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame as well as the University of Idaho Vandal Hall of Fame. His No. 56 jersey was retired by the University of Idaho in 1977.

All proceeds from this event go to the VandalScholarship Fund which provides scholarships for all University of Idaho student athletes.

Information: Shelly Robson, 208-641-7992, shellyr@uidaho.edu; Randy Haddock, 208-664-9783, randyh@isu-haddock.com

Boise State announces

football series with South Florida

BOISE — The Boise State football team has scheduled a home-and-home series with South Florida, athletic director Curt Apsey announced.

Boise State will travel to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 30, 2025, and then host the Bulls at Albertsons Stadium on Sept. 11, 2027.

This will mark the first games played between Boise State and USF.

For the 2025 season, Boise State’s nonconference schedule now includes two road games – at USF and Cincinnati (Sept. 27) — and a home game against Oregon (Sept. 13). In 2027, the current nonconference slate includes home games against USF and Washington State (Sept. 18) and a road tilt at Rice (Sept. 4).