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Celebration for NIC coaching legend

coming up

Calling all former North Idaho College athletes, managers, cheerleaders, coaches, family and friends of Rolly Williams.

He’s got a big day coming up.

Williams, the former NIC men’s basketball coach, will celebrate his 80th birthday on Saturday, July 6 at the family home, located at 1930 N. 7th Street in Coeur d’Alene.

The party will begin at 2 p.m.

No gifts are necessary, just come and reminisce.

Information: (208) 659-7335.

Coeur d’Alene High grad helps

Horsemen into

title game

Max Noll, a 6-foot-2, 325-pound offensive lineman, helped the Idaho Horsemen to an 11-0 record and berth into the American West Football Conference championship game on July 29 at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa.

Noll is a 2011 graduate of Coeur d’Alene High.

The league, in its inaugural indoor football season, also has teams from Reno, Kennewick and Wenatchee.

Chiefs to face

Tri-City in home opener on Sept. 28

The Spokane Chiefs’ 2019-20 regular season schedule was announced by the Western Hockey League, including all 34 home games to be played at the Spokane Arena, starting on Saturday, Sept. 28 against Tri-City.

Spokane will host 27 weekend home games, including 10 Friday, 14 Saturday and three Sunday dates. The remainder of the home slate will take place on Tuesday (three games) and Wednesday (four games).

The Chiefs will travel through the Central Division toward the end of February and beginning of March and will have a seven-game homestand from Oct. 23 to Nov. 9 that will keep them at home for nearly four weeks. Their longest stretch without a home game will be Dec. 7-28 as the team plays four straight road games prior to the midseason holiday break.

The full schedule can be found at www.spokanechiefs.com.