NORTHWEST NOTES: April 9, 2020
Manzardo earns
national recognition
Sophomore Kyle Manzardo, a Lake City High product, was among three Washington State Cougars to receive national recognition from D1Baseball.com in the website’s 2020 Pac-12 Conference wrap.
Manzardo, a first baseman, was named the Pac-12’s Breakout Hitter honorable mention and was joined by sophomore Zane Mills (Pac-12 Breakout Pitcher) and senior pitcher A.J. Block (Pac-12’s Best Senior honorable mention).
Manzardo was named the Pac-12’s second-best breakout hitter after hitting .435 with seven doubles, three homers and 14 RBI. The sophomore led the league in hits (27), tied for first in doubles (7), was second in batting average (.435) and was fourth in slugging (.694) and runs scored (21). Manzardo finished the season with a hit in all 16 games, including five straight multiple-hit games, and was the Pac-12 Player of the Week following the series sweep over Niagara.
Mills led WSU with a 3-0 record, tied for third in the Pac-12 in wins, was fourth in strikeouts (32) and innings (25), seventh in batting average against (.174) and tenth in ERA (1.44). The sophomore righthander opened the season coming out of the bullpen with eight strikeouts in 4.1 no-hit innings at CSU Bakersfield, earned the win with seven strikeouts in seven innings at Hawaii, struck out 10 and did not allow an earned run in 7.2 innings against Rutgers and struck out seven in six innings against Niagara.
Block was named the Pac-12’s second-best senior after going 2-1 in four starts with a 3.25 ERA and led the league with 27.2 innings and tied for second in strikeouts (34). The lefthander struck out 10 in a career-high eight innings at Hawaii, struck out 10 and allowed just one run in six innings against Rutgers and added 10 more strikeouts in 6.2 innings against Niagara. Block closed the year recording 10 strikeouts in each of his final three starts, the first Coug to do so in the last 33-plus seasons.
Boise State football
to launch throwback classics
Beginning this week the Boise State football team will launch Bronco Throwback Classics, a series featuring the television broadcasts of classic football games from the past several seasons. Starting today, the series will run at 5 p.m. PDT on Twitter (@BroncoSportsFB).
The first installment will feature this past season’s 56-21 victory over Utah State in Logan, Utah. Boise State, ranked 20th at the time, was led by freshman running back George Holani, who rushed for a career-high 178 yards and two touchdowns, while redshirt senior quarterback Jaylon Henderson made his first career road start.
In addition to airing the video, former student-athletes will reminisce with fans during the re-broadcast via Twitter. This week, Henderson and former safety Kekoa Nawahine are slated to participate.