Snow wipes out Friday local sports slate

An early morning snowstorm wiped out the prep and college schedule around the area on Friday.

A college softball doubleheader between Big Bend and North Idaho College, scheduled for Memorial Field in Coeur d’Alene, was postponed, along with NIC’s home games today against Wenatchee Valley. NIC will host Big Bend on April 27.

No makeup date was announced for the Wenatchee Valley games.

Friday’s Inland Empire League baseball doubleheader between Moscow and Lakeland, scheduled for Gorton Field in Rathdrum (after it was moved from Moscow because of snow in the Palouse) was postponed, as was a high school boys golf tournament, the Jim Kraus Memorial Invitational at Avondale Golf Club, and a high school girls golf tourney, the Susan Mitchell Memorial Invitational, at Hayden Lake Country Club.

Today’s Kellogg Booster Invitational, scheduled for Dale Hunt Track and Field in Kellogg, was also postponed due to snow. In addition, an Inland Empire League baseball doubleheader between Coeur d’Alene and Moscow, scheduled for today in Coeur d’Alene with the Vikings as the visitors, was moved back to Moscow on April 28. The softball games between the schools were postponed, with no reschedule date.