Northwest Notes Feb. 25, 2022

| February 25, 2022 1:05 AM

NIC to host pep rally for wrestlers

bound for national tournament

COEUR d'ALENE — North Idaho College will host a pep rally Monday for the 10 Cardinal wrestlers who qualified for the NJCAA Tournament taking place March 4-5 in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Monday's pep rally is scheduled for 4 p.m. at NIC's Christianson Gym. Officials said there will be food and T-shirts (while supplies last) as well as a variety of games and prizes.

Community members are invited to join NIC faculty and staff to send off the wrestling team.

Second Circling Raven Championship set for Aug. 26-28

The 2022 Circling Raven Championship, part of the Epson Tour “Road to the LPGA”, is scheduled for Aug. 26-28 at Circling Raven Golf Club in Worley.

The event begins Aug. 22 with practice rounds, and follows with a pro-am, and then the three-day tournament proper.

The Epson Tour (formerly the Symetra Tour) is the official qualifying tour of the LPGA Tour and enters its 42nd competitive season in 2022.

Booth replaces Tripodi as Vandal offensive line coach

MOSCOW — Idaho football coach Jason Eck on Thursday announced the hiring of former NFL lineman Cody Booth as the offensive line coach.

Booth replaces Joe Tripodi, who was hired in early January, but left recently to take a similar job at Wyoming.

Booth comes to Idaho after coaching tight ends at Colorado State last season.

Before his time at Colorado State, he spent the 2019 season as an offensive graduate assistant at Boston College.

He was the offensive GA at Temple during the 2017 and 2018 seasons where he also worked with the offensive line.

Booth began his playing career as a walk-on tight end at Temple but shifted to the offensive line for his final season in 2013 as a tackle. That move proved valuable as Booth spent three years in the NFL as an offensive tackle with the Chicago Bears (2014), Jacksonville Jaguars (2014-15), and Washington Redskins (2016).

Eck is expected to announce one more hire to the Vandal coaching staff ahead of Idaho starting spring practice on March 26.