Lakeland High announces inaugural hall of fame class

RATHDRUM - A total of 13 athletes and coaches comprise the first class of Lakeland High athletic hall of fame.

A banquet and induction ceremony will be held Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. in the Lakeland High commons.

Inductees are: Ken Salesky (basketball, football, class of 1963), Dick Schultz (basketball, football, '64), Randy Colton (wrestling, later a professional jockey, '72), Mark Kiefer (football, basketball, track, '75), Tracy Hanson (golf, '89), Heather (Hosheit) Wilson (volleyball, '89), Kole Clauson (wrestling, '95), Josh Phelps (baseball, '95), Casey Phelps (wrestling, 2001), Sky Pruitt (football, '02), Kara Kiefer (volleyball, '03), Terry Kiefer (football coach, class of '63) and Jim Whiteman (wrestling coach).

Tickets are $20 per person, and must be purchased by Aug. 30 at Lakeland High (687-0181) or the Lakeland School District office (687-0431).

Hall of fame sponsors include the Lakeland Education Foundation and the Lakeland Booster Club.

Prep soccer jamborees today at Lake City

COEUR d'ALENE - Lake City, Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint will meet for prep boys and girls soccer jamborees today at Lake City High's Irma Anderl Soccer Complex starting at 2 p.m.

Girls and boys teams will play at the same time on adjacent field. Each "game" will consist of one half.

Sandpoint will play Lake City at 2 p.m., followed by Coeur d'Alene vs. Lake City at 2:50 and Sandpoint vs. Coeur d'Alene at 3:40.

The jamborees are a fundraiser for Idaho's Youth Endowment for Activities.

Grove tied for fourth after two rounds of Northwest Open

WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Avondale Golf Club assistant pro Russell Grove shot a 3-under-par 69 on Tuesday and is tied for fourth at 4-under 140 after two rounds of the 54-hole Northwest Open golf tournament at the Wine Valley Golf Club.

Casey McCoy of the Airport Golf Center in Tumwater, Wash., leads by one stroke after a pair of 5-under 67s. Brent Walsh of the Coeur d'Alene Golf Club is at 3-over 147 after rounds of 72 and 75.

The tourney concludes today.

Vandals picked second in WAC volleyball; Schultz Preseason Player of the Year

DENVER - Idaho placed a league-high three players on the preseason all-Western Athletic Conference team, headlined by Preseason Player of the Year Alyssa Schultz. The league's head coaches also picked the Vandals to finish second, where the team has placed in each of the last two seasons.

Schultz, a junior middle blocker from Issaquah, Wash., was a first-team all-WAC pick in 2012 and a WAC all-freshman team selection in 2011. She averaged 2.19 kills, 1.42 blocks and 0.54 digs per set while hitting .340 in 2012. Her 138 block assists on the season tied for fourth in a single season in Idaho history and her 1.42 average per set ranked second in the WAC. She is the first Idaho player to be selected as the WAC Preseason Player of the Year.

Joining Schultz on the Preseason all-WAC team from Idaho are senior middle blocker Taylor Wilkinson and sophomore outside hitter Katelyn Peterson.

New Mexico State was picked to win the WAC, followed by Idaho, Utah Valley, Seattle U, Cal State Bakersfield, Missouri-Kansas City, Texas Pan-American, Grand Canyon and Chicago State.

Taylor pedals to victory in Schweitzer hillclimb

SANDPOINT - Thirty-one bicyclists ages 10-73 battled their way up Schweitzer on Sunday in the inaugural Conquer Schweitzer Road Bike Hillclimb. The 8.5-mile course was covered in 1 hour, 34 minutes by all riders under beautiful, smokeless skies.

Justin Taylor of Mountain View Cyclery charged away from the field at the second switchback and never had a threat as he crossed the finish line in a time of 40 minutes, 8 seconds.

Jennifer Burke of Baddlands Cycling Club worked herself into a time of 50:40 to take the women's field.

Sawyer returns as Chiefs' assistant

SPOKANE - The Spokane Chiefs have announced that former captain and assistant coach Kevin Sawyer will return to the organization as a part-time assistant coach for the 2013-14 season.

Sawyer will assist with player development and player evaluation, and help in all coaching areas while working with the team on a monthly basis. He filled a similar role last season while head coach Don Nachbaur was an assistant coach for Canada's World Junior Hockey Championships.

"I am extremely excited to have Kevin back on our staff. He is a quality person who brings tremendous knowledge and experience," Nachbaur said. "He is truly a Chief at heart and will do whatever it takes to help make our club better."

After playing as a Chief for three years, ultimately as captain of the 1994-95 team as a 20-year-old, Sawyer played professionally for eight years. He holds the club record for career penalty minutes with 989 in 176 games played. Sawyer assisted with the Chiefs from 2004 to 2006, and again last season.

Gonzaga opens WCC play with four home games

SAN BRUNO, Calif. - The West Coast Conference announced its 2013-14 men's basketball conference schedule on Tuesday, featuring 10 teams for the first time in league history. The race for the WCC regular season crown will be contested over a 10-week span, and consist of a double round-robin format. Conference play is slated to begin on Saturday, Dec. 28, and will culminate on March 1, 2014.

The 2013-14 WCC men's basketball schedule gets underway on Dec. 28, with eight teams in action. Defending West Coast Conference champ Gonzaga hosts CBI champion Santa Clara that day, while NIT semifinalist BYU plays at Loyola Marymount. Two days later, 2013 NCAA participant Saint Mary's opens conference play at new WCC member Pacific.

A rematch of the 2013 WCC Championship game pits Saint Mary's at Gonzaga on this season's second week (Jan. 2), while San Diego visits BYU two days later. That same day (Jan. 4), Portland welcomes Saint Mary's to the Chiles Center, and Pepperdine plays at San Francisco. Later in January, BYU visits San Francisco (Jan. 16), Gonzaga hosts BYU (Jan. 25) and Saint Mary's plays at San Diego (Jan. 30).

In February, several key matchups loom, including Saint Mary's at BYU (Feb. 1), BYU at Saint Mary's (Feb. 15), Gonzaga at BYU (Feb. 20), and Saint Mary's at Santa Clara (Feb. 22). The 2013-14 WCC regular season concludes on March 1 with all 10 teams in action, highlighted by BYU visiting San Diego and Gonzaga playing at Saint Mary's.

The 2014 West Coast Conference Basketball Championships will take place from March 6-11 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

Full schedule: www.wccsports.com