Northwest Notes: Nov. 12, 2014

WSU football at Arizona State set for early morning kickoff

PULLMAN - Washington State's football game at Arizona State on Saturday, Nov. 22 will kick off at 10 a.m. PST and be televised on the Pac-12 Networks.

The Cougars have a bye this week.

WSU QB Falk named Pac-12 Player of the Week

SAN FRANCISCO - Washington State quarterback Luke Falk was named the Pac-12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the conference announced.

In the first start of his career, Falk completed 44 of 61 passes for 471 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions to lead Washington State to a 39-32 win over Oregon State in Corvallis. The redshirt freshman threw passes to nine different receivers, with five different receivers catching touchdowns.

With Washington State trailing 10-0 in the first quarter, Falk led the team on a 10-play, 75-yard touchdown drive, one of four touchdown drives of 70-plus yards he led on the day.

His 471 yards and five touchdowns are the most thrown by a Cougar player in their first start.

Shock to host final open tryout on Saturday

SPOKANE - The Arena Football League's Spokane Shock are preparing for their final open tryout of 2014 in preparation for the 2015 season on Saturday at the Shock Training Facility, located at 3212 N. Eden Road, Suite B in Spokane Valley.

Registration will take place on-site starting at 8 a.m., with the workout beginning at 9.

Participants will be tested in the 40-yard dash, 20-yard shuttle and broad jump. Afterward, Shock coaching staff and assistants will lead position drills and 1-on-1s. The workout will be conducted on an astro turf field, so participants are encouraged to wear tennis, basketball or indoor soccer style shoes.

Pre-registration for the tryout is currently open online at $50 per participant, and will close three days prior to the event. Registration on Saturday is $75 and is cash only.

Registration is available online via www.shock.mycustomevent.com.

Information: [email protected].

Lewis-Clark State ranked No. 2 in NAIA preseason baseball poll

Coming off another season in which it finished as national runner-up, the Lewis-Clark State College baseball team landed at No. 2 when the national office released the preseason edition of the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll.

L-C State, which went 47-9 last season and finished second at the Avista-NAIA World Series for the second consecutive year, received 535 points in the poll. The Warriors have appeared in 137 consecutive rankings, marking the longest streak in the NAIA. The next longest active streak is 75, which belongs to 11th ranked Embry-Riddle (Fla).

The Warriors enter the 2015 season in search of their 17th national championship, and first since 2008. To collect it, they will have to replace 16 seniors, including two, Cody Lavalli and Jake Shirley, who received first team All-American recognition last season.

Ty Jackson will be among the players expected to fill that void. Last season, the junior went 4-1 on the mound with a 2.73 earned run average. He also hit .254 with seven home runs and 37 RBIs. Other key returners include sophomore infielder Michael Sexton, who hit .298 and drove in 24 RBIs a season ago, and senior Beau Kerns, formerly of Lewiston High, who went 5-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 13 appearances.

Defending champion Cumberland, which bested LCSC 3-0 in the title game of last May's World Series, topped the preseason rankings.