Cd’A rec taking signups

for adult men’s hoop league

COEUR d’ALENE — The Coeur d’Alene Recreation Department is currently taking team registrations for the mens basketball league that begins Sunday, Nov. 15.

This league is mainly played on Sundays with a few Monday or Wednesday games.

Team entry fee is $565.

Entry deadline is Friday, Oct. 16. Teams will play a 10-game schedule.

Information: 769-2250.

EWU men picked third in

preseason Big Sky hoops poll

Eastern Washington was picked to finish third by both the media and the coaches in the Big Sky Conference men’s basketball preseason poll.

Idaho, in its second season back in the Big Sky in hoops, was picked to finish in a tie for seventh by the media, and a tie for eighth by the coaches.

The coaches picked Weber State to win the conference, and the media picked defending regular-season champion Montana.

Idaho’s women were picked to finish sixth by the coaches, eighth by the media.

MEN

Coaches poll: 1. Weber State 114 points (6 first-place votes); 2. Montana 113 (6); 3. Eastern Washington 99; 4. Northern Arizona 79; 5. Southern Utah 64; 6. Portland State 62; 7. Northern Colorado 61; 8 (tie) Idaho 52 and North Dakota 52; 10. Sacramento State 51; 11. Montana State 31; 12. Idaho State 14.

Media poll: 1. Montana 220 points (14 first-place votes); 2. Weber State 194 (2); 3. Eastern Washington 183 (1); 4 (tie) Northern Arizona 133 (1) and Sacramento State 133 (1); 6. Northern Colorado 117; 7 (tie) Idaho 109 and Portland State 109; 9. Southern Utah 96; 10. North Dakota 70; 11. Montana State 64; 12. Idaho State 24.

WOMEN

Coaches poll: 1. Montana (10), 120 points; 2. North Dakota (1), 97 points; 3. Sacramento State, 97 points; 4. Northern Colorado, 84 points; 5. Montana State, 81 points; 6. Idaho, 67 points; 7. Idaho State, 66 points; 8. Northern Arizona, 55 points; 9. Eastern Washington, 54 points; 10. Weber State, 31 points; 11. Southern Utah, 21 points; 12. Portland State, 19 points.

Media poll: 1. Montana (6), 148 points; 2. North Dakota (3), 128 points; 3. Sacramento State (2), 121 points; 4. Montana State, 107 points; 5. Idaho State, 98 points; 6. Eastern Washington (2), 95 points; 7. Northern Colorado, 86 points; 8. Idaho, 69 points; 9. Northern Arizona, 64 points; 10. Weber State, 50 points; 11. Southern Utah, 29 points; 12. Portland State, 19 points.

Heisman Trophy to be on

display at Whitworth game

SPOKANE — Longtime Whitworth athletics sponsor Wendle Motors is bringing the Heisman Trophy to the Pine Bowl for Saturday’s 1 p.m. homecoming football game against George Fox.

The trophy, which honors college football’s most outstanding player, will be on display throughout the game and fans in attendance will have an opportunity to have their pictures taken with it.

Chiefs release Rayman,

roster down to 25

SPOKANE — The Spokane Chiefs announced that defenseman Jeff Rayman has been released. His next assignment is yet to be determined.

A 19-year-old from Fernie, British Columbia, Rayman played 86 games over two seasons with the Chiefs, scoring one goal and adding seven assists. He was originally listed by Spokane in October of 2011.

After the move, the Chiefs are now carrying 25 players on their roster, including three goaltenders, eight defensemen and 14 forwards.

The Chiefs hit the road this weekend for the first of six consecutive games away from Spokane Arena. They play the Kootenay Ice in Cranbrook, B.C. tonight at 6, then face the Tri-City Americans in Kennewick, Wash., on Saturday.