Sports Breaking Out All Over As Fall Season Starts
With the start of fall sports practices this week, can school be far behind?
High school students participating in football, girls soccer, volleyball, and cross country as well as marching bands, drill teams and cheerleading got a week’s head start on their classmates whose schoolwork begins next week.
Central Valley’s junior-dominated football team began the business of defending its Greater Spokane League title.
The Bears have only 10 seniors, including three returning starters. Five others, including second-team all-state Will Beck, had playing time as sophomores.
University, which was fifth in league, has a half-dozen players back with experience.
East Valley began work toward taking one more step in the Frontier League after finishing second last year. The Knights, with eight experienced players back, are deepest in the line.
West Valley brings back eight starters or part-time players from last year’s third-place team, including second-team all-state Ty Gregorak.
East Valley’s experienced volleyball team will seek to duplicate last year’s state-qualifying effort for second-year coach Jim Dorr.
Teams at University, Central Valley and West Valley greeted new coaches.
The Bears will be without Ginger Clark, who broke an ankle in a car accident this summer and is still in a cast.
WV is without Darcy Sohns, who is rehabilitating a torn ligament suffered at the end of last softball season.
East Valley’s girls cross country team is two-time state champion and the boys finished third in the Frontier League. West Valley’s boys are defending state runnersup and the girls were second in league.
University’s girls were second in the GSL and fourth at state while the young boys placed fourth in league.
All four Valley soccer teams return most of their lineups. East Valley and West Valley lost once each in the Frontier last year to finish second and third. Fourth-place University made the GSL playoffs last year and sixth-place CV, with four overtime losses, just missed.
GSL soccer gets a jump on the rest of the sports on Sept. 10. Volleyball has gone to a Tuesday-Wednesday format in the GSL this year and begins Sept. 11.
First football games are Sept. 12 and 13. The GSL and Big Nine have expanded their playoff format to include each league’s top four finishers. Frontier League this year has two playoff entries.
Cross country begins with the All-Valley meet at Liberty Lake County Park on Sept. 14.
Adrienne Wilson wins 9-Hole title
During a three-day club championship playoff, Adrienne Wilson emerged as the Liberty Lake 9-Hole Ladies Club winner.
Wilson defeated Joanne Ruddell for the overall title.
First flight winner was Joan Leighton over Lynn Neuendorf. Second flight was won by Lorraine Martin over Sadie Rueckert.
In third flight, Mary Ann Barham defeated Min Gutterud. Fourth flight winner was Pat Thompson over Jean Skredsvig.
Winning fifth flight was Joan Rassley over Betty Trembly. And consolation winner was Shirley Schoenberger.
The club also conducted regular medal play last week. Wilson had A flight low gross score of 54. Ilene Ackerman shot 57 in B flight, Joan Rassley had 61 in C and Jan Bernhart had 67 in D.
Net winners were Jill Skipworth with 42, and a chip-in on the 13th hole, in A, Barham with 36 in B, Sue Matsui with 36 in C and Deanna Hauser with 38 in D. She had a chipin on 17.
Irons-only tourney at Valley View
Golfers in the Valley View Ladies Club put the woods away and competed in an irons-only tournament last week.
A flight golfer Joyce Jacobs and B flight golfer Irene Spidle tied for first with low-gross 57 scores.
Marjie Haser also shot 57 in no-handicap flight. Pattie McAtee had 62 in C flight.
Net leaders were Kay Pritzl with 33 in B and Jane Clark with 34 in C.
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