Prairie Turns Back Moscow Twice

Ryan Ries and Jake Medlock drove in four runs apiece Sunday, helping unbeaten Prairie (5-0) begin a sweep over Moscow with a 17-7 victory in Idaho American Legion baseball.

Winning pitcher Ryan Banks grounded into a fielder’s choice that plated the tie-breaking run and gave Prairie a 5-4 triumph in the nightcap.

In another twinbill, Missoula swept Coeur d’Alene 8-3 and 2-1 in the Montana city.

Coeur d’Alene scored all of its first-game runs in the third inning, combining a single, back-to-back hit batters and three consecutive walks.

Soccer

Familiarity was just enough of an edge to lift the Greater Spokane League senior stars to a 2-0 victory over the Frontier League senior stars Sunday afternoon.

“All those guys, about 75 percent, are on my club (Skyhawks) team,” Joe Ascolese of Gonzaga Prep said. “The rest are mostly from the Steelers, so we’re real familiar. It was a lot of fun.”

The game was a preliminary to a Spokane Shadow USISL game at Spokane Falls Community College.

Ryan Vane of Shadle Park scored off an assist from North Central’s Pete Johnson in the 17th minute to give the GSL the lead. University’s Ryan Massey scored in the 52nd minute to ice the game.

All nine GSL teams and all eight that play soccer in the Frontier League were represented. The GSL controlled play most of the game and had the better opportunities to score.

“We have more players to chose from,” Ascolese said. “You’re always going to have better players when you have a bigger pool to choose from. But they were decent. They came at us really hard.”

Ascolese is headed for Santa Clara after he finishes a summer of playing for the Shadow.

GSL 2, Frontier 0

First half - 1, GSL, Vane (Johnson) 17:00. Second half - 2, GSL, Massey.

Shots on goal - FL 8, GSL 13. Saves - Luby (FL) 8; Cullen (GSL) 4, Deckon (GSL) 1.

Harris leaves WSU

Washington State University assistant men’s basketball coach Larry Harris, a Cleveland native and former University of Pittsburgh star, has accepted a similar position under Herb Sendek, the new coach at North Carolina State.

Harris, who spent one season on WSU coach Kevin Eastman’s staff, was an assistant to Jim Anderson at Oregon State from 1993-95.

, DataTimes