State Playoff Berths At Stake At District Legion Tourney

Two Idaho state berths will be up for grabs when the District I Class AA American Legion baseball tournament begins Friday at Trail, British Columbia.

Although Trail and Lewis-Clark tied for first in league play, any two of the six league teams could earn a state berth.

The lower-seeded teams begin play Friday morning. No. 3 Prairie of Post Falls (25-21) will take on No. 6 Sandpoint (8-18) in the opener at 8:30 in the double-elimination tourney. No. 5 Atlas of Coeur d’Alene (18-28) will face No. 4 Moscow (28-12) at noon.

Top-seeded Trail (11-4) will play the Prairie-Sandpoint winner at 3:30 p.m., followed by No. 2 Lewis-Clark (25-21) taking on the CdA-Moscow winner at 7:30.

Play continues through Monday. State is next week in Boise. The regional tourney also will be in Boise.

CdA golfer leads WJGA

Several Inland Northwest golfers were near the top of their respective divisions Wednesday after the first day of the three-day Washington Junior Golf Association championships.

Dan Potter of Coeur d’Alene shot a 71 to lead the boys 15-17 division at Sand Point CC in Seattle. Brian Fong of Spokane shot a 73.

Patricia Bassett of Spokane was in third place at 76 in the girls 15-17 division, three strokes back of two co-leaders at Glendale CC in Bellevue.

Tyler Kempster of Lewiston (80) and David Fern of Spokane (81) were the top area golfers in the 12-14 boys division played at Glendale CC, with the leader at 73.

Lani Elston of Spokane was in third place in the 12-14 girls division with an 82 at Glendale, four strokes back.

Craig Leslie of Spokane is in second place with a 76, three strokes back of the leader, in boys 8-11 at Tam O’Shanter CC at Bellevue.

The fields will be cut after today’s second round.

Hybl medalist at U.S. Junior Am

At Newtown Square, Pa., Ryan Hybl, of Hazelhurst, Ga., shot a 1-under-par 69 to win medalist honors by two strokes at the 50th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Aronimink Golf Club.

Sixty-four players advanced to today’s opening round of match play, with the cut coming at 14-over 154.

Spokane’s Reid Hatley (80-81-161) and Royal Stumph (82-82-164) failed to qualify for match play.

Holt fourth in Oregon

Spokane’s Britney Holt shot a 1-under-par 70 to rebound from Tuesday’s round of 79 and move into a tie for fourth place after the second round of the Polo Golf Junior at Langdon Farms in Aurora, Ore.

Kelli Kamimura of Burlington, Wash., has an eight-stroke lead after shooting a 68. Kamimura shot a 69 Tuesday.

Shadow face Orcas again

The Spokane Shadow will be looking for its fifth consecutive win this season against the Bellingham Orcas when the teams meet Saturday at Albi Stadium in the first game of the USISL Premier League Northwest Division soccer tournament.

The Shadow face the Orcas at 6 p.m. In the second game at 8 p.m., the Yakima Reds meet the Cascade Surge.

Saturday’s winners play at 6 p.m. Sunday at Albi. The tournament champion meets the winner of the Southwest Division tournament on Aug. 2 in a one-game playoff for a berth in the national tournament.

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, DataTimes