Whitworth will enshrine ‘60 football, Adams

One of the most successful teams and one of the most successful individuals in the annals of Whitworth College athletics will be inducted into the school’s Heritage Gallery Hall of Fame on Saturday at the school.

The 1960 Pirates football team, which went 9-1, losing only in the semifinals of the NAIA national playoffs, and Marv Adams, the fifth-leading basketball scorer in school history, comprise the Class of 2006.

Induction will take place at an 8:30 a.m. breakfast in the Hixon Union Building. The honorees will be introduced during halftime of the Pirates football game against Lewis & Clark that afternoon in the Pine Bowl.

For reservations, call 777-3224.

After a 9-0 regular season, the 1960 Pirates became the school’s first football team to qualify for the postseason. Whitworth was defeated 13-6 by Humboldt State, but finished the year ranked fourth in the nation.

Coach Sam Adams; quarterback Dennis Spurlock, who led the nation in passing; and John Murio, who finished third in the nation in receiving despite missing the last three games with an ankle injury, and four teammates were previously inducted as individuals.

Spurlock was a second-team Associated Press college-division All-American; Murio was a second-team NAIA All-American, and offensive tackle Tom Black, also the place-kicker, was a first-team NAIA All-American. Black, Norm Harding, Fred Shaffer and Ken Sugarman are the others in the school’s hall of fame.

Marv Adams, from Rogers High School, scored 1,457 points and averaged 17.8 points in three varsity seasons, helping the Pirates compile a 56-26 overall record. A three-time All-Evergreen Conference selection, he led the league in scoring as a junior (19.0) and averaged 23.3 points as a senior, the third-highest average in school history.

The 1954-55 Pirates won the league and advanced to the NAIA national tournament in Kansas City, Mo.

After graduation, Adams played AAU basketball in the Seattle-Tacoma area. His long career in education included being superintendent in Mount Vernon, Wash., and Santa Rosa, Calif. He retired in 1995.

Their induction will bring to 58 the number of individuals and six teams in the Crimson Club-sponsored shrine since its inception in 1990.

Basketball

Former Washington State women’s center Keisha Moore will continue her playing career with the Ljubljana ILIRIJA club, a premier team in the Slovenian women’s 1A league.

A two-year letterwinner at WSU, Moore had a team-leading 11.4 scoring average last season while ranking in the top-10 in the Pacific-10 Conference in blocked shots, rebounding and free-throw percentage.

•The Spokane Basketball Officials group will conduct an introductory meeting Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. at North Central High School. Interested individuals are encouraged to attend. No experience is needed, but a sound knowledge of the game is required, said assignor Steve Ayres.

Info: Ayers, 951-5566 or basketballofficials@msn.com.

•The Shadle Park High School boys program and one of its most illustrious alums will join forces in the school’s annual alumni game Dec. 23.

The Mark Rypien Foundation, which has generated more than $700,000 the last two years to help cancer-stricken children and their families, will benefit from proceeds, Shadle coach Tim Gaebe announced. Rypien, a three-sport standout at the school and former NFL Super Bowl MVP, is slated to participate.

A minimum contribution of $30 will provide each participant with a T-shirt, games and a hosted social. Registration is at 9 a.m., games at 10.

Gaebe said this will be the last alumni event in the gymnasium where the players played. A new gym will be part of a school renovation project beginning in April 2007.

Info: Gaebe, 354-6783 or 993-4581.

College scene

A couple of sophomores are Community Colleges of Spokane’s scholar-athletes for September.

Katlyn Laughlin from East Valley High School, a midfielder on the soccer team, is the female selection.

In September, she scored three goals as the Sasquatch compiled an 8-1 record, second in the Eastern Region. She leads the conference in assists with 12 and leads the team in points with 18. In the classroom, she is taking 20 credits after earning a 3.31 grade-point average as a freshman.

The male choice is Rick Bogatay from Puyallup, Wash., the No. 1 runner on the cross country team.

A two-time All-American who won the conference 1,500 title on the track in the spring, Bogatay has the third-fastest 8,000-meter time in the conference after running 25 minutes, 27 seconds at the Sundodger Invitational in early September.

•Eastern Washington senior Kristina Ward was to be presented with the Big Sky Conference Football Official’s Association Student Athletic Trainer Scholarship for 2006 during the Eagles’ football game against Montana Saturday at Woodward Field.

Ward, from Manhattan, Mont., is the second EWU student in two years to receive the award.

•Nick Atwood, a Montana State freshman from East Valley, is part of a youth movement that has Bobcats men’s cross country coach Dale Kennedy enthused.

After meets the last two Saturdays of September, in which freshmen led the way, Kennedy said, “It’s pretty exciting to see the potential of our men’s team.”

Atwood was 10th in one meet as the Bobcats’ No. 2 finisher, covering 8,000 meters in 25:41, and was eighth in the other as the No. 1 Bobcat in 25:51.

•Boise State senior Forest Braden from Bonners Ferry was the Western Athletic Conference men’s cross country runner of the week last week after winning an 8,000-meter invitational in 23:52.45 the previous Saturday.

•Eastern Washington senior defender Cyeeta Mott was named to the Soccerbuzz.com elite feet team for the week of Sept. 26 after scoring the winning goal in the Eagles’ 2-1 upset of then No. 21-ranked Long Beach State.

It was her school-record-tying fourth game-winning goal. She has eight career goals, tied for second in Eastern history.

Wrestling

Mead High School will host the North Idaho College Red vs. Gray Intrasquad match at 7 p.m. Oct. 18. The match will be preceded by “Sumo Suit” wrestling at 6:15. Cost is $2. For information, contact Mead coach Phil McLean at 465-7121.