Cougs agree to part ways with Schmidtke
Lakes High quarterback Calvin Schmidtke is being released from his letter of intent by Washington State University.
The university and Schmidtke agreed Tuesday evening that the Tacoma News Tribune All-Area Co-Player of the Year, who signed with the Cougars in February, would not attend WSU in the fall. According to the News Tribune, Schmidtke, 18, is dealing with numerous traffic and alcohol-related charges. He has received 11 citations from law enforcement in the past 18 months, seven of them for traffic violations.
“We feel this is in the best interest of both Washington State University and Calvin,” WSU coach Paul Wulff said in a media release. “We wish him well with his future endeavors.”
•The Spokane Shock are ranked second in arenafootball2 for the ninth straight week.
The Tulsa Talons are ranked No. 1 and have been all season.
Baseball
Chris Valencia and Ikaika Lester each drove in three runs to power the Lewis-Clark State Warriors to a 9-4 victory over the Spring Arbor Cougars in a loser-out game at the NAIA World Series on Wednesday in Lewiston.
The third-seeded Warriors (56-7) will play Lee University tonight for the title. LCSC has to beat tourney-unbeaten Lee twice – the second game would be played Friday night. Top-seeded Lee eliminated second-seeded Oklahoma City 6-5 in the late game.
Golf
The Washington Huskies are in ninth place after the first day of the NCAA men’s golf championships at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Ind.
Zach Bixler paced the Huskies with a 2-over-par 74. UW is eight strokes behind co-leaders USC and UCLA.