Two Eagles make AP FCS teams

College football: Walter Payton Award finalist Bo Levi Mitchell of Eastern Washington was selected to The Associated Press FCS All-America first team, and teammate Nicholas Edwards, a wide receiver, was chosen to the second team..

Mitchell, a senior, led the FCS in yards passing per game at 364.5, and his 33 touchdown passes were tops in the nation.

Edwards, a junior, broke Eastern’s single-season record for receptions with 95 and also tied the touchdown receptions record with 19.

Two other Payton finalists, running back Shakir Bell of Indiana State and Lehigh quarterback Chris Lum, were named to the first and second teams, respectively.

Bell is the leading rusher in FCS with 151.8 yards per game, 20 more than the next-best average.

Montana, which plays at Sam Houston State tonight in the FCS semifinals, is represented by linebacker Caleb McSurdy and defensive back Trumaine Johnson. McSurdy was the Big Sky defensive player of the year.

EWU men host to PLU tonight

Men’s basketball: Eastern Washington University returns to Reese Court tonight to take on NCAA Division III Pacific Lutheran in a nonconference game that tips off at 6.

Eastern (5-5) is coming off Wednesday night’s 60-47 road loss to UCLA in which it shot just 25.9 percent from the field.

The Eagles, who have lost three of their last four games, hope to get well against an undersized PLU team (4-3) that has only one player on its roster taller than 6-foot-6.

EWU beat PLU’s Northwest Conference rival Linfield 104-54 in Cheney on Dec. 8.

The Lutes, who are paced by senior guard Drew Earnest (15.1 ppg), posted a 76-68 road win over Linfield earlier this year.

Pasco to host 4A, 3A baseball

Prep baseball: The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced that Pasco’s Gesa Stadium will host the State 4A and 3A semifinals and finals May 25-26.

Seattle’s Safeco Field, which hosted the 4A and 3A semifinals and finals from 2006-10, and Tacoma’s Cheney Stadium, which was host last spring, are occupied that weekend by their regular tenants, the Seattle Mariners and Tacoma Rainiers.

Tri-City Herald