The Lewis-Clark State volleyball team finished its impressive run through its own Holiday Inn Express tournament by sweeping both Northwest of Washington and Westmont of California Saturday to complete a play in the five-team round-robin tournament undefeated.
The 16th ranked Warriors never lost a game on their way to posting a 4-0 record and claiming the unofficial title. Going 12-0 in tournament games, LC also won each contest by an average of nearly 10 points. Anile Clemente had a big weekend with 53 total kills in four matches.
The Warriors resume action in another five-team round-robin tournament this weekend at Concordia University in Portland.
LC will face Holy Names Friday afternoon, followed by a match against the host Concordia later that night. On Saturday the Warriors will face Northwest before meeting fellow Frontier Conference foe Montana State-Northern Saturday afternoon.

The Lewis-Clark State volleyball team opens the 2008 season this weekend hosting the five team Holiday Inn Express tournament at the Activity Center. After a somewhat surprising 26-8 campaign last year, the Warriors have been picked by the Frontier Conference coaches as the league favorite and are ranked 16th in the NAIA pre-season national poll. 2nd year head coach Jen Greeny says there is more pressure on the program to succeed this year, but most of it comes from within the team itself.

Head coach Jen Greeny comments

With nine returning players and a highly touted recruiting class, expectations are running high for a return trip to the NAIA National Tournament in November.

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The Warriors play twice Friday, opening the tournament with Corban College of Oregon at 2pm, followed by a 6pm contest against Concordia University of Oregon. Other teams in the field include Westmont College of California and Northwest University of Washington. The tournament runs through Saturday with four matches per day.

The Lewis-Clark State College women’s volleyball team is ranked No. 16 in the NAIA preseason volleyball rankings, which were released this week.
The Warriors, fresh off a 26-8 season last year in which they won the Frontier Conference regular season and tournament titles along with the Region I title, drew 360 points in the poll and are the top-ranked Frontier Conference team.
College of Idaho and Southern Oregon, two teams LCSC defeated in winning the Region I title last year, are ranked ahead of the Warriors in the preseason poll. College of Idaho is No. 9, while Southern Oregon is No. 12. Westminster, which finished second to LCSC in the Frontier Conference last season, is ranked No. 24.
The Warriors kick off the season on Friday and Saturday by playing host to the five-team Holliday Inn Express Tournament at the LCSC Activity Center.

Meanwhile, the Lewis-Clark State College men’s and women’s cross country teams picked up where they left off from a year ago as both were ranked among the top 15 in the nation in the NAIA Cross Country Preseason Polls. Read the rest of this entry »

An electrical problem is being blamed for a fire reported late Monday night at a Lewis-Clark State College apartment.

The Lewiston Fire Department responded at 11 p.m. to a report of smoke at the College Place apartments in the 800 block of Fourth Street. The fire is believed to have started in the attic above a third-floor apartment, and ‘fire stops’ and sprinklers kept the flames confined to a small area.

No injuries were reported, but the building was evacuated for the night.

As part of Fraud Awareness Week August 18-22, the Idaho Department of Insurance will be conducting free seminars across the state to promote anti-fraud education, raise awareness about the impact of fraud and white-collar crimes on society, and encourage Idaho residents to report fraud to the appropriate authorities. Department of Insurance Public Information Specialist Tricia Carney says the free one-hour seminar will be in Lewiston, Idaho Tuesday August 19 at Lewis-Clark State College.

Public Information Specialist Tricia Carney comments

Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions and are encouraged to share any personal experiences with scams or fraud.

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The Lewiston seminar will run from 7-8pm PDT in the Telecommunications Classroom inside the LCSC library. For more information contact the Idaho Department of Insurance at (208) 334-4312 or the LCSC Continuing Education Office at (208) 792-2116.

The Lewis-Clark State College Alumni Association in conjunction with the LCSC Business Students Organization and the Warrior Athletic Association is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Warrior Golf Scramble August 23 at Lewiston’s Bryden Canyon Golf Course. Renee Olson, LCSC Director of Alumni and Community Relations says proceeds from the event benefit student scholarships and programs.

Renee Olson, LCSC Director of Alumni and Community Relations, comments

Registration forms for the four-person scramble are available online at www.lcsc.edu/alumni, by calling the LC Alumni Office at (208) 792-2458 or at Bryden Canyon Golf Course. Players coming from out of town are eligible to receive a room discount at the Lewiston Red Lion Hotel for $79. For more information contact the LCSC Alumni Office at (208) 792-2458.

Asotin County residents voting in November’s general election will decide the fate of four tax-supported proposals.

County commissioners on Monday unanimously approved placing the four resolutions on the ballot, letting voters have their say on a sales tax increase, cemetery district, industrial park and emergency medical services levy.

Last week, commissioners approved the sales tax resolution to decide whether the tax should be increased by 0.2 percent in Asotin County to help fund the aquatic center.  Also, it’s believed the establishment of a cemetery district would enable the Vineland Cemetery to be considered a public cemetery, which would allow it to use income from an endowment to pay bills.

The commissioners agreed to make the industrial park question an advisory ballot, asking whether the Port of Clarkston should acquire 120 acres of county-owned property west of Evans Road for an industrial park.

Finally, the EMS levy going before voters this fall is a one-year proposition that would fund Rescue One with over 373-thousand dollars, at approximately 55 cents per $1,000 of property valuation.

The Lewis-Clark State College women’s volleyball team is the overwhelming preseason favorite to win the Frontier Conference title this season, according to a vote of the conference coaches released on Monday.
The Warriors, who won both the conference regular season and tournament titles a year ago after being picked to finish sixth in the preseason coaches’ poll, received six of the eight first-place votes in the poll and finished with a total of 48 points. Westminster College of Utah received the other two votes from the coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own team, and finished second in the poll with 40 points.
The Warriors posted a 26-8 record a year ago, including a 12-2 mark in conference play. LCSC won the conference tournament and the Region I Tournament to earn a berth to the NAIA national tournament. LCSC was the No. 9 seed at nationals and finished with a 1-2 pool play record.
LCSC returns a solid nucleus from a year ago as it lost two seniors and one other starter, Cintia Alessi who chose to forego her final year of college eligibility and end her volleyball career. The Warriors return four regular starters and added a strong recruiting class for this season.
The Warriors kick off the season on August 22-23 in the Holiday Inn Express Tournament at the LCSC Activity Center.
LCSC will have 11 home matches this season, including four in the tournament along with its seven conference matches.