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.
Greeny continues
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 »
Boise native Nick Symmonds cruised into the semifinals of the men’s 800 meters at the Beijing Olympic Games Wednesday morning, winning his preliminary heat in 1 minute, 46.01 seconds with a late surge.
Symmonds will run in Thursday’s first semifinal, where his season-best of 1:44.10 ranks third in the field. It’s the third appearance at a major international meet for the Bishop Kelly graduate. He finished sixth in his semifinal heat at the 2007 world outdoor championships and placed sixth in the final at the 2008 world indoor championships.
Symmonds won a combined seven individual Idaho State 4A Championships in cross country and track and field before beginning a brilliant career at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he won a combined seven NCAA Division III Championships in the 800 and 1,500. (Idaho Statesman)
Former Seattle SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz’s court bid to regain control of the team will have to wait until after next season.
Federal Judge Marsha Pechman has set a June 15 trial date for Schultz’s lawsuit which seeks to overturn his 2006 sale of the team to Clay Bennett.
Pechman also heard the city of Seattle’s lawsuit against Bennett which resulted in a settlement allowing the team to relocate to Oklahoma City for the upcoming season.
Schultz claims Bennett failed to follow through on his promise to make a good-faith effort get a new arena built to keep the team in Seattle. (AP)
The city of Boise will celebrate U.S. Olympic gold medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong Saturday.
Armstrong, a Boise resident since 1995, won the gold medal in the women’s time trial at the Beijing Olympics late Tuesday night. She is the first active Boise resident to win an Olympic gold medal. Boise Mayor Dave Bieter and Armstrong will lead a bike caravan from the downtown YMCA, where Armstrong teaches classes, to City Hall Plaza.
Once at the plaza there will be a public ceremony commemorating Armstrong’s achievement. (Idaho Statesman)
The Charlotte Bobcats have traded second-round pick and former Washington State Cougar Kyle Weaver to Oklahoma City for a second-round choice in next year’s NBA draft.
The guard was the 38th overall pick in June after averaging 12.2 points as a senior at WAZZU.
Weaver averaged 6.2 points in five games for Charlotte in the Las Vegas summer league, but faced stiff competition to make Charlotte’s regular-season roster.
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.
