Morrow's Musings
- By Jeff Morrow
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Posted March 21, 2000
Media Classic rosters announced
Before we get knee-deep into spring sports, let's take one last look at basketball.
The seventh annual Media Classic basketball series will be held Sunday at the Yakima SunDome with four games being played.
At 1 p.m., the 2A/1A/B girls game will be played, followed by the 2A/1A/B boys game at 2:45 p.m. A slam-dunk contest will take place at 4:30 p.m., followed by the 4A/3A boys game at 5 p.m. and the 4A/3A girls game at 6:45 p.m.
Coaches from Columbia Basin College and Yakima Valley College will direct the teams.
Mike McKeown and Dale Hill, the Hawks' co-coaches for the women's team, will lead the Tri-City girls.
CBC's Ed Weidenbach and his staff will coach the two Tri-City boys teams.
All proceeds from the games will go to Special Olympics and AAU Basketball.
Taking a look at each game, here are the rosters:
2A/1A/B girls: Tri-City - Krissy Anderson, Dayton; Lyndsay Brandt, Warden; McKenzie Burgess, Kiona-Benton; Mandy Dunham, Liberty Christian; Jamie Juarez, Othello; Emily Lynch, Burbank; Jenny McCourtie, Othello; Nichole Rose, Kiona-Benton; Melanie Simmons, Dayton; Sami Yates, Connell. Yakima - Brittany Affholter, Zillah; Brandie Bounds, Zillah; Colleen DeGroot, Sunnyside Christian; Sarah Fischer, Cle Elum; BoDeen Harris, Zillah; Lindsay Hart, Kittitas; Brianna Hilliard, East Valley; Jody Koboski, Naches; Elyse Mengarelli, East Valley; Deeandra Smith, Lyle. 2A/1A/B boys: Tri-City - Eloy Armendariz, Grandview; Ryan Bottineau, Grandview; Phillip Candanoza, Grandview; Evey Corrales, Wahluke; Chris Dickinson, River View; Tommy Johnson, Kiona-Benton; Casey Linehan, Columbia-Burbank; Jason Schlagel, Warden; Ty Simpson, Burbank; Sam Weaver, Burbank. Yakima - Justin Cook, Goldendale; Lance Den Boer, Sunnyside Christian; Adolf Garza, Wapato; Justin Irion, Zillah; Andy Jaekel, Goldendale; Garrett Matzke, Highland; Thomas Ostrander, East Valley; Gene Sutterlict, White Swan; Brian Thomson, Naches; Rob Wilcox, Wapato. 4A/3A girls: Tri-City - Vanessa Coon, Southridge; Emily Faurholt, Kennewick; Autumn Fielding, Kennewick; Emily Halliday, Pasco; Brooke Lanning, Pasco; Lindsay May, Richland; Heidi Mensinger, Kennewick; Leilani Mitchell, Kennewick; Bethany Such, Richland; Heather Thoelke, Kennewick. Yakima - Teresa Borton, West Valley; Dacia Murillo, West Valley; Brandi Nash, Davis; Heather Pratt, Selah; Brandi Riel, Eisenhower; Nikki Sabedra, Sunnyside; Annie Schefter, West Valley; Stephanie Ulmer, Ellensburg; Brandy Wangler, Selah; Leah Welton, Davis. 4A/3A boys: Tri-City - Oliver Browning, Kennewick; Chris Bullock, Kamiakin; Bryson Casale, Southridge; Bryan Erlebach, Walla Walla; Luke Gailey, Hanford; Danny Gillespie, Hanford; Thomas Kelati, Walla Walla; Dennis Morrissette, Pasco; Eric Patrick, Kamiakin; Kevin Wyatt, Kamiakin. Yakima - Dustin Bremerman, Eisenhower; Jeremy Brown, Ellensburg; Michael Bushmaker, Eisenhower; Dale Curfman, Eisenhower; Nick Majsterek, Ellensburg; Jabari Riggins, Davis; Ryan Rostvold, West Valley; Taylor Stubblefield, Davis; Jake Van Pelt, Sunnyside; Josh Williams, Davis.Tickets can be purchased at the door, and cost $6 for adults, and $3 for students and senior citizens.
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Kennewick's Sara Senske debuted Sunday in the Barber Dodge Pro Series for Lynx Racing at Sebring International Raceway in Florida.
Senske started 21st in the grid and finished 23rd. For the 22-year-old, the series is a step up from the Star Mazda Series she ran in the last two years.
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Used to be when you finished playing high school baseball, the only options were playing slowpitch softball during the summer until you turned 30 - and only then could you play Men's Senior League Baseball, now Roy Hobbs League baseball, around the Tri-Cities.
Since 1992, that is.
Now, however, you don't have to wait long after high school graduation.
The current Roy Hobbs League has dropped the minimum playing age to 21 in the hopes of gaining new blood in the league.
The league had dwindled from an all-time high of eight teams to four last season.
But already, another team has been added, and there is a tryout scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday at Pasco High.
"Everybody who tries out will make a team," said Eric Hoppe, a league official. "And if they can't make it (to the tryout), they can call us if they want to play."
Teams play 18-20 games during a season that begins in June and ends in September, with possible interleague games with Wenatchee teams and exhibition games this spring against the Posse.
Hoppe said the baseball-playing diehards just want to keep playing ball for as long as they can.
For more information, call 628-0797.
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