Morrow's Musings
- By Jeff Morrow
509-582-1507
Posted April 22, 2000
C. Washington Hall of Fame wants help with Class of 2000
The Tri-Cities Visitors and Convention Bureau needs your help. So does the Tri-Cities Sports Council.
Time is running out for the chance to nominate someone for the Central Washington Sports Hall of Fame's Class of 2000.
May 1 is the deadline, and anyone from Yakima to Walla Walla, from Hermiston to Wenatchee is eligible.
Last year, when the Hall first opened, there were more than 50 nominees.
Many of those remain under consideration for this year. But we know there are more qualified candidates out there, so don't assume anything.
Nomination forms are at all Parks and Recreation departments, area Chambers of Commerce, many sports and health clubs and the Tri-Cities Visitors and Convention Bureau. You also may call 735-8486.
Induction for the 2000 class will be in August.
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The spring search of the Mid-Columbia's pro baseball players has come down to this:
Ron Wright (Kamiakin High School grad) is playing at Class AA Chattanooga (Tenn.) for the Cincinnati Reds, while Bucky Jacobsen (Hermiston) is at Double-A Huntsville (Ala.) for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Pitcher Adam Flohr (Kiona-Benton) is at long-season A St. Petersburg (Fla.) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, while B.J. Garbe (Moses Lake) is playing for the Minnesota Twins' Quad City (Iowa) franchise (long-season A) in the Midwest League.
The following players - the Dodgers' Jason Repko (Hanford) and Wade Parrish (Othello), the Pittsburgh Pirates' Ryan Doumit (Moses Lake), and the Toronto Blue Jays' D.J. Hanson (Richland) - all are in extended spring training and likely will begin play on a short-season A squad in June.
For Repko and Parrish, that may mean playing for the Yakima Bears in the Northwest League.
Catcher Dominic Woody (Richland) is on the disabled list for the Florida Marlins after having surgery on his hip. Team officials want Woody to play at short-season Utica (N.Y.) in the New York-Penn League.
Three were released by their clubs.
Pitcher Tony Mounce (Kamiakin) was released by the Houston Astros, catcher Dave Schmidt (Kennewick) was released by the St. Louis Cardinals, and outfielder Bryan Williamson (Kamiakin) was released by the Twins.
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The Rocky Mountain League, a new independent baseball league that planned to begin play this summer in four cities - Walla Walla, Ontario, Ore., Pocatello and Twin Falls, Idaho - will wait until 2001.
League officials said they ran out of time to make proper preparations.
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Grandview's Sean Culver remains among the world rodeo leaders in bareback riding.
Culver has earned $20,494 this year, good enough for fourth in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association standings.
Royal City's Jason Stewart is seventh ($13,354) as a header in team roping. Prosser's Bucky Campbell is eighth among heelers at $12,985.
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Hanford graduate Jeremy Taylor will lead Washington State's men's golf team into the Pacific-10 Conference Championships next week in Tempe, Ariz.
Taylor, a sophomore, is WSU's scoring leader with an average round of 75.1. The tournament runs Monday through Wednesday at Karsten Golf Course on the campus of Arizona State. Scoring for each six-man team will be determined by the lowest five individual scores.
- Jeff Morrow can be reached at 582-1507 or via e-mail at jmorrow@tri-cityherald.com
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