THE MINER
Sports
B R I E F LY Cusick honors winter athletes CUSICK – The Panthers are honoring their winter athletes Thursday, March 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the commons area at the high school. Boys and girls basketball will be honored. The girls finished the season 12-7. The boys finished the season 19-4.
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Newport hosts Metaline Falls Gun Club in annual county shoot NEWPORT – The Newport and Metaline Gun Clubs held their annual shoot at the Newport Gun Club Sunday, March 9. Following are the results: 16 Yard: A-class: Dan Willner, winner, Mark Deinhardt, runner up; B-class: Lisa Enyeart, winner, Bruce Galiardo, runner up; C-class: Bob Avey, winner, Chris Yeaw, runner up; D-class: Andy Wiley, winner, Jimmy Schaper, runner up Ladies: Diane Luhr, winner; Tiare Kline, runner up Youth: Matthew Schaper, winner; Robby Owen, runner up Veteran: Nick Larson, winner; Arlyn Duncan, runner up Handicap: Rob Linton, winner; Keith Enyeart, runner up Doubles: A-class: Arlie Ward, winner; Dan Reijonen, runner up; B-class: Arlyn Duncan, winner; Johan Mayrhofer, runner up; C-class: Bruce Galiardo, winner, Keith Enyeart, runner up 5 person team: Metaline Falls Gun Club High overall: Keith Enyeart
Baseball, softball, boys soccer begins for Newport, Priest River NEWPORT – Newport and Priest River high schools kick off their spring sports seasons playing each other in softball and baseball Tuesday, March 18. Both will be played at Priest River Junior High, starting at 4 p.m. Also beginning spring play is the Newport boys soccer team, taking on the Mead Junior Varsity at 4 p.m. Tuesday, on the road. In Washington, boys soccer is a spring sport, whereas in Idaho, the boys played in the fall.
COURTESY PHOTO|LORI STRATTON
Lady Griz are academic champs The Newport girls varsity basketball team are the 1A State Academic Champions. They received the title at the State Championship in Yakima Saturday, March 8, for the accumulative grade point average of 3.857 for the first semester of this school year. Coach Mike Frederick said eight girls were on the varsity roster at the time names were submitted. Pictured here are Frederick, left, Tiffany Huang, Jalin Earl, Elise Cunningham, Emily Lewis, Jolie Frederick, Holly Malsbury, Hadley Stratton, Samantha Siemsen.
Spartans honor wrestlers March 26 PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Spartans will honor wrestlers Wednesday, March 26 at 6 p.m. at the Roxy Theater in Newport.
The Spartans returned from state, March 1, with three wrestlers who took a podium spot. Senior Dallas Hopkins took third, sophomore Greg Fitzmor-
ris finished fourth and freshman Clayton Bowman finished fifth, the highest ranking freshman wrestler in Spartan history.
Bluebirds arriving in Idaho Nest boxes available from Fish and Game do not nest because they do not find suitable homes. Man-made nest boxes help to fill the shortage of natural nest sites. Many Idahoans have already discovered the fun and satisfaction of building, placing and monitoring bluebird nest boxes. The Panhandle Region office of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game has long been involved in coordinating the construction and distribution of bluebird nest boxes. School and civic groups have worked together to build boxes for people interested in
BY PHIL COOPER WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EDUCATOR
Last weekend I made a trip into the St. Joe area to look at winter conditions for wildlife. While I was primarily interested in how the snow levels were impacting big game, I was struck by the number of migratory birds that are on their way back to northern nesting grounds. The wetlands around Benewah Lake were covered with ducks, geese and swans. So are Cougar Bay on Coeur d’Alene Lake and many other wetlands. Songbird species are also beginning to show up. A few bluebirds should be here by now with more on the way. Two species of bluebirds live in Idaho: the western bluebird and the mountain bluebird. The mountain bluebird is the Idaho state bird. The mountain bluebird is larger than the western bluebird and both are slightly smaller than robins. Thoreau said, “The bluebird carries the sky on his back.” This statement could apply to any of the North American bluebird species, for the males of each species sport brilliant blue backs. The male mountain bluebird has a very bright blue back and is pale blue below. The female is mostly gray with a trace of blue on the wings and tail. The western bluebird is less brightly colored. Males and females both have rust on the breast. Bluebirds live throughout Idaho in high desert juniper and mahogany, in forest meadows, and valleys and ridges in mountainous regions. They are most common at elevations of 4,000 feet and higher. Bluebirds are ground feeders with grasshoppers being a favorite food. They also consume beetles, ants, wasps, caterpillars, crickets and even berries. The bluebird’s bill is not suited for creating nest cavities, so they make their nests in existing cavities excavated by woodpeckers or other animals. Nests are lined with grass, fine strips of bark and pine needles. Bluebirds return to Idaho from their wintering grounds in the southwestern U.S. by late February or early March and seek tree cavities for nesting. Since many trees with suitable nesting holes have been cut for firewood, cleared to make way for development or have been occupied by non-native starlings or house sparrows, some bluebirds
Two species of bluebirds live in Idaho: the western bluebird and the mountain bluebird. providing our native, state bird with a place to nest and raise young. IDFG Volunteers have built bluebird nest boxes that are now available at the Idaho Fish and Game office, 2885 W Kathleen Ave. in Coeur d’Alene. We are asking for a donation of $5 per bluebird box to cover the cost of wood and fasteners to put them together. We also have a pamphlet called “Building Homes for Idaho’s Bluebirds” available free of charge at our office. This contains plans for constructing boxes if you choose to make your own. There is also important information about how and where to place boxes so they are likely to successfully produce bluebirds. You can pick one up at the IDFG office when you get your boxes, or, call us and we can email it to you. If you already have bluebird boxes installed on your property, it is important to clean them out now in preparation for the next nesting season. The brochure includes information on how to monitor and maintain boxes. Since boxes have the greatest likelihood of being used the first year if placed by lateMarch, pick this publication up as soon as possible if you plan to build your own boxes. However, because bluebirds may move into boxes as late as mid-May, placement by then could allow boxes to still be used this year by late nesters.
S P O RT S S C O R E B O A R D BOLWING MARCH 5 Wednesday Night Loopers Team Won Ok Lanes 361 Pooch Parlor 342 McCroskey Defense 323 Club Rio 322.5 Pend Oreille Marine 316
Lost 289 308 327 327.5 334
Treasurers A-Z 285.5 364.5 High scratch game: Jim Goss 248. High handicap game: Jim Goss 271. High scratch series: Jeff Huling 602. High handicap series: Don Plattenberger 660. High team scratch game: Pooch Parlor 924. High handicap game: Pooch Parlor 1,131. High team scratch series: OK Lanes 2,590. High handicap series: Club Rio 3,111. Converted splits: Evie Logan 5-6, Sharon Smith 5-10, John Hastings 2-7, 2-7.
MARCH 6
Thursday Niters Team Dysfunctional Wilkinson Rental Enforcers Plain Nasty’s Wanna Bees Country Lane Diesel Dawgs OK Lanes
Won 64 59 55 53 49 48 44 43
Lost 40 45 49 51 55 56 59 55
High scratch game: Diesel Dawgs 691. High handicap game: Enforcers 885. High scratch series: Diesel Dawgs 1,934. High handicap series: Dysfunctional 2,503. High scratch game: Arlo Hoisington 223, Pam Nichols 181. High handicap game: Arlo Hoisington 251, Codie Frisque 282. High scratch series: Duane Jones 595, Pam Nichols 491. High handicap series: Tom Hoisington Jr. 693, Codie Frisque 714.
MARCH 7 Friday Night Leftovers
Team Won Stoney Rollers 66 EZ-Rider 60 Party of Four 60 Weber Enterprises 59 Gutter Gang 57 OK Lanes 54.5 Timber Room 54 Stone Ridge Lakers 53.5 Cusick Tavern 50 Screamin 4 Ice Cream Nick’s Angels 45 King Pin 43
Lost 42 48 48 49 51 53.5 54 54.5 58 46 62 63 65
High Scratch Games: Brian Hilliard 251, Sara Goss 190. High Handicap Games: Rush Balison 265, Coleen Matuska 245. High scratch series: Brian Hilliard 693, Sara Goss 529. High handicap series: Rush Balison 702, Gail Weaver 690. Converted splits: Teri King 4-7, David Williamson 6-10, 4-9, Jim Goss 5-7, Sharon Smith 3-10.
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Hargrove returns to coach Grizzly baseball BY DON GRONNING
Grizzly athletes honored NEWPORT – The Newport Grizzlies are holding their winter sports banquet Monday, March 17 at 6 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Boys and girls basketball and wrestling will be honored during the event. The banquet was delayed due to the lingering smoke smell from a fire in the wood shop a couple weeks ago. District officials want ample time for the smell to dissipate and for work crews to finish up without interference. Newport Athletic Director Zac Farnam said the district appreciates area residents’ understanding and flexibility of the situation.
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NEWPORT – A 2006 Newport High School graduate will coach the Newport Grizzlies baseball team this Hargrove season. Chance Hargrove, 26, is the new baseball coach, replacing Sam Castro, who resigned. It isn’t the first time the Grizzly baseball team has been coached by a Hargrove. Rusty Hargrove, Chance’s father, coached Newport baseball, taking teams to the state tournament several times. Chance Hargrove played for his dad’s teams. In 20052006, the Grizzlies only lost two games, both in playoff games at the state tournament. They finished second one year, losing a heartbreaker for the state title and finishing third the next year. Chance Hargrove was an All League catcher on those teams. He went on to play two years at Everett Community
College on the West side of the state, then played two years at Dakota State University in Madison, S.D., where he went on to be an assistant coach. He worked with hitters, outfielders and catchers. He was in South Dakota when he heard about the Newport opening. “I figured it would be a good opportunity,” he said. He still attends Dakota State, taking online classes to complete an education degree. He moved back in December. Practice started a week ago Monday, with about 1516 players turning out. Hargrove says that’s about the right number of players for a varsity team. “Any more than that and guys can’t get playing time,” he said. Hargrove expected to escape South Dakota’s brutal winter when he came back to Pend Oreille County. “I moved back expecting the weather to be milder,” he said. The joke was on Hargrove, though, as he got back in time for winter’s last blast in Pend Oreille County, with near zero temperatures and heavy snowfall.
Hunters have until March 31 to apply for multiple-season permits OLYMPIA – Deer and elk hunters in Washington have until March 31 to enter their name in a drawing for a 2014 multiple-season permit, which greatly increases their opportunities for success in the field. In mid-April, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will randomly draw names for 8,500 multiple-season deer permits and 1,000 multipleseason elk permits. Winners of the drawing will be eligible to purchase a special tag allowing them to participate in archery, muzzleloader and modern firearm general hunting seasons for deer or elk in 2014. Winners who purchase the multiple-season elk tag by Aug. 31 can participate in general elk-hunting season in both eastern and western Washington. Winners also may choose any weapon type when applying for a special permit to hunt deer or elk. “This is a great opportunity for hunters to extend their hunting season this fall,” said Dave Ware, game manager for WDFW. “Rather than having to choose one hunting method over another, hunters drawn for a multiple-season permit who purchase the tag can participate in multiple seasons.” Ware noted that the tags can be used only during general seasons and in game
management units that are open during a modern firearm, muzzleloader or archery general season. For example, winners may not hunt during the muzzleloader general season in an area that is not open for the muzzleloader general season. Also, hunters can apply only once for each species and are limited to harvesting one deer or elk. A 2014 hunting license is not required to submit an application, but winners of the drawing must purchase one before they can purchase a multiple-season tag. Hunters may purchase a multiple-season permit application at an authorized license dealer, listed at http:// wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/vendors/ or by calling 866-2469453. The permit application is $7.10 for residents and $110.50 for nonresidents. Hunting licenses and multiple-season tags can be purchased from local license dealers, on the Internet at http://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/ or by calling 866-246-9453. Including transaction fees, multiple-season deer or elk tags cost $182 for residents and nonresidents in addition to the cost of an annual hunting license. For more information, visit WDFW’s website at http://wdfw. wa.gov/ or call the licensing department at 360-9022464.
S P O RT S C A L E N D A R SATURDAY, MARCH 15 OPEN GYM, ADULT BASKETBALL LOCATION: 7 a.m. - Newport High School
TUESDAY, MARCH 18
PRIEST RIVER BASEBALL VS. NEWPORT: 4 p.m. - Priest River NEWPORT BOYS SOCCER VS. MEAD JV: 4 p.m. - Mead PRIEST RIVER SOFTBALL VS. NEWPORT: 4 p.m. - Priest River
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