Sports Quiz

Dec 01, 20110

Vikings, ‘hawks

launch hoops

High school hoops season got off to a rough start for Whitman County schools as Tekoa/Oakesdale and Garfield/Palouse boys dropped their home openers against non-league opponents.

Nighthawk girls took a win, 54-42 over Dayton after posting a 10-point lead at the half with Alexandra Overton hitting 12 points.

Nighthawk Max Mueller canned 16 points and Marcus Pluff 12, but Tekoa/Oakesdale fell 44-58 to Dayton in their season opener Tuesday at Tekoa.

The Bulldogs were led by Justin Turner’s 18 points. Colton Bickelhaupt added 14.

Garfield/Palouse boys bowed to Genesee 38-54 Tuesday night.

The Bulldogs put up a 15-3 first quarter and never looked back.

Viking senior center Nathan Cocking put up 13 points and swingman Jesse Lopez added 8. Bulldog Sam Druffel canned three bombs on his way to a game-high 14 points.

Warriors

end SE bid,

face Neah Bay

Almira-Coulee-Hartline, the NE power team which has been charging through the eight-man playoffs, ended the SE state bid Saturday when they stopped Pomeroy, 46-6. The game was stopped with nine minutes left in the third quarter after the Warriors posted a 40-point gap.

Pomeroy was the last SE contender in the playoffs after Touchet and Colton also earned berths in the eight-man grid.

The Pirates finished 10-2. Their only loss on the regular season was a 54-52 trim from Colton in the close SE race.

ACH last week ended Touchet’s state bid with a 52-8 win.

The 13-0 Warriors also claimed a 40-0 shutout over Wellpinit, the north side team which ended the playoff trail for Garfield/Palouse.

ACH will advance to Tacoma where they will face Neah Bay’s Red Devils, a 74-34 winner over Odessa/Harrington in the other Eights semi which was at Moses Lake Saturday.

Neah Bay advanced to the semis after derailing Lummi 58-40 in the quarter-finals. Lummi, which bounced around the top of the state polls at mid season, earlier had pegged a 40-12 win over Neah Bay.

Odessa/Harrington had advanced to the semi round after defeating Cusick, Colton and King’s Way Christian on the playoff trail.

SPORTS QUIZ

By Chris Richcreek

1. The past two times the Cincinnati Reds made the playoffs (1995, 2010), they did so despite having only two pitchers win 10-plus games each time. Name two of the four pitchers.

2. When was the last time a pitcher captured the A.L. Cy Young Award with 16 or fewer wins in a season before Zack Greinke in 2009?

3. In 2010, Baltimore’s Anquan Boldin became the fastest NFL receiver to 600 career receptions (98 games). Who had been the fastest?

4. When was the last time the Atlantic 10 Conference had five teams make the NCAA Tournament in men’s basketball?

5. In 1988, two boxers, within three days of one another, became the first two to win five world titles in five different weight divisions. Name them.

Answers

1. Pete Schourek (18) and John Smiley (12) in 1995; Bronson Arroyo (17) and Johnny Cueto (12) in 2010.

2. Kansas City’s David Cone was 16-5 when he won the A.L. Cy Young Award in the shortened 1994 season.

3. The Colts’ Marvin Harrison accomplished it in 102 games.

4. It was 1998 (George Washington, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Temple and Xavier).

5. Thomas “Hitman” Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard.