MIKE MARSHALL (West Valley), a junior at Idaho, was recently named the Western Athletic Conference’s track and field athlete of the week for taking over the conference lead in the javelin with a 10-foot personal best at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge. Marshall has a season best of 217-10, which ranks fifth all-time in school history.

SKYLOR DAVIS (Zillah), a sophomore at Simon Fraser, earned All-American honors for placing fifth at 125 pounds at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association National Championships. Davis won four of six matches in the tournament, including the final for fifth place.

Davis qualified for the 2012 Big Sky Outdoor Championships in both the triple jump and long jump at the Long Beach Invitational on April 20.

She moved to third in EWU history in the long jump with a mark of 19-61/4, which also currently leads the Big Sky Conference. The same mark ranks 33rd in the West Region.

Her mark of 38-91/2 in the triple jump puts her fourth in school history. As of now, she is ranked fourth in the Big Sky heading into the conference championships.

MICHAEL CALDERON (Davis), a junior at Bellevue (Neb.) University, has been named Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference pitcher of the year and first-team all-MCAC.

The left-hander is 8-1 with a 2.72 earned run average, having pitched six complete games. Over 722/3 innings he allowed 58 hits while striking out 63 and walking 28.

The Bruins were 38-17 (16-6 MCAC) as of Wednesday.

ERIC GRAVBROT (West Valley) was named the GNAC male freshman of the year after his first season with the Montana State Billings golf team. Gravbrot tied for sixth in the conference with a 74.4 stroke average, and his 28 total rounds were the second most, trailing three Western Washington golfers who played 29 each.

KINZI POTEET (Grandview), a junior on the Boise State women’s basketball team, finished as the Broncos’ top rebounder last season. The 6-foot-2 Poteet averaged 6.5 rebounds and 6.7 points, the latter statistic fourth on the squad, for Boise State which finished its season with a 15-16 record.

The Idaho Statesman’s Chadd Cripe reported that Moore confirmed the signing via text message.

The Lions had not confirmed the signing late Saturday.

Moore would be the third quarterback on the Lions’ roster along with starter Matthew Stafford and backup Shaun Hill. Their third-string QB in 2011, Drew Stanton, left in free agency, according to the team’s website.

Moore would join former Boise State wide receiver Titus Young on the Detroit roster.

Many draft pundits downgraded Moore, who went 50-3 as a starter in college, due to his relatively small stature at 6-feet tall and lack of arm strength.

“The NFL guys would be the first to tell you that,” Boise State coach Chris Petersen told the Idaho Statesman. “They really feel like certainly at that position there’s a minimum cutoff and if you’re not that, they’re not willing to take too much of a chance.”

“I do think there are a lot of teams who were extremely intrigued by him and who would have loved to get him on their roster,” Petersen said. “The Lions are the ones who are extremely fortunate. They’re going to get a good player. … If a team gives him a legitimate chance to learn the system and get reps, I really believe he will be in the NFL for a while.”

Update, 5:30 p.m. — Moore has confirmed his signing with the Lions to the Idaho Statesman’s Boise State beat reporter Chadd Cripe.

Update: 5:35 p.m. — Cripe and Brian Murphy note that Moore will be the third quarterback on the Lions roster with starter Matthew Stafford and Shaun Hill.

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The Yakima bowler’s freshman year at Robert Morris University in Chicago has yielded a rare sweep of the college awards, which were announced Wednesday.

Kent, 19, was named the men’s most valuable player, rookie of the year, a first team all-American and an academic all-American by the National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association.

Kent

He was also selected the men’s player of the year by the Bowling Writers Association of America.

“I just came into this year trying to do the best I could and I got way more out of it than I could have asked for,” Kent said in a story posted on www.bowl.com. “I had a lot of help from my teammates this season. My mental game became about 10 times stronger this year, and that’s because my teammates helped me out a lot with that.”

Jim Kent, Marshall’s father, said this is the first time a bowler has been named MVP and top rookie in the same year.

“It’s just absolutely amazing. I’m speechless,” Jim Kent said. “I knew he had a great year but to sweep the awards ….”

Earlier this year, Kent won the United States Bowling Congress Team USA trials, making him just the second bowler from Washington to earn a spot on Team USA. He’s also a member of Junior Team USA.

As a result of that trials victory, Kent competed in the U.S. Open in February, and will take part in the World Championships in June as well as the represent the U.S. in the World Cup in November.

With Robert Morris, Kent won two individual tournament titles and has a 216.5 average heading into the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships that began Thursday.

Robert Morris is the top-ranked team in the field of 16. There were 24 Baker games Thursday to determine seeding for match play that begins today and continues through Sunday.

Bulldog forwards Kayla Standish and Katelan Redmon were both selected Monday to play at the next level, and Standish says it was their coaches who helped bring them there.

“I think the coach staff let me show my versatility,” said Ellenburg’s Standish, who was chosen midway through the second round, and 19th overall, by the defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx.

Gonzaga's Kayla Standish in action against Rutgers in the second half of an NCAA tournament first-round women's college basketball game Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Spokane, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

“Our posts are interchangeable, so we have free rein to what we could do, Katelan and me.”

That would be Katelan Redmon, who was chosen with the final pick of the draft by the New York Liberty.

In one afternoon, the Gonzaga program doubled its contribution to the pro game.

“It is amazing to have had a player drafted three straight years.” Gonzaga coach Kelly Graves, who joined Standish at the draft, held at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn. “That doesn’t happen often, anywhere, so I am thrilled. Our program is coming of age.”

Standish joins former Zags Courtney Vandersloot and Vivian Frieson as players who have been drafted into the WNBA. Vandersloot, in her second year in the league, was the third overall draft pick by the Chicago Sky in 2011. Frieson was Gonzaga’s inaugural player drafted, going 31st to the Tulsa Shock in the 2010 draft.

Now comes the hard part – leaving.

“We start camp next week,” said Standish, “so I’m packing up and leaving Spokane sooner than I thought.”

And while Standish’s final draft slot was “not exactly what I’d heard, I could have been picked last and be happy to just be picked.”

Standish, a 6-foot-2 forward, averaged a team-high 16.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks last year as the Bulldogs reached the Sweet 16. She was also named to the all-West Coast Conference first team.

“I am thrilled for Kayla,” Graves said. “I think she is a player that has worked hard and improved and for her to be rewarded by being drafted is phenomenal. I believe her best basketball is ahead of her and I wouldn’t be surprised if she surprises people as she moves forward. Kayla has so much to give to a team.”

And while playing for the best team in the league “is a little intimidating,” Standish said she feels that she can offer the Lynx a lot of versatility on offense.

The Lynx are loaded with talent, even more so after picking up six players in Monday’s draft. “But if I have a good camp, I’ll have a good chance of making the team,” Standish said.

Her biggest goal? Playing better defense, “because the WCC hasn’t had a lot of big post players to defend.” Standish will get her chance right away in camp against Maya Moore, last year’s WNBA Rookie of the Year.

Redmon will also join a winner; the Liberty went 19-15 and reached the playoffs last year.

Redmon, a 6-foot-1 forward transfer from Washington who played at Lewis and Clark High School, averaged 13.4 points and 5.8 rebounds last year for the Zags. Her 81.3 percent free-throw shotting was tops on the team.

“I couldn’t be more thrilled for Katelan,” Graves said. “She has worked hard and I can see her going and winning a spot. She is impressive. The WNBA is the type of game that is right up her alley.”

The WNBA season begins May 18.

– Jim Allen

Romero won four straight matches before falling 3-2 in the championship final. He was a two-time JC All-American, having placed third as a freshman.

SKYLOR DAVIS (Zillah), a sophomore at Simon Fraser, placed fifth at 125 pounds at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association Championships in Daytona Beach, Fla. Davis won four of six matches in the tournament, including an 8-0 victory in the fifth-place final for All-American honors.

ADAM RANGER (Naches Valley), a junior pitcher for Jamestown (N.D.) College, is the Jimmies’ top starter with a 4-0 record and 2.48 ERA. He won two games during his team’s trip to Arizona last month, beating Northwestern College 4-2 and Indiana Wesleyan 4-0. Over 29 innings, Ranger has struck out 23 and walked only five for Jamestown, which is 18-11-1.

MICHAEL CALDERON (Davis), a junior at Bellevue University (Neb.), was named MCAC pitcher of the week recently for the NAIA school. Calderon allowed four hits and one run while striking out six in seven complete innings in a win over Purdue University-North Central. He is currently 4-1 with 34 strikeouts for the 23-12 Bruins.

KENNEDY SARMIENTO (Sunnyside), a sophomore at Spokane Community College, was recently named NWAACC track athlete of the week for his efforts at the Whitworth Buc Invitational. He placed second in the 400, won the 400 hurdles in a career best (56.25) and ran on Spokane’s 4×400.

Masters week is always special, even for some who have never played or cared about golf.
There are always multiple intriguing storylines, and many would have existed even if Tiger Woods hadn’t recently ended his PGA Tour victory drought.
Since he has, the anticipation is that much greater.
There is no singular rivalry to compare with Arnold Palmer vs. Jack Nicklaus, as there was when I was a kid learning the game at Fisher Park, but it’s still the Masters.
And Tiger, apparently, is once again Tiger.

FROM THE QUOTE FILE
“You might as well praise me for not breaking into banks. There is only one way to play this game.”
— Bobby Jones, after being commended for calling a penalty stroke on himself.

The 6-foot Stohr, who missed several games with a knee injury this season, totaled 22 and 18 points in the final two regular season games to earn the honor. She then added 22 points in Wednesday’s victory over Montana Tech to open the conference tournament for the 13th-ranked Warriors (26-4).

Earlier this month, Stohr became the fourth player in program history to reach the 2,000 mark in career points.

KINZI POTEET (Grandview), a junior on the Boise State women’s basketball team, scored a career-high 18 points in the Broncos’ 61-53 Mountain West Conference victory over Wyoming last Saturday.

Poteet’s performance keyed a BSU rally from a 13-point deficit, the Broncos’ biggest comeback of the season.

CHANTEL JAEGER (West Valley), a freshman at Montana State, placed seventh in the 200 and eighth in the 400 and ran on the fourth-place 4×400 at the Bky Sky Conference indoor track meet last weekend. She was previously named Big Sky track athlete of the week for winning the 200 at the Bobcat Open in 24.56 seconds, which ranks fourth all-time at MSU.

GRAHAM VAUX (Davis), a senior at Eastern Washington, clocked 8:26.33 for 3,000 meters at the UW Indoor Invitational in Seattle. DANA WELLS (Riverside Christian), a junior at Washington State, lowered his 200-meter best to 21.90 at the Vandal Collegiate Meet.

YAKIMA, Wash. — When Arianna Mohsenian played basketball at East Valley, a four-year, 1,000-point career that ended in 2008, there was someone in the crowd at every game who she wanted to impress.

Her coach, Robi Raab, for sure. Her supportive parents, naturally. And her teammates, no doubt.

But mostly it was her little sister, Yasi.

East Valley's Yasi Mohsenian handles the ball against Wapato Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. (Andy Sawyer/Yakima Herald-Republic)

“I wanted to be a role model for her,” she says without hesitation. “Yasi was the young one and always got dragged to my games, but it was great to have her there. I thought about her a lot. It helped me stay focused on doing the right thing.”

Arianna showed the way, Yasi eagerly followed.

And for sisters separated by four years who never got the chance to play on the same team, the Mohsenians are sharing an athletic symmetry that makes them seem like twins.

They are both senior guards with mirrored skills — lockdown defense, never-out-of-position footwork and 3-pointers just when the time is right. And neither has lost a game this season.

Arianna is in her second year as a full-time starter at George Fox University in Newberg, Ore., where the women’s basketball team is 20-0 and ranked third nationally in NCAA Division III.

Yasi, who entered East Valley the fall after her sister left, is now a senior on a 16-0 team that is the top-ranked Class 2A team in the state.

“We’ve been having so much fun keeping track of each other,” Yasi says. “We play on the same nights a lot and my parents bring an I-Pad to my games so they can watch both of us. We’re really close, we’ve always been that way.”

So close that Raab didn’t have to ask Yasi what jersey number she wanted as a freshman. It was Arianna’s No. 12.

So close that Yasi didn’t mind following her older sister into the same sports — soccer, basketball and track and field. She didn’t think or worry about the pressure of comparisons.

“I just wanted to follow in her footsteps,” Yasi says. “Growing up I always looked up to her and thought of her as a great player. So I didn’t expect myself to be as good as her.”

Arianna Mohsenian (21) has helped lead George Fox University to an undeated record and No. 3 national ranking in NCAA Division III. (Photo courtesy of George Fox University)

Yasi has done just fine.

In 2011, the younger Mohsenian was a first-team CWAC basketball pick as a junior, she qualified for state in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter distance races in the spring and was named the CWAC’s offensive player of the year in soccer last fall.

This season she’s bumped her team-leading scoring average to 13.1 points with four conference games remaining.

“We’ve been shooting really well, and our defense has been great,” she says. “But we’re not satisfied with anything. We know we can get better in every aspect of the game.”

Meanwhile, at George Fox, Arianna is a senior leader enjoying the rewards of four years of unwavering hard work. She typically defends the opponents’ point guard and ranks second on the team in 3-pointers and assists.

The Bruins won the D–III national title in Arianna’s freshman year and reached the quarterfinals in each of the last two seasons.

“When you come up through high school defending awesome players like Kayla Standish and Claire Raap, that’s great experience,” Arianna says. “It’s been a real growing experience for me here and I’ve loved it. Just like Yasi and her team, we’re excited to see how far we can go.”

Arianna does wish she could have had at least one year with her sister at East Valley, but acknowledges the benefit of having no overlap.

“That would’ve been so cool because we did the same three sports,” says Arianna, who will graduate in April with a degree in elementary education. “But maybe it was best for her to be on her own. I did get to coach her some on summer teams and that was fun.”

Coaching also came in the form of a warning about trying to live up to somebody else’s standards.

“It wasn’t really deep or anything, but we definitely had some talks about Yasi being her own person,” Arianna says. “I had some concerns that coaches would expect the same things from her and compare us too much. But I think she has totally rocked on her own.”

Good words, but Yasi did want to live up to her sister’s standards. She loved the idea.

“I wanted to be like her because I admired so much about her,” Yasi says. “She was my perfect role model in everything.”

The 5-foot-9 Williams has played in all 19 games while starting nine for the Vikings (8-3 GNAC, 14-5 overall), who list only one senior on their roster. She’s averaging 10 points, third-highest on the squad, shooting a team-best .576 from the field, and is Western’s top rebounder at 7.3 per game.

KINZI POTEET (Grandview), a junior on the Boise State women’s basketball team, has been a bright spot in two of the Broncos’ recent losses. She had a team-high seven rebounds in a defeat at the hands of Wyoming and scored seven points and grabbed seven boards in a loss to UNLV.

For the season, Poteet is averaging 6.2 points and 6.6 rebounds, the latter figure ranking second on the team. The Broncos are 11-11.

MATT BORTON (West Valley), a redshirt freshman on the Idaho men’s basketball team, ranks third on the Vandals in field goal shooting at .453 and is also third in 3-point shooting percentage at .375.

Borton has played in 19 of Idaho’s 21 games, averaging 3.7 points and 2.9 rebounds in 14 minutes of playing time. The Vandals are 11-10.

JASMINE STOHR (La Salle), a senior at Lewis-Clark State College, has been sidelined by a knee injury suffered last month and will miss the rest of the regular season. Stohr had been leading the NAIA Frontier League with a 19.9-point scoring average. Eighth-ranked LCS (19-3) is hopeful Stohr can recover from the sprain in time for the postseason.

DANA WELLS (Riverside Christian), a junior at Washington State, won the 200-meter dash in a career-best 22.28 seconds in a five-team indoor track meet Saturday in Pullman. Teammate BRETT BLANSHAN (Selah) was second in the 200 (22.35) and second in the 60.

Stohr, an NAIA All-American last season, is also averaging 5.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.3 steals and has made 12 3-pointers for the 9-1 Warriors, who are ranked fourth in the latest NAIA national poll.

The 6-0 guard-forward has already been named the Frontier Conference’s player of the week twice.

KINZI POTEET (Grandview), a junior on the Boise State women’s basketball team, scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the Broncos’ 72-57 victory over New Mexico State. The 6-foot-2 Poteet has started all 10 games this season and is averaging 6.5 points and 7.2 rebounds — the latter statistic ranking second on the team. She is BSU’s leading offensive rebounder at 2.7 per game.

MATT BORTON (West Valley), a redshirt freshman on the University of Idaho men’s basketball team, scored 13 points in the Vandals’ 73-62 win over Seattle University in KeyArena. Borton was 5 for 5 from the field, including 2 for 2 from 3-point range, and also had three rebounds, two blocked shots, an assist and a steal in 19 minutes of action.

KELSEY DIX (Eisenhower), a sophomore setter at Long Beach City College, was named first team on the California All-South Coast Conference volleyball all-star squad. Dix also received the Honorary Coaches’ Award for leadership, scholastic achievement (3.76 GPA) and community and school service.

Junior setter Julia Nathe and senior libero Linnea Phillips were also named to the all-tournament team for the Rams, who finished off a 35-0 season with a four-game victory over Eastside Catholic in the championship game.

McDowell, who had 18 kills in the title match, was also named Seattle Times/WIAA 3A girls athlete of the week.

Olympia’s Christie Colasurdo was selected as MVP of the 4A tourney, which was held alongside the 3A at St. Martin’s University.

Attending media also compiled a 2A all-tournament team at Evergreen State College.

Senior middle Kacey Hartman and senior libero Mary Michael Graf made the team for third-place Selah. Burlington-Edison’s Katlyn Mataya and Lucy Capron were named co-MVPs.

CBBN fall awards announced

The National Electrical Contractors Association and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have selected their fall recipients for their CBBN student-athlete awards. Selections are based on a balance of academics, athletics and community involvement.

Davis: Ebony Johnson, volleyball; Orion Karn, football.

Eisenhower: Mayra Chavez, cross country; Jason Easter, football.

Sunnyside: Geordan Skyles, volleyball; Brandon Daley, football.

West Valley: Keely Hausken, swim/dive; Zane Irvine, cross country.

AWAY AT SCHOOL

MATT ORTHMANN (East Valley), a junior fullback at Eastern Oregon, had 15 rushes for 50 yards and a touchdown in the Mountaineers’ 54-13 win over Montana Western on Nov. 5.

EOU concluded its season Saturday with a 27-16 victory over No. 21 Rocky Mountain College to finish the year 8-3, tying the school record for wins in a season.

The NAIA Mountaineers recorded victories over No. 1 Carroll College (41-33) and No. 23 Montana State-Northern (48-29), plus the defeat of Rocky Mountain — all on the road.

ASHLEY RICHARDSON (West Valley), a freshman on the Saint Martin’s University women’s soccer team, has been named to the all-GNAC second team and was also named the conference’s freshman of the year.

Richardson started 14 games for the Saints this season and led her team in goals, assists and shots.

JAKE DEGOOYER (La Salle), a junior wide receiver on Whitworth’s football team, was named to the all-Northwest Conference second team. DeGooyer led the Pirates (4-6) with 58 receptions for 757 yards and also scored three touchdowns.

RYAN CHAPMAN (Eisenhower), a junior at Western Oregon, will compete this weekend in the NCAA Div. II National Cross Country Championships in Spokane. The Wolves qualified by finishing a program-best third in the West Regional on Nov. 5 and Chapman ran third on the team, placing 26th in a time of 32:04 for the 10,000-meter course.

LAUREN CHAMBARD (La Salle), a senior goalkeeper at Pacific Lutheran University, recorded five saves in a 2-1 double-overtime win over Lewis & Clark College on Oct. 23. Chambard has started eight games in goal for the Lutes and has amassed 64 saves.

CORDERO CISNEROS (Grandview), a senior at Concordia College, placed seventh in the Concordia/adidas Classic cross country race in Portland on Oct. 15, covering 8,000 meters in 25:06.