Moore, Blakely advance to quarterfinals

Thu., Aug. 26, 2004

The Spokesman-Review

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Idaho football opens

» Sean Dorris starts living his dream Friday.

» That's when the Coeur d'Alene High graduate debuts as head football coach at Sandpoint High, his first head coaching job.

» "Football up here is like no other place I've been," Dorris said. "It's small-town America. They love their football."

Dorris replaces the man who built the sport to the fever pitch it is at Sandpoint, Satini Puailoa. The Bulldogs host another litter of Bulldogs from Nampa.

» In other openers Friday, Dorris' alma mater, Coeur d'Alene, will play host to Flathead of Kalispell, Mont., Wallace visits St. Maries and Post Falls Christian goes to Mullan. All games are non-league and most begin at 7 p.m.

» In openers Saturday, defending Intermountain League champ Bonners Ferry treks to Raymond, Alberta and Kellogg travels to Kamiah. The balance of the area teams open next week.» At Coeur d'Alene, coach Shawn Amos will send out what he believes could be his best team in eight years at the Viking helm.

» "I think we're ready. I'd like to find out what kind of team we are early, and it's a chance to evaluate our kids," Amos said of the early opener.

» Flathead will present a difficult challenge. Flathead is far and away the biggest school in Montana, with an enrollment (2,600) more than double Coeur d'Alene. Appropriately, the big school features sizeable players, including a pair of defensive tackles that are 6-foot-4 and 290 and 310 pounds, respectively.

Jason Moore is doing his best to emulate his brother.

Moore, the younger brother of U.S. Amateur Champion Ryan Moore, won twice Wednesday at the 50th PNGA Junior Boys’ Amateur Championship at Spokane Country Club, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Moore, from Puyallup, Wash., knocked off medalist Joel Dahmen of Clarkston 1-up in the morning match, then held off Scott Barton of Bend, Ore., 1-up in the afternoon.

But Moore wasn’t the only one on a roll.

Brad Blakely, son of Spokane Country Club’s head golf pro Les Blakley also moved on to the quarters, beating Scott Genoway of Calgary, B.C., 5 and 3, then held off Jamie Neill of Bainbridge Island, Wash., 4 and 3.

Dustin Poe of Spokane fell to Neill in the round of 32 4 and 3 and Nicholas Grigsby of Spokane Valley was beaten by Cory Mehl of Sammamish 5 and 4 in the round of 32.

Matches continue today with the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds.

Local girls struggle

Wednesday was not a good day to have the last name Parsons at the 49th PNGA Junior Girls’ Amateur Championship.

Haley Parsons, of Spokane, fell to Caroline Kim of Port Coquitlam, B.C., 5 and 4 at the Lakeland Village Golf Course in Allyn, Wash.

Mandy Parsons, also of Spokane, lost to Jordan Allyne of Bellevue, Wash., 1-up.

Also, Amy Eneroth of Colbert fell to Seo Hee Moon of Mukilteo, Wash., 1-up and Spokane’s Chessey Thomas lost 1-up to Brittany Tallman of Issaquah, Wash.

Moore, Blakely advance to quarterfinals

Local girls struggle

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