Golf tournaments are traditional fund-raisers in the community, and annually

the NIC Booster Club hosts two tournaments at Avondale Golf Club in Hayden, to honor members of the NIC athletics community.

Held on the first Friday of June, the spring tournament honors the memory of Scott Hague, a long term member of our Booster Club Board, who left us way too soon as a victim of cancer. Scott’s family is well known in the Coeur d’Alene communi-ty, and annually members of the family and old softball buddies and classmates return for the reunion, the Scott Hague Memorial Cardinal Classic.

Our fall tournament honors NIC legend-ary basketball coach Rolly Williams, who retired as an NJCAA and NIC Athletics De-

partment Hall of fame inductee. Since Wil-liams retirement in 1996, he has made up for lost time on the golf course with a renewed passion.

Coach Rolly, now 76, can be seen on the golf course 3-4 days a week honing his skills. His daily scores are as inconsistent as the weather, but his commitment never waivers! If the course is open, have cart will travel!

Now in the 8th year of the Rolly Williams Cardinal Classic, Williams has learned that the best way to win is to keep it all in the family! This season marks the third year in a row that the Williams crew has earned the Mixed Open bracket championship. Some of the team member names have changed since the beginning, but the current group of

Wiliams’ -- nephews Darin and Derrek, and daughter Rona -- plan to remain intact to de-fend their titles.

This year there were approximately 15 members of Coach Rolly’s immediate fam-ily that came out for the annual event , in-cluding his older brother Harold from Port-land.

Both annual golf tournaments are hosted as fundraisers for the NIC athletics depart-ment, but each event allows members of our community to share a reunion, see old friends, tell a few stories, and have some fun. We appreciate all of our NIC family for participating in our events! Thanks for com-ing out!

You’re never too old or too young for a round of golf! Rain or shine!!

Booster Club NewsN O R T H I D A H O C O L L E G E

LUNCHEON SCHEDULE: 10/14: Noon: NIC CAMPUS - Emery’s • 10/28: Noon: Coeur d’Alene Resort • 9/11: Noon: Outback Steakhouse

OCTOBER 2014

Golf Tournaments Keep it in the Family

THIRD ANNUAL SPECIAL NEEDS GAMES - OCT. 29, CHRISTIANSON GYM

Mixed Team Winners: Rona Williams, Darin Williams, Rolly Williams and Derrek Williams. Women’s Champion: Lynn Hurley, Cheryl Weizel, Julie Gradowski, and Kathy Nickel. Open Division Champion: Paul Norton, Mike Garcia, JJ Jaeger, and Tom Ouren.

NIC Booster Club hosts on campus luncheon for the first time! Join us on Oct 14 at noon at Emery’s restaurant, the NIC culinary arts program restaurant. Check out this setting, run totally by NIC students, on the second flood of the Hedlund Building. Open to the public, its an ideal spot for facul-ty and staff to dine and hear about NIC athletics without leaving the campus! Some parking is available in the visitor lots, and near the Hedlund building.

nual media guide as well! Now you can join the Booster Club on line at www.nic.edu/athletics. Contact the NIC Athletics department for more information at 208 769-3348.

SAVE THE DATEThe annual Booster Club Winter CARD-nival

is Wednesday, December 10 at the Coeur d’Alene Inn. Save the date and plan on getting all of you holiday shopping done early. We have island vaca-tion packages, custom jewelry, premier golf pack-ages, unique gift baskets, hotel and resort suites, date night dinner packages, athletic apparel, and much more. Save the date, bring your friends, enjoy the CARD-nival, and support NIC athletics! It’s a great evening and always entertaining. Card-nival tickets including dinner are only $30, and re-served tables are available for $250.

BOARD OFFICERS

PRESIDENT Jon Parson

VICE PRESIDENTRoger Stewart

TREASURERMark Hampe

SECRETARYRann Haight

BOARD MEMBERS

Robert CliffTom Messina

John MarchesoJon Berger

Frank DarlingtonPatty StewartCasey IrgensMike O’Brien

Al Williams (ex-officio) (aawilliams@nic.edu)

PHOTOGRAPHSTom Greene

CONTACTPatty: 208-769-3348

P.O. Box 492Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816patty_stewart@nic.edu

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The North Idaho College Booster Club is a nonprofit organization, committed to providing financial support to all recognized intercol-legiate athletic programs at NIC through various fund-raising and en-dowment activities for student ath-lete grant-in-aid and team benefits. Organized in the 1960s, the Booster

Club supports all NIC recognized in-tercollegiate athletics as a lifelong learning experience that will enhance the value of sportsmanship and pro-vide a positive experience for stu-dent athletes, students, and fans. The club also recognizes the commit-ment our athletes make to the young people of our community through our

athletic Cardinal Kids outreach pro-grams. The Booster Club holds vari-ous fund-raising events throughout the year including an annual auction, awards banquet, 3-on-3 basketball tournament, and golf tournament. It also sponsors a booth each year at the North Idaho Fair and operates a con-cession stand at all home events.

M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T

AL WILLIAMS

Greetings Cardinal sports fans! All of our teams are now in full gear, and the

rosters are impressive. Soccer teams are off to great starts, and both are close to clinching spots in the NWAC playoffs. The golf team is improv-ing under new coach Russell Grove, and individu-ally Michael Porter has been the medalist in two tournaments already!

Volleyball has shown that they will be a factor in the conference race as they bid for their fifth consecutive trips to nationals. Coach Stanley’s team lost a heartbreaking 5 set match to rival Southern Idaho, that came in ranked #3 in the na-tion.

Softball had a successful fall season, and they have a number of hitters that will help make the transition to the NWAC much smoother. Wom-en’s basketball has a nice mix of veterans and newcomers ready to earn their 11th consecutive 20 win season. Men’s basketball may have their deepest roster since they earned the #1 ranking four seasons ago. Wrestling has reloaded, and ap-pear in a great position to challenge for their 15th National Championship this year!

Get ready for another exciting year of Cardinal Athletics!

BOOSTER CLUB MEMBERSHIP DRIVEHopefully by now you have received your

Booster Club renewal information and you have renewed your membership for the 2014-15 sea-son! Our indoor home schedule is loaded with our traditional rivals Southern Idaho, Salt Lake and Snow, and new opponents from the NWAC. There is still time to add your business ads in our an-

Tradition of Excellence

Oct. 24 12 PM Speaker Dr. Grassi - Booster Club Luncheon, Cd’A Resort

Oct. 29 5:30 PM Third Annual Special Needs Games - Christianson Gym

Dec. 10 5:30 PM Booster Club Winter CARD-nival - The Coeur d’Alene Inn

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DATE TIME EVENT

Oct. 16 6 p.m. M. BASKETBALL - Red vs White Exhibition

Oct. 18 12 p.m. W. SOCCER vs Columbia Basin College

Oct. 18 2:15 p.m. M. SOCCER vs Columbia Basin College

Oct. 22 6 p.m. M. BASKETBALL vs Spokane All Stars (Exhibition)

Oct. 23 7 p.m. VOLLEYBALL vs Salt Lake Community College

Oct. 24 7 p.m. WRESTLING - Red vs Grey II

Oct. 25 12 p.m. W. SOCCER vs Wenatchee Valley College

Oct. 25 1 p.m. VOLLEYBALL vs Snow College (Soph. Night)

DATE TIME EVENT

Oct. 25 2:15 p.m. M. SOCCER vs Wenatchee Valley College

Oct. 25 7 p.m. WRESTLING - Alumni Dual

Oct. 26 11:00 a.m. W. BASKETBALL vs Blue Moutnain (Scrimmage)

Nov. 1 12 p.m. W. SOCCER vs Community Colleges of Spokane

Nov. 1 2:15 p.m. M. SOCCER vs Community Colleges of Spokane

Nov. 6 7:30 p.m. M. BASKETBALL vs Gonzaga University Club

Nov. 8 5:30 p.m. W. BASKETBALL vs NIC All-Stars

Nov. 8 7:30 p.m. M. BASKETBALL vs NIC All-Stars

N I C C A R D I N A L S H O M E E V E N T S C H E D U L E

Dr. Grassi to speakDr. James (Jim)

Grassi will be the guest speaker at the NIC Booster Club luncheon on Tues-day, October 24, at the Coeur d’Alene Resort.

Grassi is an award winning author, com-municator, outdoorsman, for-mer pastor, and television co-host. Jim is the Founder/Presi-dent of the culturally strategic Men’s Ministry Catalyst, an or-ganization he incorporated in 1981. Grassi is also an award winning author of thirteen books.

Grassi was born and reared

in the San Francisco Bay Area. Known for his evangelis-tic heart, he teaches people from a back-ground as an out-doorsman, public ad-ministrator, hall of fame fisherman, col-lege professor, busi-

nessman, community leader, and pastor. He has served in the capacity of chaplain with two NFL teams and the Post Falls Idaho Police Department. His forty-five years of professional experience in the outdoors and with sports teams has given him a unique perspective on work-ing with men.

Post Falls Mayor Ron Jacobsen receives a gift Cardinal hat after speaking to the NIC Booster Club in September.

The third annual Special Needs Basketball games are coming!

Join us on Wednesday, October 29, at Christianson gymnasium, 5:30pm for a dou-bleheader contest.

Coach Cal DeHaas joins the NIC basket-ball teams and Real Life Ministry to promote this enjoyable evening of fun for all ages for our Special Needs community members. The event is free to the public, but the memories are priceless. Thanks to our sponsors that help make this game possible for players from age 15-40!! It’s a classic!

Dr. James Grassi

Third Annual Special Needs Games Oct. 29

MEN’S SOCCERMen’s Soccer is off to its best start in

years and currently holds the top spot in the NWAC’s East Division. The program is 9-1-2, and Adam Talley currently leads the league in goals with seventeen. League play opened with a series of matches against the South Division, and the Cardinals went 4-0-1 against the South with 4-0 wins over South Puget Sound and Pierce, a 4-1 win over Chemeketa, a 2-1 win on the road in Coos Bay over Southwest Oregon, and a 2-2 tie at Clark in Vancouver, Washington.

Heading into divisional play, it appeared that the games against their East Division opponents would be more competitive. While the Cardinals put Columbia Basin away 3-0, the shot count was almost even, and CBC had a player ejected in the final minutes of the game. Adam Talley collected two goals and an assist on the road. The Cardinals then returned home to host the Chukars of Treasure Valley. The Chukars went up early after a lightning delay and led for most of the game. Brady Ulen sparked a comeback win though, and the Cardinals scored four times in the final twenty minutes to pro-tect the Cardinals’ East Division lead. Ulen scored twice, and Taylor Haman and Adam Talley scored one each. The Cardinals trav-eled to Wenatchee that Friday for a game that would either draw Wenatchee even with NIC or extend NIC’s lead at the top. Six minutes in, a long throw from Matt Howard went to Alec Johnson who settled the ball with his chest for Adam Talley. With enough space to step and hit, Talley ripped it into the upper right corner as 1-0 would be the final score. The win pushed NIC five points clear of Wenatchee for the lead in the East.

The Cardinals are now in the middle of a run of six games in fifteen days. We de-feated Spokane 3-2, scoring two goals in the final four minutes to rally for the victory. Three days later we suffered out first loss of the season at Walla Walla, 3-1, in a game

much closer than the final score but still not our usual effort. The Cardinals will finish up the regular season with three out of four games at home on October 18th and 25th and November 1st. In addition to Talley’s league lead in goals, Matt Howard has made the Inland Northwest Soccer News Best XI as has Talley twice. Alec Johnson and Brady Ulen have both earned player of the week honors as announced by the blog. The Car-dinals head into their final six games ranked second in the NWAC and training hard to finish the season the way they’ve started it.

WOMEN’S SOCCERThe Cardinals’ Women’s Soccer Team is

currently in third place in the East Division standings behind CC of Spokane and Trea-sure Valley CC. We have a league record of 5-2-6 giving us 21 points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie) which is 9 points behind Treasure Valley. The ties definitely hurt us as we are tied in the loss column with TVCC with 2 apiece, but they have more wins. We need to finish in third place or higher to make the NWAC playoffs so every point we can earn is important.

J a i m e e H u l s t leads the team in scoring with 6 goals and 2 assists and the team has only given up 10 goals in 13 games. Meghan Pa-gano and Elly Priddy have also been scor-ing for the Cardinals each with four goals and two assists. Natalie Middleton has been dominate in her defensive midfield position breaking up counter-attacks and hitting great passes to start the attack. Alex Rankin and both goalkeepers, Madi Williams and Cassy Van Der Mey, have been key to few goals our team has given up thus far.

We are still missing speedy forward Haley White who fractured her fibula in practice the Monday before we played Southwestern Oregon. She’ll have a new X-ray done Oct. 20th and we’re hoping she’ll be able to return soon after.

Our next home match is October 18th at

noon against Columbia Basin who is cur-rently 1 point behind us in the standings. I look forward to seeing lots of fans cheering us on!

VOLLEYBALLThe Cardinals first action of the season

came at the Crystal “Inn”vitaational held at Salt Lake Community College. On paper, this tournament may not have looked to be successful but it was a great way to show how competitive they were going to be this season. They were able to take #5 West-ern Nebraska to five games, and had an unbelievable come-back to take down #4 Arizona Western.

The fo l lowing weekend NIC trav-eled to Twin Falls to compete in a tourna-ment at the College of Southern Idaho where they really picked up steam. The tournament started slow, as they lost in 4 games to Casper College but turned it around to sweep Northwestern Col-lege, Central Arizona, and then defeat #18 Hutchinson in 4 sets.

A nice home stretch was just what the Cardinals needed as they swept the Univer-sity of Great Falls in back to back matches before beginning conference play.

The Cardinal started conference play at home by fighting off a scrappy USU-Eastern in an exciting come-from-behind 5 game thriller, followed by a clean sweep of CO Northwestern.

The Cardinals then hopped a plane to Utah to play at Snow College then Salt Lake Community College. NIC was able to stick close to Snow but could never quite break away, as they were taken down in 3 close sets. The tough serving of Salt Lake kept the Cardinals out of sync for much of the night; after intermission NIC came out with some spirit as they held off SLCC in game 3, but the Bruins offense in game 4 was too much for the Cards, SLCC won 3-1.

We are almost halfway through confer-ence play and the SWAC is as competitive

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DAN HOGAN

KELSEY STANLEY

KEN THOMPSON

as ever. CSI is on top, followed by Salt Lake, Snow, NIC, USU-Eastern, and then CNCC. With CSI, Salt Lake and Snow ranked in the top 10 in the nation, it appears to be a dog-fight for the #2 seed going into regionals, but after you’ve seen these teams fight, you would know the conference is still up for grabs.

GOLFTo recap the first two golf tournaments

for the Cardinals, individually Michael Por-ter, and the women’s team had great fin-ishes. Our first tournament was at Avalon G.C. where Skagit Valley CC was the host school. The course played fairly difficult in wet conditions and had very tricky greens.

Michael Porter was able to overcome and shoot great rounds of 71,73 to finish third overall.

The men’s team tied for 8th with a two day total of 637. The women also had a great finish at Ava-lon. The women’s team had a two day total of 545 resulting

in a tie for second out of ten teams. Fresh-man Mackenzie Phillips, led the women’s team with scores of 92,84.

Our second tournament was hosted by Spokane Community College and took place at Esmeralda G.C. and Indian Canyon G.C. in Spokane, WA.

Michael Porter and the women’s team again shined in the event. Porter took medal-ist honors with great scores of 72,66. Hugh Taylor also had a top 10 finish with rounds of 72,68.

The men tied for 3rd with a two day total of 580. The women’s team again tied for 2nd with a tournament score of 523. Both sophomores Jenna Kaik and Elsa Goodsen had individual top 10 finishes.

The Cardinals hosted the NIC Invitational at Avondale GC last weekend, and the tour-nament field included over 15 schools.

The final tournament of the Fall season will be hosted by Walla Walla Community College on their local course, Wine Valley GC on November 1-3.

SOFTBALLOur fall season is starting to wrap up in

the next few weeks. With a reduced schedule this year we had three fall scrimmage dates.

The first one was against North Idaho Ex-treme. They are a competitive summer ball team made up of local high school players. We then traveled to Missoula and played Carroll College and University of Montana

before a crowd of 200 spectators. Both of these programs are in their first year and the local com-munities came out to support their debuts.

Last weekend we traveled to Ellens-burg to play against Pierce Community College in game one with a win of 18-1.

Then to complete the double-header we played Central Washington University with a win of 5-4.

Finishing our fall scrimmages with a sweep on the road was a nice way to wrap it up. The team is making progress in practice daily and we will continue to practice until the weather forces us inside.

WRESTLINGHere we are already into October. We

have put pre season behind us. Four weeks of running, spinning, lifting and open mats. We wrapped up pre season with our annual Mountain Climb. All 50 wrestlers made it 8 miles up and 8 miles back down. We were

blessed with awe-some weather.

In late August we had our 2nd An-nual school supply giveaway. Over 750 kids received much needed supplies and pizza. Thank you to all who made this possible.

On the third Sun-day of September we

took part in The Race For The Cure. It was incredible to witness the strength and cour-

age displayed by all the participants. Thank you for letting us be a part of this.

It is still early, but the team looks very talented and has been working hard. As we chase NIC’s 15th National Wrestling Title keep an eye on a few returners.

• Hwt - Taylor Kornoley All American 2014

• 141 - Bryce Weatherston NJCAA Na-tional Tournament Qualifer.

• 165 - Tyler McLean NJCAA National Tournament Qualifer.

• 197 - Jonathan Dennis NJCAA National Tournament Qualifer.

On top of this we have one of the most talented group of Freshman in a long while.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events:Oct. 22 Red/Grey Mead H.S. Spokane,

WA 6pmOct. 24 Red/Grey Home 7pmOct. 25 Alumni Match 7pmPlease join us this year after every home

match at the Fort Ground Grill just off cam-pus. Wrestlers Coaches and Fans be on hand to have a great social time.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The Lady Cardinals have put in a strong start of the school year with strength and conditioning workouts and skill/team devel-opment. We are definitely ready to take on other teams and will do that very soon as we

travel to NAIA Car-roll College in Hel-ena, MT to scrim-mage four different teams on Saturday, October 11. We will head to Lewiston, ID the very next week-end to scrimmage NAIA Lewis-Clark State College. We open up our regular game schedule on

Friday, October 31, in Sheridan, WY against Western Wyoming Community College out of Rocks Spring, Wyoming. On Saturday, November 1, we will play the home team, Sheridan College.

Our ladies have not only been busy on the court and in the classroom, but also in the community. On September 21 they volun-

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Coaches’ Reports

CHRIS CARLSON

PAT WHITCOMB

RUSSELL GROVE

DON DON WILLIAMS

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teered at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure here in Coeur d’ Alene. They worked at the water station in beautiful McEuen Park, the bag station at NIC, and provided en-couragement and enthusiasm. The ladies are also coaching at our youth basketball camp, which is held on Sunday afternoons during the month of October.

On the fundraising side of things, our entire team has worked crowd management at a University of Idaho football game in Moscow, ID and the Zach Brown concert at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA. We’d like to extend our deepest gratitude to our volunteers who helped us raise money at these events, especially the NIC club rugby team! We appreciate you!

We will soon be playing games on a regu-lar season so be sure to follow us on Twitter (@NICWBBALL) and like us on Facebook (facebook.com/NorthIdahoCollegeWom-ensBasketball). Our full 2014-2015 game schedule can be found on our website (nica-thletics.com).

CHEERAugust marked the beginning of the

cheerleading season. The 8 month road to nationals was kicked off by hosting a UCA College camp. It proved to be successful for the team. They learned new skills, came to-gether for the first time as a team, and were exposed to other programs: WSU, EWU, Boise State, Rocky Mountain College, and many more.

The team will continue to condition 2 days a week, and practice 3 days a week until March 21 when they head to Anaheim to compete at USA College Nationals. In the meantime they will perform sporadically at

home game events. They will also do some exhibit performances at local competitions. They have set some short and long term goals to stay focused in the meantime.

Many of them are taking classes at Fun IEGA on off days. These will develop their tumbling and stunting skills. The environ-ment is great to learn on because it is a spring floor – a little more forgiving than the wrestling mats practiced on at the college. Flip Fac-tory has also opened its doors every Sun-day evening for the team to practice. This is Todd and Tammy McLean’s 3rd year donating their space for the Cardinal squad! We cannot thank them enough.

Most of the skills worked on at practice are strictly for competition and illegal to perform on gym surfaces. However, they have new dances, and have game day rou-tines prepared. Come check them out at the next home game - Go Cards!

MEN’S BASKETBALLOff to an exciting new start for NIC

Men’s Basketball! As expected, our student-athletes have

been working hard in the class room, on the court, and in the weight room. We have been working in the weight room with strength and conditioning coach Bryan “Bud” Ras-mussen since the beginning of school. We have seen tremendous growth in our team, thanks to Bud and his dedication to our ath-

letes. We are now well underway with of-ficial practice which started October 1st. We still have a lot to accomplish, but we are pleased with the progress our athletes are making. We are at the time were we are ready to start playing some outside compe-tition. With that in mind, we have a great scrimmage and exhibition schedule coming up throughout October.

On Thursday, October 16 we will host our annual Red vs White scrimmage. That will be followed up on October 22 vs the Spo-kane All-Stars which is a team comprised of former college athletes including for-mer Gonzaga alums Blake Stepp, Corey Violette, Casey Cal-vary and many oth-ers. We look forward to the challenge this experienced group will provide for our young players.

We will finish up our exhibition sched-ule on October 25th with three games. We will play Spokane Community College and Big Bend at the SCC jamboree, and then head to Ellensburg, WA to take on DII Cen-tral Washington University. These games will get us off to a great start and allow the coaching staff to get a better feel for your group.

Regular season play will start on October 31 in the Sheridan (WY) Community Col-lege tournament against nationally ranked competition. Thanks for all your support and we look forward to seeing you this upcom-ing season at Christianson Gymnasium.

LESLIE PULLEY

COREY SYMONS

Coaches’ Reports

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