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YAKIMA -- Paul Hudson, who over the past several years has been a boys basketball assistant coach at La Salle, Ellensburg and Eisenhower and the boys golf coach at Selah, will be the varsity girls basketball coach at Selah.

Hudson, who also teaches special education at Selah, replaces Leanne Straehle, who resigned after three years at the Vikings' helm.

Hudson, a 2001 graduate of La Salle who recently completed his degree in special education at Central Washington University, is excited about the possibilities.

"It's in (the Selah) district, it's a head coaching position, and I've spent the last six years of my life preparing myself for this opportunity," he said, noting that about 20 girls have consistently been turning out for drills, weightlifting and summer practices. "I think there's a lot of enthusiasm here. It's the start of a process."

COLLEGES

Six named NWC all-academic

Six area athletes earned spring all-academic honors from the Northwest Conference.

Prosser's Liam O'Brien and Yakima's Tye Sundlee were honored in baseball, Selah's Lindsay Hagler and Yakima's Justine Hays were honored in tennis, and Granger's Daniel Pearson and Yakima's Karen Chase in track and field.

O'Brien, a freshman at Whitworth, has a 3.50 grade-point average in engineering; Sundlee, a senior at Willamette, has a 3.67 GPA in economics; Hagler, a senior at George Fox, has a 3.62 GPA in health and human performance; Hays, a junior at Whitworth, has a 3.53 GPA in sociology; and Pearson, a senior at Willamette, has a 4.00 GPA in biology. Chase, a junior at Puget Sound, is majoring in science, technology and society, but her GPA was not listed.

YOUTH BASKETBALL

Selah camp set July 14-16

The Selah Viking Youth Basketball camp, for girls entering grades 2-8 (ages 7-13) is set for July 14-16.

The camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day, preceded by registration the first day and by a half-hour of free shooting on ensuing days. The $50 camp fee includes a camp T-shirt and a Viking basketball, and partial scholarships are available.

For more information, contact coach Paul Hudson at 961-0453 or paulhudson@selah.k12.wa.us.

GOLF

Ruiz scores third ace of year

GRANGER -- Most golfers would be happy to score a single hole-in-one during their lifetime.

Felipe Ruiz has now been able to savor that moment three times -- this year.

Ruiz scored his third ace of the year when he aced the 145-yard seventh hole at Cherry Hill Golf Course on Monday. The club he used was not reported.

Lorna Brown witnessed the shot.

Donahue 23rd in World Qualifier

TUMWATER -- Brad Donahue of Yakima finished 23rd in the Washington Junior Golf Association World Qualifier at Tumwater Valley.

Donahue struggled on his first tour of the course, shooting a 79, but he rebounded with a 1-under 71 in the afternoon for a 150 total.

Donahue qualified for the event by finishing second in a WJGA tournament at Sun Willows in Pasco on June 26. He shot a 72.

YOUTH BASEBALL

Peppers open tourney with 2 wins

CHENEY -- Getting a pair of complete-game, 10-strikeout performances from D.J. Smith and then Trent Douglass, the Yakima Valley Peppers won twice on the first day of the Spokane Fourth of July Tournament.

Smith's effort helped Yakima Valley beat North Central 10-2. Trevor Dallman backed that effort by going 4-for-4 with four doubles and four RBI. Tyler Porter went 3-for-4 with a double.

Yakima Valley then edged Cheney 4-2 behind Douglass. Dallman and Michael McNeight both had two hits.

The Peppers (24-10) play two more games this morning.

* Tucker Leppa's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the West Valley Baseball Club past Timberline 8-7 in the Longview Fourth of July invitational on Thursday.

Tanner Edler's run-scoring triple in the bottom of the eighth had tied the score, and Casey Croshaw went 3-for-5 with two RBI for West Valley (18-9), which plays Centralia today.

* The Yakima Blues lost twice on the opening day of the Lewiston Tournament.

The Boise Gems beat Yakima 9-4. Max Kovatch and Marcus McClurkin were both 2-for-4 with an RBI, and Nick Lombardi was 2-for-4 with a homer and a double.

Yakima then lost 16-5 to the Lewis-Clark Cubs, with Will Scott going 2-for-3 with two runs for the Blues (10-17-1), who play one game today.