COLFAX — The Colfax volleyball team made short work of St. George’s of Spokane in the first round of the Washington Class 2B district tournament Tuesday, rolling to a 25-14, 25-8, 25-8 victory.

Brynn McGaughy led Colfax (13-2) with 14 kills and six blocks. Lauren York had 14 assists. Jaisha Gibb finished with nine digs and five aces. Hope Fultz chipped in five aces.

“Came out ready to go, had some key hits from our middles,” Colfax coach Megan Dorman said. “Just put the pressure on them in serving as well.”

The Bulldogs will host Upper Christian Academy at 5:30 p.m. today in the semifinal round.

Pullman finishes league play unbeaten

The Pullman volleyball team rolled to a 25-5, 25-5, 25-10 Class 2A Greater Spokane League win against visiting Rogers to finish the regular season undeated in league action.

Junior Gabriella Oliver had 20 assists and five aces for Pullman (13-3, 10-0). Sophie Armstrong contributed nine kills and Lily McNannay tallied eight digs.

Colton falls in five

RICHLAND — The Colton volleyball team won the first two sets in the first round of the Washington Class 1B district tournament first round but lost 16-25, 22-25, 25-19, 25-12, 15-6 to the Liberty Christian Patriots.

Rachel Becker led the Wildcats (6-10) with 20 digs. Sidni Whitcomb had 15 assists. Grace Kuhle and Holly Heitstuman each had six kills for Colton.

Troy takes top Whitepine League honors

State champion Troy took home the top awards as the Whitepine League announced its all-league teams for volleyball.

Jolee Ecklund was named to the first team and was honored with the player of the year award. Debbie Blazzard was named the coach of the year.

Dericka Morgan also was a first-team honoree, as was Potlatch’s Josie Larson and Jordan Reynolds, Genesee’s Makenzie Stout, Logos’ Lily Leidenfrost and Kamiah’s Laney Landmark.

FIRST TEAM

Jolee Ecklund, Troy; Josie Larson, Potlatch; Makenzie Stout, Genesee; Dericka Morgan, Troy; Jordan Reynolds, Potlatch; Lily Leidenfrost, Logos; Laney Landmark, Kamiah.

Player of the year — Ecklund.

Coach of the year — Debbie Blazzard, Troy.

SECOND TEAM

Dani Howard, Potlatch, Olivia Tyler, Troy; Isabelle Monk, Genesee; Nicole Hunter, Troy; Evelyn Grauke, Logos; Brooke Peterson, Potlatch; Mia Scharnhorst, Genesee; Logan Landmark, Kamiah; Kristin Wemhoff, Prairie, Lucia Spencer, Logos.

HONORABLE MENTION

Camille Stewart, Clearwater Valley; Tara Schlader, Prairie; Katie Gray, Troy; Jaspen Ellenwood, Lapwai; Soa Moliga, Lapwai.

Kendrick, Deary, SJB earn top honors

Players from Kendrick and Deary and St. John Bosco’s coach earned the top honors as the Whitepine League recently released its all-league teams for volleyball.

Kendrick’s Hailey Talyor and Deary’s Kenadie Kirk were named players of the year as well as to the first team, and Jamie Johnson from St. John Bosco was voted coach of the year.

Others named to the first team were Kendrick’s Rose Stewart, Highland’s Kadence Beck, Deary’s Dantae Workman and St. John Bosco’s Sara Waters.

FIRST TEAM

Rose Stewart, Kendrick; Kadence Beck, Highland; Kenadie Kirk, Deary, Hailey Taylor, Kendrick; Dantae Workman, Deary, Sara Waters, St. John Bosco.

Players of the year — Kirk, Taylor.

Coach of the year — Jamie Johnson, St. John Bosco.

SECOND TEAM

Triniti Wood, Deary; Carlie Harrell, Timberline; Katherine Duuck, Nezperce; Harley Heimgartner, Kendrick, Brianna Branson, Nezperce; Raylie Warren, St. John Bosco; Noelle Chmelik, St. John Bosco.

HONORABLE MENTION

Ruby Stewart, Kendrick; Morgan Silflow, Kendrick; Julia Wassmuth, St. John Bosco.

MEN’S COLLEGE GOLF

Cantafio paces WSU at Poppy Hills

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Junior Jaden Cantafio had a 3-over-par 74 to lead Washington State’s men’s golf team in the second round of the Saint Mary’s Invitational at Poppy Hills Golf Club.

The Cougars are eighth out of 16 teams with a 587, behind leader San Diego’s 562.

Cantafio sits in a tie for 15th overall at 2-over 144. He had two birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey in his round.

Team scores — 1. San Diego 562; 2. Colorado State 572; T3. Santa Clara 574; T3. Loyola Marymount 574; T5. Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 578; T5. Fresno State 578; 7. Chattanooga 581; 8. Washington State 587; 9. UTSA 589; 10. Northern Illinois 591; 11. Nevada 594; 12. BYU 596; 13. Pacific 597; 14. UC Santa Barbara 605; 15. Grand Canyon 607; 16. Sacramento State 613.

Individual — David Rauch (San Diego), Matthew Manganello (Fresno State) 136.

WSU individuals — T15. Jaden Cantafio 144; T22. Pono Yanagi 145; T35. Danie; Kim 148; T57. Preston Bebich 151; T63. Tianyu Wu 152; T69. Sam Renner 154.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE GOLF

Gamble leads WSU in Hawaii

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — Sophomore Madelyn Gamble shot a 1-under-par 72 to lead the Washington State women’s golf team in the second round of the Pac-12 Preview at Nanea Golf Club.

The Cougars are tied for 10th place out of 12 teams with a 610, behind leader Stanford’s 570.

Gamble sits in 14th place overall at even-par 146. She had four birdies and three bogeys on her round.

Team scores — 1. Stanford 570; 2. Oregon 579; 3. Arizona 580; 4. Arizona State 586; 5. California 587; 6. UCLA 590; 7. USC 593; 8. Oregon State 598; 9. Colorado 607; T10. Washington 610; T10. Washington State 610; 12. Hawaii 614.

Individual — Rose Zhang (Stanford) 137.

WSU individuals — 14. Madelyn Gamble 146; T28. Darcy Habgood 150; T43. Emily Cadwell 155; T54. Emiko Sverduk 159; 57. Hannah Harrison 163.

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Idaho 91, Evergreen State 48

The Vandals had no issues in taking down the Geoducks in their lone exhibition game before the start of the regular season.

No other information was available at press time.

Idaho opens regular-season play at 4 p.m. Monday at Denver.

COLLEGE NEWS

Hathaway named Idaho associate AD for support services

Thad Hatahway was named as Idaho’s associate athletic director for student-athlete support services, it was announced. He will be in charge of oversight of all academic and student-athlete development programming.

Hathaway recently was the senior associate athletic director for academics and compliance at Washington State, where he has spent the past 19 years.

Hathaway was a former Big Sky champion in the high jump for Idaho, and was 11th in the NCAA national championship meet in 1995. Before transferring to Moscow, he was a three-time NAIA All-american and was the national champion in the high jump in 1994 at Eastern Oregon.

“Thad is passionate about the student-athlete experience and the importance of developing our students into the best versions of themselves during their time here at Idaho,” athletic director Terry Gawlik said in a news release.