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Maddi Seidl, a sopho- more setter from Castle Rock, WA, was se- lected to the NJCAA All-America second team announced after the NJCAA national tournament. Seidl was also selected 1st Team All-Region, leading the Cardinals to a 12-12 record and fourth place finish in the SWAC. Seidl was solid as a rock this year for the Cardinals. She did an excel- lent job distributing the ball as four Cardinal players averaged over 2 kills per set. She fin- ished second in the SWAC averaging 10.02 assists/set, and was third on the team in digs with 2.63 digs/set. The NIC Booster Club and Athletics Department hosted the largest fundraiser of the season for the athletics program on December 10 at the Coeur d’Alene Inn, and it was a resounding success. Attended by nearly 300 guest, the casual carnival atmosphere with games, heads and tails beads, silent auction, life auction, and bids for table desserts, was truly an enjoyable evening. Special thanks to Columbia Bank and iShoutOut.com for sponsoring the $1,000 Gold Coin drawings. All proceeds from the auction benefit scholarships and support for the NIC athletic programs, with early estimates of net proceeds over $30,000. The Raise the Paddle cause generated enough in donations to allow the athletics department to purchase two Game Ready ® machines- therapy equipment which aids athletes in accelerated healing. Our special thanks to the many donors and attendees that helped make this eve- ning a tremendous success. Booster Club News NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE LUNCHEON SCHEDULE: 1/13: Noon: Outback Steakhouse • 1/27: Noon: Coeur d’Alene Resort 2/10: Noon: Outback Steakhouse DECEMBER 2014 Talley Wins Soccer Player of the Year NIC CARD-nival a HUGE success Seidl earns NJCAA All-America Honors MEN’S SOCCER FALLS IN NWAC CHAMPIONSHIP Early estimates show net proceeds from event of more than $30,000; all proceeds benefit scholarships and support for NIC athletic programs The Northwest Athlet- ic Conference office an- nounced that sophomore, Adam Talley (Newman Lake, WA), from North Idaho College was se- lected as the Baden Athlete of the Year for NWAC Men’s Soccer. Talley lead NIC to a sec- ond place finish at the NWAC Soccer Champi- onships and led the league in goals scored with 20. Talley was also selected as the East Region MVP, after leading the Cardinals to the East Region title with a 17-1-2 record. ADAMTALLEY MADDI SEIDL

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Maddi Seidl, a sopho-more setter from Castle Rock, WA, was se-lected to the NJCAA All-America second team announced after the NJCAA national tournament. Seidl was also selected 1st Team All-Region, leading the Cardinals to a 12-12 record and fourth place finish in the SWAC. Seidl was solid as a rock this year for the Cardinals. She did an excel-lent job distributing the ball as four Cardinal players averaged over 2 kills per set. She fin-ished second in the SWAC averaging 10.02 assists/set, and was third on the team in digs with 2.63 digs/set.

The NIC Booster Club and Athletics Department hosted the largest fundraiser of the season for the athletics program on December 10 at the Coeur d’Alene Inn, and it was a resounding success. Attended by nearly 300 guest, the casual carnival atmosphere with games, heads and tails beads, silent auction, life auction, and bids for table desserts, was truly an enjoyable evening.

Special thanks to Columbia Bank and iShoutOut.com for sponsoring the $1,000

Gold Coin drawings. All proceeds from the auction benefit scholarships and support for the NIC athletic programs, with early estimates of net proceeds over $30,000.

The Raise the Paddle cause generated enough in donations to allow the athletics department to purchase two Game Ready ® machines- therapy equipment which aids athletes in accelerated healing.

Our special thanks to the many donors and attendees that helped make this eve-ning a tremendous success.

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

LUNCHEON SCHEDULE: 1/13: Noon: Outback Steakhouse • 1/27: Noon: Coeur d’Alene Resort • 2/10: Noon: Outback Steakhouse

DECEMBER 2014

Talley Wins Soccer Playerof the Year

NIC CARD-nival a HUGE success

Seidl earns NJCAA All-America Honors

M E N ’ S S O C C E R F A L L S I N N W A C C H A M P I O N S H I P

Early estimates show net proceeds from event of more than $30,000; all proceeds benefit scholarships and support for NIC athletic programs

The Northwest Athlet-ic Conference office an-nounced that sophomore, Adam Talley (Newman Lake, WA), from North Idaho College was se-lected as the Baden Athlete of the Year for NWAC Men’s Soccer. Talley lead NIC to a sec-ond place finish at the NWAC Soccer Champi-onships and led the league in goals scored with 20. Talley was also selected as the East Region MVP, after leading the Cardinals to the East Region title with a 17-1-2 record.

ADAMTALLEY

MADDISEIDL

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Rounds 1-2 begin at 10:00, with the semi-finals at 2:00pm, and the finals at 6:00pm. Save the date and support your Cardinals!

CDA CROSSINGSpecial thanks to the board members of the

Coeur d’Alene Crossing 2.4 mile swim for rais-ing funds for three local organizations. The three recipients; North Idaho College Booster Club, Union Gospel Mission and the Coeur d’Alene Swim Team all received donations from the CDA Crossing board in December. This year the event attracted almost 200 swimmers and generated over $30,000 in contributions. The NIC Booster Club received a check for $6,000 (see picture on Page 3). We extend our sincere appreciation to NIC Booster Club board members Robert Cliff and John Marcheso for participating on both boards, and making the CDA Crossing a highly successful event in only its third year of existence.

Next year’s event is scheduled for Saturday, August 16, departing from Arrow Point and end-ing at the Hagadone Event Center. Check out the website at www.cdacrossing.com for more details. There is plenty of time to start training!

BOARD OFFICERS

PRESIDENT Jon Parson

VICE PRESIDENTRoger Stewart

TREASURERMark Hampe

SECRETARYRann Haight

BOARD MEMBERS

Robert CliffTom Messina

John MarchesoJon Berger

Frank DarlingtonPatty StewartCasey Irgens

JJ JaegerAl Williams (ex-officio) ([email protected])

PHOTOGRAPHSTom Greene

CONTACTPatty: 208-769-3348

P.O. Box 492Coeur d’Alene, ID [email protected]

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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 endowment activities for student athlete grant-in-aid and team ben-efits. Organized in the 1960s, the

Booster Club supports all NIC rec-ognized intercollegiate athletics as a lifelong learning experience that will enhance the value of sportsmanship and provide a positive experience for student 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 programs. The Booster Club holds various fund-raising events through-out the year including an annual auction, awards banquet, 3-on-3 bas-ketball tournament, and golf tourna-ments. It also co-sponsors the Coeur d’Alene Crossing and operates a concession stand at all home events.

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

AL WILLIAMS

The holiday seasons are here and it’s a wonder-ful time for all of our NIC sports fans. The NJCAA and National Soccer Coaches Association rank-ings are out, and as expected your Cardinal teams are well represented. The fall season ended well with an NWAC runner-up finish for men’s soccer and a playoff berth for women’s soccer. The golf team showed that they should be a factor in the NWAC spring season with strong performances by several individuals. Softball had a short fall sea-son, but the roster is loaded with hitters. Volleyball fell short of reaching the National tournament for the first time in 5 years, but still managed a win-ning record with a new coach. On the winter sports ledger, Wrestling is proving that their national #2 ranking isn’t overstated, with only two losses in 10 dual meets including a win at defending national champion Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. Men’s basketball is ranked # 21, and they got a taste of NWAC competition with a dominating champion-ship performance in the Bigfoot Classic hosted by the Community Colleges of Spokane. Women’s basketball has proven they will be a resilient group this season, as they have several major comeback games, and only three losses to date. It’s going to be another fun season and the best is yet to come for the winter sports!

NIC TO HOST WEST DISTRICT WRESTLING TOURNEYMake sure you mark your calendar for the Wres-

tling District tournament at Christianson gymnasi-um on Friday, February 13 at 10:00 a.m. The West District tournament is the toughest NJCAA quali-fying district in the nation, based upon the number of teams ranked in the national polls.

Participating teams include Northwest College and Western Wyoming from Region 9, and Clacka-mas CC, Highline CC, and Southwestern Oregon CC from Region 18.

The all day tournament determines the wrestlers that will advance to the NJCAA national tourna-ment in Des Moines, Iowa on February 27-28.

Tradition of Excellence

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DATE TIME EVENT

Dec. 19-20 All Day TRI-STATE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING TOURNEY

Dec. 29-31 12 p.m. COEUR D’ALENE INN-VITATIONAL

Dec. 29 8 p.m. M. BASKETBALL vs Medicine Hat College

Jan. 2 5:30 p.m. W. BASKETBALL vs Trinity Western University

Jan. 3 3 p.m. W. BASKETBALL vs Trinity Western University

*Jan. 4 7:30 p.m. M. BASKETBALL vs Blue Mountain C.C.

Jan. 17 5 p.m. M. BASKETBALL vs College of Southern Idaho

Jan. 17 3 p.m. W. BASKETBALL vs College of Southern Idaho

Jan. 22 5:30 p.m. W. BASKETBALL vs Utah State University-Eastern

DATE TIME EVENT

Jan. 22 7:30 p.m. M. BASKETBALL vs Utah State University-Eastern

Jan. 24 3 p.m. W. BASKETBALL vs Colorado Northwestern

Jan. 24 5 p.m. M. BASKETBALL vs Colorado Northwestern

Jan. 28 7 p.m. WRESTLING vs Simon Fraser University

Jan. 29 5:30 p.m. W. BASKETBALL vs Snow College

Jan. 29 7:30 p.m. M. BASKETBALL vs Snow College

Jan. 31 3 p.m. W. BASKETBALL vs Salt Lake C.C.

Jan. 31 5 p.m. M. BASKETBALL vs Salt Lake C.C.

Feb. 13 10 a.m. WRESTLING - Region 18 Tournamenr (Cd’A)

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

Where is The Moose?The NIC Wrestling team took the

first round in regaining The Moose, the travelling trophy between NIC and Northwest (WY) College.

The Cardinals defeated Northwest 28-13 at Christianson Gym on Dec 12. The rematch is scheduled for January 30 in Powell, WY. Northwest College captured the trophy by outscoring the Cardinals in total points last season, despite both teams winning on their home mat. Stay tuned.

The Moose wants to come home to Coeur d’Alene!

NIC Hall of Famer and NJCAA Basket-ball All-American Greg Wiltjer (far right) hasn’t been on the NIC campus since 1981. However, you may recognize the last name if you are a college basketball fan. Wiltjer’s son, Kyle, is a star for the Gonzaga Bulldogs after transferring from the University of Ken-tucky. The elder Wiltjer currently resides in the Portland area. In the 1979 picture above, he is joined by former Cardinal Jim Barstow (left) and NIC Hall of Fame inductee Don Sausser (center). Greg led the Cardinals to a 10th place final finish in the 1980 NJCAA national tournament, and was the first Cardi-nal men’s basketball player selected 1st team All-American. (Photo courtesy of Don Sausser)

BLAST FROM THE PAST

NIC Athletics Director Al Williams accepts a $6,000 donation check from members of the CDA Crossing Board. From left: Robert Cliff, Williams, Craig Brosenne, and John Marcheso.

*Due to a scheduling conflict by the visiting team, the Men’s basketball team has moved the Dec 31 game vs Blue Mountain CC to January 4 at 7:30 p.m.

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MEN’S BASKETBALLNIC Men’s Basketball (12-2) is off to

a great start after a slight bump in the road early in Sheridan Wyoming, and a lost in our SWAC opener to CSI. After losing a tough one to Sheridan, we returned strong and won 10 straight before the CSI game. The team has been working hard on the court as well as in the class room. With only one week re-maining in the semester, and league play in full swing it is vital that we continue to work hard in both areas. We have been extremely happy with the play of our returners. Jamaal Robateau and Jor-don King have been a huge part of our success. They have been great team lead-ers and have truly put the team first. Incom-ing freshman Djuan Piper and Braian An-gola-Rodas have also been a huge part of our success. They are both still learning our system and how we want to play. We tuned up for SWAC play by competing in the Big-foot Classic hosted by Spokane Community College. We soundly defeated Everett CC 106-84, and Big Bend College 74-66, and af-ter leading by as many as 16, we downed the host team SCC, 84-80, in the championship game. Jordon King was selected tournament MVP, and he was joined by Piper and fresh-man Kyle Guice on the all –tournament team. We are excited and ready to get everybody back and healthy going into our SWAC play. In our SWAC opener we travelled to Southern Idaho to take on the 2nd ranked CSI Golden Eagles led by former NIC Coach Jared Phay. In the first of hopefully many encounters the Cardinals lost a hard fought battle 78-64 in a tough conference eye-opener for our fresh-man. We will be on the road until late De-cember so please go to nic.edu/athletics and check us out via web cast. Happy Holidays!

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLIt’s hard to believe that the first semester

is almost over and we are already into Sce-nic West Athletic Conference play! We are currently 7-3 after losing our conference

opener to the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, 87-77. We started off the season with a road trip to Sheridan, Wyoming where we won 55-54 in a hard fought battle with NJCAA Western Wyoming Community Col-lege. The long trip caught up with us the following night as we fell to NJCAA host Sheridan College 81-71. A week later we were pleased to host the North Idaho All-Stars consisting of former NIC players and local all-stars. It was a great game for all involved with the current Lady Cardinals pulling away with a 91-76 win. We then had a weekend off but took advantage of it with the opportunity to travel to Big Bend Community College for a scrimmage. This was extremely advanta-geous as a chance to work on some things our previous games had exposed. We then hosted a couple of solid NWAC teams post-ing a 83-65 win over Bellevue College and a 81-74 victory over the defending NWAC champions from Columbia Basin College. Thanksgiving weekend saw NJCAA Casper College from Casper, WY travel to Coeur d’ Alene for back to back games. A slow start in the first half contributed to our second loss of the season as we fell to Casper 75-67. How-ever, we busted through the next day strong from the start and defeated Casper 64-59. In a rematch with Columbia Basin College on their court we hit two late free throws in a comeback victory 80-79. In the last tune-up before SWAC play, we played our most com-plete game of the year, soundly defeating pre-viously undefeated Centralia College, 88-61

Sophomore Kara Staggs leads us in scor-ing with 15.2 points per game. Sophomore Panisesi Taimani is scoring 12.7 per game while pulling down 6.1 rebounds per game. Redshirt freshman Mariah Swanson, who has recovered from last year’s season end-ing knee injury, is leading us in rebounding with 8.8 per game while scoring 10.8 points per game. Freshman Monica Landdeck is av-erage 10 points per game while sophomore Katie Kings leads us in assists with 4.0 per

game.Be sure to watch all the NIC action at http://

www.ihigh.com/NIC/. You can keep up to date with all the Lady Cardinal happening by following us on Twitter (@NICWBBALL) and Liking us on Facebook (facebook.com/NorthIdahoCollegeWomensBasketball).

WRESTLINGNorth Idaho College wrestling, currently

ranked #2 in the country pushed its overall record to 8-2. In the first home matches of the season the Cardinals first defeated Cer-ritos Community College from California. Cerritos, ranked #1 in California, made the match a close one with wins in 5 of the 10 weight classes. The difference proved to be bonus points for NIC at 125, 141, 174, and 184. “We wrestled well for having two of our starters out of the line up at 133 and heavy-weight.

In the second match the Cardinals rolled regional foe Highline College from Washington, 40-9. “I thought the guys wrestled very well in our second match on Saturday,”

The Cardinals competed in the Spo-kane Open in the same weekend. Michael Nguyen (125), and Bryce Weatherston (141), both placed 2nd in the tournament. Other placers were: 3rd place: Tyler McLean (157), Dajour Reece (165), Cruz Del Angel (184), and 6th place Jordan Cooks (174). NIC took a Thanksgiv-ing break before traveling to Las Vegas to wrestle Western Wyoming prior to the Cliff Keen Invitational. Despite having to forfeit matches at two weight classes due to travel problems, the Cardinals soundly defeated WWC, 31-12.

At the Cliff Keen Invitational, which consists of all four year colleges excluding NIC and WWC, several Cardinals had good tournaments. Derrick Booth and Deondre Weatherston drew the attention of several colleges, while Reece, Dennis Wilson (165), and heavy weight Taylor Korneoly all won matches. Next up for the Cardinals were

Coaches’ Reports

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CHRIS CARLSON

PAT WHITCOMB

COREY SYMONS

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home matches against #1 Clackamas, nation-al runner-up Northwest College, and regional foe Southwestern Oregon Community Col-lege. The Cardinals defeated Northwest 28-13 and SOCC 35-12. However, in the battle for top spot in the rankings the Cardinals lost to Clackamas 31-12. Don’t forget to mark your calendar for the West District tourna-ment, hosted by NIC on Friday, February 13. Hope to see you at Tri-State on December 19-20.Thanks for your support!

GOLFThe Cardinals started off the 2014-2015

men’s and women’s golf season with strong finishes both on the individual and team sides. Each of the men’s and women’s teams competed in four events this fall which in-cluded Skagit Valley’s League Match, Spo-

kane Community College’s Bigfoot Fall Invite, hosting the North Idaho Col-lege Invitational, and Walla Walla’s Wine Valley Invitational.

The women’s season highlights came with two great team finishes both at Skagit Valley’s and

SCC’s tournaments. At Skagit Valley, the women’s team had a two day total of 545, while being led by freshman Mackenzie Phil-lips’ rounds of 92, 84; resulting in a tie for second out of ten teams. At SCC’s Bigfoot Fall Invite 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 there as well.

The men’s team struggled during the fall to put four good individual rounds together for a team score but had many top perfor-mances by individuals. Both sophomores, Michael Porter and Hugh Taylor, had out-standing individual finishes for the first four tournaments. Hugh had an unprecedented 3 top 10 finishes in the first four tournaments, which included a T6 finish at SCC’s Bigfoot Fall Invite, a T5 finish at NIC’s own invita-tional, and a T7 finish at Walla Walla’s Wine Valley Invitational. In those 3 tournaments Hugh kept a scoring average of 72.66. Mi-

chael Porter got off to a hot start as well with a 3rd place finish at Skagit Valley’s tourna-ment and winning SCC’s Bigfoot Fall In-vite. Michael in those two tournaments kept his scoring average under par at 70.5. Both Hugh and Michael are currently looking at 4 year schools to continue their college golf career’s.

The Cardinals will be practicing individu-ally over the off season as the first official practice cannot be held until March 1st, 2015. The Cardinals will then host their first tournament of the spring on April 19th and 20th at Avondale Golf Course. The men’s team will be adding two more players to the roster: Adam Power and Hunter Kraft. Adam is from Spokane, WA. and Hunter is a local grad from Coeur d’ Alene High School.

VOLLEYBALLVolleyball wrapped up the regular season

on a high, winning the last home game of the season on sophomore night while knocking off #8 ranked Snow College.

The Cardinals finished in fourth place in the conference, but proved they could play

with everyone in the conference. During the season the Cards lost in 5 games to both #8 Salt Lake CC and #2 CSI, in matches that could have easily been Car-dinal wins with a bet-ter finish.

The region tourna-ment was hosted by

the regular season champion CSI. With the tournament seeds in place, this set up the third meeting against the 4th seeded NIC and the 5th seeded USU-Eastern in the quarterfi-nals, with the winner advancing to the semi-finals against top ranked CSI. NIC was well prepared and controlled the majority of the match with immense ball control. NIC won in four games, arranging a match with CSI, with a trip tournament finals and to the NJ-CAA 2014 National Tournament at stake. Unfortunately the offense of CSI could not be stopped as they hammered their way to a sweep of NIC, ending their season. With the lose, NIC’s streak of consecutive trips to the

national tournament was stopped after four years.

The Cardinals finished the season with an 11-11 record and placed five girls on the All-Region team. Setter Maddi Seidl made 1st team, right side Dzeni Hadzisehovic and libero Kennedy Chadwick were on the 2nd team, and middle blocker Matilda Altin joined outside hitter Brittany Aldridge on the Honorable Mention team. Congratulations to the team on a successful run. Recruiting begins immediately to replace several impor-tant starters. Stay tuned!

MEN’S SOCCERMen’s Soccer finished out their most suc-

cessful season in years at the NWAC Cham-pionships. On Saturday, November 15th, NIC met Edmonds College in a semifinal match. Despite creating some opportunities in regula-tion, the score was 0-0 after ninety minutes.

The Cardinals only needed nine minutes of overtime though for the sudden death gamewinner. After re-ceiving the ball from the left side of the field, Alec Johnson played a forty-five yard bending, diago-nal ball behind the Edmonds left back.

Johnson’s pass met Brady Ulen in stride, and Ulen took a touch before converting the win-ning goal with his knee. The Cardinals met Highline the next day. Highline connected passes quickly from the start and found the net in the 15th minute after a corner kick. In the 30th, they made it 2-0, a score that held until late in the game. After shifting to a more attack-minded style of play, the Cardinals needed to take more and more risks as the final whistle approached. In the 76th minute, the high risk style of play resulted in a penalty kick for Highline. Highline converted, and the championship went to the Thunderbirds for the first time in ten years.

Reaching the final was a solid accomplish-ment for the Cardinals who were back in the NWAC for the first time in eleven years. In ad-dition to finishing as finalists in the 21-mem-ber men’s soccer division, the team received

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Coaches’ Reports

KELSEY STANLEY

KEN THOMPSON

RUSSELL GROVE

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recognition regionally and nationally. Be-fore succumbing to Highline in the final, the NWAC ranked the program number one in the conference in the final regular season poll. In the final post-season poll, the National Soccer Coaches’ Association ranked the program 18th in the country. The Cardinals led the league in goals with 56 and was among the best per-forming defensive teams as well.

Cardinal players received recognition as well. Behind a 20 goal season, Adam Tal-ley broke the Cardinals’ scoring record, led the league in goals, and was voted the Baden NWAC Player of the Year. NWAC coaches voted Talley, Jake Kraut, Brady Ulen, and Elias Herman to the All-Star team. Alec Johnson, Mitch Markovetz, and Braden Ridgewell all earned All-Region recognition. Heading into the winter break, the men are focused on academics and several sopho-mores are exploring their options to compete beyond NIC.

WOMEN’S SOCCERThe Cardinals finished a good, but unusual

year with a loss a Shoreline Community Col-lege in the first round of the NWAC play-offs 1-0. The game was a back and forth affair which saw NIC not finish two 1-on-1 chances and SCC scored on their one good chance on goal. The Cardinals fin-ished the year with a

record of 9-3-9 overall and 8-2-8 in league play. The 9 ties must set a record someplace if records are kept on that sort of thing. NIC gave up only 15 goals in the 21 games start-ing 4 freshmen at the 5 starting defensive po-sitions for the majority of the season.

Four players on the Cardinals team earned postseason honors. Natalie Middleton a sophomore midfielder from Liberty Lake, Washington was name to the NWAC at All-Star team. Alex Rankin, freshman center-back, Sydney Sol, sophomore outside-back, and Meghan Pagano, sophomore forward, were named to the East All-Region team.

SOFTBALLWith the turn in the weather, we are fo-

cusing on individual training and finishing strong in the classroom this semester.

With only one week left in the se-mester the players are preparing for finals and getting ready to go home for Christ-mas break. We will resume training when they return for spring semester.

On the recruiting front, sophomore, Maddie Anthony signed with Oregon State University last week.

We are excited to see another NIC player in the PAC 12. She will play infield for them starting in the fall of 2015.

CHEERFour months until USA College Nationals!

Three practices a week for the next 3 months, with double days in March, but making room for Christmas vacation, basketball, and wres-tling NIC Cheerleaders have roughly 100 hours left to practice before the big competi-tion. Plenty of time actually!

All year thus far they have been work-ing on developing their skills (stunts, tum-bling, baskets, pyramids). They are now in phase two, which is applying their skills to their nationals routine. The team learned a majority of their choreography mid November. Now the focus is perform-ing smoothly, and piecing the routine together, preparing to do it full out.

The team will be performing a few times before California. Their first routine performance will be Feb-ruary 14 at the Prairie Classic Cheer Compe-tition. They will also perform at Idaho 4A/5A Cheerleading Regionals.

In addition to performing at competi-tions, the team will perform a couple of half time routines (different skills due to surface restrictions) at the NIC games starting in January. So I invite you to stop by and join the cheerleaders in cheering on Cardinal basketball and catch some half time excite-ment as well!

LESLIE PULLEY

Coaches’ Reports

DAN HOGAN

DON DON WILLIAMS

Former NIC volleyball standout Yang Yang of the Rocky Mountain College volley-ball team earned NAIA All-America honors. Yang, a 6-foot middle hitter from Yong’an, China led the Cardinals to the NJCAA na-tional tournament in 2011 and 2012.

Yang was also selected the Frontier Con-ference and NAIA Northwest Region player

of the year. During the regular season, Yang led the nation in total blocks and blocks per set (1.59). Rocky Mountain College (32-3) was ranked No. 1 in the country for 11 con-secutive polls. The Battlin’ Bears won 31 straight matches and finished 5th in the na-tion at the NAIA tournament.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Yang earns All-America honors

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1 Vincennes University 11-0 2 College of Southern Idaho 13-0 3 NW Florida State College 12-0 4 Salt Lake CC 10-0 5 Harcum College 11-0 6 Indian Hills CC 10-1 7 Butler CC - KS 12-0 8 Hill College 12-1 9 Trinity Valley CC 13-210 SW Tennessee CC 10-111 Tallahassee CC 11-1 12 Coffeyville CC 13-1 13 Hutchinson CC 11-1 14 Cloud County CC 12-1 15 Connors State College 13-1 16 Cochise College 10-0 17 Odessa College 12-1 18 Gillette College 12-2 19 Three Rivers CC - MO 12-2 20 Shelton State CC 10-1 21 North Idaho College 12-1 22 Motlow State CC 11-1 23 Southeastern CC 14-1 24 Eastern Florida State College 11-1 25 Pearl River CC 8-0

1 Chipola College 10-0 2 Hutchinson CC 8-0 3 Trinity Valley CC 7-1 4 Tyler Junior College 9-0 5 NW Florida State College 8-0 6 Iowa Western CC 11-0 7 Eastern Arizona College 9-0 8 Seward County CC 9-0 9 Florida State College at Jacksonville 7-1 10 Odessa College 12-2 11 Salt Lake CC 8-2 12 Tallahassee CC 9-1 13 San Jacinto College-North 8-1 14 Gulf Coast State College 8-1 15 New Mexico Junior College 11-1 16 Snow College 8-0 17 State Fair CC 10-2 18 College of Southern Idaho 5-3 19 Sheridan College 9-2 20 Walters State CC 9-2 21 Darton State College 7-1 22 Angelina College 8-2 23 Shelton State CC 5-1 24 North Idaho College 5-2 25 Eastern Oklahoma State College 7-0

1 Clackamas CC 114.02 North Idaho College 107.03 Muskegon CC 82.04 Iowa Central CC 66.05 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College 64.0

1 Tyler Junior College 21-3-02 Iowa Western CC 23-0-23 Yavapai College 20-1-24 Georgia Perimeter College 14-0-15 Monroe College 12-4-26 Pima CC 21-5-17 Schoolcraft College 17-3-18 Northeast Texas CC 17-4-29 Eastern Florida State College 13-3-110 CC of Baltimore County-Essex 18-5-011 Massasoit CC 14-5-112 Cincinnati State Tech. and CC 14-5-113 Monroe CC 14-5-214 Dakota County Tech. College 14-5-015 Oakton CC 13-2-116 Phoenix College 17-7-017 Parkland College 13-4-018 North Idaho College 17-2-219 Peninsula College 13-2-420 Otero Junior College 11-7-1

MEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WRESTLING

MEN’S SOCCER

NJCAA NATIONAL POLL (12/9) NJCAA NATIONAL POLL (12/3) NJCAA NATIONAL POLL (12/1)

NSCAA FINAL POLL (11/25)

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