Chiawana’s double-digit tackler lands an Air Force offer. So does a Richland High junior

Chiawana junior Cameron Breier has received his first college football offer this week, this one coming from the Air Force Academy.

Breier has played on both sides of the ball for the Riverhawks. But he’s made his mark defensively as a linebacker.

His speed on the outside has resulted in a number of quarterback sacks, and that includes his sophomore season.

Breier is one of those guys that usually ends up with double digits in tackles.

Breier was a member of Chiawana’s 4x400 track relay team last spring that had the fastest time in the state. Only a dropped baton during regionals kept the squad from advancing to state.

But it was track that brought Breier to Colorado Springs in February, where he competed in The Air Force High School Indoor Open on Feb. 1.

His 49.24 seconds time in the 400 meters opened some eyes among coaches at Air Force.

That opened the door about football, and thus the offer.

There will be more to come.

• Meanwhile, Richland junior Ben Fewel has been getting a number of football offers, including one from Air Force.

Fewel led the Mid-Columbia Conference in all major receiving categories last season — 89 receptions, 1,236 yards, and 13 touchdown receptions.

Besides Air Force, Fewel has received offers from Army, Bucknell, Cornell and Georgetown.

Cornell would be an intriguing signing because Chiawana grad Caleb Weber is a sophomore linebacker there.

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• The Central Washington Chapter of the PGA isn’t expected to begin its pro-am series now until June 1 at Wildhorse Resort.

The organization has canceled all of its earlier events since April because of COVID-19.

• Samantha Atilano, who played for Hermiston, has signed a letter of intent to play softball next spring for Blue Mountain Community College.

• River View senior Will Bailey has signed to play men’s basketball up at Skagit Valley Community College this coming winter.

Bailey grew up in Tacoma, but moved to Finley before his senior year. He helped lead the River View Panthers to the WIAA Class 1A boys state basketball tournament in March.

Skagit Valley has done a good job of recruiting a number of players from the Tacoma area in the past month.

Bailey averaged 17 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists per game this past season for the Panthers.

• Caleb Cook-Parker, a senior wide receiver/defensive back from Southridge, announced this week that he is committing to play football for Defiance College this coming fall.

Defiance is an NCAA Division III school in Ohio, and it plays in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

• Brianna Esvelt (Kamiakin/CBC) was named to the second unit for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s women’s golf team.

Esvelt, a senior majoring in Business Management at Western Washington University, was also named to the GNAC All-Academic women’s golf team. She carried a 3.72 grade point average.

Also making the all-academic team was St. Martin’s sophomore Michaela Morris (Walla Walla), who carries a 3.45 grade point average while majoring in Environmental Science.

• Kennewick High senior Maya Thornton will be playing this winter for the Tacoma Community College women’s basketball team after signing a letter of intent.

Tacoma already has another player on its women’s basketball team. Kiona-Benton grad Maloree Calzadillas was with the Titans this past season as a freshman.

• Chiawana kicker Evan Dawes, who is a senior, has received an offer to play for the University of Puget Sound.

• Cody LaFontaine, a senior at Kennewick High, has decided to play baseball next spring for Blue Mountain Community College.

• The University of British Columbia men’s ice hockey team had four former Tri-City Americans on its roster this past season: defenseman Anthony Bishop, goalie Patrick Dea, forward Maxwell James, and forward Tyler Sandhu.

UBC went 16-21-6-0 this season, but roared through the Canada West playoffs, winning first-round and semifinal playoff series.

UBC saw its season end when it lost 2 games to none against Saskatchewan in the Canada West finals.

• Freshman Sydney Stefani (Hermiston) saw limited action for the Idaho State softball team this spring.

Stefani hit .176 (3 for 17) with two doubles and five runs scored, and the Bengals were 7-13 before the season was stopped.

• Lewis-Clark State College’s baseball was 15-5 when the season ended in March.

Kennewick grad Matt Driver saw limited action as a reliever, throwing 2.2 innings and striking out 3.

Fellow Kennewick grad Dillon Plew is also on the roster but sat out the season.

Plew played at WSU for three seasons until 2019, and was drafted by the Houston Astros last year but he did not sign.

He should be ready to play for LCSC next spring.

• Weber State University’s softball team was 10-14 this spring before COVID-19 stopped the season.

The Hoe sisters, Lauren and Faith, were however, two of the Wildcats’ top offensive players.

They are Walla Walla High School graduates.

Lauren Hoe had the best batting average on the team, hitting .347 (17 for 49), led the team with 6 home runs, and had 12 RBIs.

Faith Hoe was No. 3 in batting average at .308 (20 for 65), with 2 homers and 15 RBIs.

The twins were a big reason that Weber State made the NCAA tournament last year.

• Lefthander Austin Rice (Irrigon) was 2-0, struck out 24 batters, had a 4.00 earned run average and pitched 27 innings this spring for Whitworth’s baseball team.

Teammate Tyson Yamane (Warden) went 1-2, with 15 strikeouts and a 3.62 ERA over 27.1 innings of work.

Whitworth was 11-5 when the season was stopped.

• Eastern Oregon University’s softball team was 6-15 when the season was stopped in March.

Amanda Smith (Walla Walla CC) was one of the team’s top hitters, batting .442 (23 for 52) with a home run and 11 RBIs.

Smith also pitched some, going 1-5 over seven starts.

Teammate Abby Giles (Walla Walla CC) was 1-2 as a pitcher in four starts.

• Sophomore Silas Shumate (College Place) went 1-1 in three starts for the College of Idaho baseball team, which was 9-20 when the season ended in March.

Shumate had a 4.45 earned run average, and struck out 23 batters in 30.1 innings pitched.

Teammate Dimick Wood (Walla Walla CC) was 1-4 in six starts, striking out 30 batters over 36.1 innings.