Penalty kick after 2 overtimes ends CBC women’s soccer hopes to repeat NWAC championship

First-year head coach Alessandro Llamas and his Columbia Basin College women’s soccer team had their season end last Friday at the NWAC semifinals in Tukwila.

The Hawks lost their match to Bellevue in a 1-1 shootout, with the Bulldogs outscoring CBC 5-3 in the penalty kicks format of the shootout.

CBC’s goal was scored by Madeline Dorendorf (Pasco) off an assist from Rosie Aguilera (La Grande) in the 55th minute.

But Bellevue tied the match in the 85th minute — extra time — on a goal by Serai Perdomo.

The match went through two scoreless overtimes before being decided by penalty kicks.

CBC finished its season with an 11-2-3 record.

Peninsula won the championship on Saturday, beating Bellevue 1-0.

▪ Southridge grad Angelina Hopwood finished her first season playing for the women’s soccer team for Lower Columbia Community College in Longview.

The freshman forward was fourth on the Red Devils in goals (6) and assists (3), and was fifth overall in scoring.

Lower Columbia won the NWAC West Region regular-season title and finished the season with a 12-3 record.

Prep basketball

Richland boys basketball coach Earl Streufert has been trying to put together a non-conference tournament to open the Bombers’ season, like he did last year.

But it’s been tough, with some teams pulling out for one reason or another.

Here is what he’s got with a little over two weeks to go: On Friday, Dec. 6, Richland would take on Mt. Spokane, while Davis would play Post Falls.

On Saturday, Davis would play Mt. Spokane, and the Bombers would play a semblance of Richland alumni.

No times are set, and this is all very fluid until Streufert can confirm things more.

But he’s still one game short of a 20-game schedule, and he’s looking for one more non-league game.

Prep volleyball

Walla Walla Valley Academy ended up placing fourth in last weekend’s 1B state volleyball tournament in Yakima.

The Knights went 2-2, winning 3-0 in their opener over Soap Lake before beating Darrington 3-2 in the quarterfinals.

In the semifinals, WWVA lost 3-1 to tournament favorite Oakesdale, and they finished with a 3-0 loss to Fellowship Christian of Everett in the third-place game.

Liberty Christian of Richland placed eighth in the tournament, which was won by Wilber-Creston-Keller in a 3-1 verdict over Oakesdale.

Prep football

Kennewick linebackers Collin Willborn and Jon Wright Jr., both have received football offers from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore.

In passing

Any good coach will tell you that a lot of success that is earned comes with the help of a very strong staff.

Bill Luginbill, a long-time teacher and assistant basketball coach at Kamiakin, passed away on Oct. 18 at the age of 82.

Back in the 1990s, Luginbill was Kevin Estes’ top assistant for many of those strong Kamiakin girls basketball teams.

Of course, Luginbill was also more than just a basketball coach. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. His wife, Lucy, edits the Herald’s faith column.

And he was a beloved teacher who influenced a large number of students over the decades — something that doesn’t happen unless you are really good at what you do.

Paralympics

Walla Walla High School graduate David Wagner saw his 2024 Paralympics adventure end early in Paris when he lost his opening-round quad singles wheelchair tennis match to Turkey’s Ahmet Kaplan by a 6-1, 6-2 score on Saturday, Aug. 31.

No need to feel bad for Wagner, who is still competing at age 50 and has won every title imaginable in wheelchair tennis.

I did a feature story on him at least 15 years ago. Since then, though, he’s done nothing but win.

His singles record over the years is 892-198, and currently, he’s ranked No. 3 in the world in quad singles.

Wagner has won three Australian Open singles titles, and three U.S. Open singles titles.

His record in doubles play is equally outstanding at 570-122.

That includes an astounding 10 Australian Open titles, nine U.S. Open crowns, three French Open championships, and one title at Wimbledon.

He’s won numerous Paralympics medals over the years, including three golds in doubles play: 2004 in Athens, 2008 in Beijing, and 2012 in London.

The fact that he qualified for another Paralympics at 50 is pretty impressive too.

Local media

Thought about this the other day, but we have been blessed with a number of media members that once worked in the Tri-Cities who have moved on to bigger markets.

Here are just a few of a very long list:

• Ian Furness, who used to do play-by-play for the Tri-City Americans in the 1990s before moving to the Seattle market, hosts the pre-game, between-period and post-game shows for the Kraken Hockey Network.
• David Graf left KNDU/SWX in August. He’s now a sports producer for FOX13 in Salt Lake City, focusing mostly on the NHL Utah Hockey Club.
• Alan Hoshida used to work for KEPR here. After a stop in Hawaii, Hoshida now hosts a San Jose Sharks pre-game and post-game show in the Bay Area.
• Chris King spent a few summers doing radio play-by-play for the Tri-City Dust Devils before getting a more permanent gig doing radio work for the the University of Idaho — first for the women’s basketball team; then the men’s basketball team and football squad. After Matt Chazenow left Washington State University in this past offseason to work North Carolina State sports, King was offered and accepted WSU’s job to do both football and men’s basketball.
• Myck Miller also worked at KEPR, but he’s been in Denver the past three years at FOX 31, covering all of the major sports in Colorado.
• Vince Sapienza was sports director at KEPR before moving to Las Vegas. He works for KVVU Fox5 and covers all of the major sports in Las Vegas.