Houston to practice at Texas as Hurricane Harvey Looms

By August 25, 2017 10:02 pm

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Houston is sending its football team to Austin to practice and get out Hurricane Harvey’s way.

The University of Texas has agreed to let the Cougars use their indoor practice facility. Austin is supposed to get some rain from the storm but nothing like the deluge expected for several days in Houston and along the Texas Gulf coast.

The move puts the Cougars in the backyard of their former head coach Tom Herman. Texas hired Herman away from Houston after last season.

Houston starts the season Sept. 2 at UTSA. Texas hosts Maryland on the same day.

The storm has impacted other sports as well. The Houston Dynamo announced that a Saturday match with Sporting Kansas City has been postponed until Oct. 11.

Allegiant Flights cancelled, including one to Bellingham

By August 1, 2017 4:28 pm

KGMI News

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A half-dozen Allegiant Air flights for Las Vegas to Bellingham and other destinations were rescheduled or canceled in one 24 hour period.

Fox-5 reports it comes one week after customers were stranded in Las Vegas for four days, trying to fly to Oklahoma City.

Genevieve Haley was supposed to fly home to Bellingham after attending a roller derby convention in Las Vegas.

“There’s lots of people that are making sacrifices and losing money. My sister actually is missing out on a job interview after being out of a job for a month. It doesn’t sound like they know what they’re doing right now.”

Another traveler tells KVVU that his flight to Santa Rosa, California was cancelled.

It would have been the last scheduled Allegiant flight ever from Las Vegas to Santa Rosa.

So he had no choice but to rent a car and drive home.

Allegiant did not give the TV station a reason for most of the cancelled flights.

Former Nathan Hale star & UW recruit Jontay Porter commits to Missouri

By May 23, 2017 1:05 pm

Correction: Fixes headline and story to read “Nathan Hale” instead of “Garfield”

Former Nathan Hale High School star and University of Washington basketball recruit Jontay Porter has committed to Missouri. Porter announced his decision via social media Monday night.

Porter, who enter his senior season of high school in Missouri as the 10th ranked player in the class of 2018 by Rivals.com, posted a photo of himself in a Missouri jersey on Twitter. He added “After much thought and prayer I have decided to commit to the University of Missouri!”. The photo and account have since been removed.

The 6-10 forward joins his brother Michael Porter Jr., the top ranked incoming freshman of the 2017 class, with Missouri. Their father, Michael Porter Sr., is a new assistant coach with the Tigers.

Michael Porter Sr. was an assistant coach at Washington last season. He left for Missouri after head coach Lorenzo Romar was fired. Michael Jr. and Jontay had both originally committed to the Huskies, but de-committed in March.

Michael Jr. and Jontay led Nathan Hale to an undefeated record and the 3A state championship in Washington state back in March.

FILE – In this March 4, 2017, file photo, Nathan Hale forward Michael
Porter Jr., center, poses with his brothers, Coban Porter, left, and
Jontay Porter, right, while holding the trophy after Nathan Hale
defeated Garfield 68-51 to win the boys’ Class 3A high school basketball championship in Tacoma, Wash. Jontay Porter has announced his
intention to sign with Missouri, joining his older brother and father.
Porter’s father, Michael Porter, Sr., was hired by first-year Missouri
coach Cuonzo Martin as an assistant in March. His older brother,
Michael Porter, Jr., then signed with the Tigers after initially
committing to Washington. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

According to ESPN.com, another former Washington recruit, point guard Blake Harris has also committed to Missouri. Harris is ranked 96th for the class of 2017 by ESPN recruiting.

(KPUG – Doug Lange; Information from ESPN.com and Rivals.com used in this story)

WWU Athletics announces Hall of Fame Class of 2017

By Scotty Van Dryver April 6, 2017 6:07 pm

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Four former Western Washington University student-athletes, each of whom played an historic role in their particular sports, make up the 2017 class for induction into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame in mid-May.

The ceremony, the 42nd since WWU began its hall of fame in 1968, is part of
WWU’s Back to Bellingham Weekend and takes place on Saturday, May 20 at 1 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center on campus. There is no admission charge and parking is free.

This year’s four honorees are:
• Grant Dykstra (Basketball) – A consensus All-American as a senior guard in men’s basketball, who overcame a debilitating childhood injury to become the school’s all-time career scoring leader.
• Tim Feenstra (Men’s Golf) – A three-time All-America in men’s golf, who has continued his outstanding play as a professional.
• Karla Landis (Rowing) – An All-America women’s rower for the Vikings and an assistant coach for the first four of the school’s NCAA Division II record seven consecutive national titles.
• Nicola Parker (Volleyball) – The school’s first libero in volleyball, who helped WWU to a 54-match league unbeaten streak, the fourth longest in NCAA II history.
The WWU Athletics Hall of Fame began in 1968 and is the oldest among all Pacific Northwest colleges and universities

. The four inductees bring the hall’s membership to 140, a group that spans the 115-year history of WWU Athletics.

(WWU)