Gralow leads Bulldog girls to Icebreaker title

MOSCOW — A mere two weeks removed from a cast on her broken arm, Sandpoint junior swimmer Paulina Gralow broke the Idaho state record Saturday in the 100 meter breaststroke, leading the Bulldog girls to the overall title at the season-opening Icebreaker meet in Moscow.

Gralow, who is the two-time defending state champion in the event, also shattered the meet and district record with a time of 1:07.21. She broke the previous state record of 1:07.61, set by Tessa Greegor of Timberline High School in 2000.

"It was a really good race," said Sandpoint coach Mike Brosnahan. "Moscow has a freshman that is very fast and they both brought each other to greatness."

The Sandpoint girls team won the meet, which featured more than 10 schools from Idaho and Washington. Gralow, who also finished second in the 200 free, teamed with Hillari Contor, Erin Stanley and Pauline Brothers to win the 200 medley relay. Contor finished second in the 100 butterfly, and Brothers finished second in the 500 free, edging teammate Sam Trulock, who finished third.

The boys team finished second overall, led by senior Eric Mann, who won the 500 free, placed second in the 100 butterfly and teamed with Colton Story, Cameron Hay and Todd Stoner to win the 200 medley relay. Stoner won the 100 backstroke and finished second in the 50 free, and Story finished second in the 100 backstroke and third in the 200 free.

Sandpoint travels to Plummer on Saturday to take on Lewiston, Moscow, Lake City and Coeur d'Alene.

TEAM SCORES

BOYS

1, Moscow 160. 2, Sandpoint 102. 3, Lake City 96. 4, Coeur d'Alene 68. 5, Lewiston 21. 6, Post Falls 14. 7, Mt. Spokane/Mead 4.

GIRLS

1, Sandpoint 101. 2, Moscow 83. 3, Coeur d'Alene 71. 4, Walla Walla 60. 5, Post Falls 48. 6, Lake City 44. 7, District 81 (Spokane) 50. 8, Mt. Spokane/Mead 38. 9, Southridge 19. 10, Lewiston 12.

? Central Valley 3, Sandpoint 1

SPOKANE — Bailey Hewitt scored her 10th goal of the season to stake Sandpoint to an early 1-0 lead, but they couldn't hold on as Central Valley scored three unanswered goals to win 3-1 in non-league girls soccer action Monday afternoon in Spokane.

"I liked how we came out real attack-oriented," said Bulldogs coach Adam Tajan, whose team out-shot Central Valley 6-3 in the first half. "We had one go off the post and several others that just missed.

"The second half we were flat and not nearly as offensive-minded."

Sandpoint (6-2-1) suffered its second consecutive loss and will regroup today when they host Post Falls in Inland Empire League action. The match starts at 4 p.m. a War Memorial Field and precedes the boys varsity match at 6 p.m.

The JV girls team lost 4-1 to Central Valley as Emily Jordan scored off an assist from Melinda VanDyk.

First half — 1, Spt, Bailey Hewitt (Brittany Oakley). 2, CV, Jamie Bakon 29:00. Second half — 3, CV, Jamie Norden 60:00. 4, CV, Norden 64:00.

? Bulldogs win Walla Walla volleyball tournament

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Abby Helander was named had 75 digs and was named MVP of the Walla Walla tournament, helping Sandpoint go undefeated en route to winning the team title on Saturday.

Piper Wahlin had 37 digs, and along with teammate Samantha May was named to the Best of the Best tournament team. The Bulldogs beat Richland 26-24, 25-18, Kennewick 30-28, La Grande 30-24, Post Falls 30-16, Bishop Kelly 32-30 and Coeur d'Alene 25-22, 14-25 and 15-9 in the championship.

Head coach Karen Alsager was happy with the title, recognizing that the team had won the tournament in the past before she was coach.