Sacramento State was picked to finish seventh in the upcoming Big Sky Conference football season in a poll of the league's nine coaches. It was tabbed to finish eighth by the media Tuesday at the league's summer kickoff.
Montana was predicted to win the conference football championship in both polls. Eastern Washington was picked second.
Montana has won or shared 10 consecutive Big Sky titles and returns 10 starters. Eastern Washington returns 15 starters from a 9-4 team. Sac State was 3-5 and tied for sixth in the Big Sky last season.
Golf
Ric Burgess of Colusa won the Northern California PGA Senior Stroke Play Championship for the third year in a row.
Burgess had a two-day total of 5-under-par 137 at Stockton Golf & Country Club. He will lead 12 NorCal Section PGA pros who qualified to compete in the Senior PGA Professional National Championship Oct. 2-5 in Indian Wells and La Quinta.
Other pros with local ties qualifying: Bob Klein (Graeagle Meadows) 142; Al Weinhold (Placerville) 142; Eric Pohl (Bass Lake) 142; and Charlie Gibson (Wildhorse) 145.
Baseball
Sac State outfielder Tim Wheeler, currently a member of the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League, has been selected as a starter for the Eastern Division squad in Saturday's Cape League All-Star Game in Chatham, Mass. Wheeler is batting .283 for the Cardinals.
General
Cindy Spiro, Pacific's Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator, has resigned to take the Senior Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs and Resource Development position at UC Davis.
– Bee Sports staff
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