Darras named All-State Honorable Mention
Hoquiam High School striker and 1A Evergreen Offensive MVP Connor Darras was named as a 1A All-State Team Honorable Mention as chosen by the Washington State Soccer Coaches Association on Tuesday.
Darras was the Grizzlies’ leading goal-scorer this past season and helped lead Hoquiam to a share of the league title by scoring both goals in a 2-0 win over Forks on May 3.
— The Daily World
Former Gonzaga forward Kyle Wiltjer tweets he’ll play with Portland in NBA summer league
Former Gonzaga Bulldog Kyle Wiltjer tweeted Monday that he’s joining the Portland Trail Blazers’ summer league team.
Wiltjer, a native of Portland, tweeted he’s “hyped cuz it’s the hometown squad.” Las Vegas is hosting the NBA summer league for all 30 teams July 6-17.
The 6-foot-10 forward spent most of last season with Olympiacos, a professional team in Greece. Wiltjer averaged 7.6 points, 3 rebounds and 14.7 minutes in 25 games. He had a 23-point game with six 3-pointers against Promitheas in May.
Wiltjer saw limited time with the Los Angeles Clippers’ summer-league team last year. He then signed with the Toronto Raptors, but was released after playing in three preseason games.
Wiltjer split time between the Houston Rockets, appearing in 14 games, and the franchise’s G League team as a rookie. Houston dealt Wiltjer and six other players to the Clippers to acquire point guard Chris Paul.
Wiltjer played two seasons at Gonzaga after transferring from Kentucky. He averaged 18.6 points and made 45 percent of his 3-point attempts in 73 career games with the Zags. He was second-team All-American in 2015 and honorable mention All-American in 2016.
Wiltjer earned McDonald’s All-American honors in 2011 during his prep career at Jesuit High. He was also named the Oregon 6A player of the year.
— Jim Meehan, The Spokesman-Review
Ex-Gonzaga guard Jordan Mathews joining Clippers’ summer league team
Former Gonzaga guard Jordan Mathews has hooked up with the Los Angeles Clippers’ summer-league team.
Mathews, who played with New Orleans in the 2017 NBA summer league, and David Michineau, drafted by the Clippers in 2016, will be on the summer league squad, according to a tweet from Broderick Turner, Clippers beat writer for the Los Angeles Times.
Mathews averaged 8.8 points in 48 games last season with the G League’s Erie (Pa.) BayHawks. He shot 38.4 percent from the field, including 32 percent on 3-pointers.
Mathews averaged 10.6 points as a senior as the Zags (37-2) reached the national championship game. The Cal grad transfer made 39.2 percent of his 3-pointers, including a clutch trey in the final minute to help Gonzaga defeat West Virginia in the Sweet 16.
— Jim Meehan, The Spokesman-Review
