NW Briefs | Olympia golfer Cameron Peck in Jr. Amateur final

SHOAL CREEK, Ala. — Cameron Peck of Olympia beat Dominic Bozzelli of Pittsford, N.Y., in 20 holes to advance to the finals of the U.S. Junior Amateur on Friday.

Peck, 17, trailed Bozzelli by two holes with two to play in their semifinal. But he birdied No. 17 and took advantage of Bozzelli's bogey on 18 to pull even. Peck won on the third extra hole when Bozzelli bogeyed.

Beck will face fellow 17-year-old Evan Beck of Virginia Beach, Va., in today's 36-hole final at the 7,251-yard, par-72 Shoal Creek golf course.

Beck defeated Jordan Spieth 1 up in their semifinal.

Peck reached the semis with a 5-and-4 victory over Emiliano Grillo of Argentina in Friday morning's quarterfinals.

UW women's schedule revealed

The Washington women's basketball schedule for 2008-09 features eight teams that went to the postseason last year — including Final Four squads Connecticut and Stanford.

The Huskies' nonconference schedule will be highlighted by a trip Dec. 18-21 to Cancun, Mexico, for the Caribbean Classic MTE. Nonconference home contests include matchups with a pair of WNIT teams from last year in Gonzaga and Boise State, along with the annual Husky Classic.

"We are excited about the schedule we have compiled for the 2008-09 season," coach Tia Jackson said. "There is tremendous balance all around, which helps prepare us well for the Pac-10 season."

Washington will play its season opener at home for the first time since 2004-05 when it entertains Gonzaga on Nov. 16 at Edmundson Pavilion. The Huskies will open their Pac-10 schedule with a home game against Washington State on Jan. 3.

Seafair run tonight

The Wells Fargo Torchlight Run at Seafair, an 8-kilometer race with many running in costume past thousands of cheering spectators awaiting the Torchlight Parade, is scheduled for tonight, along with a companion 5K run-walk.

The 8K, which begins at 6:30 p.m., takes runners along the Alaskan Way Viaduct and through the Battery Street Tunnel, then winds through downtown along the Torchlight Parade route back to Qwest.

Entry fee, which includes a T-shirt, is $30 for the 8K and $25 for the 5K. For more information, go to www.seafair.com.

Other golf

The second annual BMW Northwest Charity Skins Game, hosted by PGA Tour professional Ryan Moore of Puyallup, will be held at the Classic Golf Club in the Tacoma area and Chambers Bay Sept. 12-13. Bubba Watson, Aaron Baddeley and Portland native Ben Crane are expected to be part of this year's field.

For more information call the Classic Golf Club at 253.847.4440 or visit nwgolf.org.

• Hale Irwin and Fuzzy Zoeller have committed to play in the Champions Tour Boeing Classic, Aug. 22-24 at the TPC at Snoqualmie Ridge.

Notes

• Single-game tickets for Washington football home games go on sale at 8:30 a.m. Monday. To order, visit GoHuskies.com or call 206-543-2200.

• Cara Linnenkohl of Redmond rowed to a third-place finish in her junior women's single sculls semifinal to advance to the finals at the 2008 FISA World Rowing Junior Championships in Linz, Austria.

• Lina Xu will transfer from Jacksonville University to Washington, where she will compete for the Huskies' women's tennis team.

• Kevin Sargent (football), Gary Lindeblad (golf), Jack Benson (coach, men's gymnastics) and Maxine Davis (coach, women's gymnastics) will be inducted into the Eastern Washington Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 27.

• The Seattle Thunderbirds' final home opener at KeyArena will be Oct. 4 against the Spokane Chiefs. Seattle, which will open the 2008-09 Western Hockey League season at Prince George on Sept. 19, will play 26 of its first 34 games on the road as it awaits the completion of its new home, the 6,025-seat Kent Events Center.

The Everett Silvertips will open their season Sept. 19 at Kamloops, then will return home the following night to host the Vancouver Giants.

Compiled from wire and sports-information reports and other sources.