NW Briefs | Sport hatchery chinook fishery to reopen

The sport hatchery chinook fishery in northern Puget Sound and Admiralty Inlet will reopen today through Friday.

The fishery was closed Sunday after state Fish and Wildlife expected the chinook guideline would be attained.

"Fishing was good in Marine Area 9 during the first couple of days in August, but the catch slowed significantly in the last week," said Steve Thiesfeld, the Puget Sound recreation salmon manager for state Fish and Wildlife.

Marine Areas 9 and 10 (Central Puget Sound) are managed under a combined quota of 7,000 hatchery chinook. A catch target of 4,000 chinook is in place for Area 9.

Through Aug. 10, anglers caught 4,726 fish in the two areas, of which 3,892 were caught in Marine Area 9.

Thiesfeld said the catch would be monitored on a daily basis, and that the fishery could close sooner than Friday.

Weaver heads to OKC

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Weaver, the former Washington State men's basketball star taken 38th overall by Charlotte in the recent NBA draft, has been traded to Oklahoma City for a second-round choice in next year's draft.

Weaver averaged 6.2 points in five games for the Bobcats in the Las Vegas summer league, but faced stiff competition to make Charlotte's regular-season roster. The deal gave the Bobcats the second-round pick the former Sonics franchise obtained from New Jersey two years ago in a trade involving current Sacramento forward Mikki Moore.

Ex-Huskies guard

Smith transfers

Former Washington men's basketball guard Joel Smith has transferred to Chaminade University, where he'll play the final year of his college career.

A school official for Chaminade confirmed the move Monday, saying Smith will enroll soon in graduate school there.

Smith, a reserve last season, did not have his scholarship renewed.

Chaminade is an NCAA Division II school, making Smith immediately eligible to play.

Notes

• Alex Mroz of Woodinville leads the pack after an opening-round 5-under-par 67 at the PNGA Junior Boys' Amateur Championship at Mill Creek Country Club.

• The Seattle Sounders will take on the Charleston Battery at 4:30 p.m. today in South Carolina for a berth in the U.S. Open Cup final.

• Thirteen horses are listed as probable to be entered in Sunday's Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs in Auburn. Entries will be taken Wednesday and the field has a maximum size of 12.

The probables: True Metropolitan (assigned 122 pounds); Nationhood (119); Tropic Storm (118); Wasserman (118); Flamethrowintexan (116); Rosberg (116); Call On Carson (115); Luhuk's Dancer (115); Assessment (113); Honour the West (113); Southern Africa (113); Maxey Boy (110); and Schoolin' You (110).

• Host Kirkland defeated Canada 11-0 in pool play at the Junior Softball World Series at Everest Park.

• Stephen Robbins of Seattle swept the men's 65-69 100 and 200 meters in 12.56 seconds and 25.36 at the USA Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Spokane last weekend. Other Seattle men winning two events were Tim Shannon (45-49 shot put, hammer throw) and David Cannon (50-54 3,000 steeplechase, 5,000), with David E. Ortman winning the 55-59 400 hurdles and Christian Salas winning the 35-39 shot put.

Compiled from wire reports

and other sources.