PRO BASEBALL

INSIDE-THE-PARK HR FOR OLSON

St. Mary's High School graduate Tim Olson legged out an inside-the-park home run in Colorado Springs' 7-3 loss at Tacoma, Wash., in a Pacific Coast League game on Thursday.

Olson, leading off the fourth inning, belted a shot to center field over Tacoma's Jamal Strong. By the time Strong retrieved the ball at the 425-foot wall, Olson was well on his way to his first professional inside-the-park home run.

With Thursday's 1-for-3 outing and a walk, Olson improved his average with the Sky Sox to .302 with a dozen home runs and 44 RBIs in 245 at-bats. He's hit 20 doubles and scored 43 runs while stealing eight bases in 13 attempts.

In his 66 games with Colorado Springs, a AAA farm club of the Colorado Rockies, Olson has played every position except pitcher and catcher.

LEGION BASEBALL

STEELE 9-10, JAMESTOWN 3-0

Steele 9, Jamestown 3

Jamestown 020 001 0 - 3 3 4

Steele 340 200 x - 9 9 1

Ross Hogan, Gangler (6) and Spinningsby; Mark Bakkum and Steve Berreth. W - Bakkum, 2-1. L - Hogan. HR - Steele, Berreth.

Highlights: S - Klay Hetletved 2-for-2, double, 3 R, 4 SB; Bakkum 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 SB; Berreth 2-for-4, grand slam HR, second inning, 6 RBIs, 2 R.

Steele 10, Jamestown 0

Jamestown 000 - 0 0 2

Steele 108 - 10 8 2

Slotken and Spinningsby; Jeremiah Lang and Nick Lang. W - Lang, 3-0. L - Slotken. HR - None.

Highlights: S - Mark Bakkum 2-for-3, triple, 2 R, 1 RBI; Steve Berreth 2-for-2, 2 R, 2 RBIs; Conrad Nelson and Chris Heins doubled.

Records: Jamestown 1-6 Section 7; Steele 6-0 Section 7, 12-4 overall.

WASHBURN 2-7, DICKINSON 0-2

Washburn 2, Dickinson 0

Dickinson 000 000 0 - 0 6 0

Washburn 001 010 x - 2 4 0

Dickinson battery unavailable; Darin Rasmussen and Stephan Joersz. W - Rasmussen. L - Unavailable. HR - None.

Highlights: W - Nolan Johnson 2-for-3, 2 R, SB.

Washburn 7, Dickinson 2

Dickinson 001 010 0 - 2 1 2

Washburn 301 210 x - 7 10 1

A. Tomanek and A. Koppinger; Eric Eberle, Nate Richard (5), Jeff Schafer (7) and Evan Nelson, Blake Kaul (3). W - Eberle. L - Tomanek. HR - None.

Highlights: W - Eberle 3-for-3, 2 R.

Records: W 10-0.

Men's basketball

NDSU names assistant coach

FARGO (AP) - North Dakota State University has named a third full-time assistant men's basketball coach, head coach Tim Miles says.

David Richman, 27, came to NDSU as a graduate assistant in 2003-04. He joins assistants Todd Koering and Saul Phillips.

Richman was an assistant at the North Dakota State College of Science in his hometown of Wahpeton before coming to the Bison.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

ESLINGER ON OUTLAND LIST

Bismarck's Greg Eslinger, a senior at the University of Minnesota, is one of 36 players on the Outland Trophy watch list as announced by the the Football Writers Association of America. The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best interior offensive or defensive lineman in college football.