Lake City, Viks split at tourney

| March 28, 2010 9:00 PM

MERIDIAN - Katie Rowe hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third to give the Lake City Timberwolves a 2-0 win over the Meridian Warriors in the Idaho Sporting Goods tournament at Settlers Park.

Lake City came up short against the Eagle Mustangs, falling 6-2 after giving up a five-run top of the fifth inning.

"Casey (Stangel) had a really good weekend for us in the circle," Lake City coach Laura Tolzmann said. "Katie came up with some key hits for us. Defensively, I thought we played really well. We should be ready to go when we get back to league play."

Lake City (8-1) hosts Lakeland on April 8.

LAKE CITY 2, MERIDIAN 0

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C. Bena and T. McLain; Casey Stangel and Avalon Leddy. W - Stangel (7-0). L - Bena.

HITS: Mer - Luke, Camers, Onstott. LC - Hall, Rowe, Stangel, Hawkes, Short. 2B - Hall, Stangel. HR - Rowe (4).

EAGLE 6, LAKE CITY 2

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J. Holsinger and K. Morton; Casey Stangel, Kallie Neal (5) and Avalon Leddy. W - Holsinger. L - Stangel (7-1).

HITS: Eag - Mitchell 2, Hinsberger, Mercy, Tidwell, Helm 2, Corta. LC - Neal. 2B - Mercy, Helm, Corta. 3B - Hingsberger. HR - Tidwell.

Vikings finish 5-1 on southern swing

MERIDIAN - Coeur d'Alene failed to score after a three-run top of the sixth inning gave Mountain View at 4-3 win at the Idaho Sporting Goods tournament at Meridian High.

Teigan Lockwood hit a two-run single for the Vikings in the bottom of the third.

Kyeli Parker, Elli Tindall and Jessica Lupinacci had three hits apiece as the Vikings (10-1) rebounded to defeat Highland of Pocatello 12-1.

"I thought we played excellent this weekend," Coeur d'Alene coach Larry Bieber said. "We should have won each game. We turned five double plays on Friday and four on Saturday. I am really proud of the girls. It was really nice to beat Timberline on this trip. I'm really proud - they played great and hard."

Coeur d'Alene travels to Post Falls on April 6.

MOUNTAIN VIEW 4, COEUR d'ALENE 3

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Johnson and Barnes; Nikki Ragsdale, Lindsie Scholwinski (6) and Teigan Lockwood. W - Johnson. L - Ragsdale (4-1).

HITS: MV - Kinghorn 2, Turner. Cd'A - Lupinacci, Ragsdale, Petit, Lockwood.

COEUR d'ALENE 12, HIGHLAND 1

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Lindsie Scholwinski, Amanda Brown (5) and Teigan Lockwood; Norton and Palmer. W - Scholwinski (6-0). L - Norton.

HITS: Cd'A - Parker 3, Tindall 3, Lupinacci 3, Goodwin 2, Scholwinski, Petit 2, Rasmussen 2, Bowen, Spencer, Brown. High - Reed, Norton, McKee, Carrington. 2B - Lupinacci, Petit, Goodwin.