Trojans in position for top seed
SOFTBALL
POST FALLS — They started the week in third place in the 5A Inland Empire League.
But with a sweep today at Lake City, the Post Falls Trojans could end up as the No. 1 seed to the Region 1 tournament.
Post Falls put itself in that position with a 3-1 victory over Coeur d’Alene on Thursday.
Rachel Collins and Dara Kolar had RBI singles in the first inning for Post Falls (12-7, 5-5 5A IEL), and Bri Joseph added a run-scoring single in the fourth. Richelle Ashburn struck out 12 and walked two in a four-hitter.
“Defensively it was one of the better games we’ve played,” Post Falls coach Jack Foster said. “We made some good solid plays, and got some big hits with runners on when we needed it.”
Post Falls plays at Lake City today in a 2 p.m. doubleheader. It’s the Save 2nd Base game, a benefit for breast cancer awareness.
Coeur d’Alene 100 000 0 — 1 4 0
Post Falls 200 100 x — 3 8 0
Lindsie Scholwinski, Nikki Ragsdale (4) and Teigan Lockwood; Richelle Ashburn and Haley Walker. W — Ashburn (10-3). L — Scholwinski (12-4).
HITS: Cd’A — Tindall, Lupinacci, Goodwin, Petit. PF — Joseph, Litalilen, Collins, Ashburn, Schuller, Kolar, Booth, King. 2B — Litalien, Lupinacci.
Lake City 4
Lakeland 1
RATHDRUM — Casey Stangel hit a grand slam with one out in the third inning to propel the visiting Timberwolves past the Hawks.
Jamie Yurick started the inning off with a double for Lake City (17-4). After a walk and an error, the lefty-swinging Stangel hit a fly which skimmed off the top of the right field fence and over.
Amber Grubham hit an RBI double in the second inning for Lakeland (11-11), which plays the winner of Monday’s Sandpoint-Moscow game on Tuesday in the semifinals of the 4A Region 1 tournament.
Lake City plays host to Post Falls today in a 2 p.m. doubleheader.
Lake City 004 000 0 — 4 6 1
Lakeland 010 000 0 — 1 3 3
Kallie Neal, Casey Stangel (5) and Mariah Linahan; Jamie Klopatek and Alia Cox. W — Neal. L — Klopatek.
HITS: LC — Short, Neal, Stangel 2, Hawkes, Yurick. LL — Cox, Grubham 2. 2B — Cox, Grubham, Neal, Yurick. HR — Stangel.
Timberlake 10
St. Maries 8
ST. MARIES — Megan Hill tripled in the tying run and scored the go-ahead run on an error, sparking a three-run seventh that lifted the visiting Tigers past the Lumberjacks in Intermountain League play.
Jordyn Muhlhauser drove in an insurance run with a single for IML champion Timberlake (12-9, 10-1 IML).
Magan Cummings’ RBI single in the bottom of the sixth put St. Maries (11-6, 5-4) ahead 8-7. Morgan Cummings went 3 for 5 with three RBIs for the ’Jacks, who play a doubleheader at Priest River on Saturday, then host Priest River on Tuesday to wrap up the regular season.
Timberlake plays at Kellogg today at 4 to conclude its regular season.
Timberlake 221 020 3 — 10 12 1
St. Maries 220 301 0 — 8 10 4
Sydnie Malloy, Nicole Cameron (4), Malloy (5) and Moffit, Jerome (4), Moffit (6); Bree Arrhenius, Tia Asbury (4) and Jade Wemhoff. W — Malloy. L — Asbury (7-4).
HITS: TL — Malloy 2, Bitner, Hill 3, Muhlhauser, Hoffman, Moffit, Kuykendall 3. SM — Asbury 2, Reid 2, Mo. Cummings 3, Ma. Cummings, Wemhoff 2. 2B — Hill, Bitner, Malloy, Mo. Cummings, Wemhoff 2. 3B — Hill.
BASEBALL
Lake City 13-9
Post Falls 7-3
POST FALLS — Ben Pharis totaled four hits on the day in the Timberwolves 5A Inland Empire League sweep of the Trojans.
Mitch Bevacqua and Bryce Mort had two-run hits in a 10-run fifth inning for Lake City (14-8, 6-6 5A IEL), which will open the 5A Region I tournament Monday at Coeur d’Alene at 4 p.m.
Grant Curtis and Mike Truscello had six strikeouts each in the first game for Lake City.
Jordan Johnston hit a two-run double in the fifth inning of the first game for Post Falls (3-15, 0-12), which travel to Lewiston on Monday at 4 p.m. in the first round of the Region 1 tourney.
FIRST GAME
Lake City 003 0(10)0 0 — 13 11 0
Post Falls 004 030 0 — 7 7 3
Grant Curtis, Mike Truscello (5) and Bryce Mort; Matt Lickfold, Jordan Johnston (5) and Scott Benner. W — Curtis. L — Lickfold (0-2).
HITS: LC — Pharis 2, Bevacqua, Pattis 2, Curtis, Mort, Combo 2, Moses 2. PF — Clark, Reeder, Smith, Lickfold, Johnston, Denny, Davidson. 2B — Pattis 2, Mort, Combo, Reeder.
SECOND GAME
Lake City 140 112 0 — 9 10 0
Post Falls 000 201 0 — 3 6 1
Chris Schenck, Jake Keevy (7) and Emmitt Stangel; Riley Denny, Tony Davidson (4) and Scott Benner. W — Schenck. L — Denny (0-1).
HITS: LC — Pharis 2, Bevacqua, Snyder, Pattis, Curtis, Mort 2, Combo, Stangel. PF — Clark, Smith, Lickfold, Davidson 2, Valente. 2B — Smith. 3B — Pharis.
Lakeland at
Moscow (2), ppd.
MOSCOW — The games were rained out and rescheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m.
Timberlake 8
St. Maries 0
ST. MARIES — John Morris and Kyle Overland each hit two-run home runs and Timberlake defeated St. Maries in Intermountain League play.
Derek Tymesen threw seven strikeouts and Salvadore Miranda added three hits for Timberlake (13-6, 9-3), which finished its regular season and heads to next Friday’s 3A District 1-2 tournament at Orofino as the No. 1 seed. Orofino is the No. 2 seed.
St. Maries (8-13, 7-4) hosts Priest River today at 4 p.m. to decide the third and fourth seeds to districts. Both will play Tuesday in loser-out first round games at districts.
“We would like to have as much momentum as possible heading into the district tournament, so hopefully we put together seven good innings tomorrow,” St. Maries coach Craig Tefft said.
Timberlake 330 002 0 — 8 13 0
St. Maries 000 000 0 — 0 7 3
Derek Tymesen and Salvadore Miranda; Bubba Pugh, Ashton Stephenson (6) and Brad Anderson. W — Tymesen. L — Pugh.
HITS: TL — Morris 2, Shaffer, Tymesen, Miranda 3, Overland, Peery, Hess 2, Galloway, Page 2. SM — Pugh, Anderson, Guidry, Appel, Lehman, Sempel, Stapleton. 2B — Miranda, Lehman. HR — Morris, Overland.
Yoshida, Viking
boys triumph
COEUR d’ALENE — Jayce Yoshida of Post Falls fired a 3-under-par 69 to claim boys medalist honors at the Lake City Invitational at the Coeur d’Alene Public Golf Course.
Coeur d’Alene’s boys, led by Brennan Stillinger’s 73, shot a 307 to win by eight strokes over Lewiston.
Katie Greear of Moscow was girls medalist with a 75, leading the Bears to a four-shot victory over Lewiston.
At Coeur d’Alene Public
Par 72
TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene 307. 2, Lewiston 315. 3, Moscow 318. 4, Lake City 321. 5, Post Falls 335. 6, Kellogg 340. 7, Bonners Ferry 357. 8, Sandpoint 367. 9, Lakeland 379.
MEDALIST — Jayce Yoshida, Post Falls, 69.
COEUR d’ALENE — Alex Pounds 80, Andrew Roller 74, Brennan Stillinger 73, Hunter Kraft 81, Mike Porter 80.
LEWISTON — Brandon Koehler 74, Matt Milholland 80, Kevin Hobdey 80, John Forsmann 82, Andrew Dodge 81.
MOSCOW — Shawn Hill 81, Garett Adair 83, Cooper Wright 80, Michael Wagner 74.
LAKE CITY — Spencer Skipper 75, Kevin Porto 78, Matthew Creighton 83, Will Groetken 86, Colton Wanner 85.
POST FALLS — Jayce Yoshida 69, Tully Fedele 80, Brock Jackson 101, Kyle Watne 85, Dillon Beaver 105.
KELLOGG — Blake Jerome 79, Taylor Hulstrom 93, Justin Margason 89, Dillon Stovern 87, Grant Williams 85.
BONNERS FERRY — Carey Reynolds 77, Aaron Moe 83, Chase Mellon 99, Evan Moe 98.
SANDPOINT — Mike Lewis 91, Conner Currie 89, Chris Lewis 93, Michael Lorden 94, Kanyen Bauer 108.
LAKELAND — Jon Rucker 94, Scottie Warren 103, Lucas Portello 86, Bo Leichtnam 108, Ryan Ettner 96.
TEAM SCORES — 1, Moscow 336. 2, Lewiston 340. 3, Post Falls 381. 4, Coeur d’Alene 426. 5, Kellogg 432. 6, Lakeland 434. 7, Sandpoint 442. 8, Lake City 481.
MEDALIST — Katie Greear, Moscow, 75.
MOSCOW — Katie Greear 75, Nikki Tatham 81, Taylor Anderson 86, Cindy Pitkin 94, Emma Kimberling 111.
LEWISTON — Danny Jagelski 90, Amy Hasenoehrl 78, Kayla Kirk 96, Sarah Sanders 89, Kelsey Brockman 83.
POST FALLS — Rachel Westby 89, Maddie Dodge 89, Hayley Serdahl 100, Makenna Schevenius 119, Trinity Hill 103.
COEUR d’ALENE — Dani Olsen 105, Jordan Hintz 101, Camry Mitten 99, Taylor Hammon 121, Samira Obeid 124.
KELLOGG — Kaceelyn Pouttu 87, Shiela Briggs 100, Caden Fields-Brown 128, Annette Daline 117.
LAKELAND — Chelsea Bayley 98, Carson Sharrai 100, Brook Tingey 123, Hailey Palmiter 113.
SANDPOINT — Jessie Webster-Merwin 88, Charissa Chatburn 105, Beth Lewis 122, Margaret Nieman 127.
LAKE CITY — Priscilla Duran 117, Kylie Skipper 112, Marissa Vandaveer 129, Amanda Lynn 123, Devyn Basham 130.
TENNIS
Sandpoint 12
Lakeland 0
SANDPOINT — The host Bulldogs won all 12 matches by straight sets at Travers Park.
BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Kevin Kirby, Spt, d. Godwin Peck, 6-3, 6-1. No. 2, Mikka Nostdahl, Spt, d. Will Stein, 6-0, 6-0. No. 3, Kevin Bucalo, Spt, d. Will Collumbe, 6-0, 6-0.
BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Steven Gavin/Drew Buckmiller, Spt, d. Aaron Reed/Zack Graves, 6-2, 6-2. No. 2, Carson Nygren/Gerhardt Suppiger, Spt, d. Jared Boyer/Taylor Marsh, 6-3, 6-0.
MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Kane Wijngaarden/Dannett Mauck, Spt, d. Nathan Freeman/Sam Goodman, 6-2, 6-0. No. 2, Matt Durfee/Nicolette Jessen, Spt, d. Scott Campbell/Amber Rings, 6-1, 6-1.
GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Sophia Meulenberg, Spt, d. Yulia Semenova, 6-0, 6-1. No. 2, Susan Williams, Spt, d. Nikki Kelderman, 6-0, 6-0. No. 3, Brittany Claffey, Spt, d. Mari Nolting, 6-1, 6-2.
GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Mica Wolcott/Meranda Carter, Spt, d. Gina Titterington/Katie Henrikson, 6-1, 6-0. No. 2, Michele Rockwell/Crystal Clark, Spt, d. Sam Riggs/Kim Rubin, 6-1, 6-1.