Vikings march into semifinals
BOISE — Devon Austin went 3 for 3 and drove in the first three runs as the Coeur d’Alene Vikings beat the Capital Eagles 5-3 in the first round of the state 5A baseball tournament Thursday night at Memorial Stadium.
Drew Turbin drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning for Coeur d’Alene (22-9), hitting a one-out triple to right center field to score Matt Lambert, who had walked, to break a 3-all tie. Turbin scored on Colin Comack’s sacrifice fly.
“That was a big-time win for us,” Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Rook said. “It was a quality baseball game. Comack battled, (Jake) Pereira threw well, and we got a couple of timely knocks by a couple of guys.”
Austin singled in a run in the first inning. In the third, Lambert and Turbin walked, moved up on a sacrifice, and scored on a two-run double by Austin to put Coeur d’Alene ahead 3-1.
Capital (15-13), which beat the Vikings last year in the first round en route to the state title, tied the game with single runs in the fourth and fifth.
In the second inning Pereira, playing third base, charged in on a squeeze bunt and made a diving throw to Austin at home to record the out.
Coeur d’Alene, which posted its first victory at state since 2001, plays Centennial (19-9) tonight at 6:15 PDT in a semifinal game.
Capital 001 110 0 — 3 7 1
Coeur d’Alene 102 020 x — 5 5 3
Capps, Marsh (6) and Calhoun; Colin Comack, Jake Pereira (6) and Devon Austin. W — Comack (5-2). L — Capps. S — Pereira (1).
HITS: Cap — Howard, Skaggs 2, Daley, Totorica, Feeney 2. Cd’A — Turbin, Austin 3, Pereira. 2B — Austin, Howard, Skaggs. 3B — Turbin.
Minico 10
Lakeland 1
NAMPA — In their first state tournament game in two years, the Hawks mustered just three hits and committed five errors in a first-round loss to the defending champion Spartans of Rupert.
Casey Christianson of Minico, with a delivery between three-quarters and sidearm, struck out 11 Lakeland batters.
“He kept us off balance all day long,” Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. “We couldn’t get it going offensively or defensively, and our pitching struggled. We were playing pretty nervous — lots of miscues.”
Eric Cooper singled, stole second and third base, and scored on a fielder’s choice grounder by Kurt South for the lone run for Lakeland (13-12), which plays Kuna (14-12) today at 9 a.m. in a loser-out game.
The No. 1, 2, 4 and 6 hitters combined for all 11 hits for Minico (22-11), which plays Bonneville (23-5) of Idaho Falls in a semifinal game.
Minico 302 211 1 — 10 11 3
Lakeland 000 100 0 — 1 3 5
Casey Christianson and Dakota Rupard; Cody Vandever, Kostas Garcia (7) and Luke Howell. W — Christianson. L — Vandever (3-3).
HITS: Min — Winmar 3, Christianson 3, Coats 2, Reddar 3. LL — Guerber, South, Cooper. 2B — Winmar, Reddar, Guerber. 3B — Christianson.
Buhl 10
Timberlake 9
ONTARIO, Ore. — J.D. Leckenby had an RBI single in the seventh to lift the Indians (22-5) past the Tigers in the state 3A opener at Treasure Valley Community College.
“I thought the kids played great,” Timberlake coach Bill Rider said. “Buhl is a great team. We kept battling after getting behind and knew we had to keep moving. It was a great baseball game and I’m proud of my boys. They played awesome and did a great job today.”
John Morris was 2 for 4 with two RBIs for Timberlake (14-7), which faces Kimberly (14-13) today at noon in a loser-out game.
Timberlake 000 340 2 — 9 11 3
Buhl 130 104 1 — 10 16 2
2 outs when winning run scored.
Tyler Shaffer, J.D. Page (6) and Salvador Miranda; Dylan Brooks, Marco Avelar (5), Markus Lively (6) and Jack Hamilton. W — Lively. L — Page (2-4).
HITS: TL — Morris 2, Shaffer 2, Tymesen, Miranda, Overland, Page 2, Hess, Rogstad. Buhl — Ja. Hamilton 2, Avalar 3, M. Hamilton 3, Leckenby 2, Owen 2, McCreery, Lively 2, Brooks. 2B — Tymesen. HR — M. Hamilton.
Schedule
Times PDT
At Memorial Stadium, Boise
Thursday
Rocky Mountain 6, Lewiston 0
Timberline 6, Madison 4
Centennial 7, Highland 6
Coeur d’Alene 5, Capital 3
Friday
9 a.m. — Lewiston (24-3) vs. Madison (7-17), loser out
Noon — Highland (19-12) vs. Capital (15-13), loser out
3:30 p.m. — Rocky Mountain (20-8) vs. Timberline (22-6), semifinal
6:15 — Centennial (19-9) vs. Coeur d’Alene (22-9), semifinal
At Rodeo Park, Nampa
Thursday
Minico 10, Lakeland 1
Bonneville 5, Kuna 1
Twin Falls 12, Hillcrest 3
Bishop Kelly 13, Pocatello 0
Friday
9 a.m. — Lakeland (13-12) vs. Kuna (14-12), loser out
Noon — Hillcrest (19-8) vs. Pocatello (16-12), loser out
3 p.m. — Bonneville (23-5) vs. Minico (22-11), semifinal
6 — Twin Falls (26-4) vs. Bishop Kelly (20-4), semifinal
At Treasure Valley Community College
Ontario, Ore.
Thursday
Orofino 8, Bear Lake 5
Payette 7, South Fremont 5, 8 innings
Buhl 10, Timberlake 9
Fruitland 5, Kimberly 3
Friday
9 a.m. — Bear Lake (12-8) vs. South Fremont (11-5), loser out
Noon — Timberlake (15-8) vs. Kimberly (14-13), loser out
3 p.m. — Orofino (19-6) vs. Payette (23-5), semifinal
6 — Buhl (22-5) vs. Fruitland (23-3), semifinal