Hawks' Metcalf nearly perfect

RATHDRUM - Ashley Metcalf struck out 10 in the first game and was one strike away from a perfect game in the second as the Hawks swept the Bears 2-0 and 11-0 in a 4A Inland Empire League doubleheader Saturday at Stub Meyer Park.

"It was a great day," Lakeland coach Colleen Bevacqua said. "We had to come out early and work on our field, then ended up having to move the game."

In the first game, Lakeland scored on a throwing error in the third inning and added a run in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Josie Coder to score Dani Westling.

Metcalf struck out five in the second game and walked the lone baserunner on a full count with two outs in the fifth inning for Lakeland (5-6, 4-0 4A IEL), which hosts Sandpoint on Monday.

FIRST GAME

Moscow 000 000 0 - 0 4 1

Lakeland 001 100 x - 2 6 1

Raelynn Gosse and Dezerae Maxey; Ashley Metcalf and Teri Glenn. W - Metcalf (2-5). L - Gosse.

HITS: Mos - Gosse, Hicks, Maxey, Lundsford. LL - Cox, Wessling, S. Glenn 2, Coder, Schwalbach. 2B - Cox.

SECOND GAME

Moscow 000 00 - 0 0 6

Lakeland 203 6x - 10 13 0

Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.

Raelynn Gosse, Kaitlyn Krasselt (3) and Dezerae Maxey; Ashley Metcalf and Teri Glenn. W - Metcalf (3-5). L - Gosse.

HITS: Mos - none. LL - Kastning 2, Cox 3, T. Glenn, Metcalf, Wessling, S. Glenn, Coder 2, Salzman. 2B - Cox.

Lewiston 6-14

Post Falls 2-1

POST FALLS - Lunden Young's two-run single in the top of the seventh inning of the first game snapped a 2-all tie and triggered a four-run inning for the visiting Bengals, who went on to sweep the Trojans in 5A Inland Empire League play.

Post Falls (4-11, 0-7 5A IEL) left 11 runners on base in the opener. Even more painful for the Trojans - sophomore left-handed pitcher Rachel Collins was struck in the ribs by a line drive in the third inning. Impressively, she was able to reach down, pick up the ball and throw it to first for the out.

She finished the game, then went to the hospital for X-rays.

"I tell you what, she's a tough kid - she wanted to throw the second game," Post Falls coach Jack Foster said. "I said no, we're not going to take any chances."

Foster said Collins was diagnosed with bruised ribs, but has been cleared to play. Post Falls next plays at Lake City on Tuesday in the "Save 2nd Base" game for breast cancer awareness.

Post Falls' No. 2 pitcher, sophomre Kendyl Henderson, suffered a knee injury in practice last Wednesday and is out for two weeks. Foster had high praise for junior Kendal Floch, who pitched the second game despite never having pitched in a game before.

Young hit a two-run homer in the third inning of the second game for Lewiston (12-5, 5-3), and Shaundee Garrett went 3 for 3 with three runs and two RBIs.

FIRST GAME

Lewiston 110 000 4 - 6 10 2

Post Falls 020 000 0 - 2 9 0

Shawnee Zink and Shaudee Garrett; Rachel Collins and Dara Kolar. W - Zink. L - Collins (4-8).

HITS: Lew - Parson 2, Garrett 2, Young, Wells, Thompson, Moscrip 2, Harding. PF - King 3, Booth, Kolar, Floch, Walker, Anderson, Gardner. 2B - Garrett, Parson.

SECOND GAME

Lewiston 434 30 - 14 11 0

Post Falls 100 00 - 1 3 4

Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.

Huffaker and Shaundee Garrett; Kendal Floch and Dara Kolar. W - Huffaker. L - Floch (0-1).

HITS: Lew - Parson, Garrett 3, Young, Wells, Moscrip, Thomason 2, Huffaker 2. PF - King, Kolar, Floch. 2B - Wells. HR - Young.

Timberlake 13-14

Kellogg 9-1

KELLOGG - Jenna Hoffman hit two home runs and drove in four runs in the second game as the Tigers swept an Intermountain League doubleheader with the Wildcats at Kellogg Middle School.

Sydnie Malloy had four hits in the first game for Timberlake, which scored seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to break a 6-6 tie. Tarah Ivie hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning for Kellogg.

Freshman Olivia Owen had three hits in the second game for Timberlake (7-4, 4-0 IML), which hosts Priest River in a doubleheader on Wednesday.

Kellogg (2-10, 2-6) hosts Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.

FIRST GAME

Timberlake 000 015 7 - 13 13 1

Kellogg 000 150 3 - 9 14 5

Nicole Cameron and Ashlei Jerome; Haley Dulaney, Samantha Squires (7) and Taylor Samuelson. W - Cameron (6-4). L - Squires (0-1).

HITS: TL - Kuykendall, Malloy 4, Neal 3, Edelblute, Moffit, Thompson 2, Owen. Kell - Huber, Hojem 3, Barr, Ivie 2, Squires 2, Waechter, Samuelson, Bublitz, Durick 2. 2B - Malloy, Neal, Thompson. HR - Ivie (5).

SECOND GAME

Timberlake 020 327 - 14 15 1

Kellogg 010 000 - 1 8 1

Game called after 6 innings due to 10-run rule.

Nicole Cameron, Sydnie Malloy (5) and Ashlei Jerome; Raine Yergler and Taylor Samuelson. W - Cameron (7-4). L - Yergler (1-4).

HITS: TL - Kuykendall 2, Malloy, Jerome 2, Neal 2, Edelblute 2, Cameron, Hoffman 2, Owen 3. Kell - Huber, Ivie, Squires, Waechter 2, Samuelson 2, Durick. 2B - Owen. 3B - Samuelson. HR - Hoffman 2.

Bonners Ferry 5-0-2

St. Maries 3-10-8

BONNERS FERRY - Tia Asbury struck out seven in the first game and hit a two-run single in the third game as the Lumberjacks took 2 of 3 games from the Badgers in an Intermountain League tripleheader.

In the first game, Sam Robertson drove in the eventual game-winner on a fielders choice to first base and Becca Farrens added an insurance run for Bonners Ferry. Marlee Masterson tied the game on an RBI single in the seventh, but was stranded at third base for St. Maries.

Morgan Cummings, Masterson and Talaya Schaum had two RBIs apiece in the second game as the Lumberjacks evened the series at one game apiece. Chelsea Grosvenor allowed one hit and walked one in the second game for St. Maries.

In the third game, Dusti Huddleston and Asbury had two RBIs apiece for St. Maries (7-5, 4-3 IML), which travels to Priest River on Tuesday.

Bonners Ferry (6-7, 2-5) travels to Kellogg on Tuesday.

FIRST GAME

Bonners Ferry 110 001 02 - 5 10 3

St. Maries 001 100 10 - 3 6 2

Chelsea Taggart and Amanda Riley; Tia Asbury and Brittany Nelson. W - Taggart. L - Asbury (3-4).

HITS: BF - L. Taggart 2, Porter 2, C. Taggart, Berkling, Payne, Farrens 2. SM - Huddleston 2, Cummings, Masterson 2, Grosvenor. 2B - Masterson.

SECOND GAME

St. Maries 432 10 - 10 11 0

Bonners Ferry 000 00 - 0 1 2

Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.

Chelsea Grosvenor and Brittany Nelson; Jordan Porter, Chelsea Taggart (2), Makenzie Carle (3) and Caitlin Alexander. W - Grosvenor (3-1). L - Porter.

HITS: SM - Asbury 2, Huddleston, Cummings 2, Masterson 2, Grosvenor, T. Schaum 2, K. Schaum. BF - Hoisington. 2B - Asbury, Masterson 2.

THIRD GAME

St. Maries 020 303 0 - 8 9 3

Bonners Ferry 000 011 0 - 2 5 3

Tia Asbury and Brittany Nelson; Makenzie Carle, Chelsea Taggart (5) and Amanda Riley, Aubree Wasmer (6). W - Asbury (4-4). L - Carle.

HITS: SM - Asbury 2, Huddleston, Cummings 2, Masterson, T. Schaum, Allen, Nelson. BF - Carle 2, Porter, C. Taggart, Farrins. 2B - Huddleston, Cummings, Carle, Porter.