Ball's HR lifts Vikings past Hawks

SOFTBALL

HAYDEN - Senior Jessica Ball hit a two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to lift the Coeur d'Alene Vikings past the Lakeland Hawks 6-3 on Wednesday in a nonleague game at Finucane Park.

"We played a tough team today," Lakeland coach Colleen Bevacqua said.

Dani Wessling hit a solo home run and Alia Cox hit a two-run double in the fifth inning for Lakeland (5-7), which travels to West Valley today.

Ball pitched a scoreless sixth and seventh inning to get the win for Coeur d'Alene (9-4), which travels to Post Falls for a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader on Thursday.

Coeur d'Alene 100 002 3 - 6 7 1

Lakeland 000 030 0 - 3 7 2

Nikki Ragsdale, Jessica Ball (6) and Teigan Lockwood; Ashley Metcalf and Teri. Glenn. W - Ball. L - Metcalf (3-6).

HITS: Cd'A - Parker, Lupinacci, Tindall, Ball, Clark, Lockwood, Ragsdale. LL - Kastning 2, Cox 2, Wessling, Jewell, Schwalbach. 2B - Lupinacci, Cox, Jewell. HR - Ball, Wessling

Timberlake 5-7

Priest River 4-6

SPIRIT LAKE - Ashlei Jerome singled to score Sydnie Malloy in the first game and Halee Edelblute drove in Cheyenne Neal in the second game as the Tigers swept an Intermountain League doubleheader against the Spartans.

"We did a nice job of coming from behind today," Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. "We did a nice job of clutching up to score some runs in the late innings."

Jerome and Neal had three hits apiece in the first game and Edelblute finished with four hits in the nightcap for Timberlake (9-4, 6-0 IML), which hosts Lakeside (Wash.) today.

FIRST GAME

Priest River 003 010 00 - 4 11 2

Timberlake 102 000 11 - 5 11 1

Nobody out when winning run scored.

Krampert and Lentz; Nicole Cameron and Ashlei Jerome. W - Cameron (8-4). L - Krampert (4-5).

HITS: PR - Reed, Barber, Hirst 3, Sink, Deal, Bradbury 2, Krampert, Lentz. TL - Malloy, Jerome 3, Neal 3, Hoffman, Moffit, Driggs, Owen. 2B - Lentz, Malloy, Jerome, Hoffman. 3B - Bradbury.

SECOND GAME

Priest River 010 301 1 - 6 8 1

Timberlake 202 011 1 - 7 10 2

One out when winning run scored.

Bradbury and Lentz; Nicole Cameron and Ashlei Jerome. W - Cameron (9-4). L - Bradbury (3-1).

HITS: PR - Barber, Hirst 2, Fink, Deal, Doolittle 2, Lentz. TL - Malloy 2, Neal, Edelblute 4, Owen, Kuykendall 2. 2B - Fink, Neal. HR - Doolittle, Malloy (1).

Lake City 21-24

Sandpoint 0-0

SANDPOINT - Casey Stangel and Jordan McCracken fired no-hitters for the Timberwolves in a nonleague doubleheader sweep of the Bulldogs at Travers Park.

Vanessa Shippy and Stangel each hit home runs in the first game for Lake City (14-0), which faces Moscow today in a nonleague doubleheader.

FIRST GAME

Lake City 4(10)7 - 21 18 0

Sandpoint 000 - 0 0 2

Casey Stangel and Mariah Linahan; Kym DaVault, Brittany Johnson (3) and Jessica Strickland. W - Stangel (13-0). L - DaVault (0-1).

HITS: LC - Short, Shippy 2, Stangel 2, Rowe 3, Yurick 3, Wilson, Linahan 3, Jackson 3. Spt - none. 2B - Jackson 2, Rowe 2, Yurick. HR - Shippy, Stangel.

SECOND GAME

Lake City 6(12)6 - 24 23 0

Sandpoint 000 - 0 0 2

Jordan McCracken and Yanessa Shippy; Johnson, DaVault (2), Casey Bottomley (2) and Strickland. W - McCracken (1-0). L - Johnson (0-1).

HITS: LC - Short 4, Shippy, Stangel 3, Rowe, Yurick 2, Wilson 4, Edwards 4, Jackson 3. Spt - none.

BASEBALL

Coeur d'Alene 14

Lakeland 3

COEUR d'ALENE - Senior Drew Turbin hit a grand slam in a 10-run seventh inning as the Vikings defeated the Hawks in a nonleague game at Ted Page Field.

"The kids played pretty well," Coeur d'Alene coach Nick Rook said. "Overall it was a good day and we were happy to get outside. Now we'll get ready and get it up for this weekend."

Colin Comack went 3 for 5 and Bubba Duran went 2 for 5 with three RBIs for Coeur d'Alene (15-1), which hosts Lewiston in a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader on Saturday.

Derek Donoian and Cody Vandever had two hits apiece for Lakeland (7-9), which travels to Timberlake today.

Coeur d'Alene 102 100 10 - 14 16 2

Lakeland 002 100 0 - 3 6 2

Mikey Schmidt, Alex Gunnerson (5), Colin Comack and Levi Pereira, Colby DeHaas (7); Reece Dietrich, Derek Donioan (4), Joe Schwalbach (7) and Luke Howell. W - Schmidt (3-1). L - Dietrich.

HITS: Cd'A - Duran 2, Lambert 2, Turbin 3, Lockhert, Comack 3, L. Pereira, J. Pereira 2. LL - Carr, Denonan 2, Cooper, Vandever 2. 2B - Lambert, Turbin. HR - Turbin (4).

Lake City 14

Sandpoint 7

SANDPOINT - Sam Fortis and Mitch Bevacqua each hit a home run to lead the Timberwolves to a nonleague win over the Bulldogs at War Memorial Field.

Lake City had seven extra base hits, overcoming some shaky defense and providing starter Grant Curtis with plenty of run support.

"Our wheels came off defensively and our bats came on and saved them" said Lake City head coach Al Bevacqua. "Our bats were Les Schwab today - they came and fixed our repairs."

Fortis had four hits, with Bevacqua and Pete Hoffman getting two apiece for Lake City (7-8), which hosts Lewiston on Tuesday.

Lake City 230 203 4 - 14 13 5

Sandpoint 005 200 0 - 7 4 3

Grant Curtis, Pete Hoffman (7) and Ben Cheevers; Markus Davis, Caleb Nishimoto (6) and Eddo Feyen. W - Curtis. L - Davis (1-1).

HITS: LC - Smyly, Hoffman 2, Bevacqua 2, Pattis 2, Fortis 4, Combo, Houlihan. Spt - Nikssarian, Olin, Schwartz, Hamilton. 2B - Smyly, Hoffman, Bevacqua, Fortis. 3B - Pattis. HR - Bevacqua, Fortis.

TENNIS

Lake City 6

Sandpoint 6

COEUR d'ALENE -

The teams of Maggie Heidenreich and Bree Duran and Karmen Frampton and Raveena Padda swept girls doubles matches for the Timberwolves as they tied the Bulldogs in a tennis dual.

Lake City travels to the Inland Empire League tournament on Friday in Spokane.

BOYS SINGLES - No. 1, Luke Ness, LC, d. Kevin Kirby, 6-0, 6-1. No. 2, Matt Finney, LC, d. Kane Wijngaarden, 6-2, 6-1. No. 3, Kevin Buchalo, Spt, d. Peter Youngblood, 6-4, 6-0.

BOYS DOUBLES - No. 1, Drew Buckmiller/Michael Buckmiller, Spt., d. Nick Kuisti/Jordan Cates, 6-1, 6-3. No. 2, Garrett Suppiger/Carson Nygren, Spt, d. Seth Helbling/Ryan Tiffany, 6-4, 6-0.

GIRLS SINGLES - No. 1, Sophia Meulenberg, Spt., d. Ronique Padda, 7-5, 6-3. No. 2, Haley Kausen, LC, d. Darby Pierce, 6-2, 6-3. No. 3, Hailey Little, LC, d. Amanda Hayes, 6-2, 6-2.

GIRLS DOUBLES - No. 1, Maggie Heidenreich/Bree Duran, LC, d. Kennedy Search/Michele Rockwell, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5. No. 2, Karmen Frampton/Raveena Padda, LC, d. Courtney Windju/Megan Rockwell, 7-6 (12-10), 7-5.

MIXED DOUBLES - No. 1, Steven Gavin/Mica Wolcott, Spt. d. Dylan Johnson/Hannah Olvera, 6-2, 6-4. No. 2, Alex Hon/Nicolette Jessen, Spt., d. Briley Moreno/Leah Langdon, 6-3, 6-3.

Skipper wins

in playoff

Lake City senior Spencer Skipper shot a 2-over par 72 and was the low shooter in the playoff to earn boys medalist honors during the Lakeland Invitational at Twin Lakes Village Golf Club.

Coeur d'Alene won the boys title with a 305, with 3A Kellogg finishing second at 316.

Skipper defeated teammate Kevin Porto in a playoff. Lakeland's Derek Bayley and Coeur d'Alene's Brennan Stillinger and Mike Porter finished one shot back at 73.

Amy Hasenoerhl of Lewiston won girls medalist with a 76 as the Bengals won the girls team title by three shots over Moscow.

At Twin Lakes Village Golf Club

Par 70

6,277 yards

MEDALIST - Spencer Skipper, Lake City, 72.

COEUR d'ALENE (305) - Brennan Stillinger 73, Hunter Kraft 79, Mike Porter 73, John Duffin 80, Kyle Kaufman 81.

KELLOGG (316) - Justin Margason 76, Dillon Stovern 78, Dain Harden 78, Teado Hulstrom 84, Jesse Lambert 97.

MOSCOW (318) - Cooper Wright 76, Garrett Adair 75, Jake Verlin 83, Kevin Peterson 84, Ryan Morrison 85.

POST FALLS (320) - Trevor Fedele 83, Kenny Dodge 74, Corey Beaver 78, Devine Lewis 85, Dillon Beaver 89.

LAKE CITY (323) - Spencer Skipper 72, Kevin Porto 72, Matt Creighton 89, James Hunt 91, Zach Culpepper 90.

LEWISTON (327) - Brennan Hansen 82, John Forsmann 78, Cody Schumacher 86, Bryce Krall 81, Seth Miller 92.

ST. MARIES (332) - Dan Masterson 81, Satchel Schetzle 80, Ryan McNulty 82, Jake Mercer 89, Bryan Jensen 89.

TIMBERLAKE (336) - Andrew VanWingerden 80, Dylan VanWingerden 81, Jared Sanders 80, Sam Ross 95, Walker Herring 105.

LAKELAND (339) - Derek Bayley 73, Lucas Portello 89, Devon Clark 86, Dyllan Darrington 91, Aron Tesulov 91.

SANDPOINT (374) - Mike Lewis 79, David Currie 92, Trevor Litzell 99, Jared Presnell 104, Jerry Hanford 114.

BONNERS FERRY (375) - Aaron Moe 85, Chase Mellon 88, Aaron Smith 102, Coltes Wynsma 100, CJ Smith 108.

Par 68

5,915 yards

MEDALIST - Amy Hasenoerhl, Lewiston, 76.

LEWISTON (338) - Amy Hasenoehrl 76, Danny Jagelski 85, Kayla Kirk 87, Sarah Sanders 95, Jessica Rigney 90.

MOSCOW (341) - Kati Greear 77, Taylor Anderson 78, Nikki Tatham 80, Emma Kimberling 106.

LAKE CITY (393) - Kylie Skipper 100, Priscilla Duran 96, Kylie Johnson 95, Devyn Basham 119, Megan Williams 102.

COEUR d'ALENE (407) - Elsa Goodsen 104, Chelsea Porter 96, MacKenzie Phillips 97, Samira Obeid 116, Mikayla Davenport 110.

KELLOGG (409) - Kaceelyn Pouttu 80, Jessi Gibbons 97, Camry Mitten 108, Jill Dose 124, Erin Garner 126.

POST FALLS (424) - Maddie Dodge 80, Hayley Serdahl 97, Chelsea Simas 117, Sarah Emerson 130, Hannah White 144.

LAKELAND (460) - Chelsea Bayley 87, Brook Tingey 106, Becca Jenkins 120, Aubree Thompson 147.

TIMBERLAKE (502) - Madi Hauck 95, Amanda Swanson 128, Shanel Cunningham 145, Costance Dove 134.

ST. MARIES (531) - Kelsie Ragan 120, Candacce Aguirre 126, Katelyn McQueen 144, MaKenna Balbi 141, Haylee Waddell 147.