Lake City's Stangel no-hits Bullpups

SOFTBALL

SPOKANE - Sophomore Casey Stangel struck out eight and retired the last 14 batters she faced as the Lake City Timberwolves defeated the Gonzaga Prep Bullpups 10-0 in five innings in their season opener Thursday.

"I thought it was a good first outing for only being on the dirt two times this year," Lake City coach Laura Tolzmann said. "Offensively, we did really well and Casey nearly had a perfect game in the circle."

Junior Katie Rowe went 3 for 3 with three RBIs, including two solo home runs for Lake City, which travels to Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday.

Stangel also hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning.

Lake City 221 50 - 10 9 0

Gonzaga Prep 000 00 - 0 0 2

Game was called after five innings due to 10-run rule.

Casey Stangel and Mariah Linahan; Shelby Harbison, Amy Schmidt (5) and Lauren Ramsey. W - Stangel (1-0). L - Harbison.

HITS: LC - Short 2, Stangel, Rowe 3, Yurick, Jackson 2. GP - none. 2B - Short, Yurick, Jackson. HR - Stangel, Rowe 2.

Coeur d'Alene 2

University 1

COEUR d'ALENE - Senior Jessica Lupinacci drove a two-out pitch into the left field gap to lift the Vikings to a nonleague win over the Titans at Larry Schwenke Field.

"Jessica really showed her senior leadership today," Coeur d'Alene coach Larry Bieber said. "She willed herself into getting that hit. Things like that make it fun to be the coach."

Lindsie Scholwinski had seven strikeouts for Coeur d'Alene (3-0), which travels to Mt. Spokane on Saturday.

University 000 001 0 - 1 5 3

Coeur d'Alene 000 001 1 - 2 7 0

Two out when winning run scored.

Johnson, Hecker (5) and Warren; Lindsie Scholwinski and Teigan Lockwood. W - Scholwinski (2-0). L - Hecker.

HITS: U - Moon, Wasserman 2, Cleveland, Moraies. Cd'A - Parker, Lupinacci 2, Scholwinski, Rasmussen 2, Spencer. 2B - Moon.

BASEBALL

Coeur d'Alene JV 7

St. Maries 6

HAYDEN - Ransom Storm and Devon Loy had five strikeouts apiece for the Vikings JV team in a win over the Lumberjacks in the nonleague opener for both schools.

"I thought it was a pretty clean game for both teams considering neither had been outside much," St. Maries coach Craig Tefft said. "We just had too many strikeouts and left too many guys on base."

Ashton Stephenson and D.J. Turner each hit two-run home runs in the fourth inning for St. Maries, which hosts Potlatch on Tuesday.

St. Maries 002 400 0 - 6 6 1

Coeur d'Alene 022 012 x - 7 9 2

Jaden Guidry, Bubba Pugh (2), Ryan Sullivan (6) and Brad Anderson; Storm, Nuttelman (3), Loy (4) and Pereira. W - Loy. L - Sullivan (0-1).

HITS: SM - Stephenson, Pugh, Guidry, Barber, Stapleton, Turner. Cd'A - Robbins, Storm, Nuttleman, Sutton, Loy, Wingharn, Robb, McKnight 2. 2B - Pugh, Robbins, Storm. HR - Stephenson, Turner.