Rasmussen sparks Vikings

SOFTBALL

COEUR d'ALENE - Chelsey Rasmussen hit a three-run home run in the first inning as the Coeur d'Alene Vikings defeated the Post Falls Trojans 11-4 in a 5A Inland Empire League game Tuesday at Larry Schwenke Field.

"We were swinging the bats really well today and playing great defense," Coeur d'Alene coach Larry Bieber said. "That's very important going into the district tournament. We're playing really good defense as a team right now."

The win leaves Coeur d'Alene (13-5, 6-5 5A IEL) trailing Lewiston (14-6, 6-4) by a half-game entering play today. Lewiston travels to Lake City for a doubleheader today, while the Vikings travel to Lake City on Thursday.

"We've got Lake City in our final regular season game of the year," Bieber said. "We'll need to get a win there to get a better seeding. If both Lewiston and us lose at Lake City, we'll have the same record and it will come down to a coin flip. I know tails never fails, but it always does when I call it."

Rachel Collins had an RBI triple and Dara Kolar had an RBI single in the third inning for Post Falls (4-16, 0-11), which travels to Lakeland today.

Post Falls 003 100 0 - 4 8 3

Coeur d'Alene 503 003 x - 11 12 0

Rachel Collins and Dara Kolar; Nikki Ragsdale, Lindsie Scholwinski (5) and Teigan Lockwood, Rashell Shaffer (5). W - Ragsdale (6-2). L - Collins (4-12).

HITS: PF - King, Collins, Kolar, Floch, Walker, Schuler 2, Gonzales. Cd'A - Parker 3, Tindall, Lupinacci, Scholwinski 2, Rasmussen 2, Petit, Ball 2. 2B - Scholwinski. 3B - Gonzales, Collins, Scholwinski. HR - Rasmussen (2).

BASEBALL

Coeur d'Alene 3-10

Post Falls 2-4

POST FALLS - The 5A Inland Empire League-leading Vikings held off the Trojans in the opener, then jumped on the hosts early in the second game.

Drew Turbin went 3 for 3 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored in the opener for Coeur d’Alene (19-1, 10-0), which has won 13 straight games. Jake Pereira pitched four no-hit innings before leaving on a pitch count.

Bordyn Grieser led off the seventh with a single to break up the no-hitter for Post Falls (6-9, 3-8), and Riley Denney followed with a two-run homer. The Trojans put two more runners on, but Tony Davidson’s fly ball to right center field was caught to end the game.

“We battled,” Post Falls coach Mick Zeller said. “We made some plays defensively, and the only two errors we had led to their runs.”

In the second game, Colin Comack’s two-run single keyed a five-run third inning for Coeur d’Alene. Kaleb DeHaas hit a solo homer in the fifth inning and Levi Pereira hit a two-run shot in the seventh.

Denney hit a two-run double in Post Falls’ four-run fourth.

Post Falls travels to Lakeland today at 4.

Coeur d’Alene visits Lake City on Thursday.

FIRST GAME

Coeur d’Alene 001 001 1 — 3 10 0

Post Falls 000 000 2 — 2 2 2

Jake Pereira, Ransom Storm (5) and Kaleb DeHaas; Zach Carter and Matt Hammond. W — Pereira (9-0). L — Carter (2-1).

HITS: Cd’A — Roletto 2, Lambert, Turbin 3, Comack 3, L. Pereira. PF — Grieser, Denney. 2B — Roletto, Turbin 2. HR — Denney (1).

SECOND GAME

Coeur d’Alene 205 010 2 — 10 9 1

Post Falls 000 400 0 — 4 3 2

Alex Gunnerson, Logan Brastrup (4) and Levi Pereira; Tony Davidson, Matt Hammond (6) and Tyler Booth. W — Brastrup. L — Davidson (1-4).

HITS: Cd’A — Lambert 2, Turbin, Lockhert, Comack, DeHaas, L. Pereira 2, Baracco. PF — Reeder, Denney, Carter. 2B — Denney. 3B — Lockhert. HR — DeHaas, L. Pereira.

Sandpoint 6-3

Lakeland 3-5

RATHDRUM — Eric Nikssarian had two hits and earned the save in the first game for the visiting Bulldogs and Luke Howell singled to score Gage Long in the sixth inning of the nightcap to break a 3-all tie as the Hawks battled back to earn a split of their 4A Inland Empire League doubleheader at Lakeland High.

“Basically, we booted the ball all stinking day,” said Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury of the team’s six errors in the first game. “All of their runs in the fourth inning were unearned runs. We’d been playing good defense up until today and our bats have been there — but our heads weren’t in it today.”

In the seventh inning of the first game, Sandpoint scored an insurance run as Nikssarian singled and came around to score, stealing home on a 3-2 pitch with two outs.

“The umpire motioned like it was a strike and our catcher started walking back to the dugout,” Bradbury said. “I don’t know if our catcher heard it was a strike, but their coach came out and asked what was going on and he said he called it a ball. It’s one of those freaky deals that could only happen in baseball. We definitely out-hit them, but you’ve got to hand it to Sandpoint. They made plays in the field and (Caleb) Nishimoto pitched six really good innings and they took advantage of our errors. Good teams will do that.”

Daniel Mobeck went 3 for 4 in the first game with two runs scored for Lakeland.

In the second game, Cody Vandever hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning to tie the game at 3-3 with one out.

“Cody’s home run got our juices flowing again,” Bradbury said.

With the split, Lakeland (9-10, 2-4 4A IEL) remains a game behind Sandpoint (5-14, 3-5) with the Hawks set to host Moscow in a doubleheader on Thursday. If Lakeland wins both, the Hawks will host the opening game of regionals on Saturday, but if Moscow wins one, Lakeland will travel to Sandpoint.

Lakeland hosts Post Falls today at 4.

FIRST GAME

Sandpoint 004 000 2 — 6 5 1

Lakeland 102 000 0 — 3 10 6

Caleb Nishimoto, Eric Nikssarian (7) and Eddo Feyen; Cody Vandever, Reece Dietrich (7) and A.J. Walls. W — Nishimoto. L — Vandever (3-2). S — Nikksarian.

HITS: Spt — Nikssarian 2, Gordon, Lang, Hamilton. LL — Carr, Mobeck 3, Cooper, Burnett 2, Vandever, Whitesitt, Long. 2B — Mobeck, Vandever.

SECOND GAME

Sandpoint 002 100 0 — 3 5 1

Lakeland 000 123 x — 5 8 0

Tevin Hamilton and Eddo Feyen; Daniel Mobeck and Luke Howell. W — Mobeck (2-2). L — Hamilton.

HITS: Spt — Nitcy, Nikssarian, Olin, Lang, Schwartz. LL — Carr 2, Burnett 2, Vandever 2, Donoian, Howell. 2B — Carr, Vandever, Lang. HR — Vandever (1).

Kootenai sweeps

at North Star meet

SILVERTON — Jacob Zarpentine (discus throw, 110/300 hurdles), Hayden Kraack (long jump, 100 meters, 200) and Ellison Schultz (1,600, 3,200, 800) came away victorious for Kootenai, which won the boys and girls team titles at the North Star League meet at the Sather Field Athletic Complex.

It was Kootenai boys’ fourth straight league title, and second straight for the Warrior girls.

Lamont Higgins won the high jump and 400 for the Lakeside boys, who finished third.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Kootenai 117. 2, Wallace 57. 3, Lakeside 40. 4, Clark Fork 39.

Pole vault — 1, Carter Napierala, Kootenai, 10-0. 2, Jake Zarpentine, Kootenai, 10-0. 3, Greg Wallace, Kootenai, 10-0. Shot put — 1, Lewey Wilburn, Wallace, 40-1 3/4. 2, James Becker, Clark Fork, 40-5. 3, Joe Anderson, Kootenai, 36-9 1/2. Discus — 1, Jake Zarpentine, Kootenai, 111-7 1/2. 2, Jeremy Stivers, Lakeside, 109-0. 3, James Becker, Clark Fork, 106-4. Triple jump — 1, Brandon Smith, Lakeside, 38-5. 2, Hayden Kraack, Kootenai, 38-2. 3, Jeremy Stivers, Lakeside, 36-11 1/2. Long jump — 1, Hayden Kraack, Kootenai, 19-5. 2, Brandon Smith, Lakeside, 17-11 1/2. 3, Lamont Higgins, Lakeside, 17-7. High jump — 1, Lamont Higgins, Lakeside, 5-6. 2, Stephen Heinig, Wallace, 5-4. 3, Joe Anderson, Kootenai, 5-0.

3,200 — 1, Max Frazier, Clark Fork, 10:56. 2, Ry Butler, Kootenai, 11:28. 3, Hadley McInturff, Kootenai, 12:55. 110 hurdles — 1, Jake Zarpentine, Kootenai, 17.03. 2, Brandon Carman, Kootenai, 17.75. 3, Matthew Speelman, Kootenai, 18.00. 4x200 relay — 1, Wallace, 1:41.59. 2, Kootenai, 1:50.98. 100 — 1, Hayden Kraack, Kootenai, 11.62. 2, Jeremy Stivers, Lakeside, 11.96. 3, White, Clark Fork, 12.15. 800 — 1, Max Frazier, Clark Fork, 2:17.06. 2, Daniel Chilgren, Wallace, 2:21.14. 3, Cory Belville, Clark Fork, 2:90.06. 4x100 relay — 1, Wallace, 48.57. 2, Kootenai, 49.90. 3, Lakeside, 59.99.

400 — 1, Lamont Higgins, Lakeside, 1:00.55. 2, Jon Dellinger, Wallace, 1:00.81. 3, Cory Bellville, Clark Fork, 1:02.15. 300 hurdles — 1, Jake Zarpentine, Kootenai, 45.03. 2, Kale White, Clark Fork, 45.10. 3, Brandon Carman, Kootenai, 45.12. Medley relay — 1, Clark Fork, 4:14.60. 2, Wallace, 4:22.22. 3, Kootenai, 4:25.21. 200 — 1, Hayden Kraack, Kootenai, 24.14. 2, Zac Hatfield, Wallace, 24.85. 3, Francisco Midence, Wallace, 25.34. 1,600 — 1, Ry Butler, Kootenai, 5:50. 2, Philip Palmiter, Kootenai, 5:53. 3, Michael Davis, Wallace, 6:00.37. 4x400 relay — 1, Kootenai, no time listed. 2, Wallace, no time listed.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Kootenai 100. 2, Lakeside 81. 3, Clark Fork 64. 4, Wallace. 5, Mullan 28.

Shot put — 1, Jamie Dodge, Wallace, 32-10 1/4. 2, Ana Parker, Kootenai, 31-7 1/2. 3, Shannon Miller, 29-10 3/4. Pole vault — 1, Olivia Kincheloe, Kootenai, 7-6. 2, Ellison Schultz, Kootenai, 7-6. 3, Ashley Layton, Kootenai, 6-6. Discus — 1, Avery Brown-Sonder, Lakeside, 91-1 1/2. 2, Shannon Miller, Lakeside, 86-6 1/2. 3, Joelle Miller, Lakeside, 83-10. Triple jump — 1, Joelle Miller, Lakeside, 30-5 1/2. 2, Kiana Aros, Wallace, 29-5 1/4. 3, Amanda Pehan, Wallace, 29-2 1/2. Long jump — 1, Stephanie Hill, Wallace, 19-5. 2, Mariah Miller, Clark Fork, 19-3. 3, Zara Palmer, Clark Fork, 13-11 1/2. High jump — 1, Morgan Koenig, Mullan, 4-9. 2, Kiana Aros, Wallace, 4-8. 3, Kami McKinnon, Mullan, 4-6.

3,200 — 1, Ellison Schultz, Kootenai, 13:45. 2, Miranda Griggs, Kootenai, 13:56. 3, Jennifer Mitchell, Lakeside, 16:09. 100 hurdles — 1, Miaka Chittenden, Lakeside, 1.14. 2, Ashley Olding, Clark Fork, 18.63. 3, Zara Palmer, Clark Fork, 18.72. 4x200 relay — 1, Kootenai, 2:00.03. 2, Wallace, 2:00.98. 100 — 1, Mariah Miller, Clark Fork, 13.43. 2, Kami McKinnon, Mullan, 13.94. 3, Kendall Walton, Kootenai, 14.17. 800 — 1, Ellison Schultz, Kootenai, 2:48.86. 2, Desiree Westphal, Clark Fork, 2:58.58. 3, Miranda Griggs, Kootenai, 3:04.10. 4x100 relay — 1, Kootenai, 55.16. 2, Wallace, 57.92. 3, Lakeside, 1:02.83.

400 — 1, Michelle Whaley, Lakeside, 1:18.18. 300 hurdles — 1, Zara Palmer, Clark Fork, 52.36. 2, Miaka Chittenden, Lakeside, 56.31. 3, Kaitlyn Hoffman, Wallace, 1:04.14. Medley relay — 1, Clark Fork, 2:04.44. 2, Kootenai, 2:06.88. 3, Lakeside, 2:50.21. 200 — 1, Mariah Miller, Clark Fork, 27.9. 2, Kami McKinnon, Mullan, 29.25. 3, Michaela White, Kootenai, 29.55. 1,600 – 1, Ellison Schultz, Kootenai, 6:20.19. 2, Miranda Griggs, Kootenai, 6:28.25. 3, Amanda Pehan, Wallace, 6:37.15. 4x400 relay — 1, Lakeside, no time listed.

TENNIS

Sandpoint 10

Lakeland 1

SANDPOINT — Laszlo Asztlos won at No. 1 boys singles for the Hawks’ lone victory at Travers Park.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Laszlo Asztlos, LL, d. Kane Wijngaarden, 6-4, 7-6. No. 2, Kevin Kirby, Spt, d. Godwin Peck, 6-3, 6-4. No. 3, Kevin Bucalo, Spt, d. Felix Bochmann, 6-3, 1-0 (rain).

BOYS DOUBLES — Exhibition: Asztlos/Peck, LL, d. Drew Buckmiller/Micah Buckmiller, 6-2, 1-0 (rain). No. 2, Gerhart Suppiger/Carson Nygren, Spt, d. Mason Upton/Will Cowlumbe, 6-0, 6-1.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Sophia Meulenberg, Spt, d. Sam Goodman, 6-0, 6-1. No. 2, Darby Pierce, Spt, d. Gina Titterington, 6-1, 6-0. No. 3, Amanda Hayes, Spt, d. Joana Caetano, 6-3, 6-2.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Kennedy Search/Michele Rockwell, Spt, d. Kiki Russell/Taylor Hamilton, 6-0, 6-1. No. 2, Courtney Windju/Megan Rockwell, Spt, d. Kim Rubin/Kendra Stubbs, 6-0, 6-1.

MIXED DOUBLES — Steven Gavin/Mica Wolcott, Spt, d. Scott Campbell/Taylor Patik, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2, Jacob Carothers/Nicolette Jessen, Spt, d. Ethan McGaughy/Alexa Zieglar, 6-0, 6-1.

Post Falls 7

Cd’A Charter 6

POST FALLS — Cyrus Bowlin and Raul Mondragon rallied to win their No. 1 doubles match, but the visiting Panthers fell to the Trojans 7-6 in a nonleague match.

“They’re really starting to peak now,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Eileen Johnson said. “We’re looking for them to place in the top four at districts. The boys have been getting good practice and I’m looking for them to do well.”

Coeur d’Alene Charter hosts Lakeland on Thursday at the Cherry Hill courts.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Michael Tucker, PF, d. Mitch Ketron, 6-3. No. 2, Dakota Buroker, PF, d. Jay Brewer, 6-4.

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Cyrus Bowlin/Raul Mondragon, Cd’A Charter, d. Matt Bialy/Dakota Buroker, 6-5 (7-3). No. 2, Nathan McCloud/Alex Marmon, PF, d. Matt McWhorter/Ryan Meech, 6-4. No. 3, Parker Matthews/Caleb Dreschel, Cd’A Charter, d. Alex Dituri/Drew Stephsen, 6-2.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 2, Mindi Grantham, Cd’A Charter, d. Serena Porter, 6-3.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Lynn Babich/Sierra Pancoast, Cd’A Charter, d. Coralynn McKasty/Mireyah Hernandez, 6-0. No. 2, Lura Bonney/Ariana Smalley, Cd’A Charter, d. Illia Robertson/Meagan Deuser, 6-4. No. 3, Gabi Spano/Melissa Wilhelm, PF, d. Angela Ader/Sophie Adams, 6-1. No. 4, Serena Porter/Megan Morzewski, PF, d. Mindi Grantham/Gabby Thompson-Hoots, 6-2.

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Michael Tucker/Brittany Engle, PF, d. James George/Olivia Burkett, 6-2. No. 2, Ben Payton/Erica Pofahl, PF, d. Jay Brewer/Rebecca Winzer, 6-2. No. 3, Parker Matthews/Rebecca Winzer, Cd’A Charter, d. Hope Christian/MIchael Hardy, 6-2.

LACROSSE

Gonzaga Prep 12

Coeur d’Alene 8

SPOKANE — Cory Mortensen had five goals and two assists for Coeur d’Alene, which lost for the first time in North Idaho Lacrosse League play this season.

Gonzaga Prep (10-1 NILL) moved ahead of Cd’A into first place with the win.

Coeur d’Alene (8-4, 8-1 NILL) plays host to Lake City on Friday.

COEUR d’ALENE — Goals: Cory Mortensen 5, Chris Myers 1, Robby Jenkins 2. Assists: Mortensen 2. Saves: John Moore 9.

GONZAGA PREP — statistics not available.

Bonners Ferry 9

Lake City 7

BONNERS FERRY — Stephen Bachmann and Mitch Carroll had three goals apiece as host Bonners Ferry defeated Lake City in a North Idaho Lacrosse League match.

Jesse Hansen had three goals and an assist for Lake City (4-4, 4-4 NILL), which travels to Coeur d’Alene on Friday night.

LAKE CITY — Goals: Jesse Hansen 3, Max Evans 2, Nate Webb 2. Assists: Hansen 1, Evans 1, Webb 1. Saves: Cam Veeder 10.

BONNERS FERRY — Goals: Stephen Bachmann 3, Mitch Carroll 3, Zack Wilson 2, Kyle Mullin 1. Assists: Bachmann 1. Saves: Wesley Kreiner 4.