PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Valente fuels Post Falls sweep
POST FALLS - Senior Taylor Valente went 7 for 8 with five runs scored for the Post Falls Trojans as they swept the Lake City Timberwolves 16-12 and 10-5 in a 5A Inland Empire League baseball doubleheader on Saturday.
Post Falls (9-8, 5-6 5A IEL) can clinch the second seed to the 5A Region 1 tournament with a Lake City (5-10, 2-7) doubleheader split against Lewiston (7-11, 3-7) on Tuesday or a Trojans win at Coeur d'Alene on Monday.
If Lewiston wins twice, the Bengals will be the No. 2 seed, moving Post Falls to third and Lake City to fourth. Lake City concludes the regular season at Coeur d'Alene on Thursday.
In the first game, Zack Reeder and Ryan Hunt hit two-run doubles in the first inning for Post Falls.
Mitch Bevacqua hit a three-run double to the left field wall to tie the game at 10.
"It was a big day for us," Post Falls coach Dustin Frank said. "We didn't play the best baseball in the world, but our bats picked us up today. We played well as a team and we're starting to come together."
Sam Schultz hit a two-run single in the second inning of the second game for Lake City.
"It's fun to play them," said Frank of Lake City. "Coach (Al) Bevacqua does a good job with them. They bounced right back (after trailing 9-0 in the first game). It's cool to see teams do that and have some pride and step up."
FIRST GAME
Lake City 082 010 1 - 12 9 3
Post Falls 911 230 x - 16 10 4
Austin Lake and Ethan Brandt; Dylan Charbonneau, Austin Swift-Olsbie (6), Zack Reeder (6) and Matt Hammond. W - Charbonneau (2-2). L - Lake (0-4).
HITS: LC - Burgess, Bevacqua, Mayfield, Cooke 2, Lake, Brandt, Kedia 2. PF - Valente 3, Reeder 2, Gomer 2, Bushbaker 2, Hunt. 2B - Bevacqua, Kedia, Valente 2, Reeder, Hunt.
SECOND GAME
Lake City 140 000 0 - 5 4 1
Post Falls 016 003 x - 10 11 0
J.J. Winger and Reilly Cherry; Zack Reeder, Austin Bushbaker (7) and Nate Gomer. W - Reeder (4-1). L - Winger (1-4).
HITS: LC - Burgess, Bevacqua, Schultz, Kedia. PF - Givens 2, Valente 3, Gomer 2, Bushbaker, Hunt, Hammond 2. 2B - Valente 2, Kedia.
Coeur d'Alene 17-16
Lewiston 1-13
COEUR d'ALENE - Senior Joe Roletto hit three home runs - two in a 12-run first inning - for the Vikings, who swept a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader with the Bengals at Ted Page Field.
Roletto hit a solo home run and a three-run homer in the first for Coeur d'Alene, and finished with six RBIs in the opener. D.J. Sutton also hit a three-run home run for Coeur d'Alene in the first inning and finished with six RBIs.
In the second game, Levi Pereira went 3 for 5 with four RBIs and Bubba Duran drove in four runs for Coeur d'Alene (18-2, 10-0 5A IEL), which has already clinched the league title and hosts Post Falls on Tuesday.
Ryan Roth had three RBIs in the second game for Lewiston (7-11, 3-7), which travels to Lake City for a doubleheader on Tuesday.
FIRST GAME
Lewiston 000 01 - 1 6 2
Coeur d'Alene (12)32 0x - 17 17 0
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Ralstin, Fuller (2) and Tyler Charlo; Bubba Duran, Sean Sutton (4), Mark Nuttleman and Levi Pereira. W - Duran (5-1). L - Ralstin.
HITS: Lew - Fuller, Ralstin, Tibbits 2, Meachem, Damato. Cd'A - Robbins 2, Roletto 3, Pereira 2, Duran 3, D. Sutton 2, DeHaas 3, Nyquist, Schmidt. 2B - Pereira, D. Sutton, DeHaas 2. HR - Roletto 3 (3), D. Sutton (1).
SECOND GAME
Lewiston 000 904 0 - 13 9 2
Coeur d'Alene 164 050 x - 16 14 2
Agueda, Damato (3), Ryan Roth (3) and Tyler Charlo; Mikey Schmidt, Logan Brastrup (4), Nick Nyquist (4), Ransom Storm (4), Bubba Duran (7) and Pereira. W - Schmidt (7-0). L - Agueda. S - Duran (1).
HITS: Lew - Fuller 3, Brooks 2, Meachem 2, Charlo 2, Roth. Cd'A - Roletto 2, Pereira 3, Duran 2, D. Sutton, DeHaas, S. Sutton 3, Schmidt, Storm. 2B - DeHaas 2. 3B - S. Sutton 2. HR - Pereira (8), Duran (3).
Lakeland 12-16
Timberlake 1-7
SPIRIT LAKE - John Galbraith hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning of the first game and Evan Johnson was 3 for 5 with three RBIs in the second game for the Hawks, who swept a nonleague doubleheader against the Tigers.
Eric Cooper had an RBI triple in the first game and Troy Carr went 3 for 5 with three RBIs in the second for Lakeland (11-5), which travels to Moscow on Monday for a 4A Inland Empire League doubleheader.
Hunter Tonkin hit a two-run double in the second game for Timberlake (10-5), which travels to Kellogg on Tuesday.
FIRST GAME
Lakeland 001 137 - 12 13 0
Timberlake 100 000 - 1 3 2
Game called after 6 innings due to 10-run rule.
Jeremy McKinney and A.J. Walls; Hunter Tonkin, Bryce Johnson (6), John Galloway (6) and Austin Allen. W - McKinney (3-1). L - Tonkin (2-1).
HITS: LL - Carr 2, Cooper 3, Johnson 2, Prockish 2, Galbreaith 2, Schwalbach, Marks. TL - Page, Masterson, Thiel. 2B - Page, Johnson, Galbraith. 3B - Cooper. HR - Galbraith.
SECOND GAME
Lakeland 10(10) 012 3 - 16 21 1
Timberlake 021 220 0 - 7 9 1
Jesse Marks, James Prockish (4), Troy Carr (5), Dustin Ceballos (7) and A.J. Walls; Mason Cramer, John Galloway (3), Casey Rogstad (5), J.D. Page (7) and Austin Allen. W - Marks (2-0). L - Cramer (0-1).
HITS: LL - Carr 3, Cooper 4, Collier 4, Johnson 3, Prockish, McKinney, Galbraith 3, Walls 2. TL - Allen 2, Page, Masterson, Stocks 2, Reese 2, Tonkin. 2B - Carr, Cooper, Collier 2, Allen, Reese, Tonkin. 3B - Carr.
St. Maries 7-12
Priest River 2-2
PRIEST RIVER - Ashton Stephenson struck out 12 batters and tripled in two runs in the first game for the visiting Lumberjacks in the Intermountain League sweep of the Spartans.
Stephenson walked one batter in throwing 87 pitches for first-place St. Maries (9-6, 8-1 IML), which travels to Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.
"He (Stephenson) had great command on the mound and had a great game offensively as well. He really stepped up for us today," St. Maries coach Craig Tefft said. "I was really pleased overall with our hitters one through nine. The kids have been seeing the ball well and now they're hitting the ball well. Now we just need to build on this success."
Isaac Walters went 3 for 4 in the second game and Ryan Sullivan received the win for the Lumberjacks after allowing seven hits.
Cameron Riley went 2 for 4 at the plate in the first game and Ashton Brooks 2 for 3 in the second game for Priest River (5-9, 4-6), which travels to Sandpoint on Monday.
FIRST GAME
St. Maries 130 000 3 - 7 8 0
Priest River 000 011 0 - 2 5 8
Ashton Stephenson and Ray Flowers; R.C. Akre, Dalton Sommer (7) and Tyler Barber. W - Stephenson (3-1). L - Akre (2-4).
HITS: SM - Stapleton, Stephenson, Turner, Barbour, Sullivan, Michael, Walters, Flowers. PR - Farnham, Riley 2, Barber, R. Akre. 2B - Walters, Barber, Akre. 3B - Stephenson.
SECOND GAME
St. Maries 009 201 - 12 10 0
Priest River 000 020 - 2 7 1
Game called after 6 innings due to 10-run rule.
Ryan Sullivan, David Barbour (6) and Ray Flowers; Jake Perkins, Ashton Brooks (3), Dalton Sommer (5) and Tyler Barber. W - Sullivan (2-2). L - Perkins (2-2).
HITS: SM - Stapleton 2, Stephenson, Turner, Sullivan, Michael, Walters 3, Flowers. PR - Akre 2, Brooks 2, Perkins, Edwards, King. 2B - Turner, Sullivan, Walters, Akre, Perkins.
Bonners Ferry 7-11
Kellogg 2-9
KELLOGG - Alex Awbrey allowed four hits in the first game and had two singles and a double in the second game as the Badgers swept an Intermountain League doubleheader from the Wildcats at Teeters Field.
Kellogg committed six errors and allowed six unearned runs in the first game.
In the second game, Kellogg walked the bases loaded and allowed five runs on four errors in the seventh inning.
Dustin Hendzel hit a three-run home run for Kellogg (2-10, 2-9 IML), which hosts Timberlake on Tuesday.
Bonners Ferry improves to 3-6 in league.
FIRST GAME
Bonners Ferry 200 011 3 - 7 4 0
Kellogg 100 000 1 - 2 4 6
Alex Awbrey and Alex Cunnigham; Ryan Beggerly, James Red (6) and Dustin Hendzel. W - Awbrey. L - Beggerly (0-4).
HITS: BF - Owinyo, Clarkson, Cunnigham, Neumeyer. Kell - Hendzel, Jerome, O'Brien, Red.
SECOND GAME
Bonners Ferry 201 012 5 - 11 9 2
Kellogg 013 010 4 - 9 9 4
Josiah Owinyo, Mike Clarkson (6) and Alex Cunnigham; Hayden Garner, Dustin Hendzel (6), James Red (7) and Hendzel, Beggerly (6). W - Owinyo. L - Garner (1-4).
HITS: BF - Miller 3, Awbrey 3, Clarkson, Woods, Skeen. Kell - Garner, Beggerly 2, Hendzel 2, Jerome 2, Galford 2. 2B - Awbrey, Beggerly. HR - Hendzel (3). Garner (2).
Wallace 4-0
Lakeland JV 3-8
OSBURN - Griff Rasmussen hit a walk-off single in the first game for the Miners and Dalton Strong pitched a two-hitter in the second game for the Hawks junior varsity as the teams split a doubleheader at Morehouse Field.
Casey McKinnon hit a two-run home run and struck out 11 in the first game for Wallace (6-5), which hosts Priest River on Tuesday.
Strong had seven strikeouts and Justin White had three RBIs in the second game for the Lakeland JV.
FIRST GAME
Lakeland JV 000 002 1 - 3 6 0
Wallace 200 000 2 - 4 8 2
Two out when winning run scored.
Dylan Piva, Gavin Whitesitt (3) and Logan Bruner; Casey McKinnon, Kidman Cook (7) and Tyler Beard. W - Cook (1-0). L - Whitesitt.
HITS: LL - Jackson, Bruner, Piva, White 2, Butcher. Wall - Brain, Beard 3, McKinnon, Rasmussen 2, Brackebusch. HR - McKinnon (1).
SECOND GAME
Lakeland 301 004 0 - 8 7 1
Wallace 000 000 0 - 0 2 5
Dalton Strong and Kris Jackson; Andrew Brackebusch, Tyler Beard (3), Mike Thompson (6) and Jack Long, Andrew Brackebusch (3). W - Strong. L - Brackebusch (0-1).
HITS: LL - Strong, Jackson, Crane, White 2, Piva, Howell. Wall - McKinnon, Rasmussen. 2B - Howell, White 2. 3B - Jackson.
Sandpoint at Moscow
MOSCOW - No report was received.