PREP ROUNDUP: Vikings swept in season opener
* BASEBALL
MERIDIAN - Levi Pereira hit a sacrifice fly and Bubba Duran had a two-run single in a three-run fifth inning in the second game for the Coeur d'Alene Vikings, who fell 5-2 and 9-4 in their season opening nonleague doubleheader against the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies of Meridian on Friday.
Joe Roletto hit a sacrifice fly in the third inning for Coeur d'Alene to score Mikey Schmidt. Coeur d'Alene added a run on an error in the top of the fifth, but the Grizzles answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning to take the lead for good.
Duran allowed four runs, three earned, over five innings for Coeur d'Alene, which won the consolation title last year at the state 5A tournament.
"Bubba threw really, really well," Coeur d'Alene coach Nick Rook said. "We just made some early-season mistakes. We were in the game and got out of some innings, but Rocky is probably the best team in the state."
The Grizzlies went two and out at state last year, but are off to a 7-0 start this season.
In the second game, Coeur d'Alene scored two runs on an error in the fifth inning to tie the game at 4, but Rocky Mountain answered with four runs in the bottom of the inning. Duran and Sean Sutton each went 2 for 4 in the second game for the Vikings.
Coeur d'Alene faces Centennial High in a doubleheader today.
FIRST GAME
Coeur d'Alene 001 010 0 - 2 4 2
Rocky Mountain 110 021 x - 5 7 2
Bubba Duran, Nick Nyquist (6) and Levi Pereira; Blake Thoren, Johnny McNerney and Luke Holloway.
HITS: Cd'A - Duran, Pereira 2, Schmidt. RM - Anderson, Holloway, Feist 2, Smith 2, Zanoni. 2B - Zanoni.
SECOND GAME
Coeur d'Alene 000 130 0 - 4 7 2
Rocky Mountain 102 141 x - 9 8 1
Ransom Storm, Mark Nuttleman (5), Sean Sutton (6) and Levi Pereira; Bryce Feist, Dakota Weindel (5), Daniel Weindel (7) and Luke Holloway.
HITS: Cd'A - Duran 2, S. Sutton 2, D. Sutton, O'Hagan, Kluss. RM - Anderson 2, Holloway, Feist, Smith, Zanoni 2, Abraham. 2B - S. Sutton, Zanoni.
* POSTPONEMENTS
Today's Bonners Ferry Invitational track and field meet has been postponed due to snow. No makeup date has been set.