PREP ROUNDUP: Trojans denied trip to state
* BASEBALL
LEWISTON - Four outs from a trip to the state tournament for the first time since 2006, the wheels came off for the Post Falls Trojans.
After leading 3-1 on a two-run single by Nate Gomer in the third inning, Post Falls committed four errors in the bottom of the sixth inning, three coming with two out as the Lewiston Bengals rallied to defeat the Trojans 6-3 in the 5A Region 1 tournament runner-up game at Church Field.
Gil Givens hit an RBI double to tie the game at 1 in the third inning for Post Falls, which finishes 10-12.
"It was a tough loss," Post Falls coach Dustin Frank said. "Lewiston played a fundamentally sound game. It was a really tough loss for our kids to end the season, but things didn't go our way. Hopefully we'll learn from this and move on next year."
Freshman Ryan Hunt struck out four on the mound for Post Falls.
“Ryan pitched phenomenal,” Frank said. “It was his best outing he’d had all year. He did a really good job not trying to overpower them and didn’t allow any earned runs after the first inning. We just gave them seven outs in the sixth inning and couldn’t make anything happen.”
Tyler Charlo struck out five in four innings of relief for Lewiston (11-12), which advances to face Timberline (17-7) of Boise in the opening round of the state 5A tournament next Thursday at noon at Boise Hawks Stadium. Coeur d’Alene (22-2), which won the Region 1 title on Tuesday, opens vs. Mountain View (13-12) of Meridian next Thursday at 6:15 p.m. PDT.
Post Falls 003 000 0 — 3 5 4
Lewiston 100 005 x — 6 6 0
Ryan Hunt and Matt Hammond; Daniel Hasenoehrl, Tyler Charlo (4) and Charlo, Dalton Ewing (4). W — Charlo. L — Hunt (2-5).
HITS: PF — Givens 2, Buschbaker, Gomer, Hammond. Lew — Tibbits, Meacham 3, Roth, Fuller. 2B — Givens, Tibbits, Meacham.
• SOFTBALL
Moscow 3
Sandpoint 0
MOSCOW — Raelynn Gosse pitched a two-hitter for the host Bears in a loser-out game in the 4A Region 1 tournament.
Moscow will play at Lakeland (14-6) on Saturday at noon in the regional title game. If Moscow wins, an if-necessary game will follow. Lakeland beat Moscow on Tuesday to advance to the title game.
Sandpoint finished 3-13.
• LACROSSE
Sandpoint 6
Lake City 3
SANDPOINT — Max Evans had three goals and Zach Kerzman had five saves for Lake City in a loss to Sandpoint in a North Idaho Lacrosse League match at Great Northern Park.
Lake City (7-3, 7-3 NILL) travels to Coeur d’Alene High tonight.
LAKE CITY — Goals: Max Evans 3. Assists: Connor Ellison 1, C.J. Goggin 1. Saves: Zach Kerzman 5.
SANDPOINT — Goals: Parker Davis 3, Kevin Woodruff 2, Tommy Fury 1. Assists: Fury 1, Carson Paul 1, Ian Breuner 1. Saves: Riley Hadeen 5.