Mountain View zaps Viks again
BOISE - For the second straight year in the first round, Mountain View High of Meridian spoiled the Coeur d'Alene Vikings' chances of a possible state 5A baseball title.
On Thursday night, the Mavericks romped to a 10-2 victory over the Vikings at Memorial Stadium. Last year, Mountain View surprised Coeur d'Alene 4-3 in the first round; the Vikings rebounded to win the consolation title.
Coeur d'Alene (22-3) plays Idaho Falls (13-11) today at noon PDT in a loser-out game.
Coeur d'Alene, which came in averaging 11 runs per game, matched its season low for runs scored - the Vikings scored two in a season-opening loss at Rocky Mountain of Meridian.
The loss snapped Coeur d'Alene's 22-game winning streak.
Bubba Duran drove in both Coeur d'Alene runs, with a sacrifice fly in the first inning and an infield single in the seventh.
But Mountain View, the fourth-place finisher from District 3, totaled 14 hits off three Viking pitchers. Colton Sale, who scattered seven hits in a complete-game effort, also drove in three runs, including a two-run single in the seventh.
Devon Pogue drove in a pair of runs, and Kody Garvin went 3 for 5 for Mountain View, which scored its first run after the umpires reversed a call that would have given the Vikings an inning-ending double play in the second. The Mavericks tied it at 1 on an error one batter later, took the lead in the third on Pogue’s RBI double, and never looked back.
Mountain View 011 204 2 — 10 14 1
Coeur d’Alene 100 000 1 — 2 7 2
Colton Sale and Devon Pogue; Mikey Schmidt, Ransom Storm (6), Nick Nyquist (6) and Levi Pereira. W — Sale. L — Schmidt (9-1).
HITS: MV — Odneal 2, Sale, Pogue 2, Garvin 3, Roberts 2, Hafer, Francis 2, Reilly. Cd’A — Pereira 2, Duran, DeHaas 2, S. Sutton, Nyquist. 2B — Pogue, Pereira 2, Nyquist. 3B — Hafer.
Bishop Kelly 6
Lakeland 2
NAMPA — Lakeland High coach Jason Bradbury described his defense as money on most days.
At Thursday’s state 4A tournament opener against Bishop Kelly of Boise, the Hawks were unable to cash in as three passed balls and two errors allowed three unearned runs to score as the Knights defeated the Hawks at Rodeo Park.
Lakeland (16-6) will face Bonneville (19-5) of Idaho Falls, which lost 3-1 to Skyview of Nampa later on Thursday, in a loser-out game today at 9 a.m. PDT.
“We had a couple of errors by our shortstop that’s usually money,” Bradbury said. “I don’t know if it was a combination of being at state and facing a good ballclub or what, but we didn’t hit as we’re capable of. Our defense is usually money, but we can’t have errors at state.”
Eric Cooper hit an RBI double in the third and Evan Johnson struck out seven and walked one for Lakeland.
“He definitely pitched a good enough game to win,” Bradbury said. “We should have backed him up offensively.”
Russell Reber struck out nine for Bishop Kelly (25-1), which faces Skyview in the semifinals today.
“He pitched a pretty good game,” Bradbury said. “He’s got a lively fastball and locates it really well. We had trouble hitting the outside strike. We’re capable of beating any team down here, but just got outplayed today.”
Bishop Kelly 121 011 0 — 6 8 0
Lakeland 101 000 0 — 2 3 2
Russell Reber and Colby Wade; Evan Johnson, Jeremy McKinney (6) and James Prockish. W — Reber (10-0). L — Johnson (4-2).
HITS: BK — Ogata, Thompson 2, Richelieu, Degen 2, Reber, Harrington. LL — Carr, Cooper, Collier. 2B — Thompson, Carr, Cooper. 3B — Degen. HR — Ogata.
St. Maries 2
South Fremont 0
ONTARIO, Ore. — Pitching and defense carried the Lumberjacks to the first-round victory at the state 3A baseball tournament at Elks Memorial Field on the campus of Treasure Valley Community College.
Ashton Stevenson pitched a seven-hit shutout for St. Maries (12-9), and he drove in the Lumberjacks’ first run of the game with an RBI double in the fourth inning. Ray Flowers singled in a run in the fifth.
“We just played real good defense behind him,” St. Maries coach Craig Tefft said. “We turned a couple double plays, and made a couple nice plays in the outfield.”
Good thing, since St. Maries left 15 on base.
“We were fortunate to get out of there with a win, leaving that many guys on base, but we’ll take it,” Tefft said.
St. Maries will play two-time defending champion Fruitland (21-4) in the semifinals tonight at 6 PDT. Fruitland beat Teton 4-3 in the first round.
“We’re excited for the opportunity,” Tefft said. “You never know; baseball’s a funny game.”
St. Maries 000 110 0 — 2 11 2
South Fremont 000 000 0 — 0 7 4
Ashton Stephenson and Ray Flowers; Mitch Greene and Colton Maupin. W — Stephenson (5-2). L — Greene.
HITS: SM — Stapleton, Stephenson, Turner 2, Barber 2, Michael, Walters 2, Flowers 2. SF — Huber 2, Trost, Blanchard, Greene 2, Hollist. 2B — Stephenson, Greene.
Snake River 5
Timberlake 0
ONTARIO, Ore. — The Tigers, with four sophomores and two juniors in the lineup, managed just two hits and committed three errors in the state 3A first-round game at Treasure Valley Community College.
Shane Parkinson struck out 12 for Snake River (15-6) of Moreland.
“He was pretty tough to hit; he threw at least three pitches for strikes,” Timberlake coach Bill Rider said. “But we just didn’t do a very good job of putting the ball into play. And we were a mess in the field today; our youth showed up today. We just got on the big stage and puckered up a little bit.”
Timberlake’s offense consisted of singles by Mason Cramer in the second and Austin Allen in the seventh.
Timberlake (14-7) plays Payette (13-13) today at 9 a.m. PDT in a loser-out game. Payette lost to Kimberly 6-5 in nine innings on Thursday.
Zane Stephenson hit a two-run single in a three-run fourth inning for Snake River, which plays Kimberly (22-3) in the semifinals.
Timberlake 000 000 0 — 0 2 3
Snake River 101 300 x — 5 6 1
J.D. Page, Kaden Foster (5) and Austin Allen; Shane Parkinson and Cash Cardona. W — Parkinson. L — Page (6-3).
HITS: TL — Allen, Cramer. SR — Stephenson 2, Robertson, Parkinson 2, Cardona.