PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeland rallies past Post Falls

* BASEBALL

RATHDRUM - A two-run homer by Troy Carr and a strong late-inning pitching performance by James Prockish helped the Lakeland Hawks rally for an 8-6 nonleague win against the Post Falls Trojans at Gorton Field on Wednesday.

The visiting Trojans (5-9) strung most of their seven hits together in the third inning, scoring five runs to open a 6-2 lead.

Lakeland (10-3) responded with three runs in the bottom of the third, then took the lead in the bottom of the sixth. A two-out walk to Jeremy McKinney was followed by Carr's blast over the right-field fence. An RBI double from Prockish scored Evan Johnson with an insurance run.

"We were down most of the game, and I was proud of the way we kept battling," Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. "Post Falls came out really aggressive and had that big third inning, but after that, Prockish got stronger and shut them down. He gave us a strong pitching performance when we really needed it."

Grayson Ludiker and Kurtis Wiltse had two hits apiece for Post Falls, which hosts Lake City in a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader Saturday at noon.

Lakeland hosts Moscow in a 4A Inland Empire League doubleheader today at 3 p.m.

Post Falls 105 000 0 - 6 7 2

Lakeland 203 003 x - 8 6 0

Drake Bowers, Grayson Ludiker (4) and Matt Hammond; James Prockish and Dustin Ceballos. W - Prockish. L - Ludiker.

HITS: PF - Wiltse 2, Ludiker 2, Buschbacher, Hunt, Bumgarner. LL - Carr 2, Prockish 2, McKinney, Marks. 2B - Wiltse, Bumgarner, Prockish. HR - Carr.

Lewiston 18-6

Lake City 14-11

COEUR d'ALENE - Jon Howard had three hits on the day for the Timberwolves, two coming in an 11-6 win in the second game of a doubleheader against the Bengals in a 5A Inland Empire League game at Lake City High.

"It was good to see, especially after the rough ones (Tuesday) at Coeur d'Alene," Lake City coach Travis Georgius said. "I thought we did a better job of competing and swinging the bats and it was good to get one from Lewiston."

Lewiston (15-3, 6-2 5A IEL) won the first game as Sawyer Meacham drove in six runs for the Bengals, who travel to Coeur d'Alene on Saturday to face the Vikings in a doubleheader starting at noon.

Reilly Cherry drove in three runs and Mitch Bevacqua hit a two-run home run for Lake City (5-10, 3-6), which travels to Sandpoint today.

"Both teams swung the bats really well in the first game," Georgius said. "Austin (Lake) was around the zone pretty well, but just got hit. We didn't throw bad, but they hit the ball really well."

FIRST GAME

Lewiston 063 303 3 - 18 17 3

Lake City 213 042 2 - 14 19 4

Daniel Hasenoehrl, Kade Woods (5) and Jake Ralstin; Austin Lake, Dominic Oliver (4), Zach Vaudreuil (6), Ray Buley (7) and Reilly Cherry. W - Hasenoehrl. L - Lake (1-3).

HITS: Lew - Wakefield 2, Charlo, Fuller 2, Brooks, Martin 2, Ralstin 3, Hasenoehrl 3, Meacham 3. LC - Parson 3, Garza, Chaffin 3, Bevacqua 2, Winger, Kedia 4, Howard, Buley, Cherry 3. 2B - Fuller, Martin, Hasenoehrl, Parson, Winger, Howard, Cherry. 3B - Brooks, Ralstin, Meacham, Kedia, Cherry. HR - Bevacqua (1).

SECOND GAME

Lewiston 010 212 0 - 6 9 6

Lake City 007 121 x - 11 12 2

Bryce Wakefield, Nate Quamy (5), Aaron Kracke (5) and Jake Ralstin; J.J. Winger and Reilly Cherry. W - Winger (3-2). L - Wakefield.

HITS: Lew - Wakefield 2, Charlo 2, Brooks 3, Hasenoehrl, Meacham. LC - Garza 2, Chaffin 2, Bevacqua 2, Kedia, Howard 2, Buley, Cherry 2. 2B - Charlo, Brooks 2, Garza, Bevacqua, Howard 2. 3B - Wakefield.

* SOFTBALL

Lake City 25

Post Falls 2

POST FALLS - Lindsey Willmon hit a three-run home run in the third inning and finished with five RBIs as the Timberwolves finished with 21 hits to beat the Trojans in a 5A Inland Empire League game at Post Falls High.

"There's not much you can do when they hit the heck out of the ball," Post Falls coach Jack Foster said. "We didn't make many mistakes, but they pounded it out pretty good today."

Casey Stangel had three RBIs and Dakota Wilson added a solo home run for Lake City (14-0, 8-0 5A IEL), which travels to Sandpoint today.

Katie King singled in the third inning for Post Falls (2-13, 0-6), which travels to Lakeland today.

Lake City 819 34 - 25 21 1

Post Falls 002 00 - 2 1 3

Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.

Casey Stangel, Jordyn McCracken (3) and Lindsey Willmon, Rachel Combo (3); Heather Settle, Lexie Butterfield (1), Settle (4) and Katie McDermott. W - Stangel (14-0). L - Settle (1-7).

HITS: LC - Shippy 3, J. Wilson, Stangel 2, Willmon 2, Jackson 3, D. Wilson 3, McCracken 2, Nelson, Pierce 2, Welsh 2. PF - King. 2B - Shippy 2, Stangel 2, Willmon, D. Wilson, Welsh. HR - Willmon, D. Wilson.

• TENNIS

Post Falls 9

Lakeland 3

POST FALLS — The Trojans swept all matches but boys singles to defeat the Hawks at Post Falls High.

“Things went as expected,” Post Falls coach Kirk Hartzell said. “We knew their girls were inexperienced, but ours are too. All of our girls went out for wins and their goal was to get off the court fast. Lakeland’s boys are solid and (Lakeland No. 3) Mason (Upton) has a really nice serve and Michael (Hardy) had a tough time with that today.”

Both schools will compete in the Inland Empire tournament on Friday and Saturday in Spokane.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Godwin Peck, LL, d. Lincoln Hill, 6-1, 6-3. No. 2, Matthew Peck, LL, d. Nick Dorsey, 6-1, 6-2. No. 3, Mason Upton, LL, d. Michael Hardy, 6-4, 6-3.

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Seth McLeod/Casey Benton, PF, d. Thomas Soares/Zach Myers-Christian, 6-1, 6-1. No. 2, Jacob Bechler/Gaylan Anthony, PF, d. Austin Cooper/Colin Burkhalter, 7-5, 6-2.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Abby Danielson, PF, d. Chloe Kunzel, 6-0, 6-1. No. 2, Megan Pierce, PF, d. Bailey Lazelle, 6-0, 6-2. No. 3, Mireya Hernandez, PF, d. Miranda Higgins, 6-0, 6-0.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Katie Bechler/Abby Remackel-Wallace, PF, d. Sydney Meckel/Madison Meckel, 6-2, 6-3. No. 2, America Ellison/Megan McLeod, PF, d. Olivia Kinnick/Mackenzie Nuxoll, 6-1, 6-1.

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Brittany Engle/Kyle Newton, PF, d. Will Coulombe/Rachel LaRue, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2, Megan Sausser/Chase Niles, PF, d. Justin Miller/Laura Wheeler, 6-0, 6-1.

EXHIBITION — Chloe Kunzel, LL, d. Illia Roberts, 8-3.

• GOLF

Trojans beat Hawks

with a twist

POST FALLS — The Post Falls boys golf team defeated Lakeland 18 1/2 to 7 1/2 in a 9-hole tournament with a twist at The Links Golf Course.

Teams were comprised of each school’s top 10 golfers, with the first three holes match play, the second three holes Chapman format — which both players on a side tee off, then switch balls and hit a second shot, then select the best of the shots and play it until the ball is holed. The third component was a two-person scramble.

“We wanted to do something more team-oriented,” Lakeland coach Mario Maddy said. “Everything these kids do during the season is individual, so we wanted to try something different. When the kids were getting done, they were gathering at the 18th hole and the kids were out there helping each other. It was a good format for the kids to get to see something different.”

Individual scoring was not kept.

Both schools will compete at the Sandpoint Invitational on Monday at the Sandpoint Elks Golf Course.