Post Falls ends losing skid in softball

Prep roundup

* SOFTBALL

POST FALLS - Senior Amanda Frank scored from first base on a double by freshman Tayler Ekness with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday, lifting Post Falls past Lakeland 11-10 for the Trojans' first victory since the 2011 season.

Post Falls (1-4) had lost 30 straight games. Before Tuesday, the Trojans' last win came over Lakeland in 2011. Post Falls dropped its last three games of that season, went 0-23 last year and started out this year 0-4.

"They were so excited," Post Falls assistant coach Megan Piephoff said. "I think it felt like all the hard work they've put in in the last year-plus has paid off."

Ekness also hit a two-run homer in the second inning, and Katie McDermott had three hits for Post Falls, which plays host to Sandpoint on Thursday.

Bekah Kastning had three hits for Lakeland (4-2), which plays at Lake City today at 4.

Lakeland 250 110 1 - 10 12 3

Post Falls 020 044 1 - 11 10 3

2 out when winning run scored.

Kristin Klopatek and Tifani Schorzman; Heather Settle and Katie McDermott. W - Settle. L - Klopatek.

HITS: LL - Schwalbach, Kastning 3, Ogden, Schorzman 2, Rebal 2, Klopatek, Langenderfer, Prockish. PF - King, Gonzales, Haskew, McDermott 3, Worley, Ekness 2, Settle. 2B - Kastning, Rebal, King, Haskew, McDermott, Ekness. HR - Ekness.

Coeur d'Alene 16-25

Moscow 0-1

MOSCOW - The visiting Vikings smacked four home runs and built a 12-0 lead after the first inning of the first game at Ghormley Park.

Zoe Clark led off the game with a solo homer. Two batters later, Brooke Albertson hit a two-run homer and the next batter, Lindsie Scholwinski, followed with a solo shot. After the Vikings batted around, No. 5 hitter Kayla Albertson hit a two-run homer.

Clark and Sydni Parker each hit two-run homers in the fifth for Coeur d'Alene (3-0).

Coeur d'Alene hit four more homers in the second game, with Brooke Albertson hitting two out and driving in six.

"We just pounded the ball," Coeur d'Alene coach Larry Bieber said. "There was a little wind, but they would have been out anywhere."

Scholwinski struck out nine and pitched a one-hitter in the opener, the only Moscow hit a bloop single in the fourth.

In the second game, Kayla Albertson drove in three runs and also earned her first varsity pitching win.

see PREPS, B2

Coeur d'Alene next heads south for the Idaho Sporting Goods tournament, where the Vikings play Meridian on Friday and Rigby and Mountain View on Saturday. All three games are slated for Meridian High.

FIRST GAME

Coeur d'Alene (12)00 04 - 16 16 0

Moscow 000 00 - 0 1 1

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

Lindsie Scholwinski and Rashell Shaffer; Chandler, Durham (2) and Bruce. W - Scholwinski (2-0). L - Chandler.

HITS: Cd'A - B. Albertson 3, Rasmussen 3, Clark 2, Parker 2, Scholwinski 2, Montee 2, K. Albertson, Raynor. Mos - Chandler. 2B - Scholwinski. 3B - B. Albertson. HR - Clark 2 (2), Parker (2), B. Albertson (2), Scholwinski (1), K. Albertson (1).

SECOND GAME

Coeur d'Alene 457 9 - 25 21 0

Moscow 000 1 - 1 4 2

Game called after 4 innings due to 10-run rule.

Kayla Albertson and Rashell Shaffer; Durham, Span (4) and Ogden. W - Albertson (1-0). L - Durham.

HITS: Cd'A - B. Albertson 4, Clark 3, Parker 3, K. Albertson 3, Scholwinski 2, Raynor 2, Behm, Rasmussen, Shaffer, Burke. Mos - Gordon, Baker, Berard, Burnett. 2B - Clark 2, Parker, Scholwinski, Raynor, Burke. HR - B. Albertson 2 (4), Clark (3), K. Albertson (2).

Timberlake 17-19

Liberty 1-1

SPANGLE, Wash. - Sydnie Malloy hit two home runs in the second game, including a grand slam of the fifth inning, and drove in seven runs as the Tigers swept the Lancers in a nonleague doubleheader.

"I thought we swung the bats really well," Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. "We did a good job of waiting on the ball and hitting with some power. I'm really happy and it helped get us on the right track."

In the first game, Lexi Posch struck out four in three innings for Timberlake (2-2), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Friday at 11 a.m., then plays Kellogg at 3 p.m.

FIRST GAME

Timberlake 377 - 17 15 1

Liberty 010 - 1 1 3

Game called after 3rd inning due to 15-run rule.

Lexi Posch and Alicia Rutigliano; Schilling and Paulsen. W - Posch (1-0). L - Schilling.

HITS: TL - Posch, Kalar 3, S. Malloy 3, Owen 2, K. Malloy, Slattery, Rutigliano 2, Carhart, Anglin. Lib - Clark. 2B - Posch, Kalar 2, Owen, K. Malloy, Rutigliano 2. 3B - S. Malloy.

SECOND GAME

Timberlake 440 74 - 19 15 3

Liberty 001 00 - 1 2 3

Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.

Ashley Carhart, Sydnie Malloy (4) and Alicia Rutigliano; Schilling and Paulsen. W - Carhart (1-0). L - Schilling.

HITS: TL - Posch, Kalar 2, S. Malloy 5, Owen 2, K. Malloy 2, Slattery, Rutigliano, Carhart. Lib - Schilling, Paulsen. 2B - Owen. 3B - Owen. HR - S. Malloy 2 (2).

Priest River 11

St. Maries 0

PRIEST RIVER - Brittany Krampert threw a one-hit shutout with seven strikeouts for the Spartans, who scored early and often on the way to a nonleague win over the Lumberjacks.

Krampert threw 47 of her 71 pitches for strikes to pick up her second win of the season for Priest River (2-2).

Hailey Waddell went 1-for-2 and broke up the potential no-hit game with a single for St. Maries (0-3).

"She (Krampert) pitched well and is still as tough as I remember her from last year," St. Maries coach Todd Bitterman said. "We're kind of young and inexperienced so we need to work on getting our pitch selection down at the plate, which will come with repetition and seeing as much live pitching as we can."

St. Maries travels to Kendrick for a Central Idaho League game on Thursday.

Destiny Day went 2 for 3 with a triple and drove in three runs for the Spartans, who play Bonners Ferry at 1 p.m. and Kellogg at 5 at the Timberlake tournament on Friday.

St. Maries 000 00 - 0 1 7

Priest River 272 0x - 11 12 1

Chelsea Grosvenor, C.J. Scott (3) and Aubrey Hill; Brittany Krampert and Ayonna Lentz. W - Krampert (2-2). L - Grosvenor (0-3).

HITS: SM - Waddell. PR - Deal, Krampert, Lentz 2, Ke. Fink 2, Nelson 1, Day 2, Brandt 2, Fitzmorris 1. 2B - Krampert, Fink, Fitmzmorris. 3B - Lentz, Day.

* BASEBALL

Coeur d'Alene 12-14

Moscow 1-5

MOSCOW - Levi Pereira drove in five runs in the first game and Nick Nyquist hit for the cycle and knocked in six runs in the nightcap as the Vikings swept the Bears.

Pereira hit a two-run double in the second inning of the opener for Coeur d'Alene (6-1), and Kolby DeHaas drove in four runs. Sean Sutton scattered three hits over five innings.

Nyquist went 4 for 5 in the second game, including a three-run homer in the second inning.

"We had much better plate appearances today," Coeur d'Alene coach Nick Rook said. "Sean Sutton pitched well and we just continue to improve."

Coeur d'Alene plays host to Sandpoint in a doubleheader on Friday.

FIRST GAME

Coeur d'Alene 330 33 - 12 7 1

Moscow 010 00 - 1 3 6

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

Sean Sutton and Kolby DeHaas; Jared Paul, Brenden McGurlein (5) and Alec Martin. W - Sutton. L - Paul.

HITS: Cd'A - Plum, Barrowcliff, Pereira, DeHaas, Nyquist, Bailey, Robbins. Mos - Johnson, Reingles, Lewis. 2B - Pereira.

SECOND GAME

Coeur d'Alene 340 430 0 - 14 17 0

Moscow 050 000 0 - 5 6 3

Nick Nyquist, Elliot Sparks (3), Brent Wingham (5) and Kolby DeHaas; Patrick O'Sullivan, reliever unavailable and Alec Martin. W - Nyquist (1-0). L - O'Sullivan.

HITS: Cd'A - Barrowcliff, Pereira 3, DeHaas 3, Nyquist 4, Green 4, Jacobson, Robbins. Mos - Martin, Paul, Reingles, Lewis, Lindstrom, O'Sullivan. 2B - DeHaas, Nyquist, Paul, 3B - Nyquist. HR - Nyquist.

Lakeland 9

Post Falls 6

RATHDRUM - Troy Carr hit a 3-run homer in the fifth inning to tie the game, then hit a 2-run single to cap the scoring as the Hawks rallied to beat the Trojans in a nonleague game at Gorton Memorial Field.

"Post Falls came out swinging the bats well," Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. "Our pitchers did a good job of throwing strikes and after going down 6-1, I was proud of the way our guys came back. We were loose in the dugout and expected good things to happen. I was proud of how they finished the game."

Trojans coach Dustin Frank was pleased with his three pitchers, Grayson Ludiker, Griffey Swift-Olsby and Nate Gomer, all of whom were called up from the freshman team to face Lakeland.

"We played well for six innings, it was just one bad inning that hurt us," Frank added.

Ryan Hunt and Austin Buschbacher had three hits each for Post Falls (1-2), which hosts Sandpoint on Thursday.

Lakeland (4-1) travels to Lake City today.

Post Falls 110 400 0 - 6 11 3

Lakeland 000 162 x - 9 9 0

Grayson Ludiker, Griffey Swift-Olsby (6), Nate Gomer (6) and Matt Hammond; Delane Sheppard, Blake Wrotenberry (4), Justin White (7) and James Prockish. W - Wrotenberry (1-0). L - Porter. S - White (1).

HITS: PF - Bumgarner, Wiltsie, Hunt 3, Hammond, Buschbacher 3, Ludiker, Khoma. LL - Jackson, McKinney, Carr 2, Prockish, Johnson, Ceballos 2, Marks. 2B - Buschbacher, Jackson, McKinney, Carr, Ceballos. 3B - Johnson. HR - Carr (1).

Priest River 9

St. Maries 6

PRIEST RIVER - Jake Perkins went 2 for 3 with two RBIs for the Spartans, who scored eight runs in the third inning to take a nonleague win over the Lumberjacks.

St. Maries (3-1) got within striking distance after a leadoff home run by DJ Turner in the fifth inning, and the 'Jacks scored again in the seventh but fell short in the comeback effort.

Turner went 3 for 5 at the plate with an RBI and two singles to add to his dinger.

"It was a few missed opportunities and one bad inning," St. Maries coach Craig Tefft said. "We battled and put the ball in play to give us a chance, but just ran out of outs."

The Lumberjacks travel to Kendrick for a Central Idaho League game on Thursday.

Ashton Brooks recorded two RBIs and Nick Farnham drove in a run on a single for the Spartans (3-1), who travel to the Bonners Ferry tournament Friday and Saturday.

St. Maries 010 130 1 - 6 10 2

Priest River 008 100 x - 9 6 4

Tyson Truscott, DJ Turner (3), Matt Smith (4) and Isaac Walters; Dalton Sommer, Ashton Brooks (4), R.C. Akre (6) and Tyler Barber. W - Sommer (2-0). L - Truscott (0-1). S - Akre (1).

HITS: SM - Stapleton, Michael, Turner 3, Truscott, Walters, Maier 2, Lownsbury. PR - Akre, Sommer, Perkins 2, Brooks, Farnham.

* TRACK AND FIELD

Timberlake boys,

girls sweep

PRIEST RIVER - Senior Rachel Ward won the 100- and 300-meter hurdles while also running legs of the winning 4x100 and 4x400 relays for Timberlake, which beat host Priest River handily and edged Kellogg by only a point in an Intermountain League double dual.

Tyler Condon and Ben Austin both won three events for the Timberlake boys, who continued their IML dual dominance with victories over Kelllogg and Priest River.

Condon, a junior, won the 100 as well as being a part of the winning 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams. Austin won the 300 hurdles and ran legs in the winning 4x100 and 4x400 relays.

Garret Wendt had a great day for Kellogg, winning the 400, high jump, long jump and triple jump. Dallas Hopkins won the 200 and was a part of the winning 1,600 sprint medley relay team for Priest River.

Sophomore Emily Risoldi-Guy was also a four-event winner for the Wildcats, scoring victories in the 100, 200, pole vault and running a leg in the winning 4x200 relay. Senior Steffie Pavey won the 800 and 3200 for the Spartans.

TEAM SCORES - Timberlake 105, Priest River 40; Timberlake 109, Kellogg 37; Priest River 84, Kellogg 61.

100 - 1, Tyler Condon, TL, 12.11. 2, Andy Meyer, PR, 12.13. 3, Jared Job, KG, 12.18. 200 - 1, Dallas Hopkins, PR, 24.55. 2, Jared Job, KG, 24.80. 3, Tyler Condon, TL, 24.87. 400 - 1, Garret Wendt, KG, 53.10. 2, Chase Blayne, TL, 53.84. 3, Zeb Zabawa, TL, 57.97. 800 - 1, Ryan Richardson, TL, 2:12.50. 2, Jeff Campo, KG, 2:12.85. 3, Diamond Robinson, PR, 2:14.17. 1,600 - 1, Ryan Richardson, TL, 4:54.34. 3,200 - 1, Sam St. Mars, TL, 10:55.05. 2, Josh Marks, PR, 11:01.99. 3, Jason Oliver, PR, 12:03.08.

110 hurdles - 1, Randy Duclos, TL, 18.84. 2, Jed Ward, TL, 20.76. 3, Tim Eppler, KG, 21.88. 300 hurdles - 1, Ben Austin, TL, 42.61. 2, Randy Duclos, TL, 51.21. 3, Jed Ward, TL, 51.22. 4x100 relay - 1, Timberlake (Ben Austin, Tyler Condon, Austin Malloy, Chase Blayne), 45.96. 2, Kellogg, 49.41. 3, Priest River, 49.55. 4x200 relay - 1, Timberlake (Levi Shaffer, Randy Duclos, Daniel Buck, Tyler Condon), 1:40.67. 2, Priest River, 1:46.94. 3, Kellogg, 1:57.62. 4x400 relay - 1, Timberlake (Daniel Buck, Ben Austin, Austin Malloy, Chase Blayne), 3:44.42. 2, Priest River, 4:11.96. 3, Kellogg, 4:43.51. Medley relay - 1, Priest River (Jacob McDonald, Dallas Hopkins, Diamond Robinson, Andy Meyer), 3:56.83. 2, Timberlake, 4:03.25. 3, Kellogg, 4:18.67.

High jump - 1, Garret Wendt, KG, 5-06. 2, Dallas Hopkins, PR, 5-02. 3, Caleb McDonald, KG, 5-00. Pole vault - 1, Preston Rhodes, TL, 12-07. 2, Jacob McDonald, PR, 10-06. 3, Bradley Erickson, TL, 9-06. Long jump - 1, Garret Wendt, KG, 17-11. 2, Jed Ward, TL, 16-11 1/2. 3, Cory Simmons, TL, 16-02 1/2. Triple jump - 1, Garret Wendt, KG, 37-07. 2, Kodi Kuhn, TL, 35-02. 3, Kleber Lead, PR, 28-09 1/2. Shot put - 1, Stephan Jutila, TL, 41-02. 2, Jereme Nereaux, TL, 40-11 3/4. 3, Jimmy Koch, PR, 35-06. Discus - 1, Bob Cronnelly, TL, 120-07 1/2. 2, Jimmy Koch, PR, 109-07. 3, Cecil Connor, TL, 109-05 1/2.

TEAM SCORES - Timberlake 92, Priest River 54; Timberlake 73.50, Kellogg 72.50; Kellogg 84, Priest River 59.

100 - 1, Emily Risoldi-Guy, KG, 27.66. 2, Ayla Jelinek, TL, 14.09. 3, Andee Wendt, KG, 14.27. 200 - 1, Emily Risoldi-Guy, KG, 27.66. 2, Anna Gardom, TL, 27.68. 3, Steffie Pavey, PR, 28.21. 400 - 1, Janet Lo, KG, 1:08.27. 2, Erica McCracken, PR, 1:09.09. 3, Mercedes McComb, TL, 1:12.63. 800 - 1, Steffie Pavey, PR, 2:26.15. 2, Natalie Herring, TL, 2:37.50. 3, Rachel Beier, KG, 2:45.99. 1,600 - 1, Ashly George, TL, 5:53.52. 2, Emily Hayes, TL, 6:09.28. 3, Erica McCracken, PR, 6:22.59. 3,200 - 1, Steffie Pavey, PR, 12:57.92. 2, Natalie Herring, TL, 13:02.29. 3, Emily Hayes, TL, 13:24.20.

100 hurdles - 1, Rachel Ward, TL, 16.95. 2, Taylor Sheppard, KG, 17.00. 3, Jill Weimer, PR, 17.41. 300 hurdles - 1, Rachel Ward, TL, 48.45. 2, Taylor Sheppard, KG, 50.13. 3, Payten Rhodes, TL, 54.79. 4x100 relay - 1, Timberlake (Rachel Ward, April Sutton, Anna Gardom, Ayla Jelinek), 53.75. 2, Priest River, 57.31. 3, Kellogg, 59.51. 4x200 relay - 1, Kellogg (Kaitlyn Flores, Sarah Gibbs, Emily Risoldi-Guy, Andee Wendt), 1:57.04. 2, Timberlake, 1:59.05. 3, Priest River, 2:02.72. 4x400 relay - 1, Timberlake (Rachel Ward, Ashly George, Payten Rhodes, Anna Gardom), 4;29.39. 2, Kellogg, 4:48.19. Medley relay - 1, Timberlake (Emily Hayes, Mercedes McComb, Ayla Jelinek, April Sutton), 2:08.19. 2, Kellogg, 2:14.96. 3, Priest River, 2:31.64.

High jump - 1, Taylor Sheppard, KG, 5-00. 2, Jill Weimer, PR, 5-00. 3, Jasmine James, KG, 4-08. Pole vault - 1, Emily Risoldi-Guy, KG, 7-00. 2, Darian Brillon, TL, 6-06. 3, Trista Sheppard, KG, 6-06. Long jump - 1, Taylor Sheppard, KG, 15-03 1/2. 2, Angel Clark, PR, 14-03. 3, Trista Sheppard, KG, 14-02 1/2. Triple jump - 1, Jill Weimer, PR, 32-00. 2, Ayla Jelinek, TL, 31-05 1/2. 3, Angel Clark, PR, 30-01 1/2. Shot put - 1, Lauren Cooper, KG, 38-00 1/4. 2, Beth Bykerk, PR, 36-01. 3, Sarah McDonald, KG, 27-03 1/4. Discus - 1, Lauren Cooper, KG, 118-02. 2, Frances Smith, TL, 107-01 1/2. 3, Beth Bykerk, PR, 92-03 1/2.

* TENNIS

Coeur d'Alene 9

Post Falls 3

COEUR d'ALENE - The Viking girls and mixed doubles swept the Trojans in their respective matches at Coeur d'Alene High.

"It was great for the first match of the season," Coeur d'Alene girls coach Laura Taylor said. "We've had a couple of great practices and still trying to figure out where everyone is going to play, but we're looking strong right now."

Viking boys coach Dan O'Connor said the surprise player of the day was sophomore Ross Clark, who teamed with Danyelle Keese for a 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 2 mixed doubles.

"He had really consistent ground strokes, a tough serve and was tough at the net," O'Connor said.

Chase Niles and Kyle Newton of Post Falls won at No. 1 doubles.

BOYS SINGLES - No. 1, John Campbell, Cd'A, d. Lincoln Hill, 6-0, 7-6 (5). No. 2, Michael Hardy, PF, d. Dakota Buroker, 6-3, 6-4. No. 3, Nick Collie, PF, d. Ian Lynch, 6-4, 6-0.

BOYS DOUBLES - No. 1, Chase Niles/Kyle Newton, PF, d. Zack Stoeckert/Owen Wenker, 6-1, 6-1. No. 2, Cullen Wenker/Johnny Dance, Cd'A, d. Bill Bridges/Ludwig Esthedahal, 6-2, 6-4.

GIRLS SINGLES - No. 1, Caitlin McHugh, Cd'A, d. Brittany Engle, 6-3, 6-2. No. 2, Abbey Steed, Cd'A, d. Abby Danielson, 6-1, 6-4. No. 3, Megan Mitchell, Cd'A, Illa Robertson, 6-0, 6-0.

GIRLS DOUBLES - No. 1, Sonja Jacobson/Lexi Carlsen, Cd'A, d. Megan Sausser/Mireya Hernandez, 6-1, 6-0. No. 2, Sloane Booterbaugh/Leah Langdon, Cd'A, d. America Ellison/Megan McLeod, 6-1, 6-1.

MIXED DOUBLES - No. 1, Courtney Gunnerson/Pierre Schamback, Cd'A, d. Katie Bechlor/Nick Dorsey, 6-1, 6-2. No. 2, Danyelle Keese/Ross Clark, Cd'A, d. Lexie Niles/Luke Mowry, 6-0, 6-1.