PREP ROUNDUP: Scholwinski sparks Vikings
* SOFTBALL
MERIDIAN - Lindsie Scholwinski struck out eight as the Coeur d'Alene Vikings beat the Meridian Warriors 9-1 in the Idaho Sporting Goods tournament on Friday at Meridian High.
"We just did a good job of hitting with runners in scoring position," Coeur d'Alene coach Larry Bieber said. "We're hitting all the way up and down the lineup. They had good pitching, so I'm excited with how we're hitting the ball right now as a team."
Jadyn Behm had two RBIs and Mariah Montee had three hits for Coeur d'Alene (4-0), which faces Rigby and Mountain View today to conclude the tournament.
Meridian 001 000 - 1 5 2
Coeur d'Alene 121 23x - 9 12 2
Game called in 6th inning due to time limit.
Rhodes and Fannin; Lindsie Scholwinski and Rashell Shaffer. W - Scholwinski (3-0). L - Rhodes.
HITS: Mer - Romeo 2, Martinez 2, Frankovich. Cd'A - Montee 3, Rasmussen 2, Clark 2, Raynor, Parker, B. Albertson, K. Albertson, Behm. 2B - Rasmussen, Raynor. HR - K. Albertson.
Timberlake splits
in nonleague games
SPIRIT LAKE - The Tigers split a pair of nonleague games on Friday, beating the Bonners Ferry Badgers 18-8 in five innings before losing to the Kellogg Wildcats 6-2.
Lexi Posch, Ashley Carhart, Olivia Owen and Alicia Rutigliano had three hits each and Sydnie Malloy hit a two-run homer for Timberlake against Bonners Ferry.
Against Kellogg, Rutigliano hit a solo home run for Timberlake (2-2), which is scheduled to host Lakeland next Friday.
Arica Specht had a two-run double in the first inning for Kellogg (2-3), which lost to Priest River later in Spirit Lake.
"We just need to compete two games in a row," Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. "(Raine) Yergler did a good job of keeping us off balance and we just didn't get on track today."
TIMBERLAKE 18, BONNERS FERRY 8, 5 inn.
Bonners Ferry 430 10 - 8 4 5
Timberlake 551 52 - 18 19 2
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Carle and Blackmore; Lexi Posch, Ashley Carhart (4) and Alicia Rutigliano. W - Posch (2-1). L - Carle.
HITS: BF - Reasoner, Roldan, Coon, Ahner. TL - Posch 3, Kalar 2, S. Malloy, Owen 3, K. Malloy, Rutigliano 3, Slattery, Carhart 3, Anglin 2. 2B - Ritilango 2, Carhart, Reasoner. 3B - Owen. HR - Posch (1), S. Malloy (3).
KELLOGG 6, TIMBERLAKE 2
Kellogg 312 000 0 - 6 8 0
Timberlake 000 110 0 - 2 7 3
Raine Yergler and Arica Specht; Sydnie Malloy, Ashley Carhart (5), Justina Kalar (7) and Alicia Rutigliano. W - Yergler. L - S. Malloy (0-1).
HITS: Kell - Howard, Specht 3, Ivie 2, Yergler, Zisk. TL - Posch, Kalar, S. Malloy, Rutigliano 2, Slattery, Anglin. 2B - Specht, Rutigliano. HR - Rutigliano (1).
* BASEBALL
Coeur d'Alene 26-26
Sandpoint 0-0
COEUR d'ALENE - Nick Nyquist hit his second grand slam of the season, highlighting a 21-run second inning in the opener, and the Vikings went on to sweep the Bulldogs at Ted Page Field.
Nyquist finished with five RBIs in the opener, and drove in three more in the second game for Coeur d'Alene (8-1). Kolby DeHaas drove in four runs in the first game, Devin Kluss three.
In the second game, Braeden Jacobson went 3 for 3 with six RBIs and four runs scored for Coeur d'Alene. Brett Robbins drove in three runs and scored three.
Brent Wingham struck out six in two innings of relief for the Vikings in the second game.
Sandpoint (0-6) was held to one hit in each game.
Coeur d'Alene returns to action April 9 at Post Falls to open 5A Inland Empire League play.
FIRST GAME
Sandpoint 000 00 - 0 1 5
Coeur d'Alene 4(21)1 0x - 26 12 1
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Justin Puryear, Michael Plaster (2), Malaki Smith (2), Kyle Perry (4) and Paul Sundquist; Sean Sutton, Logan Brastrup (4) and Kolby DeHaas. W - Sutton. L - Puryear.
HITS: Spt - Russo. Cd'A - Kluss, Barrowcliff 3, DeHaas 2, Sutton, Nyquist, Green 2, Wingham, Robbins. 2B - DeHaas, Wingham. HR - Nyquist (3).
SECOND GAME
Sandpoint 000 00 - 0 1 4
Coeur d'Alene 0(13)7 6x - 26 15 2
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
N. Feyen, L. Issiha (3), Michael Plaster (3), Kyle Perry (3), Malaki Smith (3), D. Hancock (4) and Paul Sundquist; Devin Kluss, Brent Wingham (4) and Kolby DeHaas. W - Kluss. L - Feyen.
HITS: Spt - Steen. Cd'A - Kluss 2, Barrowcliff 2, DeHaas 2, Nyquist, Green, Wingham, Robbins 2, Jacobson 3, Brastrup. 2B - Jacobsen 2. 3B - Nyquist, Robbins.