Youth Sports: June 11, 2014

BOWLING

Headed to nationals: Cassidy Peacock, 11, of Hayden, won the state championship in the under-12 boys division in Twin Falls, and has been invited to represent Idaho in the Junior Gold Championships on July 12-18 in Buffalo, N.Y.

Cassidy, who began bowling at age 7, carries an average of 139 and has hit high scores of 190 in tournament play and 221 in league play. He is now the No. 1-ranked boy in the U12 division in the state.

An account has been set up at bank cda to help cover expenses for Cassidy and his grandfather, Butch, at nationals.

FOOTBALL

Freshman football camps: Camps for incoming freshmen are going on this week at area schools.

Anyone interested is participating in the camp at Lake City High can sign up this morning at 9 a.m. at the school. The camp will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Thursday and Friday. A handful of area teams will gather Saturday at 10 a.m. at Post Falls High for a series of controlled scrimmages.

Cost for the Lake City camp is $100.

Information: 818-9169

LEGION BASEBALL

The Prairie Cardinals "A" team won the "AA" Spokane River City Shootout last weekend with a 4-0 record.

In round-robin play at West Valley, Prairie beat West Valley 7-3, beat the Spokane Crew 9-1 in five innings and beat Gonzaga Prep 5-4 in eight innings.

In the championship game at University High, Prairie edged Freeman 2-1.

Against West Valley, Chaz Bailey went 2 for 4 with two runs and an RBI, and Gage Wark struck out six. Matt Lebsock went 3 for 4 against the Spokane Crew. Against Gonzaga Prep, Brandon Busch went 3 for 4, and Dalton Lozier struck out eight in eight innings.

In the title game, Bailey and Jacob Elliott scored runs in the fourth inning for Prairie. Jared Porter struck out five and allowed four hits in 6 2/3 innings, and Elliott got the final out for the save.

Prairie is 11-1 overall.

The Coeur d'Alene "A" Lumbermen beat the Sandpoint Lakers 8-5 on Sunday in Sandpoint.

Clayton Carter, Gage Holmes, Chase Moyer, and Wyatt Seaman each had two hits, and Holmes drove in four runs.

Northwest Premier Baseball Club 10-and-under: NW Premier finished up their regular Spokane Indians Youth Baseball Pony League season last Thursday with a 16-6 win over the Spokane Stampede. They earned the No. 3 seed to last weekend's city championships at Dwight Merkel Complex in Spokane.

In their first tournament game Friday night they beat the Spokane Synergy 8-1, then lost 2-1 to second-seeded Team Prodigy on Saturday morning.

The team bounced back with a pair of wins Saturday night over the Spokane Valley Raptors (10-0) and Spokane Crew (5-1) to set up a rematch with Team Prodigy on Sunday morning. With the winner advancing to the championship game, Premier fell 9-5 and captured their second consecutive third-place finish in back-to-back weekends. They finished their spring season with an overall record of 25-13 under head coach Troy Nowell.

Premier kicks off their summer tournament season this weekend when they travel to Moses Lake for a three-day Father's Day tourney.

Northwest Premier BBC 17U: The Premier, with players from North Idaho and eastern Washington finished up a busy week in which they went 4-2 with a solid showing in the Spokane North Side Clash. Premier finished 3-1 in pool play of the American Legion AA (Washington) tournament before falling to the Columbia Basin River Dogs in the third-place game.

Earlier in the week on June 4, Premier beat the Coeur d'Alene Legion A team 11-6 in nonleague action at Coeur d'Alene's Thorco Field. Aaron Sunde earned the complete-game victory by striking out eight and surrendering two earned runs.

Offensively, Premier was paced by a 4-for-5 performance from shortstop Braden Page and two hits apiece from Kaleb Reid (Lake City HS), Kyle Rutherford (Coeur d'Alene HS) and Connor Grytdal. Rutherford also had a double in the winning effort while Vincent Bennett (Bonners Ferry HS) notched a triple.

The North Side Clash kicked off Thursday and saw Premier beat Mead's Legion AA team 8-5 in their opening game at Gonzaga Prep. Tanner Toepke (Coeur d'Alene HS) earned the win and Derek Galloway (Timberlake HS) picked up the save. After getting the day off Friday, Premier lost a pitcher's duel to Mt. Spokane's AA team Saturday morning, 4-2. Bennett suffered the loss after allowing two earned runs. Premier bounced back with a 5-4 victory over Lewis and Clark's AA team and a 6-2 win over Moses Lake's AA squad. Sunde (3-1 overall) picked up the win over Moses Lake while Reid took the victory over Lewis and Clark.

Following their win against Moses Lake on Sunday morning, Premier had to to hustle over to a different field to match up with the Columbia Basin River Dogs (Tri-Cities) in the third-place game. They held their own, pulling within a run before eventually falling 8-5. It was the team's fourth game in two days and sixth game in five days. After back-to-back games this week with the Spokane Expos, the 17U squad is headed to Tri-Cities this weekend for the Triple Crown Father's Day Slugfest. Their first game is scheduled for Saturday morning at 8 a.m. at Columbia Basin College.

NW Premier BBC 16U: With a rare weekend off, the 16U squad capped a light week with a pair of nonleague wins over Gonzaga Prep's Legion AA team, both at G-Prep. On June 4, they won 14-3 and on June 9 they won 12-1.

Tonight they will be at Thorco Field as they match up with the Coeur d'Alene Legion Short-A team at 6 p.m. The team will then join the 17U squad for this weekend's Triple Crown Father's Day Slugfest in Tri-Cities. Their first game in the 16U bracket is scheduled for Saturday morning at 10:15 a.m. at Southridge Sports Complex.

SELECT SOCCER

Coeur d'Alene Sting under-13 girls Fire: The Sting Fire placed third in their bracket at the recent 3 Blind Refs tournament in Kalispell, Mont.

The Sting Fire beat Calgary SWU Impact. Shea Ziemantz scored with an assist by Ashley Neuberger, and Erika Skindlov, Schryer Jones, Chloe Teets and Ashley Neuberger each scored once.

The Sting Fire beat the Columbia Valley Titans 11-0. Emma Bartlett and Shea Ziemantz teamed for the shutout in goal. Erika Skindlov scored a hat trick, Emma Bartlett added two goals, and Kasidy Kirking, Ashley Neuberter, Marlee Lambert, Mandy Burke, Hannah Hudson and Sarah Swider each scored once. Ashley Neuberger, Brena Adams, Schryer Jones and Erika Skindlov each had assists.

The Sting Fire lost 5-3 to the Helena Arsenal in its final game. Torrey Long, Erika Skindlov and Sarah Swider each scored once for the Sting.

BASKETBALL

Holy Family Catholic School, North Idaho Christian School coaching staff and other local coaches will be putting on a free girls basketball camp at Holy Family Catholic School on June 23, 24 and 25.

Girls entering grades 5-8 will meet from 9 to 11 a.m., and girls entering grades 9-12 will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The camp is for girls of all skill levels.

This is the 10th year of the free camp, and more than 1,000 girls have attended over the years.

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Information: 664-8176, Ext. 2019