Youth Sports: June 18, 2014

Allison Duffin of Coeur d'Alene High finished eighth in her age group at the Dropping Championship June 9-10 at BanBury Golf Club in Eagle. Duffin shot 86-83-80-249.

SOFTBALL

Wildfire 16U triumphs: The Northwest Wildfire 16-and-under fastpitch softball team outscored its opponents 20-3 to win the SGFSA Summer Classic in Spokane on June 15. After finishing pool play with two wins and one loss, the Wildfire on Sunday beat the Liberty Lake Lighting 8-0 and the Port Orchard Titans 6-2 and, in the championship game, beat the Spokane Stealth '98 6-1. MaKenna Wasteney struck out eight in a five-hitter for the Wildfire.

Also, the Wildfire earned a berth in the USA Prep National Tournament in Southern California the previous weekend by winning its 16U bracket at another tourney.

LACROSSE

Coeur d'Alene Youth Lacrosse: Coeur d'Alene pulled off a come-from-behind 10-8 victory over Spokane Youth Lacrose last Saturday at the Sandpoint Jamboree.

Christian Curlee scored four goals for Coeur d'Alene, and Shane Neirinckx, Sam McLaughlin and Christopher Boifeullet each scored twice.

LEGION BASEBALL

Northwest Premier Baseball Club of Post Falls highlights:

10 and under: Northwest Premier finished 3-2 overall and came in runner-up in the Little League Legends Tournament last weekend in Moses Lake.

Premier finished second only to the home team Lake Monsters, who captured their fifth tournament title of the season. Premier opened with a loss to the eventual champs Friday night but rallied for a pair of wins on Saturday (13-7 over the Wenatchee All-Stars and 13-3 over the Puyallup Knights) to earn a berth into the semifinal game Sunday morning. They then beat the Enumclaw Hornets 16-8 in the semis, setting up a rematch with the Lake Monsters in the championship. They ended up losing 11-6 in the title game.

16U: The Premier beat Coeur d'Alene American Legion Short A 9-1 on June 11 at Thorco Field.

They then traveled to the Tri-Cities this past weekend to compete in the Triple Crown Father's Day Slugfest. They went 1-1 in pool play Saturday, beating the CNB Nationals 8-3 and losing 3-2 to the Sammamish Dragons that ended early due to time limit rules.

Earning the No. 4 seed (out of 15 teams) into Sunday's championship bracket, Premier fell to Primetime from Battleground, Wash., and ended their tournament Sunday morning.

This weekend they head to Moses Lake to compete in the Ed McNamara Memorial Tournament.

17U: Premier split a pair of midweek games last week with the Spokane Expos (Warehouse Performance), winning 9-7 at Spokane Falls Community College and losing 4-1 at Timberlake High School.

They then also traveled to the Tri-Cities for the Triple Crown Father's Day Slugfest, where they wound up playing the Expos again in the first round of pool play. Behind a complete game shutout on the mound by Vincent Bennett (Bonners Ferry HS), Premier blanked the Expos 5-0, giving them a 2-1 record against them for the week. They then fell to eventual champs Baden Baseball and PBC Zips in the championship bracket, ending their weekend.

This weekend they head to the Palouse Summer Series at Washington State University in Pullman for a four-game tourney that begins Thursday.

Prairie Cardinals "A": Prairie remained undefeated in Single "A" American Legion baseball and ran its overall record to 15-2 after defeating Sandpoint 8-3 and 19-15 in a North Idaho League doubleheader in Post Falls on June 11.

In the opener, Brandon Busch went 2 for 4 with two runs and two RBIs, and Chaz Bailey also drove in two runs. In the nightcap, Dalton Lozier went 4 for 5 with two triples, a double, seven RBIs and four runs scored. Keanon Nauman was 2 for 3 with four RBIs.

In last weekend's Schools Out Slam, held at Post Falls High School and Lakeland High School the Cardinals had a 2-1 record, defeating East Valley of Otis Orchards 7-3 behind three RBIs by Brandon Busch, losing to Crew Select 17-and-under 10-4 and defeating Lewis-Clark in their finale 12-4 in five innings as Jarrett Plunkett drove in three runs. The tournament was cut short due to inclement weather.

BASKETBALL

Lake City boys camp nears: Lake City High boys basketball coach Jim Winger heads the instructional staff for the Lake City Basketball Camp, scheduled for June 23-26 at Lake City High School

Boys entering grades 1-5 will meet daily from 9 a.m. to noon; boys entering grades 6-8 will meet from 1 to 4 p.m.

Cost is $75 per camper, and $25 for each additional camper from the same family.

Information: Jim Winger, 929-0045, 769-0769, or [email protected].

SOCCER

The Dome, located at 167 W. Miles Ave. in Hayden, is hosting several soccer events this summer.

A weekly youth soccer clinic is scheduled to begin Wednesday, July 2, for ages 4-9. One-hour sessions will be offered for five weeks. Cost is $45, which includes a T-shirt.

A three-day soccer camp is set for Aug. 4-6, for ages 4-18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Cost is $85.

The Chievo Verona soccer camp, featuring coaches from Italy, is set for July 10-12. Cost is $125, which includes a T-shirt.

Information: www.theacademyidaho.com.

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