Lozier throws near shutout, leads Trojans to first victory

BASEBALL

SPOKANE - Dalton Lozier carried a shutout into the bottom of the sixth inning before rain set in and he allowed two runs in the sixth inning Wednesday, leading the Post Falls Trojans past the North Central Indians 5-2 in a nonleague game..

The game was shortened to six innings.

Lozier only allowed four hits and two runs, striking out five Central batters and allowing two walks for Post Falls (1-1).

"He pitched really well," Post Falls coach Dustin Frank said. "In the last inning, it started pouring down rain. Some bad weather started coming in, but he started battling back, I was impressed. He just finished the job. He threw about 65 to 70 percent strikes."

Nate Gomer and Jacob Koski each went 2 for 3. Gomer hit a triple and Koski had a double against the Indians (1-1).

Post Falls scored two runs in the top of the first inning. Trevor Hammel had an RBI single to score Koski. Ryan Hunt hit a triple that hit off of the wall that scored Gomer.

Post Falls plays today at Central Valley.

Post Falls 201 110 - 5 7 1

North Central 000 002 - 2 4 0

Dalton Lozier and Trevor Hammel; Rupert, Jacobs (2) and Doidge. W - Lozier (1-0). L - Rupert (0-1).

HITS - PF: Gomer 2, Koski 2, Hammel, Hunt, Lozier. NC - Rupert, Doidge, Bartholomew, Miller. 2B - Koski, Miller. 3B - Hunt, Gomer

Coeur d'Alene 16

Rogers 9

COEUR d'ALENE - Michael Hicks went 2 for 3 with four RBIs and two runs scored as the Vikings beat the Pirates in a nonleague game at Ted Page Field.

Coeur d'Alene, which trailed 7-3 after the first inning, got three innings of scoreless relief from Graham Thompson and Colby Kennedy in the win.

Colton Gray drove in three runs, Gibson Green and Kolby DeHaas had two RBIs and Nick Nyquist scored three runs for Coeur d'Alene (3-0), which plays at Kennewick on Saturday.

Rogers 710 10 - 9 8 3

Coeur d'Alene 361 06 - 16 16 4

Lysle Humphrey, Austin Marker (3) and Austyn Holm (4) and Cody Risinger; Sean Sutton, Graham Thompson (2) and Colby Kennedy (4) and Kolby DeHaas, Colby Kennedy (4). W - Thompson (1-0). L - Humphrey (0-1).

HITS: Rog - Ramirez, Welty, Holm, Dierks, Marker, Day 2, Risinger. Cd'A - Green 2, Kluss, Hicks 2, Barrowcliff 3, DeHaas 2, Montee 2, Gray, Nyquist 3. 2B - Day, Hicks, DeHaas 2, Montee. 3B - Barrowcliff 2, Gray, Nyquist 2.

Shadle Park 13

Lake City 0

SPOKANE - JJ Winger and Carter Chaffin each had one hit, but the Timberwolves made four errors in a nonleague loss to the Highlanders.

Pitcher Jordan Ross allowed four runs, three earned, along with three hits for the Timberwolves (0-2). He struck out none and walked four.

Shadle Park scored two runs in the first inning, with three hits.

"We had some errors and mental mistakes on defense," Lake City coach Travis Georgius said. "We had some guys in scoring position who got picked off. In the first inning, they bunted some guys over and our mistakes allowed the inning to continue."

Lake City plays a doubleheader Monday at Moscow.

Lake City 000 00 - 0 2 4

Shadle Park 254 2x 13 7 1

Game called in fifth inning due to 10-run rule.

Jordan Ross, Sam Schultz (2), Stephen Vaudreuil (3) and Riley Cherry; Mockin, Keenan (4) and Rypien. W - Mockin. L - Ross (0-1).

HITS - LC: Winger, Chaffin. SP: Mockin 2, Aguien, Douglas, Greenwold, Keenan, Eilesky. 2B - Eilesky.

Lambert, Gibbons

earn medalist honors

PINEHURST - Kellogg seniors Jesse Lambert and Jessi Gibbons earned medalist honors in a nonleague match between the Wildcats and Lumberjacks at Pinehurst Golf Course.

Lambert shot a 1-over 37 to pace the Kellogg boys. Gibbons had a 10-over 47 to win girls medalist.

David Burnett led St. Maries with a 43.

St. Maries faces Wallace next Thursday at Shoshone Golf Course in Big Creek.

At Pinehurst Golf Club

Par 36

3,026 yards

TEAM SCORES - 1, Kellogg 173. 2, St. Maries 184

Medalist - Lambert, Kellogg 37

ST. MARIES - Ryan McNulty 45, Gavin McCarter 46, David Burnett 43, Cody Posselt 50

KELLOGG - Jesse Lambert 37, Chrishtian deYoung 42, Panke 47, Huber 47

Par 37

2,822 yards

TEAM SCORES - 1, Kellogg 220. 2, St. Maries 246

MEDALIST - Jessi Gibbons, Kellogg 47

ST. MARIES - Makenna Balbi 63, Morgan Manfull 62, Arie Sands 56, Ashton Presley 65

KELLOGG - Gibbons 47, McKinley 53, Miller 62, Durham 58

TENNIS

Mount Spokane 5

Lake City 2

SPOKANE - C.C. Cates and Sydney Jackson had wins in singles play for the Lake City girls in a match against Mount Spokane.

"It was really kind of neat to have Sydney get a win in her first varsity match," Lake City girls coach Roger Keilig said. "I thought it was neat to have a couple of wins by our underclassmen."

The boys match at Lake City was postponed due to rain.

Lake City travels to University High in Spokane on Tuesday.

GIRLS SINGLES - No. 1, Kayla Uplinger, Mt. Spokane, d. Hailey Little, 6-0, 6-4. No. 2, Cecily Wright, Mt. Spokane, d. Emma Burke, 6-2, 6-1. No. 3, C.C. Cates, LC, d. Gretchen Tibbits, 6-4, 6-4. No. 4, Sydney Jackson, LC, d. Rachel Pilgeram, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.

GIRLS DOUBLES - No. 1, Courtney Oplinger/Cassidy Graham, Mt. Spokane, d. Casey Moore Snyder/Freja Rosenlund, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2, Kate Grossman/April Sant, Mt. Spokane, d. Ashley Garvijs/Brice Martin, 6-0, 6-0. No. 3, Sarah Wurst/Allie Wright, Mt. Spokane, d. Arielle Meyers/Natalee Findley, 6-0, 6-0.

POSTPONEMENTS

Lakeland at

Colville, ppd., rain

COLVILLE, Wash. - Wednesday's nonleague baseball game between the Hawks and the host Indians was rained out.

No makeup date was announced as neither team has an open date to play the game.