Timberlake earns split with Orofino in season opener
BASEBALL
OROFINO - The Timberlake Tigers split a season-opening doubleheader with the Orofino Maniacs, winning the first game 7-2 before falling in the nightcap 9-1 on Friday night.
In the first game, the Tigers swung their bats effectively, with six of their nine hits going for extra bases.
Timberlake got two hits from Mason Cramer in the first game, who had a double and a triple. John Galloway also had two hits.
The Maniacs also mustered nine hits, but were hurt by three errors and a lack of runners in scoring position.
In their win, the Maniacs (4-1) got seven hits from their Nos. 2-4 hitters.
Pitcher Tanner Schwartz struck out six for the Maniacs, walking only one.
The teams play again today at 11 a.m.
FIRST GAME
Timberlake 120 022 0 - 7 9 0
Orofino 000 101 0 - 2 9 3
Hunter Tonkin, John Galloway (7) and Austin Allen. Tory Knapp, Hayden Wilson (7) and Scotty Lee.
HITS: TL - Wells 2, Galloway 2, Cramer 2, Johnson, Allen, M. Tonkin. 2B - Galloway, B. Johnson, Cramer, Tonkin. 3B - Cramer, Wells. Oro - W. Reggear 3, Tanner Schwartz 2, Lee, T. Knapp, Wilson, Howard. 2B - Schwartz, Knapp.
SECOND GAME
Timberlake 100 000 0 - 1 5 1
Orofino 410 301 X - 9 9 0
Mason Cramer, Jarrett Plunkett (5), and Allen. Schwartz and Lee.
HITS: TL - Allen 2, Galloway, Cramer, Tonkin. 2B - Cramer. Oro - Brink, Schwartz, Lee, J. Walker, Wilson. 2B - Lee.
SOFTBALL
Hermiston 15
Post Falls 1
HERMISTON, Ore. - Katie McDermott had two hits and Brooke Bowers scored on a passed ball for the Trojans, which lost a nonleague game to the Bulldogs.
Post Falls left the bases loaded twice, but were unable to get a key hit.
"We struggled a little in the first inning, but if we could have gotten some runs in, we could have gotten back into the game," Post Falls coach Jack Foster said. "Brooke (Bowers) came back in (to pitch) and did a great job. We had our chances, but just couldn't get a run across."
Post Falls (0-1) will face Walla Walla today at noon and Southridge at 2 p.m. in the Richland mixer.
Post Falls 010 00 - 1 4 3
Hermiston (10)05 0x - 15 14 0
Brooke Bowers, Lexie Butterfield (1), Bowers (4) and Katie McDermott; Emily Sexton and Allie Rude. W - Sexton. L - Bowers (0-1).
HITS: PF - McDermott 2, Murray, Rosetti. Herm - Rude 2, Ena 2, Drotzman 2, Andreason 2, Juul, Ledbetter 3, Dixon, Hinkley. 2B - Andreason, Drotzman. 3B - Ena.
TENNIS
West Valley 5
Coeur d'Alene 2
SPOKANE - The Coeur d'Alene doubles teams of Jacob Mai and Joey Jeske and Zach Davis and Vance Karff both won their matches, but West Valley's singles players swept the Vikings in nonconference action.
Coeur d'Alene's No. 1 singles player, junior Pierre Schramback, missed the match due to a scheduling conflict.
"They had good singles players," Coeur d'Alene coach Dan O'Connor said. "We were missing our No. 1 guy, so we moved some things around. So we had some kids get some good experience. Hats off to West Valley, they have some singles players."
Coeur d'Alene's tennis teams will play Tuesday against Mt. Spokane. The girls team will play at Coeur d'Alene, while the boys team will play at Mt. Spokane.
BOYS SINGLES - No. 1, Chris Myers, WV, d. Kyle Schneider, 6-2, 6-2. No. 2, Cameron Conner, WV, d. Ian Lynch, 6-2, 6-2. No. 3, Ty Laboy, WV, d. Ross Clark, 6-2, 6-2, No. 4, Jian Mitchell, WV, d. Eric Tiffany, 6-4, 6-2.
BOYS DOUBLES - No. 1, Ricky Miller/Kyle Love, WV, d. Cole Williams/Riley Ellingsen, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5. No. 2, Jacob Mai/Joey Jeske, Cd'A, d. Zach Davis/Vance Karff, 6-2, 6-0. No. 3, Garrett Curtis/Colton Curtis, Cd'A, d. Ryan Hunter/Spencer Glass, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4.