PREP BASEBALL: Howard comes up clutch as Post Falls splits with Chiawana
<p>Outfielder Carter Howard of Post Falls makes a play on a fly ball in the second inning against Chiawana of Pasco, Wash., during the second game of a doubleheader on Friday.</p>
<p>Post Falls’ Max McCullough slides safely into home as Chiawana catcherBrayden Childs stretches out to field the throw.</p>
POST FALLS - Carter Howard scored three runs and also drove in three runs for the Post Falls Trojans in a 10-9 nonleague win against the Chiawana Riverhawks of Pasco, Wash., in the second game of a doubleheader on Friday.
In the opener, Chiawana beat Post Falls 8-5.
RJ Clancy and Matt Lebsock had two hits each for Post Falls, which scored eight runs in the first three innings before pushing across the winning run in the bottom of the seventh.
Dalton Lozier had two hits and an RBI in the first game for Post Falls (4-3-1), which hosts Lakeland today at 11 a.m. and Timberlake at 4 p.m.
FIRST GAME
Chiawana 020 022 2 - 8 10 0
Post Falls 001 400 0 - 5 6 3
Caughey, Vargas (4), Black (6) and Childs; Ryan Hunt, Gage Wark (6), Jacob Elliott (7) and Treavor Hammel. W - Vargas. L - Wark.
HITS: Chi - Vega, Black, Hiral, Olsen, Caughey, Salinas, Childs, T. Simpkins 3. PF - Lozier 2, Hammel, Hunt, Lebsock, Pfennigs. 2B - Hiral, Caughey, Hammel, Lebsock. HR - Black.
SECOND GAME
Chiawana 141 110 1 - 9 7 2
Post Falls 323 010 1 - 10 9 3
2 outs when winning run scored.
Penny, Salinas (2) and Childs; Jared Porter, Jacob Elliott (4) and Treavor Hammel. W - Elliott. L - Salinas.
HITS: Chi - Vega, Vargas 2, Black 2, Childs, T. Simpkins. PF - Howard, Pfennigs, Hammel, Clancy 2, Lebsock 2, Elliott, McCullough. 2B - Vargas, Black, McCullough, Clancy.