PREP BASEBALL: Trojans triumph twice; Hawks topple Tigers
POST FALLS - Killian Estes drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the six inning on a 2-run triple as the Lakeland Hawks rallied to beat the Timberlake Tigers 9-8 in a nonleague game at Post Falls High on Saturday.
"I was pleased to see our bats get rolling," Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. "I couldn't have been more pleased with their production and play throughout both games."
Ryan Pote hit a leadoff home run for Lakeland against Timberlake.
"I'm very proud of the boys and am excited to see what they can do for us the rest of the way," Bradbury said. "Hopefully, they can give us that spark we need to get rolling in the right direction."
Jarrett Plunkett hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning for Timberlake, which rallied to take an 8-7 lead. Derek Galloway scored two runs for Timberlake (6-2), which travels to Moscow for a nonleague doubleheader on Tuesday.
Post Falls 8, Lakeland 1: Post Falls' Wyatt Setian had three hits and two RBIs and Dalton Lozier allowed one run in a complete game in a win against Lakeland.
"Our players did a good job of making adjustments at the plate today," Post Falls coach Dustin Frank said. "Our pitchers did a good job doing what they had to do to keep us in the game."
Jake Pfennigs and Treavor Hammel had two RBIs each for Post Falls against Lakeland. Brian Howell had two hits against Post Falls for Lakeland (1-4), which visits Lake City on Monday.
"Brian pitched very well against Post Falls," Bradbury said. "We just didn't give him any run support and struggled hitting the ball."
Post Falls 9, Timberlake 8: Jacob Elliott scored RJ Clancy with the winning run on a fielder's choice, giving the Trojans a 9-8 win against the Tigers.
Max McCullough had a three-run double in the second inning and Chaz Bailey had a two-run double in the fourth inning for Post Falls (6-3-1), which travels to Sandpoint on Tuesday.
POST FALLS 8, LAKELAND 1
Lakeland 010 000 0 - 1 5 3
Post Falls 000 008 x - 8 6 3
Brian Howell, Dalton Strong (6) and Jared McDaniel; Dalton Lozier and Treavor Hammel. W - Lozier. L - Howell.
HITS: LL - Pote, Howell 2, Cooper, Estes. PF - Setian 3, Pfennigs, Hammel, Hunt. 2B - Setian 2, Hammel.
POST FALLS 9, TIMBERLAKE 8
Timberlake 104 012 0 - 8 8 0
Post Falls 050 201 1 - 9 10 3
Jarrett Plunkett, Derek Galloway (5), Seth Villapando (5) and Villapando, Derek Hansen (5); Jake Pfennigs, Gage Wark (6), Wyatt Setian (6) and RJ Clancy. W - Setian. L - Villapando.
HITS: TL - Galloway 2, Hansen, Plunkett 2, Howard, Tonkin, Villapando. PF - McCullough, Setian 2, Bailey 2, Hunt 2, Valente, Porter, Elliott. 2B - Hansen, Plunkett 2, Tonkin, McCullough, Bailey, Hunt.
LAKELAND 9, TIMBERLAKE 8
Timberlake 200 015 0 - 8 4 1
Lakeland 500 112 x - 9 6 3
Braxton Tonkin, Ryan Starr (2), Derek Hansen (5) and Seth Villanpondo; C. Allen, Brandon Busch (6), Jared McDaniel (6) and JP Zaken. W - McDaniel. L - Hansen.
HITS: TL - Galloway, Hansen, Plunkett, Jones. LL - Pote, Bodak, McDaniel, Strong 2, Estes. 2B - Galloway, Strong. 3B - Estes. HR - Plunkett.
Bonners Ferry 5
Sandpoint 4 (8 inn.)
BONNERS FERRY - Steve Anzelone struck out five in relief and drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Badgers beat the Bulldogs in a nonleague game.
"It was a really good baseball game," Bonners Ferry coach Tom Turpin said. "Both teams played extremely well and both starting pitchers were on their games. We scattered some hits, but they dropped in the last couple of innings."
Nick Sabin drove in two runs for Bonners Ferry (6-4), which travels to Priest River next Saturday.
Quinn Pearlstein and Talon Dewey had RBI singles for Sandpoint (1-4), which hosts Post Falls on Tuesday.
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Bonners Ferry 012 000 11 - 5 10 0
Two outs when winning run scored.
Talon Dewey, Patrick Kummer (5) and Paul Sundquist; A.J. Bennett, Steve Anzelnoe (7) and Caleb Gray. W - Anzelone. L - Kummer.
HITS: Spt - Russo, Sundquist, Pearlstein 2, Dewey 2, Viaris. BF - Bateman 2, Garcia 2, Anzelone 2, Bennett 3, N. Sabin. 2B - Anzelone, Bennett 2.