PREP ROUNDUP: Vikings sweep Trojans
<p>The Coeur d’Alene High School baseball team congratulates Mike Hicks at home plate after hitting a three-run homerun in the first inning of the second game of a doubleheader against Post Falls Friday in Coeur d’Alene.</p>
<p>Post Falls shortstop Wyatt Setian fields a ground ball in the second game against Coeur d’Alene.</p>
• BASEBALL
COEUR d’ALENE — Colin Richards drove in two runs and struck out three in six innings in the first game, and the Coeur d’Alene Vikings went on to sweep the Post Falls Trojans 6-1 and 12-2 in the 5A Inland Empire League opener for both teams on Friday at Ted Page Field.
“Our pitching staff was excellent today,” Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Rook said. “Colin continues to produce solid innings for his team, along with others. I’m proud of the kids. It’s a great start to league play.”
Michael Hicks hit a 3-run home run in the first inning of the second game for Coeur d’Alene, which jumped out to a 10-1 lead after the first. Gibson Green hit a solo home run leading off the fourth inning for the Vikings.
Coeur d’Alene (10-3-1) travels to Lewiston for a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader on Tuesday at Church Field, starting at 3 p.m.
Dalton Lozier had two hits in the first game and Chaz Bailey three hits in the second game for Post Falls (7-5-1), which hosts Lake City in a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader Tuesday starting at 3 p.m.
FIRST GAME
Post Falls 001 000 0 — 1 4 2
Coeur d’Alene 100 222 x — 7 5 1
Jake Pfennigs, Jared Porter (5) and Treavor Hammel; Colin Richards, Elliott Sparks (7) and Reggie Nault. W — Richards (3-0). L — Pfennigs.
HITS: PF — Setian, Lozier 2, Koski. Cd’A — Nault, Green, Kluss 2, Richards. 2B — Lozier, Kluss 2.
SECOND GAME
Post Falls 100 01 — 2 7 5
Coeur d’Alene (10)00 2x — 12 8 0
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Jacob Elliott, Jared Porter (2) and RJ Clancy, Treavor Hammel (2); Nathaniel English, Connor Cardinel (4), Tanner Toepke (5) and Reggie Nault. W — English (3-2). L — Elliott.
HITS: PF — Setian 2, Bailey 3, Koski, Lebsock. Cd’A — Hicks 2, Green 3, Kluss 2, Carter. 2B — Setian, Hicks. 3B — Kluss. HR — Green (1), Hicks (3).
• SOFTBALL
Coeur d’Alene 23-17
Post Falls 1-1
COEUR d’ALENE — Kylie Smith drove in five runs in the first game and Breana Burke drove in four in the second game as the Vikings swept the Trojans in the 5A Inland Empire League opener for both schools at Larry Schwenke Field.
“To get the first two (league wins) was good,” Coeur d’Alene coach Larry Bieber said. “It was a pretty good day for us. We really swung the bats well and were hitting the ball all over the field. We ran the bases well today.”
Burke struck out five in two innings in the first inning for Coeur d’Alene (9-0), which travels to Lewiston on Tuesday for an IEL doubleheader at Airport Park starting at 3 p.m.
Post Falls (0-7) hosts Lake City on Tuesday in a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.
FIRST GAME
Post Falls 100 00 — 1 1 8
Coeur d’Alene (10)64 3x — 23 18 4
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Brook Bowers and Allie Morris; Breana Burke, Jane Wilkey (3) and Abby Howard, Miranda Amos (3). W — Burke (7-0). L — Bowers.
HITS: PF — Goleeke. Cd’A — Burke 4, Smith 4, Montee 2, Wilkey 2, Rasmussen, Howard, Amos, Raynor, Behm, Bassett. 2B — Burke, Smith, Amos, Wikey, Montee. 3B — Wilkey, Smith.
SECOND GAME
Post Falls 000 01 — 1 2 7
Coeur d’Alene 382 4x — 17 10 1
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Brook Bowers and Allie Morris; Breana Burke and Abby Howard. W — Burke (8-0). L — Bowers.
HITS: PF — Bowers, Hammond. Cd’A — Rasmussen 2, Burke 2, Smith 2, Montee 2, Howard, Bassett. 2B — Bowers. 3B — Burke 2, Howard.
• GOLF
Callahan medalist
for Viking girls
POST FALLS — Coeur d’Alene junior Emily Callahan claimed girls medalist honors, shooting a 79 to help the Vikings win the team title at the Post Falls Invitational on Friday at The Highlands Golf Course.
Lakeland’s girls finished second, followed by Post Falls in third.
Lewiston won the boys title with a 299, led by medalist Ben Trigsted with a 71. Post Falls was second with a 309, followed by Lake City in third with a 319.
TEAM SCORES — 1, Lewiston 299. 2, Post Falls 309. 3, Lake City 319. 4, Post Falls No. 2 321. 5, Lakeland 326. 6, Sandpoint 343. 7, Coeur d’Alene 346. 8, Post Falls No. 3 399. 9, St. Maries 400. 10, Moscow 420.
MEDALIST — Ben Trigsted, Lewiston, 71.
POST FALLS — Drew Harris 79, Joseph Glenn 72, Colton Serdahl 79, Cameron Flores 84, Chase Bomar 79.
LAKE CITY — Beau Beasley 82, Tyler Azevedo 78, Austin Quant 79, Quinn Mitchell 91, Ermais Mularski 80.
POST FALLS NO. 2 — Ty Brearley 81, Nic Riordan 86, Tanner Byers 76, Caleb McIntosh 88, Bradly Fickett 78.
LAKELAND — Preston Roth 72, Tyrel Derrick 88, Dylan Knight 88, Andrew Knight 78, Shane Hylton 89, Kenny Zaken 102.
SANDPOINT — Jack Reeves 90, Dylan Dufenhorst 85, Damien Fitzpatrick 87, Nick Crowley 81, Tyler Connolly 114, Lake Wilks 94.
COEUR d’ALENE — Alex Callahan 73, Chase Mitchell 84, Devyn DeLeon 98, Austin Mitchell 107, Jacob Weber 91.
POST FALLS NO. 3 — Nathan Gregory 106, Dakota Wild 98, Hunter Johnson 95, Josh Johnson 100.
ST. MARIES — David Burnett 99, Gavin McCarter 95, Connor Haeg 99, Blake Balbi 107, Cade Hill 115.
TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene 380. 2, Lakeland 398. 3, Post Falls 399. 4, Lewiston 417. 5, Lake City 421. 6, Moscow 424. 7, St. Maries 462. 8, Sandpoint 468.
MEDALIST — Emily Callahan, Coeur d’Alene, 79.
COEUR d’ALENE — Emily Callahan 79, Kendra Pasco 104, Kealy McMurray 102, Jessica Faby 119, Julia Jaworski 95, Marie Mellick 380.
LAKELAND — Haley Rotchford 102, Megan Cysewski 90, Sierra Tigney 87, McKenzie Roth 135, Hannah Gagnier 119, Rachel Raeger 138.
POST FALLS — Victoria Evans 118, Makayla Franks 105, Jainy Anderton 113, Maddi Anderton 85, Savanna Routh 96, Sydney Schumacker 147.
LAKE CITY — Emily Dodge 87, Aidan Young 109, Courtney Bunce 95, Samantha DeMent 130.
ST. MARIES — McKenzie Rose 99, Arie Sands 116, Aspen Presley 109, Jensyn Harmon 138.
SANDPOINT — Nina McDonnell 108, Ally Creighton 113, Caroline Hawkins 120, Hannah Hurst 127.
• LATE THURSDAY
• TENNIS
Lakeland 7
Post Falls 2
RATHDRUM — The Hawks swept in boys doubles and girls doubles to beat the Trojans in a dual at Lakeland High late Thursday.
Post Falls hosts Lewiston today. Lakeland hosts Coeur d’Alene Charter on Thursday.
BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Matthew Peck, LL, d. Lincoln Hill, 7-5, 7-5. No. 2, Colin Burkhalter, LL, d. Casey Benton, 6-3, 6-1. No. 3, Ramon Armada, PF, d. Trevor Karras, 6-2, 6-4.
BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Laszlo Herbolich/Trevor Karras, LL, d. Ramon Armada/Landon Rice, 6-2, 2-6, 1-0. No. 2, Matt Faubion/Zach Jay, LL, d. Dakota Melton/Chen Zheng, 6-1, 6-1.
GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, America Ellison, PF, d. Amanda Bear, 6-4, 6-2. No. 2, Ashley Rotchford, LL, d. Meghan McLeod, 6-4, 1-6, 1-0.
GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Madison Meckel/Sayaka Koiso, LL, d. Cara Swann/Rylee Schneider, 6-0, 6-2. No. 2, Miranda Higens/Bailey Lazelle, LL, d. Vidi Kaufman/Maddie Smith, 6-2, 6-2.