PREP ROUNDUP: Vikings sweep Mountain View
BASEBALL
CLARKSTON - Reggie Nault hit a 2-run home run in the top of the seventh inning and Collin Richards struck out five in a complete game win as the Coeur d'Alene Vikings beat the Mountain View Mavericks 8-1 in the opening game of the North/South Spring Classic at Clarkston High.
In the second game, Michael Hicks hit a 3-run home run in the first inning and finished with five RBIs in the Vikings 11-1 win in six innings.
Coeur d'Alene (4-1-1) will play Rocky Mountain High of Meridian today at 10 a.m. and Boise at 1 p.m., both at Clarkston High.
FIRST GAME
Coeur d'Alene 100 400 3 - 8 4 0
Mountain View 100 000 0 - 1 3 1
Colin Richards and Payten Zahnow; Mountain View pitching and catching not available. W - Richards (2-0). L - not available.
HITS: Cd'A - Nault 2, Green, Sumner. MV - stats not available. HR - Nault (1).
SECOND GAME
Mountain View 000 010 - 1 6 1
Coeur d'Alene 360 002 - 11 14 3
Mountain View pitching and catching not available; Nathaniel English, Brendan Delgado (4), Tanner Toepke (5), Cameron Luckey (6) and Payten Zahnow. W - English (1-0. L - not available.
HITS: MV - stats not available. Cd'A - Plum 3, Green 2, English, Nault 2, Hicks 2, Kluss, Richards. 2B - Green, Hicks, Nault. HR - Hicks (1).
Rocky Mountain 6-5
Lake City 3-0
LEWISTON - Cody Garza hit a solo home run in the first game for the Timberwolves, which lost to the Grizzlies in the North/South Classic tournament at Church Field.
"We pitched well, had very few walks, which will hopefully keep us in some games this year," Lake City coach Travis Georgius said. "We're going to need to string more hits together and score some runs, but was very pleased with the pitching efficiency and defensive aggressiveness."
Lake City will play two more games in the tournament today.
FIRST GAME
Lake City 201 000 0 - 3 6 4
Rocky Mountain 112 200 x - 6 6 3
Stephen Vaudreiul, Parker Gabrielson (3), Jarred Hall (6) and Reilly Cherry; Roll, Travis (7) and unknown. W - Roll. L - Vaudreiul.
HITS: LC - Vaudreiul, Garza, Hall 2, Congiliaro, Cherry. RM - Holldin, Reisenback, Beard, Herard, Walker, Hansen. 2B - Walker. HR - Garza.
SECOND GAME
Rocky Mountain 000 300 2 - 5 9 0
Lake City 000 000 0 - 0 7 1
Reisbeck and unknown; Sam Slusser, Cody Garza (6) and Reilly Cherry. W - Reisbeck. L - Slusser.
HITS: RM - Hollden, Reisbeck, Cluff, Strickler 3, Beard, Roll, Hansen. LC - Ross, Garza 2, Hall, Conigliaro, Cherry, Slusser. 2B - Hollden, Cluff, Cherry.
Post Falls 9
Pasco 6
PASCO, Wash. - Senior catcher Treavor Hammell drove in five runs for the Trojans' in a nonleague win against the Bulldogs.
"The guys played well and had some fun on the field," Post Falls coach Dustin Frank said. "It was good for us to get on the road. I'm happy with the way we played. We need to shore up our defense, but we've still got a long ways to go to be where we want to be at."
Ryan Hunt struck out 10 and Jared Porter scored three runs for Post Falls (2-0-1), which faces Davis High and Eisenhower High of Yakima today at Davis High.
Post Falls 003 033 0 - 9 9 4
Pasco 011 101 2 - 6 7 0
Ryan Hunt, Elliott (7) and Treavor Hammell; Ingram, Beck (6) and Killoy. W - Hunt (1-0). L - Ingram.
HITS: PF - Setian 2, Koski, Valente, Hammell 2, Bailey, Lozier, C. Howard. Pas - Ingram 2, Stewart, Mohell, Mosquez, Killoy, Ritila. 2B - Valente, Hammell 2, Bailey, Mohelle.
SOFTBALL
Richland 8
Lake City 7
RICHLAND, Wash. - Stephanie Merwin blasted a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, helping the Bombers beat the Timberwolves in nonleague play.
Hannah Nelson had a three-run home run in the second inning and went 3-for-3 for Lake City (3-1).
Freshman Haley Loffer had a line drive to score a run from second and she had an RBI triple for Lake City.
"It was a great battle," Lake City softball coach Jesse Lenz said. "We were led by our seniors. Hannah's home run was big for us."
Lake City plays today at Richland against Walla Walla at 10 a.m., followed by Hanford at Noon.
Lake City 005 010 0 0 - 6 12 2
Richland 100 023 0 1 - 7 13 0
Michaela Flerchinger and Chloe Falciani-Marshall; Abby Perryman, Brandi Andrews (5) and Paige Liikala. W - Andrews. L - Flerchinger.
HITS: LC - Nelson 3, Gay, Cavanaugh, Loffer 2. Rich - Merwin 2, Utecht 3, Likala 2, DuBois, Meul, Hinkley 2, Andrews 2, 2B - Loffer, Likala. 3B - Loffer, HR - Nelson (2), Merwin, Utecht.
Hermiston 11-6
Post Falls 6-4
HERMISTON, Ore. - Post Falls led during both games of its season-opening doubleheader against Hermiston in nonleague play, but was swept.
The Trojans lost their first game, 10-6, before going out and losing the second one, 6-4, in five innings.
"We led in both games," Post Falls coach Brian Stranger said. " We're trying to do some stuff. Some plays didn't go like we hoped. We're a work in progress but we played good softball."
Kasey Goleeke went 2 for 4 with an RBI and two stolen bases in the first game. Taylor Eckness went 2 for 4, Brooke Bowers went 2 for 3 and Kyra Haskew went 1 for 3 with two RBIs.
In the second game, Goleeke went 3 for 4 with two doubles and two RBIs. Bauers went 2 for 4 and two doubles, with four RBIs.
Post Falls plays Hanford of Richland. and Connell today.
FIRST GAME
Post Falls 201 100 1 - 6 9 4
Hermiston 202 007 0 - 11 17 2
Brooke Bowers and Allison Morris; Maylor, Almaguer (5) and Weems.
HITS: PF - Goleeke 2, Ackerman, Haskew, Bowers 2, Eckness 2, Murray. Herm - Hinkley 2, Hobaur 3, Drotzmann 3, Kupace 3, Jones, Maylor, Weems 2, Almaguer, Miller. 2B - Bowers, Drotzmann, Kupace 2, Weems.
SECOND GAME
Post Falls 202 00 - 4 12 2
Hermiston 011 31 - 6 8 1
Brooke Bauers and Allison Morris; Almaguer, Maylor (4) and Weems.
HITS: PF - Goleeke 3, Melton, Bauers 2, Eckness 2, Murray, Morris, Sebastian 2. Herm - Drotzmann 2, Hinkley, Kupace, Jones, Weems, Almaguer, Barron. 2B - Goleeke 2, Bauers 2, Eckness, Hinkley, Drotzmann, Barron.
Colville 12-12
Lakeland 3-2
COLVILLE - The Hawks were downed in both games of a nonleague doubleheader.
"We just need to get our bats going a little bit more," Lakeland coach Colleen Bevacqua said. "Their pitchers were able to shut us down a litte bit. Our pitchers have to hit their spots and stay strong and our defense needs to back them up."
Katie Kastning went 4 for 4 and hit herr first career home run in the first game..
Lakeland (0-5) hosts Kellogg on Tuesday.