PREP BASEBALL: English, Sumner pace Vikings
POST FALLS — Nathaniel English had three hits and two RBIs in the first game for the Coeur d’Alene Vikings, who beat the Post Falls Trojans 6-2 in the first game of an 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader on Saturday at Post Falls High.
Coeur d’Alene’s Jackson Sumner struck out seven in the second game, a 5-2 win in the first league games for both schools this season.
“It really came down to a couple of clutch hits and some defensive plays,” Post Falls coach Dustin Frank said. “We just came up a little short. Coeur d’Alene played really well defensively and made some great plays when we had runners in scoring position. We just need to make some clutch hits and make a couple more plays. We just came up a little short today.”
Jake Pfennigs struck out six in the first game for Post Falls (10-4), which travels to Lake City on Tuesday.
Coeur d’Alene (9-3) hosts Lewiston on Wednesday.
FIRST GAME
Coeur d’Alene 200 001 3 — 6 7 0
Post Falls 001 001 0 — 2 7 2
Justin Bates, Thomas Robinson (4), Tanner Toepke (7) and Payton Zahnow; Jake Pfennings, Jared Porter (7), Quin Bennett (7) and Nate Buer. W — Robinson. L — Pfennigs (2-2).
HITS: Cd’A — English 3, T. Luckey 2, C. Luckey, Sumner. PF — Weeks, Setian, Bennett, Pfennigs, Lebsock 2, Gosney. 2B — Setian, Pfennigs, Lebsock, English, Sumner. 3B — English.
SECOND GAME
Coeur d’Alene 021 011 0 — 5 8 0
Post Falls 200 000 0 — 2 4 2
Jackson Sumner, Jayce Bailey (5), Tanner Toepke (7) and Reegan Jacobson; Josh McGlathery, Isaiah Gosney (7) and Nate Buer. W — Sumner. L — McGlathery (2-1).
HITS: Cd’A — English, Luckey, Plum 2, T. Luckey, Mayfield, Toepke, Jacobson. PF — Benson, Setian, Pfennigs 2. 2B — Plum, T. Luckey, Setian, Pfennigs.
Lake City 4-7
Lewiston 3-11
COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Dominic Conigliaro struck out eight and hit a two-run walk-off double in the opener as the Timberwolves split with the Bengals in a doubleheader to open 5A Inland Empire League play.
“It was a great win for us,” first-year Lake City coach Paul Manzardo said. “Dominic pitched really well, but was focused at the plate and got some great hits for us. He just played wonderfully.”
In the second game, Lake City rallied from a 7-1 deficit to tie it at 7 with six runs in the bottom of the fifth, but was done in by a four-run top of the seventh to earn the split.
“We battled all day,” Manzardo said. “They played extremely well. It’s unfortunate we got beat, but they were great baseball games.”
Lake City (7-4) hosts Post Falls in a 5A IEL doubleheader on Tuesday.
Lewiston is 10-1.
FIRST GAME
Lewiston 200 000 1 — 3 10 1
Lake City 000 101 2 — 4 8 0
Stamper, Munoz (6) and Cole; Dominic Conigliaro, Cody Garza (7) and Grant Wade. W — Garza (1-0). L — Munoz.
HITS: Lew — Way 4, Munoz, White, Moore 2, Cole, Light. LC — Kolden, Manzardo 2, Garza, Conigliaro 2, Hall, Reid. 2B — Munoz, White, Moore, Manzardo, Garza, Conigliaro 2, Hall. 3B — Way.
SECOND GAME
Lewiston 012 130 4 — 11 15 1
Lake City 001 060 0 — 7 5 4
Washburn, Chase (5), Way (6) and Fuller; Kodie Kolden, Brett Stapleton (4), Kaleb Reid (6), Grant Wade (7) and Zach Sensel. W — Way. L — Reid (0-2).
HITS: Lew — Light 4, White 2, Moore, Munoz 4, Washburn, Chase, Fuller, Driskell. LC — Kolden, Manzardo, Conigliaro 2, B. Stapleton. 2B — Light, Munoz 2, Coniglario, Stapleton. 3B — Munoz.
Lakeland 2-3
Moscow 1-13
RATHDRUM — Ryan Pote hit a pair of standup triple, finishing with an RBI and run scored as the Hawks clipped the Bears in the opening game of a 4A Inland Empire League doubleheader at Gorton Field.
Max Baker also had an RBI in the first game for Lakeland, which had Chris Schilling allow four hits in a complete game win.
“Chris pitched outstanding and kept Moscow off balance,” Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. “Our defense played great behind him. Ryan, both of his hits were rocket shots to center. I’m really impressed with that kid. He’s fun to watch, has great speed and is a definite spark plug for our team.”
In the nightcap, Moscow used a 10-run fifth inning to earn a split.
Lakeland (5-8) plays at Medical Lake on Monday.
FIRST GAME
Moscow 000 100 0 — 1 4 0
Lakeland 002 000 x — 2 7 0
Larson, Howard (6) and Gosse; C. Schilling and JP Zaken. W — Schilling. L — Larson.
HITS: Mos — Richardson, Larson, Shears 2. LL — Pote 2, Baker, McDaniel, Bradbury, Blood 2. 2B — McDaniel. 3B — Pote 2.
SECOND GAME
Moscow 012 0(10) — 13 12 0
Lakeland 002 01 — 3 6 4
Carscallen, Howard (3) and Gosse; Dylan Bradbury, JJ Mackesy (5), Joseph Strietzel (5) and JP Zaken. W — Howard. L — Bradbury.
HITS: Mos — Richardson, Larson 2, Redinger, Robertson 2, Carscallen 2, Shears 2, Gray, Howard. LL — Baker, Neilson, Mackesy 2, Bradbury, Blood. 2B — Larson, Robertson, Carscallen, Shears, Mackesy.
Timberlake 9-7
Kellogg 3-0
SPIRIT LAKE — Derek Galloway pitched 5 2/3 innings of shutout baseball in the opener and Braxton Tonkin threw two-hit shutout in the second, helping the Tigers sweep the Wildcats in the Intermountain League opener for both schools.
Jerritt Plunkett and Seth Villanpando had two RBIs each in the first game for Timberlake (6-8), which hosts Priest River on Tuesday.
Dominic Easley had two hits in the first game for Kellogg, which plays at Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.
FIRST GAME
Kellogg 000 003 0 — 3 6 3
Timberlake 033 102 x — 9 9 1
Austin Jeffries, Brandon Stott (6) and Dominic Easley; Derek Galloway, Jerritt Plunkett (6) and Seth Villanpando. W — Galloway. L — Jeffries.
HITS: Kell — Silva, Easley 2, Stott, Jeffries, Martin. TL — Sommers 2, Plunkett, George, Tonkin, Villanpando 2, Nowlan, Esquivel. 2B — Stott. 3B — Plunkett.
SECOND GAME
Kellogg 000 000 0 — 0 2 5
Timberlake 032 110 x — 7 6 1
Tanner Mueller, Trevor Bumgardner (4) and Dominic Easley; Braxton Tonkin and Seth Villanpando. W — Tonkin. L — Mueller.
HITS: Kell — Jeffries, Mueller. TL — Esquivel, Sommers, Plunkett, George, Tonkin, Villanpando. 2B — George.
Bonners Ferry 2-13
Priest River 0-3
BONNERS FERRY — Vince Bennett struck out 11, walked one, and did not allow a runner past second base in the first game for the Badgers in a sweep of the Spartans in the Intermountain League opener for both schools.
In the opener, the game remained scoreless until the sixth when Nick Sabin and Caleb Stockton brought home runs on suicide squeeze plays for Bonners Ferry.
Bennett scored three runs in the second game and drove in two runs for Bonners Ferry (12-2), which hosts Kellogg on Tuesday.
“It was really good to get the league wins,” Bonners Ferry coach Tom Turpin said. “Our hitting was a little flat in the first game, but we were able to eke one out for Vince. In the second game, our bats came alive and we were able to finish them off.”
Greg Fitzmorris had two hits in the second game for Priest River, which travels to Timberlake on Tuesday.
FIRST GAME
Priest River 000 000 0 — 0 3 1
Bonners Ferry 000 002 x — 2 3 0
Fitzmorris and Campbell; Bennett and Gray. W — Bennett (5-0). L — Fitzmorris.
HITS: PR — Fitzmorris, Hartwig, Jeter. BF — B. Bateman, Blackmore, N. Sabin. 2B — Hartwig.
SECOND GAME
Priest River 300 00 — 3 5 1
Bonners Ferry 150 16 — 13 9 0
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Kuprinko, Storro (2) and Campbell; Dunham and Gray. W — Dunham (4-0). L — Kuprinko.
HITS: PR — Perkins, Fitzmorris 2, Pettit, Campbell. BF — Bennett 2, Blackmore 2, N. Sabin 2, S. Bateman 2, C. Sabin. 2B — Blackmore.