PREP BASEBALL: Larson, Sundquist lead Bulldogs past Badgers
SANDPOINT — Sophomore Tyrone Larson ran his record to 2-0 on the season, pitching four solid innings, and Paul Sundquist ripped four hits to lead Sandpoint to an 8-4 win over Bonners Ferry in the second game of a nonleague baseball doubleheader on Saturday at War Memorial Field.
Larson has now yielded just one earned run in 10 innings of work, and along with reliever Wes Holland, helped hold the Badgers to just four hits. Sundquist striped two doubles among his four hits, helping awaken a struggling lineup that has been looking for a spark.
“He’s had a rough start, trying too hard, and today he woke up,” said Bulldogs head coach Scott Fitchett, also praising the early work of Larson. “He’s been keeping the ball down and throwing strikes.”
Sophomores Trey Flint and Jacob Commetto each had doubles, and Walker Jacobson added two hits for the Bulldogs (2-5), who finally broke through for a win in the third meeting in two days against the Badgers, a formidable 3A opponent.
In the opener, Bonners’ Jesse Dunham tossed a two-hit gem, keeping the Bulldogs off-balance in an 11-0 win.
Caleb Gering, Nick Sabin and Caleb Blackmore each had two hits for the Badgers in the opener, as they plated six runs in the first inning against Sandpoint starter Patrick Kummer. Bear Youngdahl came in to pitch in the first inning, and put up a few zeros before the Badgers put the game away with five more in the in the fifth.
The Bulldogs host Priest River in a doubleheader on Thursday.
Bonners Ferry returns to action on April 5 at the Lake City JV.
FIRST GAME
Bonners Ferry 600 05 — 11 7 1
Sandpoint 000 00 — 0 2 2
Jesse Dunham and Kevin Gray; Patrick Kummer, Bear Youngdahl (1) and Nick Holland. W — Dunham. L — Kummer.
HITS: BF — Gering, Blackmore 2, N. Sabin 2, C. Sabin 1. Spt — Edlund, Sundquist.
SECOND GAME
Bonners Ferry 002 010 1 — 4 4 2
Sandpoint 102 014 x — 8 7 2
Gray, Sabin (6) and Bateman; Tyrone Larson, Wes Holland (5) and Brock Browning. W — Larson (2-0). L — Gray.
HITS: BF — B. Bateman, Dunham, Blackmore, C. Sabin. Spt — Commettoo, Edlund, Sundquist, Flint, Norris, Pettit, Jacobson 2. 2B — Sundquist 2, Flint, Commetto.
Timberlake 3-10
St. Maries 0-5
ST. MARIES — Jerritt Plunkett struck out 10 and walked two in a no-hitter in the opening game of a doubleheader sweep of the Lumberjacks at City Park.
“Jerritt threw the ball really well today,” Timberlake coach Matt George said. “He did a really good job of finding his spots.”
In the second game, Derek Galloway and Dock Sommers had two RBIs each as Timberlake improved to 4-2 on the season.
“We hit the ball a lot better than we had been in the second game,” George said. “St. Maries threw a lot of off-speed stuff, which isn’t our strength, but we hit the ball quite a bit better today. (St. Maries catcher) Chase Truscott did a great job of throwing a lot of guys out and behind the plate for them.”
Truscott finished with two RBIs for St. Maries (0-4), which plays at Potlatch on April 5.
Timberlake will face Post Falls and Sandpoint on Friday at Post Falls High.
FIRST GAME
Timberlake 000 020 1 — 3 2 2
St. Maries 000 000 0 — 0 0 5
Jerritt Plunkett and Seth Villanpando; Bryant Asbury, Drake Lounsbury (5) and Chase Truscott.
HITS: TL — Sommers, Villanpando. SM — none.
SECOND GAME
Timberlake 310 210 3 — 10 8 2
St. Maries 101 210 0 — 5 4 4
Brady Nowlan, Braxton Tonkin (4), Derek Galloway (7) and Seth Villanpando; Kiefer Gibson, Derek Larson (3), Drake Lounsbury (5) and Chase Truscott. W — Nowlan. L — Gibson.
HITS: TL — Galloway 2, George 2, Plunkett, Smith, Tonkin, Sommers. SM — Lounsbury, Asbury, Truscott, Larson. 2B — Plunkett.
Vikings top Boise,
Mountain View
LEWISTON — Nathaniel English and Jackson Sumner had two hits each and Tanner Toepke and Trevor Luckey drove in two runs each for the Vikings in an 8-2 win over the Braves at Church Field in the North-South tournament.
Sumner struck out five in six innings for Coeur d’Alene, which used a five-run fifth inning to pull away.
Against Mountain View, Caleb Beggerly and Trevor Luckey each homered in an 11-10 win over the Mavericks of Meridian.
Coeur d’Alene (5-3) plays at Lakeland on April 5.
COEUR d’ALENE 8, BOISE 2
Coeur d’Alene 010 150 1 — 8 10 1
Boise 000 002 0 — 2 7 1
Jackson Sumner, Davenport (7) and Payton Zahnow; Massey, No. 13 and unknown. W — Sumner. L — Massey.
HITS: Cd’A — English 2, Sumner 2, T. Luckey, C. Luckey, Nosworthy 2, Toepke, Jacobsen. Boise — Fasula, Herback, Bieter 2, Mickelson, Peterson 2. 2B — T. Luckey, Herback. 3B — Sumner, Toepke.
COEUR d’ALENE 11, MOUNTAIN VIEW 10
Coeur d’Alene 101 034 11 — 11 13 0
Mountain View 112 005 10 — 10 17 5
Nathaniel English, Hean (3), Friesz (6), Tanner Toepke (6), Daniel Gunnerson (8) and Payton Zahnow; Nickelbeck, Alandt (6), Smith (7) and unknown. W — Gunnerson. L — Smith.
HITS: Cd’A — Mayfield, Sumner 3, T. Luckey 5, C. Luckey, Beggerly 3, Toepke. MV — Wong, Alandt 4, Flesher 2, Mills, Boily 3, Smith 3, Moorhouse, Snooks 2. 2B — T. Luckey, Wong, Flesher, Boily, Smith 2. HR — T. Luckey, Beggerly.
Lake City beats Boise,
falls to Rocky Mountain
LEWISTON — Jarred Hall struck out five and walked none in a complete-game win for the Timberwolves against the Braves at Lewis-Clark State’s Harris Field.
Nathan Phillips and Kyle Manzardo hit two-run singles for Lake City in a five-run top of the second inning that proved to be the difference against Boise.
“We played great team baseball and had some good approaches at the plate,” Lake City coach Paul Manzardo said. “Jarred just did a great job on the mound and kept us in the game. He competed extremely well.”
Against Rocky Mountain, Dominic Conigliaro and Hall had RBIs for Lake City in the first inning, but the Grizzlies of Meridian were able to beat the Timberwolves as Rocky Mountain stole home with the go-ahead run in the sixth inning.
“It’s just unfortunate how that game ended,” Manzardo said. “We executed everything right, but missed the tag. When they were sliding, they also missed the plate and when the catcher went to tag him, the ball came loose. It was a great high school baseball game.”
Lake City (3-3) hosts Lakeland on April 8.
LAKE CITY 7, BOISE 5
Lake City 050 200 0 — 7 9 2
Boise 004 010 0 — 5 6 2
Jarred Hall and Zach Sensel; Trey Jones, Andrew Peterson (5) and Josu Bieter-Leite. W — Hall (1-0). L — Jones.
HITS: LC — Kolden, Manzardo, Garza 2, Conigliaro, Hall, Criswell, Phillips, Sensel. Boise — Fasula, Heubach, Ejerke, Murray-Eumond, Aledena 2. 3B — Garza.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN 4, LAKE CITY 3
Lake City 200 010 0 — 3 6 1
Rocky Mtn. 200 011 0 — 4 7 0
Caleb Reed, Kyle Manzardo (6) and Zack Sensel; Nowlan Walker, Casey Ogata (5), Taylor Hoffman (7) and Darren Lightner. W — Hoffman. L — Reed (0-1).
HITS: LC — Garza, Conigliaro, Hall, Criswell 2, Stapleton. RM — Hansen 3, Kinnard, Ogata, McKinney, Moorehouse. 2B — Hall, Hansen.