Lewiston sweeps Vikings, snatches 5A IEL baseball title
• BASEBALL
LEWISTON — With its chance to clinch home field advantage throughout the 5A Region 1 tournament, the Coeur d’Alene Vikings came up short as they were swept by the Lewiston Bengals 3-2 and 6-2 on Friday at Church Field, giving the top seed to the Bengals.
“The difference today was, they got the big hit and we didn’t,” first-year Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Mahin said. “What it boils down to in baseball is, every game boils down to one pitch. And we were on the wrong side of that pitch in both games.”
Coeur d’Alene (15-8, 7-5 5A IEL) finished as the third seed, and plays at second seed Lake City (14-8, 7-5) in the opening round on Monday at 4 p.m. The teams finished tied for second in league, each beating the other twice, but Lake City won the tiebreaker over Coeur d’Alene via run differencial in their four head-to-head meetings.
Lewiston (19-4, 8-4) will host fourth-seeded Post Falls (12-12) in the other opening round game on Monday.
FIRST GAME
Coeur d’Alene 001 010 0 — 2 5 1
Lewiston 020 010 x — 3 5 1
Daniel Gunnerson and Hunter Wabs; Murphy, Way (6) and Cole Grijalva. W — Murphy. L — Gunnerson.
HITS: Cd’A — English 3, T. Luckey, Mayfield. Lew — Way, Moore 2, Phillips 2. 2B — English, Phillips.
SECOND GAME
Coeur d’Alene 020 000 0 — 2 6 2
Lewiston 220 002 x — 6 9 2
Tanner Toepke and Hunter Wabs; Munoz, Way (7) and Fuller. W — Munoz. L — Toepke.
HITS: Cd’A — English, Plum, T. Luckey, Nosworthy, Langley 2. Lew — Light 2, Way 2, Munoz 2, Moore, Olson 2. 2B — Munoz.
• SOFTBALL
Coeur d’Alene 13-9
Lewiston 0-1
LEWISTON — Sophomore Betty Comack filled in at third base and drove in three runs in the opening game for the Vikings in a sweep of the Bengals in the 5A Inland Empire League finale for both schools at Airport Park.
With its usual starting third baseman out of town on a pre-arraigned trip, Comack played third and freshman Bailee Taylor led off, finishing with three hits for the Vikings.
“Both Betty and Bailee did a great job filling in her role,” Coeur d’Alene coach Darren Taylor said.
Breana Burke, who struck out eight and walked one in the first game, drove in two runs, as did Halle Kane.
In the nightcap, Natalie Sell and Kylie Smith had two RBIs each for Coeur d’Alene (20-0, 12-0 5A IEL), which faces Lewiston again on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the opening round of the 5A Region 1 tournament at Larry Schwenke Field.
Burke struck out 12 in the second game for Coeur d’Alene.
Lewiston is 7-13, 1-11.
FIRST GAME
Coeur d’Alene 161 50 — 13 15 0
Lewiston 000 00 — 0 1 3
Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.
Breana Burke and Miranda Amos; Atwood, Rose (3), Atwood (5) and Carpenter. W — Burke (17-0). L — Atwood.
HITS: Cd’A — Taylor 3, Smith, Burke 2, Wilkey, Amos 2, Kane 3, Comack 2, Fernimen. Lew — Carpenter. 2B — Taylor 2, Burke.
SECOND GAME
Coeur d’Alene 000 504 0 — 9 17 0
Lewiston 000 000 1 — 1 3 1
Breana Burke and Miranda Amos; Rose, Atwood (6) and Carpenter. W — Burke (18-0). L — Rose.
HITS: Cd’A — Taylor 3, Donovan 3, Smith 3, Burke 2, Wilkey 2, Sell 2, Fernimen 2. Lew — Skinner 2, Carpenter. 2B — Carpenter, Taylor, Donovan, Smith 2. 3B — Skinner, Donovan.
• TENNIS
Lewiston 9
Post Falls 3
LEWISTON — With three boys away for other obligations, the Trojans forfeited at No. 1 and No. 2 boys singles. Three of the other matches went to tiebreakers, with the host Bengals winning two of those.
“I thought we played really well; I don’t think the scores were reflective of how we played,” Post Falls coach Kirk Hartzell said. “This was our fourth match in five days. They didn’t have their legs under them, but I was proud of the way we competed.”
Post Falls swept in mixed doubles, with Meghan McLeod and Hunter Schertz winning 10-4 in a tiebreaker at No. 1.
Post Falls returns to action next Friday and Saturday at the 5A Region 1 tournament at Coeur d’Alene and Lake City high schools.
BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Gavin Hewett, Lew, by forfeit. No. 2, Josh Wilson, Lew, by forfeit. No. 3, Alex Hansen, Lew, d. Dalton Fry, 6-2, 6-2.
BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Trevor Reitz/Troy Ahlers, Lew, d. Logan Hall/Trevor Barlow, 6-4, 6-3. No. 2, Tyler Grim/Zack Allen, Lew, d. Peter Gobin/Matt McLeod, 6-3, 5-7 (10-8).
GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Brella Santana, Lew, d. Emily Danforth, 6-0, 6-2. No. 2, Madeline Parkey, Lew, d. Vidi Kaufman, 6-0, 6-0. No. 3, Brooklyn Nikula, PF, d. Lacey Smith, 6-0, 6-1.
GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Kristin Reitz/Cassidy Burrup, Lew, d. Madi Lahr/Madysen Sunell, 6-1, 6-1. No. 2, Natalie Vogel/Jessica Vogel, Lew, d. Alexis Young/Kimberlynn Short, 6-3, 3-6, (10-4).
MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Meghan McLeod/Hunter Schertz, PF, d. Reann Kirk/Jericho Mananquin, 5-7, 6-3 (10-4). No. 2, Kaitlyn McLeod/Jason Benton, PF, d. Chloe Kirk/Billy Hobbs, 6-4, 6-4.
Cd’A Charter 8
Clark Fork 4
COEUR d’ALENE — The Panthers bested the Wampus Cats in a Thursday dual at the Cherry Hill courts.
Next up for Coeur d’Alene Charter is the 3A District 1-2 tournament next Friday and Saturday in Lewiston.
BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Logan Koenig, CCA, d. Hunter Sutton, 6-0.
GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Abby Bartlett, CCA, d. Rose Levy, 6-0. No. 2, Marie Michaelson, CCA, d. Rose Levy, 6-0.
BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Jake Alderink/Jackson Ricks, CCA, d. James Cope/Niko Icardo, 8-1. Cope/Icardo, CF, d. Trevor Griffin/Michael Colgrove, 6-4. Morgan Brockman/Jeffrey Kersh, CCA, d. Jensen Heisel/Hunter Sutton, 6-3. Heisel/Sutton, CF, d. Logan Koenig/Josh Ranum, 6-0.
GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Mae Alexander/Alexa Ricks, CCA, d. Lily Simko/Grace Sutton, 6-0. No. 2, Kelly Ruebke/Emma Bartlett, CCA, d. Simko/Sutton, 6-1. Simko/Sutton, CF, d. Brittany Davis/Alexus Mata, 6-1.
MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Sabrina Collier/Logan Kimball, CCA, d. Rose Levy/Jensen Heisel, 6-4. James Cope/Niko Icardo, CF, d. Katie Vanera/Ian Fleming, 6-4.