PREP SOFTBALL: Timberlake captures 3A district title

BONNERS FERRY — Glori Cheevers was clutch, and the Timberlake Tigers are heading back to the state 3A tournament for the 16th straight season.

Cheevers had RBI double in the sixth inning and drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth as the Tigers beat the Bonners Ferry Badgers 5-4 on Tuesday to win a third district title in four years. Shelby Salois struck out nine for Timberlake (12-6), which advances to state at Ward Park in Pocatello next Friday and Saturday.

“Glori, she was just clutch for us today,” first-year Timberlake coach Casi Reisenauer said. “I can’t say enough about Shelby and the way she pitched. She was lights out. That’s the best we’ve competed against them this season, and we made it happen. I’m proud of those kids.”

Timberlake went 0-3 vs. Bonners Ferry in Intermountain League play.

Bonners Ferry will host Priest River, which eliminated Kellogg earlier on Tuesday, in the second-place game on Thursday, with the winner advancing to a state play-in game Saturday in Lewiston.

Timberlake 000 001 022 — 5 8 1

Bonners Ferry 000 000 121 — 4 11 0

Shelby Salois and Matraca Rocheleau; Kadie Bateman and Jorryn Bennett. W — S. Salois. L — Bennett.

HITS: TL — Mallet 2, Vanderhoof 2, Starr, Cheevers 2, McGrath. BF — Skeen, Jor. Bennett 2, Golder, Ja. Bennett 2, Blackmore 2, Coon, Hunter, Koehn. 2B — Blackmore, Hunter, Cheevers.

Lakeland 20

Moscow 3

RATHDRUM — Katie Kastning and Reilly Williams each had four hits, Kari Prockish only allowed one earned run on the mound and the host Hawks crushed the Bears, in the loser-out first round of the 4A Region 1 tournament.

Kastning homered and had four RBIs and Prockish went 3 for 4 with three RBIs. Williams had five RBIs.

“My team came out and hit really well,” Lakeland coach Colleen Bevacqua said. “Our bats got hot and hopefully we can carry that into Thursday.”

Lakeland (7-15) plays at Sandpoint (12-7) in the Region 4A Region 1 championship game at 4 p.m. on Thursday. The winner of that game will advance to the state 4A tournament at Twin Falls High next Friday and Saturday. The loser moves on to a play-in game on Saturday at Airport Park in Lewiston.

Moscow 010 11 — 3 5 2

Lakeland 269 3x — 20 20 3

Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.

Leah Dreesman, Emma Carscallen (3) and Sarah Doty; Kari Prockish and MaRynda Pehrson. W — Prockish. L — Dreesman.

HITS: Mos — Carscallen, Bentley, Cook, Doty, Waters. LL — Kastning 4, Leon 2, Litzko, Prockish 3, Pruitt 2, Williams 4, O’Meara, Pehrson, Schwalbach. 2B — Williams. HR — Kastning, Prockish, Bentley.