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LOREN BENOIT/Press Coeur d’Alene right fielder Caleb Beggerly battles with the rain to catch a fly ball in a game against Lake City High School on Tuesday afternoon at Coeur d’Alene High.
LOREN BENOIT/PressLake City shortstop Kodie Kolden gathers a ground ball and throws to first base for the out.
LOREN BENOIT/Press Brett Stapleton of Lake City High School delivers a pitch Tuesday afternoon at Coeur d’Alene High School.
LOREN BENOIT/Press Noah Mayfield of Coeur d’Alene High connects for a hit against Lake City.
LOREN BENOIT/Press Coeur d’Alene first baseman Trevor Luckey gathers a ground ball in a game against Lake City High School on Tuesday.
LOREN BENOIT/Press Coeur d’Alene High’s Jackson Summer delivers a pitch against Lake City High School.
LOREN BENOIT/Press Coeur d’Alene High’s Carter Friesz runs from first to third base on a double.
COEUR d’ALENE — Jackson Sumner gave up two hits over six innings, and also scored two runs, as the Coeur d’Alene Vikings defeated the visiting Lake City Timberwolves 3-2 in the first game of a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader Tuesday at Ted Page Field.
The second game was rained out. The teams will try to make up the game today.
“Jackson, again, threw great,” Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Mahin said. “We were only going to let him throw 85 pitches because he wants to pitch Friday against Lewiston. And Brett Kessee came in and shut them down.”
The Vikings are 12-5, 4-3 5A IEL.
Kodie Kolden drove in both runs in the first game for Lake City (7-7, 2-5).
“It was just a good high school game — we got ’em on, got ’em over, got ’em in,” Mahin said.
On Friday, Coeur d’Alene plays host to Lewiston in a 5A IEL doubleheader. On Saturday, Lake City is home vs. Post Falls in a league twinbill.
FIRST GAME
Lake City 001 010 0 — 2 2 1
Coeur d’Alene 010 200 x — 3 8 1
Brett Stapleton and Brock Sween; Jackson Sumner, Brett Kessee (7) and Kallen Langley. W — Sumner. L — Stapleton.
HITS: LC — Kolden, Sween. Cd’A — C. Luckey 2, T. Luckey, Langley, Sumner, Bailey 2, Beggerly. 2B — Sween, C. Luckey, T. Luckey. 3B — Sumner.
Post Falls 2-0
Lewiston 1-4
LEWISTON — Post Falls hurler Quin Bennett and a nearly spotless defense boosted the Trojans in Game 1 on Tuesday, but the host Bengals handcuffed the visitors in the second game of a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader at Church Field.
Bennett pitched a complete game, yielding just four hits and walking four batters. He helped his own cause at the plate with an RBI single.
“It’s always nice to go to Lewiston and get a split,” Post Falls coach Mick Zeller said. “We beat that (Julian) Washburn kid who no-hit Coeur d’Alene. Quin just threw awesome.”
In the nightcap, the Bengals (14-5, 5-3) gave up just hits and took advantage of three unearned runs.
Wyatt Setian had two hits on the day for Post Falls (11-8, 4-4 IEL, which travels to Lake City on Saturday.
FIRST GAME
Post Falls 000 200 0 — 2 3 1
Lewiston 000 001 0 — 1 4 1
Quinn Bennett and Nate Buer. Julian Washburn and Fuller.
HITS: PF — Setian, McCliment-Call, McKeown. Lew — Phillips, Washburn, Powell.
SECOND GAME
Post Falls 000 000 0 — 0 2 2
Lewiston 210 001 0 — 4 7 2
Jacob Rutherford and Nate Buer. Baldwin, Way (7) and Fuller.
HITS: PF — Setian, Brown. Lew — White, Phillips 2, Baldwin 1, Fuller 2. 2B — Baldwin.
Lakeland 10
Sandpoint 0
RATHDRUM — JJ Mackesy hit a two-run homer in the third inning, and the host Hawks finished off the Bulldogs with a six-run sixth in the 4A Inland Empire League game at Gorton Field.
Due to a rain delay earlier, the teams were unable to complete the second game. It was called in the bottom of the fourth inning with the game tied at 2. It will be made up Saturday in Sandpoint, prior to the teams’ scheduled doubleheader.
Lakeland is 8-6, 4-1. Sandpoint is 4-5, 0-1.
“Andrew Neilson had a great day offensively,” Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. “He went 3 for 4 and hit the ball extremely well. He also had five stolen bases on the day. He’s fun player to watch.”
Sandpoint 000 000 — 0 5 4
Lakeland 112 006 — 10 10 1
Garrett Connolley, Tyrone Larson (6) and catcher unavailable; Max Baker, Joseph Strietzel (5) and Jared McDaniel.
HITS: Spt — Shaffer 2, Brackett, Edlund 2. LL — Neilson 3, Pote, McDaniel, Mackesy, Bradbury, Price 2, Baker. 2B — Edlund, Neilson, Baker. HR — Mackesy.
Potlatch 3
St. Maries 1
POTLATCH — St, Maries manufactured just a single hit in a non-league loss at Potlatch High.
The Lumberjacks (5-3) travel to Priest River on Thursday.
St. Maries 000 000 1 — 1 1 0
Potlatch 010 200 x — 3 11 1
Hayden Villa, Bryant Asbury (5) and Cade Truscott. Thompson, Judson (3), Hadaller (5), Lynas (6) and Nicholson.
HITS: SM — Gibson. Pot — Morris 3, Akins 2, Thompson 2, Nicholson, Morris. 2B — Thompson.
Timberlake at
Priest River, susp.
PRIEST RIVER — The Tigers built an 11-2 lead in the top of the fourth inning before the Intermountain League contest was suspended due to rain,
A date to continue the game has not been set.
Timberlake (4-5, 4-1 IML) travels to Bonners Ferry on Saturday for a doubleheader.