Lake City sweeps Post Falls, makes move in 5A IEL

COEUR d’ALENE — Kyle Manzardo, Kodie Kolden and Brandon Gay did the job on the mound, and the Lake City Timberwolves got some timely hitting in both games and swept the visiting Post Falls Trojans 5-2 and 4-3 in 5A Inland Empire League play Saturday.

Manzardo and Kolden teamed on a five-hitter in the opener for Lake City (9-7, 4-5 5A IEL). Both had two hits, and Mikey Kelley’s two-run pinch-hit single in the fifth gave the Timberwolves a cushion.

“We played solid baseball,” Lake City coach Paul Manzardo said. “Kyle did a real good job keeping Post Falls off balance. Both of those boys, as well as Nathan Phillips, swung the bat reall well.”

Phillips had two hits, including a two-run double in the second for Lake City.

Jake Pfennigs struck out eight in the opener for Post Falls (12-9, 5-5), and Wyatt Setian hit a solo homer in the fifth to pull the Trojans to within 3-2.

In the second game, McCabe Compton’s two-run double capped a three-run third inning that put Lake City up 4-1.

“Brandon Gay pitched fabulous,” Manzardo said. “He totally kept Post Falls off balance.”

On Tuesday, Post Falls plays host to Lewiston, and Lake City is home vs. Coeur d’Alene, both in doubleheaders.

Lake City will play a makeup game at Coeur d’Alene on Thursday at 4 p.m., after Lewiston plays a makeup game at Coeur d’Alene at 2.

- Earlier this week, Post Falls picked up an additional win when the District 1 Board of Control voted that Coeur d’Alene had to forfeit a 9-3 victory over Post Falls in the second game of a doubleheader April 15.

After the game, Coeur d’Alene self-reported that it had used an ineligible pitcher, as per Idaho’s new pitch-count rules. The pitcher had thrown 85 pitches in a game on Thursday, and was thus ineligible to come back and throw two days later.

The forfeit dropped Coeur d’Alene to 11-7, 3-5 in league.

FIRST GAME

Post Falls 001 010 0 — 2 5 0

Lake City 120 020 x — 5 8 1

Jake Pfennigs and Nate Buer; Kyle Manzardo, Kodie Kolden (6) and Brock Sween. W — Manzardo. L — Pfennigs. S — Kolden.

HITS: PF — Cripps, Setian 2, Pfennigs, Fleming. LC — Phillips 2, Kolden 2, Manzardo 2, Melley, Sensel. 2B — Fleming, Kolden, Phillips. HR — Setian.

SECOND GAME

Post Falls 001 110 0 — 3 9 0

Lake City 103 000 x — 4 5 0

Wesley Brown and Nate Buer; Brandon Gay and Conner Conigliaro. W — Gay. L — Brown.

HITS: PF — Buer 4, McCliment-Call, Rutherford 2, Brown, Cripps. LC — Phillips, Kolden, Manzardo, Compton, Conigliaro. 2B — Rutherford, Manzardo, Kolden, Compton.

Sandpoint 9-6

Lakeland 7-1

SANDPOINT — The Hawks and Bulldogs played 2 1/2 games on Saturday, with Lakeland winning the resumption of a game suspended in the bottom of the fourth by rain and darkness on Tuesday, and Sandpoint winning the two regularly scheduled 4A Inland Empire League games.

Billy Brackett went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored in the opener for Sandpoint (6-6, 2-2 4A IEL).

Dylan Bradbury went 3 for 3 for Lakeland (9-8, 5-3).

In the final game, Thomas Riley held Lakeland to one run on six hits, and Jake Cometto went 3 for 3 and scored a pair of runs for Sandpoint.

“This was a pretty tough day for us. With everything that went on this week, I could tell it was really hard for my players to compete at 100 percent,” Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. “We just weren’t all there mentally, and it’s totally understandable. We kept battling back and putting some runs up, but then our pitching and/or defense would go awry, and we’d give it right back up. I don’t want to take anything away from Sandpoint because they competed and hit the ball well, but we just didn’t play like us today in the doubleheader.”

In a completion of a suspended game, Bradbury finished off a complete game with seven strikeouts, and also had two hits for Lakeland.

“He’s got such great composure on the mound and just goes out and competes,” Jason Bradbury said.

The game was tied at 2 when it was called. When it resumed, Lakeland scored once in the fourth and twice in the sixth.

Sandpoint plays host to Moscow in a doubleheader on Monday, then travels to Moscow for a twinbill Thursday.

Lakeland is home vs. Timberlake on Thursday.

COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME

Sandpoint 011 000 0 — 2 5 1

Lakeland 101 102 x — 5 10 1

Sydney Bottomley and Nick Holland; Dylan Bradbury and Jared McDaniel. W — Bradbury. L — Bottomley.

HITS: Spt — Cometto, Brackett, Edlund, Flint, Riley. LL — Neilson, Pote, Mackesy, Bradbury 2, Price, Gifford 2, Baker 2. 2B — Bradbury, Baker.

FIRST GAME

Lakeland 222 001 0 — 7 7 5

Sandpoint 220 203 x — 9 9 2

JJ Mackesy, Joe Strietzel (3), Ryan Pote (6) and Jared McDaniel; Tyler Lehman, Wes Holland (4) and catcher unavailable.

HITS: LL — Pote, McDaniel, Bradbury 3, Zaken 2. Spt — Shaffer 2, Brackett 3, Edlund, N. Holland, Stockton, Riley. 2B — Zaken, Brackett, Stockton. 3B — Pote, Zaken.

SECOND GAME

Lakeland 001 000 0 — 1 6 4

Sandpoint 012 300 x — 6 8 2

Jared McDaniel, Ryan Pote (5) and Dylan Bradbury; Thomas Riley and Nick Holland. W — Riley. L — McDaniel.

HITS: LL — Pote, McDaniel, Bradbury 3, Price. Spt — Shaffer 2, Brackett, Flint, Cometto 3, Dewey. 2B — Bradbury, Shaffer, Cometto. 3B — Dewey.

Bonners Ferry 8-19

Timberlake 4-3

SPIRIT LAKE — Bonners Ferry used a two-out, seven-run rally in the seventh inning to upend host Timberlake in the first game of an Intermountain League doubleheader on Saturday.

The Badgers then drilled the Tigers with 17 hits in a second-game rout.

With that sweep, the Badgers clinched an IML regular season title.

Timberlake (4-7, 4-3 IML) had a 4-1 lead heading in final frame of the first game before the wheels came off.

“A lot of credit to Bonners for fighting back in that first game,” Timberlake coach Cameron Knigge said. “But we showed they’re not going to run through the league like they have been.”

Pitcher Logan McDonald, who held Bonners Ferry in check through six innings of the opener, also had two hits on the day, including a double. Jack McDonald combined for four hits.

The Tigers play host to Kellogg on Tuesday.

FIRST GAME

Bonners Ferry 100 000 7 – 8 9 3

Timberlake 002 101 0 – 4 5 4

Jesse Dunham, Chris Saban (4) and Kevin Gray. Jack McDonald, Logan McDonald (7) and Dustin Smith.

HITS: BF — B. Bateman, C. Sabin, N. Sabin, Walker 2, Ray 2, Edy. TL — Hansen, L. McDonald 3, J. McDonald. 2B – Walker, L. McDonald.

SECOND GAME

Bonners Ferry 492 31 – 19 17 2

Timberlake 200 01 – 3 3 2

Brady Bateman, Nick Sabin (3), Kevin Stockton (4) , Shane Walker (5) and Kevin Gray. David Hansen, Brendan Jessen (2), Kobe Harris (4) and Logan McDonald.

HITS: BF — B. Bateman, C. Saban 2, N. Saban 3, Loach, Dunham 2, S. Bateman, Gray 3, Stockton 3, Eby. Tim — McLemore, Harris, J. McDonald. 2B — C. Saban, N. Saban, Stockton. HR – N. Saban.

St. Maries 7-3

Grangeville 6-1

ST. MARIES — Cade Truscott’s two-run double tied the game, then he scored on an error to cap a four-run seventh inning as the Lumberjacks rallied to beat the Bulldogs in the first game of an eventual Central Idaho League sweep.

In the second game, Bryant Asbury struck out 11 in a complete-game four-hitter for St. Maries (8-3, 4-1 CIL).

Derek Larson went 3 for 4 with two runs scored in the opener for the Lumberjacks.

St. Maries is scheduled to play Grangeville again on Monday in Orofino.

FIRST GAME

Grangeville 110 130 0 — 6 9 6

St. Maries 101 010 4 — 7 10 1

Stephens, Woods (7), Adkimson (7) and Adkimson Stephens (7); Kiefer Gibson, Tyler Lohman (6) and Cade Truscott.

HITS: Grange — Adkimson, Stephens, McEwen, Roberts, Hunter, Schoo 2, Riener 2. SM — Larson 3, Villa 2, Asbury, Gibson, Truscott 2, Hammond. 2B — Adkimson, Truscott.

SECOND GAME

Grangeville 100 000 0 — 1 4 1

St. Maries 201 000 x — 3 5 1

Adkimson, Woods (6) and Stephens, Adkimson (6); Bryant Asbury and Cade Truscott.

HITS: Grange — Adkimson, Stephens, Roberts, Riener. SM — Larson, Villa 2, Truscott, Edwards. 2B — Larson, Villa.