Cd'A, Northern Lakes split

COEUR d’ALENE — Quinton Bunch singled in Benji White with the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth inning, and the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen went on to beat the Northern Lakes Mountaineers 4-3 in the first game of a class A North Idaho League doubleheader Sunday at Coeur d’Alene High’s Ted Page Field.

Northern Lakes won the second game 6-4.

Michael Dooley drove in three runs in the opener for Coeur d’Alene, two on a third-inning double, and one on a fifth-inning homer that tied the game at 3.

Andrew Neilson led off the game with a home run for Northern Lakes.

In the second game, Jack McDonald went 2 for 4 with three RBIs for the Mountaineers.

Devon Johnson went 3 for 4 with two RBIs for the Lums, and Michael Dooley went 2 for 4 with two RBIs.

Northern Lakes (23-13, 17-5 NIL) is scheduled to play host to St. Maries today in a 3 p.m. league doubleheader at Gorton Field in Rathdrum.

Coeur d’Alene (35-10, 16-5) is slated to play host to the Lewis-Clark Cubs on Tuesday in a league doubleheader at Thorco Field, starting at 5 p.m.

FIRST GAME

N. Lakes 101 100 0 — 3 8 2

Cd’A 002 011 x — 4 8 0

Dylan Bradbury and Colton Aragon; David Kraak and Elijah Samaha.

HITS: NL — Neilson, Pote 2, Bradbury, L. McDonald, Taylor, Staudinger, Aragon. Cd’A — Samaha 2, Bunch, Friesz, Dooley 2, Sensel, White. 2B — Bradbury, Pote, Dooley. HR — Neilson, Dooley.

SECOND GAME

N. Lakes 000 004 2 — 6 5 1

Cd’A 200 000 2 — 4 11 3

Ryan Pote and Logan McDonald; Devon Johnson, Brennon Deboer (6) and Elijah Samaha.

HITS: NL — Neilson, Bradbury, J. McDonald 2, Baker. Cd’A — Samaha, Bunch 2, Johnson 3, Dooley 2, Sensel, White, Schuelke. 2B — Bradbury, Neilson, Bunch, Johnson, Dooley 2.