T-wolves edge Trojans in district opener

n BASEBALL

COEUR d’ALENE — Kodie Kolden’s RBI single with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted the No. 2 seed Lake City Timberwolves to a 5-4 victory over the No. 3 Post Falls Trojans in the first round of the 5A Region 1 baseball tournament.

Benji White led off the inning by reaching on an error. Will Mayo ran for him, and was sacrificed to second by Nathan Phillips. Kolden singled to right field to score Mayo with the winning run.

“We did just enough to win,” Lake City coach Paul Manzardo said. “Post Falls played really good defense early on. We had some balls in the gap that they ran down. Cameron McKeown in center field and Brock Zeller in left field made some nice plays in the gap.”

Lake City (12-8) will travel to No. 1 seed Lewiston (17-6) today at 4 p.m. for the regional championship and a berth to state next week in Boise. Lewiston edged No. 4 seed Coeur d’Alene 3-2 on Monday in Lewiston.

Post Falls (13-11) will play host to Coeur d’Alene (12-10) today at 4 in a loser-out game.

RBI singles by Quin Bennett and Jacob Rutherford helped stake Post Falls to a 3-0 lead in the top of the third.

In the fifth, Bridger Rinaldi singled in a run for Lake City, and Bennett Cunningham’s two-run single tied it at 3.

McCabe Compton doubled to lead off the bottom of the sixth, and scored on Kyle Manzardo’s single to put the T-Wolves up 4-3.

Wyatt Setian of Post Falls singled in Nate Buer with nobody out in the top of the seventh to tie the game at 4.

“What I like about this group is they just battle,” Paul Manzardo said. “We didn’t play our best defensive game (committing five errors), but the thing is, they battled through all that adversity.”

Lewiston took three of four from Lake City during 5A Inland Empire League play.

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1 out when winning run scored.

Quin Bennett, Wesley Brown (5) and Nate Buer; Kodie Kolden, Brett Stapleton (7) and Conner Conigliaro. W — Stapleton. L — Brown.

HITS: PF — Setian, Bennett 2, McCliment-Call, Rutherford 2. LC — Kolden 2, Manzardo 2, Rinaldi 2, Conigliaro, Cunningham, Compton. 2B — Rutherford, Compton.

Lewiston 3

Coeur d’Alene 2

LEWISTON — Jaden Phillips’ RBI single with two out in the bottom of the seventh lifted the Bengals past the Vikings at Church Field.

“It seems to be the way the ball’s bouncing this year, but we’ve got another one tomorrow,” Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Mahin said. “Jackson Sumner threw an absolutely amazing game. They got a couple more bloops than we did.”

Cameron Luckey had a two-run single in the third inning for Coeur d’Alene, which plays at Post Falls today at 4 in a loser-out game.

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Lewiston 010 100 1 — 3 8 0

Jackson Sumner and Kallen Langley. Julian Washburn and Jackson Fuller.

HITS: Cd’A — Mayfield, Bailey, C. Luckey, Sumner, Bunch. Lew — Light 2, White 2, Phillips 2, Washburn, Fuller. 2B — White 2.

n 3A District 1 tournament

Timberlake 12

Priest River 2

BONNERS FERRY — Dustin Smith knocked in three run and Will McLemore added two RBIs as the Tigers took care of the Spartans en route to the 3A District 1 championship game.

Logan McDonald struck out five and picked up the win for the Tigers.

“Logan pitched well, even though he walked a few more guys than I would have liked,” Timberlake coach Cameron Knigge said. “Offensively we came to play today. Priest River walked nine of us and we took advantage on the bases.”

The Tigers tallied eight stolen bases in the game.

“We played pretty well and I’m happy with our performance,” Knigge said.

With the win, Timberlake (6-7) advances to face Bonners Ferry today in the District 1 championship game at 4 p.m.

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Timberlake 151 22 — 12 10 1

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

Simcox, Storro (4), Allbee (5) and Reeves; Logan McDonald, Dock Sommers (5) and David Hansen. W — L. McDonald. L — Simcox.

HITS: PR — Storro 3, Hartwig, Simcox. TL — L. McDonald, Smith 2, McLemore 3, J. McDonald, Harris, Sommers, Stevens.

Bonners Ferry 14

Kellogg 0

BONNERS FERRY — Mason Edy struck out six, walked none and lost a perfect game bid on a fielding error with two outs in the fourth as the Badgers shut out the Wildcats in the 3A District 1 semifinal.

Kaleb Stockton had two RBIs and leadoff hitter Brady Bateman had three hits for Bonners Ferry, which advances to today’s championship game against Timberlake at 4 p.m.

Kellogg allowed eight walks and hit four Bonners Ferry batters to provide plenty of Badger baserunners.

Priest River and Kellogg will play a loser-out game at 2 p.m. today at Bonners Ferry.

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

Ricketts and Tryon; Mason Edy and Gray, Brady Bateman (2). W — Edy. L — Ricketts.

HITS: Kel — none. BF — B. Bateman 3, C. Sabin 2, N. Sabin, S. Bateman, Gray, Stockton. 2B — B. Bateman.

St. Maries second at 2A District 1-2 tourney

OROFINO — The top-seeded Lumberjacks beat third-seeded Orofino 5-0, then lost 6-4 to second-seeded Grangeville in the championship game of the 2A District 1-2 baseball tournament.

Grangeville (11-11), which shared the Central Idaho League title with St. Maries, advances to state May 18-20 at Melaleuca Field in Idaho Falls. St. Maries (9-6) will play in a state play-in game Saturday at Orofino against the third-place finisher from District 3.

Orofino finished 3-17.

In the title game, Chase Adkison doubled to lead off the top of the seventh, then scored on a base hit to break a 4-all tie.

St. Maries tied it at 4 in the bottom of the sixth on Cade Truscott’s RBI single.

Earlier Monday, Kiefer Gibson pitched a two-hitter with eight strikeouts as St. Maries beat Orofino 5-0. Bryant Asbury went 2 for 3 and scored three runs, and Truscott had two hits and drove in two runs.

In the first game Monday, Grangeville edged Orofino 8-7.

ST. MARIES 5, OROFINO 0

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Isbelle, Gering (5) and Burke; Kiefer Gibson and Cade Truscott.

HITS: Oro — Walz, Noah. SM — Asbury 2, Truscott 2, Yehle, Hammond. 2B — Asbury.

GRANGEVILLE 6, ST. MARIES 4

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Adkison and Stephens; Bryant Asbury and Cade Truscott.

HITS: Grange — Adkison 2, Stephens 3. SM — Gibson, McKuin, Truscott 2. 2B — Adkison 2, Gibson, McKuin.

SOFTBALL

Timberlake 15

Kellogg 5

SPIRIT LAKE — Shelby Starr and Glori Cheevers each had three RBIs and sisters Madison and Shelby Salois each added two RBIs as the Tigers advanced in the 3A District 1 tournament at Timberlake High.

Madison Salois hit a 2-run home run in the first inning and Becca Malloy retired the side in order in the fourth and fifth innings for the Tigers.

With the win, Timberlake (14-2) faces Bonners Ferry or Priest River in the district championship today at Timberlake High at 4 p.m.

Kellogg 122 00 — 5 6 4

Timberlake 515 4x — 15 13 3

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

Riley Riekena and Figueroa; Shelby Salois (4), Becca Malloy and Matraca Rocheleau. W — Salois. L — Riekena.

HITS: Kel — Cates 2, Ross 2, Hill, Rice. TL — Starr 3, Mallet 2, S. Salois 2, Cheevers 2, M. Salois, Malloy. 2B — Starr 2, Rocheleau. HR — M. Salois.

TENNIS

Coeur d’Alene 6

Post Falls 6

POST FALLS — Logan Hall of Post Falls won the No. 1 boys singles match, and Sarah Swider of Coeur d’Alene took the No. 1 girls match as the two teams split at Post Falls High.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Logan Hall PF, d. Rex Wade 6-4, 6-4. No. 2, Colton Melton, PF, d. David Goodwin 6-3, 6-0. No. 3, Mason Nagrone, PF, d. Dylan Griff 6-2, 6-3.

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Bracker Curtis and Adam Preive, Cd’A, d. James Melton and Jason Benton 6-3, 6-3. No. 2, Bailey Throm and Josh Whitney, Cd’A, d. Derrick Lubey and Tyler Sterritt 6-1, 6-1.

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Brock Tanya and Kim Gunnerson, Cd’A, d. Hunter Schertz and Kaitlyn McLeod 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. No. 2, Dalton Fry and Maddie Lahr, PF, d, Wyatt Gibbar and Kiah Morton 6-4, 3-6, 10-2.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Sarah Swider, Cd’A, d. Taylor Burrell 6-0, 6-1. No. 2, Courtney Finney, PF, d. Rachel Evans 6-2, 6-0. No. 3, Sammie Schumacker, PF, d. Haley Argo 5-7, 6-3, 6-0.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Kayla Fagan and Hannah Johnson, Cd’A, d. Alexis Young and Timberlin Short 4-6, 6-0, 6-2. No. 2, Abby Childress and Jatie Vanera, Cd’A, d. Madison Sunnel and Molly Barkley 7-5, 6-2.