Basketball, and football

Courtesy photo The Sting Timbers 07 Girls soccer team closed out its spring tournament season with two strong wins in the gold bracket of the Three Blind Refs Tournament in Kalispell. In the front row from left are Natalie Thompson, Emma Decker, Kate Mauch and Avery Hickok; and back row from left, coach Mike Thompson, Paige Hunt, Annabelle Rogers, Evelyn Bowie, Emma Singleton, Zayda Voight, Rachel Corette and Sofia Peressini.

Courtesy photo Raji Singh, right, a Goshin Jitsu student of Forge Fitness in Post Falls, earned a bronze medal at the Inland Empire Judo Classic on May 26 in Spokane. At left is her instructor, Bijay Singh.

Courtesy photo The Sting Timbers 04 Boys Red soccer team bested the Boise Nationals in a shootout in their final game to take third at the recent Idaho State Cup. Shootout goals were scored by Noah Janzen, Joseph Sarkis, Kohrt Weber and Andon Brandt. Kael McGowan blocked 2 shots in goal to end the shootout 4-2. In regular tournament play goals were scored by Alex Reyes-2 and Tyler Gasper-1 on an assist by Kohrt Weber. Devyn Ivankovich and Kael McGowan teamed in goal over the weekend. In the front row from left are Noah Janzen, Nicholas Mason, Sean Dremann, Andon Brandt, Tyler Gasper, Joseph Sarkis, Bryce Allred and Patrick Du; and back row from left, coach Kasey Laffoon, Kohrt Weber, Evan Lowder, Evan Brinkmeier, Malachi Hutchens-Cohen, Zak Wenglikowski, Kael McGowan, Devyn Ivankovich, Jack Shrontz, Jameson Elliot, Cole Daricek, Alex Reyes and manager Teresa Janzen.

Courtesy photo The North Idaho Inferno under-15 boys Johnson soccer team placed second in the gold bracket in the 3 Blind Refs tournament. Starting as U9 players and staying together as a team for the last 5-6 years besides adding a few players each year, the Inferno finished its season strong with placing first in the Bill Eisenwinter Hot Shot Tournament, coming in second at the 3 Blind Refs tourney, and second in their league. This last weekend the Inferno shut out Flathead Valley White 3-0 and Sandpoint Strikers-Tate 2-0. Josh Nilson had the shutouts in goal. Against Flathead-White Loko Koller scored once and Caleb Calkins scored twice with an assist by Andrew Baumann. Against the Sandpoint Strikers Caleb Calkins and Loko Koller each scored once with an assist by Ron Rojas. The Inferno lost 2-1 to Flathead-Green. The lone Inferno score was by Alex Peters, assisted by Roman Smith. The Inferno won 5-1 against Calgary Chinook. Ethan Johnson scored with an assists from Caleb Calkins. Matt McLeod scored once with an assist from Loko Koller. Caleb Calkins scored a hat trick. In the front is keeper Josh Nilson; first row from left, Logan Davis, Alex Moate, Kobe Miller, Roman Smith and Ethan Johnson; and back row from left, Andrew Baumann, Austin Vaughan, Loko Koller, Caleb Calkins, Ron Rojas, Alex Peters, Matt McLeod and coach Dave Johnson.

Courtesy photo The Sting Timbers 06 Girls White soccer team won the U12 girls Silver Division at last weekend's 3 Blind Refs tournament in Kalispell, Mont., beating the Flathead Rapids Black 2006 3-2 in the title game. In the front is Lola Burns; first row from left, Sienna Grant, Katie Focke, Paisley Goings and Ellie Rietze; and back row from left, coach Brian Evans, Maya Lowder, Samantha Rojo, Kelsey Carroll, Kaisa Kent, Caitlin Evans, Hadley Green and coach Michelle Focke.

Courtesy photo The Coeur d’Alene Crush 04 softball team finished second to Kaizen of Calgary, Alberta, in the Crush 14-and-under tournament last weekend at Post Falls High School. Matea Dorame went 17 for 22 for the weekend registering one homer, two triples and six doubles. In pool play games, the Crush beat the Spokane Impact 12-9 on Friday. Alexis Blankenship, Kristine Schmidt and Kailey Cramer each hit two-run doubles. On Saturday, the Crush beat the Post Falls Blast 16-4. Matea Dorame and Kaylyn Rice both hit two-run triples as well as RBI doubles, and Catherine Bakken hit an RBI double. The Crush beat the Montana Sparks 11-4. Alexis Blankenship hit a two-run home run. In bracket play on Sunday, the Crush beat the Orange Crush of Post Falls 9-7. Matea Dorame and Kailey Cramer hit two doubles each. The Crush beat the Montana Sparks 11-10, as Matea Dorame hit a two-run double, and Kristine Schmidt hit an RBI double. In the championship game, the Crush lost 15-11 to Kaizen. Matea Dorame hit a two-run homer for the Crush, and Kailey Cramer had a two-run double. In the front row from left are coaches Tim Rice, Bob Schmidt, Sean Cleave and Mike Dorame; and back row from left, Kaylyn Rice, Madi Cleave, Kailey Cramer, Kristine Schmidt, Alyssa Krause, Alexis Blankenship, Brynn Tolzmann, Ally Bell, Kara Lallatin, Catherine Bakken and Matea Dorame.

Courtesy photo The Sting Timbers FC 05 Boys red soccer team competed Memorial Day weekend at the IYSA State Cup in Boise. All games were played at the Simplot Sports Complex. The Sting lost 2-0 to the Boise Nationals Timbers-blueon Friday night. On Saturday afternoon, they beat Idaho Rush 4-1. In the semifinals on Sunday, the Sting lost 2-1 to the Nova Rush Gold. In the third-place game, the Sting beat PVSC 7-0. Sting goals were scored throughout the weekend by Landon Lee (5), Nate Wyatt (1), Cooper Prohaska (3), Isaac Fritts (1) and Logan Haynes (1). Goalkeeper Miles Taylor had over 15 saves throughout the weekend. In the front row from left are Gunner Larson, Chet Hanna, Christopher Mongan, Landon Lee, Caden Thompson, Drew Hanse and, Nate Wyatt; and back row from left, assistant coach Chloe Teets, Luke Orozco, Ashton Ukich, Blaine Leonard, Jayce Simmet, Logan Haynes, Isaac Fritts, Jacob Ukich, Cooper Prohaska, Miles Taylor and head coach Mike Thompson.