Post Falls notches first softball win
Post Falls catcher Kaycie Barber tags out Lakeland’s Mikayla Olson during a play at home Tuesday at Lakeland High School. LOREN BENOIT/Press
LOREN BENOIT/Press Kelsey Horn of Post Falls High slides safely under Taylor Woolley’s tag for a score during Tuesday’s game at Lakeland High School.
- SOFTBALL
RATHDRUM — Abby Melton had five hits, including a three-run triple in the fifth inning, to spark the Post Falls Trojans past the Lakeland Hawks 16-6 in nonleague play on Tuesday at Lakeland High.
“One of the things we didn’t do over the weekend is have a swingers mentality,” said first-year Post Falls coach Holly Gleaves, whose team went 0-3 to open the season last weekend in the Tri-Cities. “We’ve been working on being more aggressive at the plate and looking to swing the bat, and it seemed to pay off tonight. Dinah (Seymour) had a good strike ratio tonight, and it took a lot of pressure off the defense.”
Kaycie Barber had three hits and three RBIs for Post Falls (1-3), which returns to action April 3 at home vs. Moscow in a doubleheader.
Allison Russum had two RBIs for Lakeland (0-5), which is scheduled to open 4A Inland Empire League play on Thursday, hosting Moscow for a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.
Post Falls 151 18 — 16 18 1
Lakeland 000 15 — 6 8 1
Game called after five innings due to 10-run rule.
Dinah Seymour and Kaycie Barber; Taylor Woolley and Abbey Leon. W — Seymour. L — Woolley (0-4).
HITS: PF — Barber 3, Gleaves 2, Hans 3, Demute 3, Melton 3, Horn 2, Dumas 2. LL — Woolley 2, Leon, O’Hara, Shields, Byrne 2, Gosch. 2B — Melton, Dumas, Horn 2, Gleaves, Barber 2, Byrne, Leon. 3B — Melton, HR — Gleaves, Hans.
- BASEBALL
Lake City 13-13
Moscow 2-2
COEUR d’ALENE — Kodie Kolden drove in five runs in the second game, including a three-run home run in the sixth inning, as the Timberwolves swept the Bears at Lake City High.
“We had some really good approaches at the plate and played some solid defense for it only being our second game outside,” Lake City coach Paul Manzardo said. “We’re swinging the bats really well right now, but still have another month of baseball left. We need to work on getting better each day and stay true to the Timberwolf way of baseball.”
Moscow pitchers walked 17, including 10 in the second game.
Conner Conigliaro had three RBIs in the second game and Kyle Manzardo drove in three runs in the opener for Lake City (3-0), which hosts Freeman today at 4 p.m.
FIRST GAME
Moscow 020 00 — 2 3 2
Lake City 145 3x — 13 5 2
Game called in fifth inning due to 10-run rule.
Peyton Broeneke, Hayden Thompson (2), Bryan Vis (4) and Brysen Gottschalk; William Mayo, Brock Sween (4) and Conner Conigliaro. W — Mayo (1-0). L — Broeneke.
HITS: Mos — Thompson, Carpenter, Decker. LC — Cunningham 2, Kolden, Manzardo, Brum. 2B — Manzardo.
SECOND GAME
Moscow 001 010 — 2 3 1
Lake City 201 00(10) — 13 8 0
Game called in sixth inning due to 10-run rule.
Peyton Waters, Brysen Gottschalk (4), Bryan Vis (6), Jacob Gray (6) and Tristan Wilson; Kyle Manzardo, Brandon Gay (5) and Conner Conigilaro. W — Manzardo (1-0). L — Waters.
HITS: Mos — Gray, Thompson 2. LC — Cunningham, Kolden 2, Manzardo, Conigliaro, Sensel, Reid, Gay. 2B — Thompson, Conigliaro, Kolden. HR — Kolden (1).
Lakeland 11
West Valley 1
SPOKANE — Tristan Clift went 2 for 4 with two doubles and two runs batted in for the Hawks in a win over the Eagles.
“It was a total team effort tonight,” Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. “I was super impressed with the way we hit the ball up and down the lineup. We pulled up Tristan from JV because we needed to find another outfielder, and he did very well at that. I loved his confidence, speed and composure, and can’t wait to see him play more with us.”
Max Baker, Vanner Hegbloom and Ezra Grigg combined to one-hit West Valley for Lakeland (4-2), which is scheduled to open the 4A Inland Empire League schedule on Thursday, hosting Moscow starting at 2 p.m.
Lakeland 061 211 — 11 11 2
W. Valley 000 100 — 1 1 3
Max Baker, Vanner Hegbloom (3), Ezra Grigg (5) and Colton Aragon; Imala, Schmidt (5) and Andrews. W — Baker (1-1). L — Imala.
HITS: LL — Taylor, Baker, Bradbury 2, Gifford, Hegbloom, Dennison 2, Grigg, Clift 2. WV — Shipman. 2B — Bradbury, Clift 2. 3B — Shipman.
- TENNIS
Post Falls 6
Lakeland 6
POST FALLS — The Hawks swept in boys singles and the Trojans did the same in girls doubles in a match at Post Falls High.
“Lakeland’s coach (Tyler Jacobs) is going a really good job with that team,” Post Falls coach Kirk Hartzell said. “The kids were well organzied and he had a great understanding of how to put his team together. Their boys team looked solid and it was our seventh day on the court. Our girls doubles played well, but credit to Lakeland, they played tough and I liked what they’re doing. They were as good as I’ve seen in a while.”
Lakeland is scheduled to host Lake City today at 3 p.m.
Post Falls is scheduled to travel to Sandpoint on Friday.
BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Nathan Peck, LL, d. Colton Melton, 8-2. No. 2, Brandon Brown, LL, d. Dani Alavertz, 8-6. No. 3, Jared Roth, LL, d. Derrick Luby, 8-6.
BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Jason Benton/Mason Nagrone, PF, d. Cody Wilding/Caleb Pearson, 8-6. No. 2, Ryan Cawley/Collin Rose, LL, d. Matt McLeod/Justin Wiggers, 9-7.
GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Courtney Finney, PF, d. Kelsey Brumies, 8-0. No. 2, Sam Schumaker, PF, d. Savannah Orrell, 8-1. No. 3, CC Viebruck, LL, d. Kaisa Stowers, 8-2.
GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Amber Steenburgh/Madi Lahr, PF, d. Brenna Alexander/Anna Autsuler, 8-3. No. 2, Madi Sunnel/Sherry Mae Espina, PF, d. Sadie Gould/Sue Jimenez, 8-1.
MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Abbie Gangier/David Durfee, LL, d. Desiree McGee/Carson Schertz, 8-3. No. 2, Joley Austin/Tyler Sterritt, PF, d. Tavis Woempner/Anna Autsuler, 8-4.
Coeur d’Alene 9
Cd’A Charter 3
COEUR d’ALENE — The host Vikings defeated the Panthers in an exhibition match.
BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Dom Zepeda, Charter, d. Chris S., 8-4. No. 2, Andrew Challinor, Charter, d. Nez O., 8-1. No. 3, Jake C, Cd’A, d. Logan Koenig, 8-2. No. 4, Nez O, Cd’A, d. Cody Garn, 8-0. No. 5, Nick P., Cd’A, d. Jacob Unruh, 8-0. No. 6, Nick P., Cd’A, d. Brendan Busto, 8-0.
GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Sarah S., Cd’A, d. Marie Michalson, 6-3. No. 2, Emma Bartlett, Charter, d. Gaby K., 6-4.
BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Adam P./Bracken C., Cd’A, d. Andrew Challinor/Dylan McLaughlin, 8-0. No. 2, Kobe D./Dylan G., Cd’A, d. Brendan Busto/Lawson Vest, 8-4.
GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, names unavailable, Cd’A, d. Hannah Burt/Lauren Faulkner, 8-0.
MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Wyatt G./Kim G, Cd’A, d. Ian Fleming/Marie Michalson, 9-7.