Cd'A takes one from league champs
LOREN BENOIT/Press Coeur d’Alene High teammates greet Hailey Lyons at home plate after she hit a home run against Lake City in Tuesday’s first game at Lake City. The Vikings won 7-6 in extra innings.
Coeur d’Alene base runner Hailey Lyons slides safely into second base ahead of Reilley Chapman’s tag. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Lake City shortstop Haley Loffer throws to first for the out against Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday at Lake City. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Coeur d’Alene center fielder Kaylin Donovan fields a fly ball in Tuesday’s game at Lake City. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Lake City’s Mckenzie Wilson delivers a pitch in Tuesday’s game against Coeur d’Alene. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Lake City’s Olivia Zufelt holds a game ball in Tuesday’s game against Coeur d’Alene. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Teammates greet Kaylin Donovan at home plate after she hit a home run against Lake City in Tuesday’s game. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Coeur d’Alene’s Natalie Sell delivers a pitch against Lake City on Tuesday. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Coeur d’Alene’s Marilyn Comack makes contact on a pitch in Tuesday’s game against Lake City. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Lake City second baseman Reilley Chapman fields a throw from Haley Loffer for an out in Tuesday’s game against Coeur d’Alene. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
COEUR d’ALENE — Hailey Lyons and Kaylin Donovan each hit two-run homers in the first game as Coeur d’Alene, outscored by Lake City by a combined 24-0 in a doubleheader loss last week, stunned the Timberwolves 7-6 in nine innings in the first game of a 5A Inland Empire League twinbill Tuesday at Lake City High.
Lake City (17-4, 10-2 5A IEL), which had already clinched the league title, won the second game 7-2.
Reilley Chapman went 3 for 4 with a triple, two RBIs and two runs scored for the Timberwolves, and Reilly Williams hit a solo homer.
Coeur d’Alene is 6-16, 4-8.
On Tuesday at 2 p.m., Lake City will host No. 4 Post Falls, and No. 3 Coeur d’Alene will play No. 2 Lewiston. The winners will play at 4 at Lake City for the regional title and a trip to state.
On Thursday, Coeur d’Alene plays host to Moscow, and Lake City is home against Sandpoint.
FIRST GAME
Coeur d’Alene 000 102 031 — 7 8 0
Lake City 100 001 130 — 6 10 0
Natalie Sell and Hailey Lyons; Amanda Curry, McKenzie Wilson (6) and Olivia Zufelt. W — Sell. L — Wilson.
HITS: Cd’A — M. Fernimen, M. Comack, Donovan, Lyons 2, A. Fernimen 2, West. LC — Loffer 2, Allen, Beamer, E. Gray, Williams, A. Gray 2, , Zufelt, Chapman. 2B — M. Comack, M. Fernimen, A. Fernimen, A. Gray, E. Gray. 3B — A Gray. HR — Lyons, Donovan.
SECOND GAME
Coeur d’Alene 100 010 0 — 2 8 2
Lake City 201 301 x — 7 8 0
Betty Comack and Hailey Lyons; Phoebe Schultz and Jalyssa Beamer. W — Schultz. L — Comack.
HITS: Cd’A — M. Fernimen, M. Comack, Donovan, Lyons, B. Comack 2, A. Fernimen, Sell. LC — Loffer, Chapman 3, Williams, Zufelt 2, Wilson. 2B — Lyons, M. Fernimen. 3B — Chapman. HR — Williams.
Lakeland 12-12
Moscow 2-1
MOSCOW — Riley Rivera finished the day with five hits, including her school-record seventh home run of the season, powering the Hawks to a 4A Inland Empire League sweep of the Bears.
With the wins, Lakeland (8-13, 6-2 4A IEL) tied Sandpoint for the league title. The Bulldogs and Hawks split their four league meetings, but Lakeland earned the tiebreaker based on run differential in the four games, and will host the 4A Region 1 tournament beginning next Tuesday at Lakeland High.
“We hit the ball really well as a team,” said Lakeland coach Colleen Bevacqua, whose team finished the twinbill with 27 hits. “We just put everything together and good things happened. I’m really proud of them.”
Taylor Woolley struck out seven in the opener and Ashtyn Howerton allowed one run in the nightcap for Lakeland.
“I’m really proud of Taylor,” Bevacqua said. “She threw the ball really well. Ashtyn did a great job on the mound for her first varsity outing. Overall, we played great as a team.”
Lakeland concludes the regular season with a doubleheader against visiting Clarkston on Thursday.
Moscow finished 0-8 in league.
FIRST GAME
Lakeland 208 20 — 12 13 0
Moscow 002 00 — 2 9 1
Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.
Taylor Woolley and Abbey Leon; Moscow battery unknown. W — Woolley.
HITS: LL — Byrne 3, Woolley 2, Leon, Rivera 2, O’Hara 2, Edelblute, Gosch 2. Mos — n/a. 2B — Byrne, Leon, Rivera 2, Woolley. HR — O’Hara.
SECOND GAME
Lakeland 035 103 — 12 14 0
Moscow 000 001 — 1 8 0
Game called after 6 innings due to 10-run rule.
Ashtyn Howerton and Abbey Leon; Moscow battery unknown. W — Howerton.
HITS: LL — Byrne 3, Woolley, Rivera 3, Shields 2, Russum 2, Olson, Edelblute, Gosch. Mos — n/a. HR — Rivera (7).
Lewiston 5-8
Post Falls 3-9
LEWISTON — Kyndra Hans’ grand slam capped a five-run seventh inning as the Trojans rallied in the nightcap for the split with the Bengals in 5A IEL play at Airport Park.
Kelsey Horn hit a two-run single in the sixth for Post Falls (10-11, 4-8 5A IEL).
Kahlea Dumas went 2 for 4 with an RBI in each game for Post Falls.
Lewiston finished 6-6 in league and will be the No. 2 seed to next week’s 5A Region 1 tournament. On Tuesday at 2 p.m., the Bengals face No. 3 seed Coeur d’Alene, and No. 4 seed Post Falls plays at No. 1 Lake City. The winners play at 4 at Lake City for the regional title and a berth to state.
FIRST GAME
Post Falls 000 101 1 — 3 6 3
Lewiston 011 003 x — 5 6 0
Amanda Rouse and Ally Morris; Cheyenne Rose and N/A. W — Rose. L — Rouse.
HITS: PF — Dumas 2, Gleaves, Hans, Melton, Seymour. Lew — Laurence 2, Sorenson, Skinner 3. 2B — Melton, Seymour, Laurence, Sorenson. 3B — Hans, Skinner.
SECOND GAME
Post Falls 010 003 5 — 9 8 5
Lewiston 010 220 3 — 8 11 2
Amanda Rouse and Ally Morris; Cheyenne Rose and Sorenson. W — Rouse. L — Rose.
HITS: PF — Dumas 2, Barber, Hans, Horn, Horn, Demute 2, Morris. Lew — Laurence, Vanhorn 2, Bausch 2, House, Wells 2, Skinner, Bausch, O’Connor. 3B — Dumas, Vanhorn. HR — Hans.
St. Maries 9
Kendrick 3
ST. MARIES — Paige Sines struck out 10 and the Lumberjacks (11-0) remained undefeated with the nonleague victory over the visiting Tigers.
Lauren Hill went 3 for 4 and drove in three runs, and Katie Masterson homered for St. Maries. Devyn Wilson went 2 for 4 with a triple and scored twice.
St. Maries plays host to Kellogg on Thursday.
Kendrick 000 111 0 — 3 7 3
St. Maries 024 210 x — 9 13 0
J. Anderson and M. Sandino; Paige Sines and Amber Rose Walrod. W — Sines (6-0). L. Anderson.
HITS: Ken — Brown 2, Morgan 3, Bogar, Curtman. SM — Sines, Wilson 2, Auer, Wilks, Hill 3, Ragan 2, Borgman, Masterson 2. 2B — Borgman. 3B — Sines, Wilson. HR — Masterson (1).