Lake City sweeps Post Falls
LOREN BENOIT/Press Lake City’s Abby Jankay the softball fly over the outfield fence for a three-run home run in the sixth inning of the first game against Post Falls on Tuesday at Post Falls High School.
Brooke Collins of Post Falls fields a ground ball and throws to first base for the out in a game against Lake City on Tuesday. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Lake City shortstop Ashlynn Allen fields the ball at short and throws to first for the out in a game against Post Falls on Tuesday. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Jaden Donohoe of Post Falls High eyes the opposing pitcher in a game against Lake City on Tuesday in Post Falls. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
POST FALLS — Ashley Kaufman struck out 11 in the opener and hit two home runs, and Lacey Lemburg hit a grand slam for the second time in five days as Lake City routed Post Falls 15-3 and 17-2 in 5A Inland Empire League softball Tuesday.
Lemburg’s slam came in a six-run fourth inning that broke open the first game for Lake City (10-0, 4-0 5A IEL), which hit six homers in the first game, and nine for the doubleheader. Emma Gray hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and finished 3 for 4 with four RBIs and two runs scored.
Lake City homered back-to-back-to-back in the sixth inning of the opener. Abby Jankey hit a three-run homer, and Kaufman and Lemburg followed with solo homers.
In the second game, Ashlynn Allen hit two home runs for Lake City — a three-run shot in the second inning and a two-run dinger in the third — and finished with six RBIs. Emma Gray hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and finished with five RBIs.
“We continued hitting the ball extremely well all day, and I could not be more proud of the team as a whole,” Lake City coach Jesse Lenz said. “Our pitching staff threw the ball well, and we were able to keep Post Falls off balance. Lacey Lemburg continued her hot hitting and led us to some good league wins.”
Post Falls (5-3, 1-3) travels to Cheney on Thursday. Lake City is home vs. Lewiston on Saturday for a 5A IEL doubleheader.
FIRST GAME
Lake City 210 615 — 15 17 2
Post Falls 000 201 — 3 2 2
Game called after 6 innings due to 10-run rule.
Ashley Kaufman, Amanda Curry (6) and Jalyssa Beamer; McKenna Moak and Alyssa Krause.
HITS: LC — Taylor, Chapman, E. Gray 3, Allen 2, Jankay 2, Kaufman 4, Lemburg 4. PF — Dumas, Gleaves. 2B — Lemburg, Gleaves, Dumas. HR — Lemburg 2, Kaufman 2, E. Gray, Jankay, Dumas, Gleaves.
SECOND GAME
Lake City 356 12 — 17 12 2
Post Falls 000 02 — 2 3 0
Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.
Ashley Kaufman, Amanda Curry (3), Phoebe Schultze and Jalyssa Beamer, Olivia Zufelt (3).
HITS: LC — Taylor, Chapman, Zufelt, E. Gray 2, Hill, Allen 2, Jankay, A. Gray, Kaufman. PF — Dumas, Krause, Richart. 2B — Hill, Jankay. HR — Allen 2, E. Gray.
Coeur d’Alene 5-10
Lewiston 4-7
COEUR d’ALENE — Natalie Sell struck out 11 and drove in the winning run in the opener, then homered in the second game as the host Vikings swept the Bengals in 5A Inland Empire League play at Larry Schwenke Field.
Sell singled in Madi Fernimen with two out in the seventh inning in the first game to break a 4-4 tie for Coeur d’Alene (5-2, 2-2 5A IEL). She led off the second inning of the second game with a homer, sparking a three-run uprising by the Vikings.
“She had a great day today,” Coeur d’Alene coach Bobbi Darretta said.
Darretta said she was also pleased by three diving catches in the outfield — two by Alexis Blankenship in center field, including one for the final out of the game, and a third by Bekah West in right field.
“My girls stepped it up behind my pitcher,” Darretta said. “I’m very happy with the way my girls played today.”
Lewiston is 1-3 in league.
Coeur d’Alene plays host to Post Falls on Saturday in a 5A IEL doubleheader.
FIRST GAME
Lewiston 000 002 2 — 4 5 3
Coeur d’Alene 000 103 1 — 5 7 0
2 out when winning run scored.
Mader and Barney; Natalie Sell and Hailey Lyons.
HITS: Lew — Lawrence, Foster 2, Bausch, House. Cd’A — Fernimen, Kane 2, Comack 2, Sell, Blankenship. 2B — Foster, Fernimen, Kane. 3B — Foster.
SECOND GAME
Lewiston 000 114 1 — 7 12 4
Coeur d’Alene 034 111 x — 10 12 0
O’Connor, Mader (4) and Sorenson; Natalie Sell and Hailey Lyons.
HITS: Lew — Lawrence 2, Foster, Barney 3, Bausch, Wells, House 3, Taylor. Cd’A — Fernimen 2, Burke, Kane, Lyons 3, Comack, Sell, Blankenship, West, Cleave. 2B — Barney, Kane, Blankenship. HR — House, Sell.
Timberlake 11-21
Kellogg 0-0
SPIRIT LAKE — Becca Malloy scattered four hits and struck out six in the first game, and Bernie Carhart pitched a one-hitter in the nightcap as the Tigers blanked the visiting Wildcats in an Intermountain League doubleheader.
Emma Howard hit a two-run triple in the fourth inning, and finished 3 for 3 with three RBIs and three runs scored in the opener for Timberlake (6-1, 4-0 IML), which scored seven runs in the fifth inning to end the game early on the 10-run rule.
Carhart, who went 3 for 4 in the opener, went 4 for 4 in the second game, with four RBIs and four runs scored. Her sister, Lily Carhart, had two hits and drove in three runs in the second game.
“Becca threw really well,” Timberlake coach Casi Lupinacci said. “Emma Howard had a great really grad day at the plate and made great cacthes in the outfield (left field in the first game, right field in the second). And Bernie threw one of the best games she’s every thrown (in the second game), and also went 4 for 4.”
Timberlake plays host to Priest River on Friday in an IML doubleheader.
FIRST GAME
Kellogg 000 00 — 0 4 3
Timberlake 001 37 — 11 12 3
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
I. Therrian and A. Duce; Becca Malloy and Lily Carhart.
HITS: Kell — Seatz, Ross, Duce, M. Therrain. TL — L. Carhart, B. Carhart 3, Malloy, Lindley, Jerome, Mallet, Peterson, Howard 3. 2B — B. Carhart, Lindley. 3B — Howard.
SECOND GAME
Kellogg 000 00 — 0 1 3
Timberlake 147 9x — 21 14 0
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
I. Seatz and A. Duce; Bernie Carhart and Maddy Salois.
HITS: Kell — Van Hoose. TL — L. Carhart 2, B. Carhart 4, Malloy 2, Lindley, Kalar, Mallet, Lindley, Howard. 2B — B. Carhart 2, L. Carhart, Mallet, Malloy.