Viks wrap up league title with sweep
- BASEBALL
COEUR d’ALENE — Jake Brown drove in two big runs in the first game, and the Coeur d’Alene Vikings got good pitching from Colt Rowley and Cody Davenport to sweep the Lewiston Bengals 6-5 and 7-0 in 5A Inland Empire League play on a blustery Saturday at Church Field.
The wins wrapped up the league title for Coeur d’Alene (18-1, 10-0 5A IEL), which will have home-field advantage throughout the Region 1 tournament, which begins May 6.
“Our key today was mental toughness,” Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Mahin said. “I’ve got nine seniors that have bought in for the last four years; they trust the process. They showed their mental toughness today, and they did what they had to to get a couple more Ws.”
In the first game, Rowley kept Lewiston off the scoreboard until the fourth, when the Bengals scored four times to take a 4-1 lead. Coeur d’Alene answered with four in the fifth, and tacked on another run in the seventh on Carter Friesz’s sacrifice fly.
Lewiston put two on in the seventh and pulled within a run on a sacrifice fly. But Zach Mackimmie, who came on for Rowley with one out in the sixth, got the next batter to ground out to end the first game.
“Colt pitched great,” Mahin said. “He threw a lot of strikes, he competed and he just did a great job.”
In the second game Davenport, one of several Vikings troubled by illness in recent weeks, pitched six shutout innings, allowing two hits and striking out five. Quinton Bunch drove in three runs for Coeur d’Alene, and Rowley went 3 for 4 with an RBI.
“The second game was Cody Davenport being Cody Davenport,” Mahin said. “We kept extending the lead, and he kept throwing zeroes.”
Lewiston dipped to 9-7, 4-6.
Coeur d’Alene wraps up the regular season Tuesday with a 5A IEL doubleheader at Post Falls.
FIRST GAME
Coeur d’Alene 000 140 1 — 6 8 0
Lewiston 000 400 1 — 5 10 3
Colt Rowley, Zach Mackimmie (6) and Carter Friesz; Kyle Van Boeyen, Tyson Wallace (4), George Lopez (6) and Austin Kolb.
HITS: Cd’A — Brown, Mayfield 2, Friesz, Bunch, Davenport, Johnson, Rowley. Lew — Wallace, Skinner, Bonfield 2, Van Boeyen, Hart, Kolb 2, Acree, Lopez. 2B — Lopez.
SECOND GAME
Coeur d’Alene 121 102 0 — 7 11 0
Lewiston 000 000 0 — 0 2 1
Cody Davenport, Landen Thompson (7) and Carter Friesz; Dylan Mader, Blaine Acree (6) and Austin Kolb.
HITS: Cd’A — Brown 2, Mayfield 2, Friesz, Bunch, Johnson, Karns, Rowley 3. Lew — Bonfield, Hart. 2B — Rowley, Bonfield, Hart.
- TENNIS
Cd’A’s Swider wins
consolation title
SPOKANE — Chris Swider of Coeur d’Alene won the consolation bracket at No. 2 boys singles at the Inland Empire Tournament.
Swider dropped his first match on Friday, then won four straight in the consolation bracket. He won the consolation title match 6-3, 6-2 over a player from Richland.
His matches were at Central Valley on Friday and at Mt. Spokane on Saturday.
“He played great; really moved well on the court,” Coeur d’Alene boys coach Dan O’Connor said. “He adapted to the environment, which was at times rainy, and today windy and cold.”
Lake City’s Jack DuCoeur won three straight after dropping his first match on Friday, advancing to the consolation finals before injury defaulting at No. 1 boys singles.
“Jack’s been playing pretty well in the past few weeks,” Lake City boys coach Bob Brunn said. “He’s been having an issue with his arm, but he kept holding on.”
Zana Castenada went 3-2, advancing to the consolation finals in No. 1 girls singles for Lake City.
“Zana played her heart out and put together some good matches,” Brunn said. “She was pretty exhausted by the end of the tournament, but I think she’ll get stronger from it. I’m pretty proud of the way she played.”
- TRACK AND FIELD
Burch edges
Schnatter in 100
at Strandberg
SPOKANE — Coeur d’Alene senior Nate Burch edged Lake City’s Jacob Schnatter by .02 seconds to win the 100-meter dash at the Strandberg Invitational at Central Valley High.
“The conditions for that race were horrible,” Coeur d’Alene assistant coach Linda Lanker said of the 100. “They had winds like no tomorrow and it was raining.”
“It was an awesome race,” Lake City coach Kelly Reed said. “When they’ve raced this year, it’s been neck and neck the entire way. Burch won today, but it’s going to be a great battle the rest of the year.”
Carter Gordon won the 400 for Lake City’s boys, which finished third. Angelyca Chapman won the 400 for Lake City’s girls, which finished sixth.
“Carter’s 400 was outstanding today,” Reed said. “Considering the conditions, and the wind, everyone performed really well today. Angelyca won the 400 pretty handily, and ran a great 200 as well.”
Burch also had wins in the 110 hurdles and 4x100 relay for Coeur d’Alene, which finished fifth. Schnatter won the long jump for Lake City, which finished third.
Coeur d’Alene’s Kaitlyn Ward (discus) and Emily Bronson (hammer) had wins for the Vikings girls, who were fourth.
While the hammer and javelin are not sanctioned in Idaho, athletes were able to get written permission from their throws coaches to compete in the event, Lanker said.
“It’s great for our kids because it’s a college and Olympic event,” Lanker said. “It’s really cool that they’re allowed to do that.”
Meet host Central Valley swept the team titles.
BOYS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Central Valley 90.5. 2, Chiawana 75. 3, Lake City 61. 4, Pullman 59.5. 5, Coeur d’Alene 54. 6, North Central 40. 7, East Valley (Spokane) 36. 8 (tie), Ferris, Gonzaga Prep 32. 10, Meridian 30.5. 11, Southridge 28.5. 12, Lewiston 27. 13, Mt. Spokane 26. 14, Rogers (Spokane) 25. 15, Lewis and Clark 14. 16, Hermiston 12. 17, Mead 11. 18, Lakeland 10.5. 19 (tie), Moscow, Moses Lake 9. 21, Inglemoor 8. 22, St. George’s 6.5. 23, Asotin 5.
(Winners, Locals in Top 3)
100 — 1, Nate Burch, Coeur d’Alene, 10.99. 2, Jacob Schnatter, Lake City, 11.01. 200 — 1, Spencer Barrera, Mt. Spokane, 21.91. 3, Jacob Schnatter, Lake City, 22.38. 400 — 1, Carter Gordon, Lake City, 50.25. 800 — 1, Austin Bachman, Chiawana, 2:00.93. 1,600 — 1, Alec Kness, North Central, 4:29.80. 3,200 — 1, Eliason Kabasenche, Pullman, 9:38.67.
110 hurdles — 1, Nate Burch, Coeur d’Alene, 14.52. 300 hurdles — 1, Ozzy Wexler, Lewiston, 39.5. 4x100 relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Isaac Kay, Kale Edwards, Ryan Linehan, Nate Burch), 44.17. 4x400 relay — 1, Chiawana, 3:24.60.
Shot put — 1, Bradley Fillis, Central Valley, 50-7 1/2. 2, Travis Kerr, Coeur d’Alene, 49-3 1/4. Discus — 1, Alax Grimes, Southridge, 148-2. 3, Jacob Smith, Lake City, 144-7. Javelin — 1, Ethan Oliver, Central Valley, 156-5. High jump — 1, Brennan Tracy, Pullman, 6-4. Pole vault — 1, Bridger Pannell, Ferris, 13-0. 3, Porter Howard, Lake City, 12-6. Long jump — 1, Jacob Schnatter, Lake City, 21-3 1/2. Triple jump — 1, Jared Hathaway, East Valley, 45-0 1/4. Hammer — 1, Nathan Leeking, North Central, 138-5.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Central Valley 115. 2, Southridge 81. 3, Meridian 68. 4, Coeur d’Alene 64. 5, Pullman 61. 6, Lake City 54. 7, Hermiston 49. 8, Moscow 36. 9, Gonzaga Prep 33.5. 10, Ferris 32. 11, Lewiston 28.5. 12, Chiawana 27. 13, St. George’s 16. 14, East Valley (Spokane) 13. 15, Stillwater Christian 11. 16, Lakeland 9. 17 (tie), Rogers (Spokane), Asotin 8. 19 (tie), Freeman, Moses Lake, St. Maries 6. 22, Lewis and Clark 5. 23, North Central 4.
(Winners, Locals in Top 3)
100 — 1, Maci Young, Central Valley, 12.55. 200 — 1, Molly McCormick, Central Valley, 25.61. 2, Angelyca Chapman, Lake City, 25.83. 400 — 1, Angelyca Chapman, Lake City, 1:00.48. 800 — 1, Peyton Claus, Moscow, 2:27.24. 2, Lillian Fletcher, Lake City, 2:28.15. 1,600 — 1, Brittney Hansen, Meridian, 5:30.31. 3,200 — 1, Brittney Hansen, Meridian, 11:27.53.
100 hurdles — 1, Emily Meek, Southridge, 14.89. 300 hurdles — 1, Peyton Teevens, Pullman, 47.38. 3, Lauren Baldeck, Coeur d’Alene, 48.03. 4x100 relay — 1, Central Valley, 50.52. 4x200 relay — 1, Central Valley, 1:46.47. 3, Lake City, 1:47.75. 4x400 relay — 1, Central Valley, 4:12.53.
Shot put — 1, Paige Palzinski, Hermiston, 37-8 3/4. 2, Carmen Breen, Coeur d’Alene, 36-9 1/4. Discus — 1, Kaitlyn Ward, Coeur d’Alene, 123-6. 2, Emily Bronson, Coeur d’Alene, 122-0. 3, Lizzy Wensley, Lake City, 116-11. Javelin — 1, Jazlyn Romero, Hermiston, 129-11. High jump — 1, Peyton Teevens, Pullman, 5-2. Pole vault — 1, Reagan Crain, Gonzaga Prep, 11-0. 3, Bethan Suchoski, St. Maries, 9-0. Long jump — 1, Whitney Lords, Meridian, 17-2. Triple jump — 1, Whitney Lords, Meridian, 36-8 3/4. Hammer — 1, Emily Bronson, Coeur d’Alene, 126-10. 3, Lizzy Wensley, Lake City, 104-1.