Perfect start for Cards, Mott

POST FALLS — It was a perfect start to the home slate for the North Idaho College softball team on Friday.

Madi Mott struck out six over five perfect innings, and the Cardinals beat Columbia Basin College 11-0 in the Northwest Athletic Conference opener for both at Post Falls High.

Ashlyn Winn hit a two-run home run in the second inning, then followed with a two-run double in the third inning for NIC in the opener.

In the nightcap, Devinne Amesquita hit a grand slam in the fourth inning and Lake City High product Bailey Cavanagh hit a solo shot in the fourth for NIC (4-4), which faces Wenatchee Valley on Sunday in a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.

Columbia Basin is 3-3.

FIRST GAME

Columbia Basin 000 00 — 0 0 4

North Idaho 044 3x — 11 10 0

Game called in fifth inning due to 8-run rule.

Brandi Andrews and Marivel Macias; Madi Mott and Taylor Anderson. W — Mott. L — Andrews.

HITS: CBC — none. NIC — Winn 2, Kerr, Hecker, Williams 2, Hammond 2, Anderson 2. 2B — Winn, Kerr, Williams, Anderson. HR — Winn, Hecker, Williams.

SECOND GAME

Columbia Basin 001 01 — 2 5 1

North Idaho 031 52 — 11 12 1

Kaylee Brown and Abby Urias; Andrea Hoey, Betty Comack (5) and Taylor Anderson. W — Hoey. L — Brown.

HITS: CBC — Cissne, Dormaier, Brown 2, Sallas. NIC — Winn 2, Kerr 3, Amesquita 2, Cavanagh, Williams, Anderson 2, Shimatsu. 2B — Amesquita, Anderson. HR — Winn, Amesquita, Cavanagh.