Lake City picks up first win of season at tourney
- BASEBALL
LEWISTON — Harrison Reid and Brennen Schuelke each went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and a run scored as the Lake City Timberwolves beat the West Valley Eagles 8-4 at Church Field on Saturday to conclude play at the North/South tournament.
Earlier Saturday, Lake City fell 9-2 to Rocky Mountain of Meridian.
Conner Conigliaro hit a two-run single in the seventh inning for Lake City against West Valley.
“I thought we played much better today with it being our second time outside,” Lake City coach Paul Manzardo said. “We played much better defensively in the third game of the weekend and improving each game. I was happy with our grit and energy. We were able to play a lot of kids and throw a lot of different pitchers.”
Against Rocky Mountain, Bridger Rinaldi singled in the first inning for the Timberwolves, who struck out 10 times against two Grizzly pitchers.
Kaden Hollow went 3 for 3 and drove in four runs for Rocky.
Lake City (1-2) is scheduled to play host to Walla Walla on Wednesday in a doubleheader.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN 9, LAKE CITY 2
Lake City 100 100 — 2 1 1
Rocky Mtn. 007 02x — 9 9 0
Cooper Grohs, Landon Vergeer (3), Nick Chase (4), Alex Feek (5) and Brock Sween; Jayden Robertson, No. 15 (3) and Kole Walker.
HITS: LC — Rinaldi. RM — Burns, Hollow 3, Hughes, Christiansen 2, Wartchow, Walker. 2B — Wartchow, Hollow, Hughes.
LAKE CITY 8, WEST VALLEY 4
Lake City 005 010 2 — 8 8 1
West Valley 110 001 1 — 4 5 0
Bridger Rinaldi, Ryan Rios (5), Camdyn Martindale (7) and Conner Conigliaro; G. Fisher, No. 34 (4), S. Shipman (6), Skyler Netto (6) and B. Andrews.
HITS: LC — Rinaldi, Reid 2, Schuelke 2, Sween, Conigliaro, Chase. WV — Aitken, Drynan, Marsalis, Kaiser, Andrews. 2B — Schuelke.
Coeur d’Alene downs
Hillcrest, falls short
to Rocky Mountain
LEWISTON — With a little luck, Coeur d’Alene could have a really good start to its season.
After powering past Hillcrest of Ammon 13-2 at Airport Park, Coeur d’Alene fell to Rocky Mountain of Meridian 8-7 at Church Field on Saturday to conclude the North/South Tournament 2-1.
Against Hillcrest, Cody Davenport struck out eight over five innings and Carter Friesz drove in three runs for Coeur d’Alene, which took advantage of six errors by the Knights.
“We played really well and did everything well against Hillcrest,” Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Mahin said. “Cody had a stellar outing and was really mowing through the lineup. We came out ready to go and had some great at-bats in the first game.”
In its late game, Rocky Mountain led 8-3 after five innings before Coeur d’Alene rallied to cut the deficit to one run in the seventh.
“We battled back and had a chance to win it, but just didn’t come through,” Mahin said. “We had runners in scoring position in the fifth and the bases loaded in the seventh, but couldn’t push those runs across. You never like to lose, but that’s a good game to go through. If we clean up some mistakes, we end up taking care of business.”
Quinton Bunch had three RBIs against Rocky Mountain for Coeur d’Alene (4-1), which travels to Ferris on Monday.
COEUR d’ALENE 13, HILLCREST 2
Coeur d’Alene 703 30 — 13 8 0
Hillcrest 000 02 — 2 7 6
Cody Davenport and Carter Friesz; Harres, Henze (1), Adams (4) and Patterson. W — Davenport. L — Harres.
HITS: Cd’A — Brown 2, Chatfield, Mayfield, Friesz, Rowley 2, Thompson. Hill — Mason, Adams, Hansen 2, Patterson, Taylor, Smith. 2B — Mayfield, Brown, Hansen, Adams, Mason.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN 8, COEUR d’ALENE 7
Coeur d’Alene 102 002 2 — 7 11 4
Rocky Mtn. 221 210 x — 8 9 1
L. Paddack, L. Thompson (3), Noah Mayfield (4), J. Brown (6) and Carter Friesz; Evans, McGuire (4), Burns (6), Franklin (7) and Hollow. W — Evans. L — Paddack. S — Franklin.
HITS: Cd’A — Brown 3, Chatfield 2, Mayfield, Bunch 2, Friesz 2, Karns. RM — Burns, Hollow 2, G. Hughes 2, Wartchow, Cantrill, J. Hughes, Anderson. 2B — Bunch, Hughes.
Post Falls finishes
2-1 at tourney
LEWISTON — Racking up 34 runs on 29 hits, the Post Falls Trojans won both of their games Saturday to conclude play at the North/South tournament.
Post Falls beat Hillcrest of Ammon 18-9, then defeated West Valley of Spokane 16-6.
“That’s the one thing we can do inside is hit, so we’ve been doing a lot of that,” Post Falls coach Mick Zeller said of his team’s practices up until this weekend, which were mostly held indoors due to snow.
Post Falls leadoff batter Spencer Zeller reached base 11 times on Saturday — on two hits, seven walks and two hit by pitches — and scored five runs on the day.
Third-place hitter Jake Rutherford went 4 for 4 with two doubles and two walks and scored five runs for the Trojans against Hillcrest. Cleanup batter Kaden Cripps was 3 for 3 and drew two walks. Zeller and No. 2 hitter Cole Rutherford each scored two runs.
“The tops are getting on and the middles are hitting them in like they’re supposed to do,” Mick Zeller said.
Against West Valley, Jake Rutherford, Cripps, Paul Keating, Jacob Burton, Kevin Lebsock and Derek Pearse had two hits each for the Trojans.
Post Falls turned three double plays on the day.
“I’m really pleased with our defense, coming out of the gym,” Zeller said. “We had only a handful of errors the entire weekend.”
On Friday, Post Falls lost 11-3 to Rocky Mountain of Meridian in its season opener.
Post Falls (2-1) is scheduled to travel to Chiawana of Pasco, Wash., on Wednesday for a doubleheader.
POST FALLS 18, HILLCREST 9
Post Falls 111 520 8 — 18 14 2
Hillcrest 020 041 2 — 9 9 0
Austin Higgins, Jacob Schow (6) and Jacob Burton; Morrison, relievers unavailable and Grimett.
HITS: PF — Zeller, C. Rutherford, J. Rutherford 4, Cripps 3, Keating, Schow, Burton, Higgins 2. Hill — Harris, Patterson 3, Gennesie 2, Morrison, Henze, Smith. 2B — Zeller, C. Rutherford, J. Rutherford 2, Patterson, Gennesie, Smith. HR — Gennesie.
POST FALLS 16, WEST VALLEY 6
Post Falls 303 214 3 — 16 15 1
West Valley 300 300 0 — 6 8 1
Tyson Rutherford, Zac Pollard (5), Cole Rutherford (6) and Derek Pearse; Roig, relievers unavailable and Burquist.
HITS: PF — Zeller, J. Rutherford 2, Cripps 2, Keating 2, Burton 2, Lebsock 2, Pearse 2, Gondo. WV — Dryner, Schmidt, Marsalis, Comeslast 2, Kaiser, Roig, Burquist. 2B — Lebsock, Comeslast.
Timberlake
drops pair
PAYETTE — The Tigers lost to Parma 5-0 and to Sugar-Salem 14-7 on Saturday at Payette High to conclude a weekend of games in southern Idaho.
Timberlake was held to four hits by Stetson Beus of Parma in the first game.
Timberlake sophomore left-hander Jacob Hessing struck out nine, walked none and allowed five hits against Parma.
“Holy moly,” Timberlake coach Cameron Knigge said of Hessing. “Super proud of the kid. He stepped up; we just couldn’t provide him any run support.”
Against Sugar, Jack McDonald wend 3 for 5, scored two runs and drove in one for Timberlake. Ray Knerr went 2 for 3 with two RBIs for the Tigers, and Kobe Harris, Alex Drake and Jacob James each had two hits.
“We pitched well this weekend, and we hit better than anticipated,” Knigge said. “We just looked like a team that hadn’t been on the field, in terms of defense, and it showed.
“Playing time and real games are invaluable.”
Timberlake (1-5) is scheduled to play host to Lakeland on Thursday.
PARMA 5, TIMBERLAKE 0
Parma 000 311 0 — 5 6 2
Timberlake 000 000 0 — 0 4 4
Stetson Beus and Kyle Powers; Jacob Hessing, Zac Larsen (7) and catcher unavailable.
HITS: Par — Simpson, Beus, Simpson 2, Gentry, Camacho. TL — McDonald, Harris, Drake, Larsen. 2B — Beus, Simpson. 3B — Simpson, Larsen.
SUGAR-SALEM 14, TIMBERLAKE 7
Sugar-Salem 102 082 1 — 14 13 2
Timberlake 100 112 2 — 7 12 4
Curtis Drake, Caleb Norman (6) and Kyzon Garner; Gage Benefield, Kobe Harris (5), Zac Larsen (5), Ray Knerr (7) and Zac Larsen, Benefield (5).
HITS: SS — B. Norman, C. Norman 2, Drake 2, Rasmussen, Harris 3, Ostermiller 2, Mace, Garner. TL — McDonald 3, Harris 2, Drake 2, James 2, Powell, Knerr 2. 2B — Rasmussen, Drake.
- SOFTBALL
Lakeland wraps up
play at tourney
CALDWELL — The Hawks fell 27-6 at Vallivue and 21-5 to Caldwell on Saturday at Vallivue High to conclude play at the WTP Spring Classic.
Against Vallivue, Taylor Woolley had two hits for the Hawks, and Mia O’Hara and Alaina Pruitt each hit two-run singles in the first inning.
Chelsie Engle hit a three-run homer for Vallivue.
Haylee Smit hit a two-run single in the third inning for Lakeland against Caldwell.
Lakeland (0-7) is scheduled to travel to Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday.
VALLIVUE 27, LAKELAND 6
Vallivue (15)48 — 27 14 0
Lakeland 501 — 6 6 8
Brittney Henderson, Cam Zucker (3), Collo (3) and Y. Garcin; Haylee Smit, Kathryn Wardak (1), Taylor Woolley (2) and Harlee See.
HITS: Val — Hruzy, Duggar 2, Engle 3, Garnan, Stacy, Sneddon, Garcin 2, Linder 2, Lane. LL — Woolley 2, Gallus, O’Hara, Russum, Pruitt. 2B — Garcin. 3B — Engle. HR — Engle.
CALDWELL 21, LAKELAND 5
Caldwell 280 74 — 21 13 3
Lakeland 022 1x — 5 6 6
C. Rodrigues and S. Schatz; Taylor Woolley, Kathryn Wardak (4) and Harlee See.
HITS: Cald — Beach, Garcia, Williams, Andersen 2, Rodrigues, Codina 3, Mendez, Schatz 3. LL — Gallus, Smit, O’Hara, Brack, Wardak, Gosch. 2B — Andersen, Codina, Schatz 2, Garcia, O’Hara. 3B — Andersen. HR — Williams.