PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeland rallies for softball split with Moscow
• SOFTBALL
RATHDRUM — Cienna Wells went 4 for 4 with three runs batted in and two runs scored in the second game for Lakeland, which split in Inland Empire League play against Moscow at Lakeland High on Saturday.
In the opener, Moscow outscored Lakeland 19-14 before the Hawks rallied to win the nightcap 13-2.
Harley See, Hailey Gosch and Haylee Smit had two hits and two runs scored each for Lakeland (4-6, 1-3 IEL), which hosts Lake City on Wednesday.
Sydnee Verlin hit a grand slam in the third inning of the first game for Moscow (1-3, 1-3).
FIRST GAME
Moscow 00(12) 043 0 — 19 10 5
Lakeland 045 111 2 — 14 17 6
Kees and Highfill; Devry Bursch, Kathryn Wardak (3), Haylee Smit (3) and Payton Sterling. W — Kees. L — Smit.
HITS: Mos — Pauchnik 2, Branen, Verlin 3, Highfill, Smith, Smith 2. LL — See 2, H. Gosch 3, Smit 3, Dyer, D. Gosch, Walls 3, Staudinger 2, Sterling 2. 2B — H. Gosch, Smit 2. HR — Verlin, Gosch.
SECOND GAME
Moscow 002 000 — 2 6 4
Lakeland 250 024 — 13 14 1
Pauchnik and Highfill; Kathryn Wardak and Payton Sterling. W — Wardak. L — Pauchnik.
HITS: Mos — Verlin, Smith 2, Sparks, Smith, Hammond. LL — See 2, H. Gosch 2, Smit 2, D. Gosch 2, Walls 4, Staudinger, Sterling. HR — Smit.
• BASEBALL
Moscow 14-14
Lakeland 8-8
RATHDRUM — Scotty Hocking had five RBIs on the day for the Hawks, who were swept by the Bears in Inland Empire League play at Gorton Field.
Sean Tierney, Sam Pemberton, Hocking and Cole Strietzel had two RBIs each in the second game for Lakeland (1-8, 0-4 IEL), which hosts Lake City on Wednesday.
Moscow is 2-2, 2-2.
FIRST GAME
Moscow 403 040 3 — 14 10 3
Lakeland 012 500 0 — 8 10 5
Barrett Abendroth, Isaac Stazkow (3), Ethan McLaughlin (4), Mike Kiblen (5), Ryan Delusa (7) and Jack Bales; Josh Mason, Cole Strietzel (5), Scott Pote (5) and Sam Pemberton. W — Abendroth. L — Strietzel.
HITS: Mos — Kiblen, Abendroth 2, Delusa 3, Conway 2, Stazkow, Bales. LL — Hocking 2, Pemberton, Nowell, Love, Mason 2, Pote 3. 2B — Mason.
SECOND GAME
Moscow 007 005 2 — 14 7 7
Lakeland 120 003 2 — 8 8 6
Chad Redinger, Cody Isakson (6), Jamison Green (7), Ryan Delusa (7) and Jack Bales; Cameron Harris, Payden Wysong (3), Sean Tierney (6), Bryson Fisher (7) and Gunner Vandever. W — Redinger. L — Harris.
HITS: Mos — Kiblen 2, Redinger, Abendroth, Delusa 2, McLaughlin, Stazkow, Decker 2, Bales 2. LL — Hocking 3, Tierney 2, Pemberton 2, Strietzel. 2B — Isakson, Delusa, Pemberton, Strietzel.