PREP SOFTBALL: Coeur d'Alene fights back for split with IEL-leading Lewiston

COEUR d’ALENE — Coeur d’Alene lost the opener in extra innings and lost their leader to injury in the second game, but that didn’t stop the Vikings from bouncing back to split a doubleheader with the league-leading Lewiston Bengals on Tuesday at Larry Schwenke Field.

Skylar Burke, who went 5 for 5 in the opener and finished 9 for 9 on the day, injured her left shoulder sliding into home in the fifth inning of the second game, as Coeur d’Alene (6-11, 6-7 IEL) rallied to take the lead.

Catherine Bakken hit a two-run double as the Vikings scored five times in the fifth to win the nightcap 8-5.

Lewiston won the opener 19-7 in eight innings.

“I told them, we’re going to be the thorn in everyone’s side this year. We have nothing to lose,” said Coeur d’Alene coach Bobbi Darretta, who has just one senior starter. “I feel like they feel like they have something to fight for. My girls want this, they really do, and they worked hard for it.”

Taryn Barney hit a three-run homer in the top of the fifth to put Lewiston (13-4, 7-3) ahead 5-3.

In the first game, Kaydence Constable singled in Bekah West to cap a four-run seventh by the Vikings to force extra innings. Sophia Farrar delivered a two-run double earlier in the inning for Coeur d’Alene.

But the Bengals, held to three hits in the first seven innings, erupted for 18 hits and 14 runs in the eighth.

“It was frustrating; we had ‘em,” Darretta said. “We were outhitting them going into that eighth inning.”

Coeur d’Alene travels to Lake City on Saturday for an IEL doubleheader.

FIRST GAME

Lewiston 100 101 2(14) — 19 21 4

Coeur d’Alene 100 000 42 — 7 12 3

Samantha Mader, Kate Banks (8) and Taryn Barney; Kristine Schmidt, Matea Dorame (8) and Kaydence Constable.

HITS: Lew — Taylor, L. Barney, T. Barney, Ortiz 3, Purrington 2, Douglass 3, Mader 3, Williams 4, Weeks. Cd’A — Burke 5, Farrar, Blankenship, West 2, Dorame, Bakken, Constable. 2B — T. Barney 2, Ortiz 2, Mader, Williams, Farrar.

SECOND GAME

Lewiston 002 030 0 — 5 14 0

Coeur d’Alene 300 050 x — 8 16 0

Kate Banks and Taryn Barney; Kristine Schmidt and Kaydence Constable.

HITS: Lew — Taylor 2, L. Barney 3, T. Barney 2, Ortiz, Banks 3, Douglass, Reel, Weeks 2. Cd’A — Burke 4, Blankenship 2, Farrar 2, West 2, Bakken 2, Constable 2, Cleave 2. 2B — Farrar, Bakken, Constable, Cleave. HR — T. Barney.

Lake City 20

Moscow 3

MOSCOW — Hope Bodak hit a three-run homer in the second inning and a two-run shot in the fourth for the Timberwolves in the IEL romp over the host Bears.

Bodak finished 3 for 5 with five RBIs and scored twice for Lake City (9-4, 9-4 IEL). Hanah Stoddard hit a grand slam in the third and finished with five RBIs for the Timberwolves, and Abby Jankay also homered.

Austin Hill went 3 for 3 with an RBI and four runs scored for Lake City, and Phoebe Schultze struck out nine in three one-hit innings.

Moscow is 5-6, 5-6.

Lake City plays host to Coeur d’Alene on Saturday in an IEL doubleheader.

Lake City 275 51 — 20 17 1

Moscow 000 21 — 3 4 2

Phoebe Schultze, Austin Hill (4) and Hope Bodak; M. Kees and M. Highfill.

HITS: LC — A. Hill 3, Bodak 3, Jankay, Gray 2, Begalman 2, Schultze 2, Stoddard 2, Tolzmann, T. Hill. Mos — Fleischman, Verlin, Highfill, Kees. 2B — Gray 2, Schultze 2, A. Hill 2, Tolzmann, Verlin, Highfill. 3B — A. Hill. HR — Jankay, Bodak (2), Stoddard.

Post Falls 20

Lakeland 7

RATHDRUM — Sophie Solberg hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning as the visiting Trojans downed the Hawks in IEL play.

McKenna Moak went 3 for 4 with four RBIs and three runs scored for Post Falls (8-4, 8-4 IEL), and Kaycie Barber was 3 for 3 with four RBIs and four runs scored. Jaden Donohoe went 3 for 3.

Harley See went 3 for 3 with three doubles and three runs scored for Lakeland (7-10, 3-6), and Haylee Smit homered.

On Thursday, Lakeland plays host to fellow 4A IEL foe Sandpoint in a doubleheader.

Post Falls returns to action Saturday at home vs. Moscow.

Post Falls 5(10)2 30 — 20 15 3

Lakeland 301 03 — 7 8 5

Sophie Nungesser, McKenna Moak (4) and Alyssa Krause; Haylee Smit, Devry Bursch (2), Kathryn Wardak (5) and Delaney Gosch.

HITS: PF — Dumas, Cramer, Moak 3, Barber 3, Solberg 3, Nimmick, Donohoe 3. LL — See 3, H. Gosch 2, Smit 2, Walls. 2B — Barber, Cramer, Dumas, Moak, See 3, H. Gosch. HR — Solberg, Smith.

Timberlake 25-11

Bonners Ferry 0-0

SPIRIT LAKE — Acacia Pecor pitched a one-hitter in the opener, Bernie Carhart struck out seven and scattered four hits in the nightcap, and Peyton Lindley hit three home runs on the day as the host Tigers blanked the Badgers twice in Intermountain League play.

“We were going well in all of the different facets of the game,” Timberlake coach Casi Lupinacci said. “Offensively, defensively and pitching, we played really well. It was a good all-around day.”

In the first game, Emma Howard homered and finished 4 for 5 with three RBIs and four runs scored for Timberlake (11-3, 4-0 IML). Lindley hit a two-run homer in the first and a three-run shot in the second. Brooke Jessen was 4 for 4 with four RBIs and two runs scored, Lacey Peterson was 3 for 4 with four RBIs and three runs, and Logan Walsh was 3 for 5 with two RBIs and two runs.

In the second game, Lindley hit a two-run homer in the second inning and finished with three RBIs, and Logan Walsh also homered for the Tigers. Bernie Carhart had two hits and drove in four runs.

Bonners Ferry is 2-2 IML.

Timberlake plays host to Kellogg on Friday in an IML doubleheader.

FIRST GAME

Bonners Ferry 000 00 — 0 1 5

Timberlake 2(13)8 2x — 25 23 0

Anna Bliss and Rikki Cowin; Acacia Pecor and Lily Carhart.

HITS: BF — Bliss. TL — Howard 4, L. Carhart 2, B. Carhart 3, Lindley 3, Walsh 3, Jessen 4, Pecor, Peterson 3. 2B — B. Carhart 2, L. Carhart, Howard, Jessen, Peterson, Walsh 2. HR — Howard, Lindley 2.

SECOND GAME

Bonners Ferry 000 00 — 0 4 3

Timberlake 182 0x — 11 10 0

Anna Bliss and Rikki Cowin; Bernie Carhart and Lily Carhart.

HITS: BF — Schulte 2, Frederickson, Falck. TL — Howard 2, L. Carhart, B. Carhart 2, Lindley, Walsh 2, Grantham, Peterson. 2B — B. Carhart, Howard. HR — Lindley, Walsh.

St. Maries 4

Sandpoint 1

SANDPOINT — Taci Watkins of the visiting Lumberjacks shut out the Bulldogs after the first inning en route to the nonleague win on the artificial turf at War Memorial Field.

Watkins struck out 15, and also went 2 for 3 with a double and triple, an RBI and two runs scored for St. Maries (9-2).

Sandpoint is 7-6.

St. Maries plays host to Kamiah on Friday in a Central Idaho League doubleheader.

St. Maries 000 202 0 — 4 3 1

Sandpoint 100 000 0 — 1 5 1

Taci Watkins and Jenna Holder; Jaden Dickinson, Cresanna Authier (6) and Jaidyn Inman.

HITS: SM — Watkins 2, Miller. Spt — Gammon, Ward, Cessna, Dickinson, Tuinstra. 2B — Watkins. 3B — Watkins, Ward.