PREP ROUNDUP: Both Coeur d'Alene softball coaches tossed in wild doubleheader

| March 21, 2021 1:15 AM

• SOFTBALL

LEWISTON — The record books will show that the Coeur d’Alene Vikings were swept by the Lewiston Bengals in Inland Empire League softball Saturday at Airport Park.

But despite the 7-3, and 8-7 losses, Coeur d’Alene coach Bobbi Darretta said she couldn’t have been more proud of her team.

Darretta and Viking assistant coach Mike Dorame were kicked out in the fourth inning of the first game, and had to watch the rest of the doubleheader from afar. With no coaches remaining, the players basically coached themselves for the final 10-plus innings of play against a team that had swept Lake City earlier in the week.

“I couldn’t be more thrilled how hard they worked, and how unified they became,” Darretta said. “It could have gone way downhill after that.”

In the top of the fourth inning in the opener, Coeur d’Alene (2-3, 2-3 IEL) trailed 4-2, but had just scored twice and had runners at second and third with two out. On a pickoff throw from the Lewiston catcher, Skylar Burke dove back into third base and was tagged, but was called out for coming off the bag while the tag was still being applied, Darretta said she was told.

Darretta argued the call and asked for help. The home-plate umpire confirmed the call, and Darretta argued some more walking off the field, and was ejected. Moments later, Dorame was ejected, even though Darretta said Dorame hadn’t said a word.

With no other coaches on the trip, the players took over calling pitches and plays, with players taking over as base coaches — until it was their turn to hit.

“I was so proud of them; they did so well,” Darretta said. “Honestly, I think they gained a lot of confidence, and learned a lot about the game.”

Madie Cleave and Alexis Blankenship had RBI singles in the fourth inning of the first game, and Sophia Farrar’s RBI single in the sixth pulled Coeur d’Alene within 5-3.

In the second game, McCurdy hit an RBI double in the third, and Kate Boyer added an RBI single. Burke and Bekah West had RBI singles in the fourth as the Vikings took a 5-4 lead.

Lewiston is 6-0, 4-0.

Coeur d’Alene plays host to Lake City on Tuesday in a doubleheader.

FIRST GAME

Coeur d’Alene 000 201 0 — 3 6 2

Lewiston 220 102 x — 7 8 0

Kristine Schmidt and Kaydence Constable; Mader and Taryn Barney.

HITS: Cd’A — Cleave, Farrar, Blankenship 2, Burke 2. Lew — Taylor, Weeks, L. Barney, T. Barney, Douglass, Mader 2, Williams. 2B — T. Barney, Williams.

SECOND GAME

Coeur d’Alene 002 311 0 — 7 14 5

Lewiston 310 400 x — 8 7 0

Alexia McCurdy, Kristine Schmidt (4) and Kaydence Constable; Banks and T. Barney.

HITS: Cd’A — Cleave 2, Blankenship, Burke 3, West, Constable, Dorame 2, McCurdy 2, Boyer 2. Lew — Taylor, L. Barney, T. Barney 2, Banks, Douglas 2. 2B — Cleave, McCurdy, L. Barney, Douglass, T. Barney, 3B — Cleave, T. Barney.

Post Falls 11

Lakeland 1

POST FALLS — Kailey Cramer doubled twice and drove in three runs as the host Trojans beat the Hawks in Inland Empire League play.

Jaden Donohoe had two hits and drove in two runs for Post Falls (3-1, 3-1 IEL), which travels to Moscow on Tuesday.

Haylee Smit had a pair of hits for Lakeland (0-2, 0-2), which plays Vallivue of Caldwell and Ridgevue of Nampa on Thursday at Vallivue High to begin a string of games this weekend in the Boise area.

Lakeland 100 00 — 1 6 3

Post Falls 441 2x — 11 10 1

Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.

Haylee Smit and Payton Sterling; Sophia Nungesser, McKenna Moak (4) and Alyssa Krause.

HITS: LL — See, Smit 2, D. Gosch, Wardak, Walls. PF — Dumas 2, Barber, Krause, Moak 2, Cramer 2, Donohoe 2. 2B — Moak, Cramer 2. 3B — Donohoe.

• BASEBALL

Coeur d’Alene 10-4

Lewiston 4-7

LEWISTON — Andrew Averett opened the floodgates with a two-run double in the fifth inning of the first game for the Vikings, who split with the Bengals in an Inland Empire League doubleheader at Walker Field.

“We’d been working on our two strike approaches all spring,” said Coeur d’Alene coach Erik Karns, whose team scored eight runs with two outs in the fifth. “We struggled to get on base early on, but were able to get into their bullpen and do some damage offensively.”

Cooper Larson had two RBIs in the first game for Coeur d’Alene.

Lewiston won the second game 7-4, limiting Coeur d’Alene to four hits.

“We had our chances,” Karns said. “We’d get runners on first and second, and second and third, but struggled to get the key hit. Once we figure that out, we’ll be a more consistent team.”

Coeur d’Alene (2-3, 2-3 IEL) hosts Lake City in a doubleheader on Tuesday starting at 2 p.m.

Lewiston is 3-1, 3-1.

FIRST GAME

Coeur d’Alene 000 091 0 — 10 7 5

Lewiston 001 111 0 — 4 6 0

Liam Paddack, John Gwaltney (4), Lucas Erickson (7) and Wade Mallory; Killian Fox, Zachary Massey (5), Reece Shoults (5), Cole McKenzie (6) and Austin Kolb. W — Gwaltney. L — Massey.

HITS: Cd’A — Larson, Elstad, An. Karns, W. Mallory, Schneider, Bridge, Averett. Lew — McKenzie, Hepburn, Kolb 2, Ricard, Edminson. 2B — Averett, Elstad, Kolb.

SECOND GAME

Coeur d’Alene 001 021 0 — 4 4 4

Lewiston 042 100 x — 7 8 3

Troy Shepard, Jayden Rowley (4), Owen Benson (6) and Wade Mallory; Christopher Ricard, Zach Lombard (5), Kayden Carpenter (5), Cruz Hepburn (6) and Austin Kolb. W — Ricard. L — Shepard.

HITS: Cd’A — Elstad, Karns, Izzard, Bridge. Lew — Fox, Kolb 2, Ricard, Edminson, Carpenter 2, Shoults. 2B — Kolb. 3B — Edminson.

• TRACK AND FIELD

Sandpoint boys edge Coeur d’Alene at Lewiston invite

LEWISTON — Braden Kappen won the 200-meter dash, and was part of winning relays in the 4x100 and 4x400 for Sandpoint, which edged Coeur d’Alene for the boys team title in the season-opening Lewiston Invitational at Sweeney Track.

Sandpoint finished with 123 team points, followed by Coeur d’Alene with 121.

Braden Dance won the 800 and 1,600 for Coeur d’Alene.

Lewiston won the girls title with 153.83 points, followed by Coeur d’Alene with 138.83.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Sandpoint 123. 2, Coeur d’Alene 121. 3, Lewiston 104. 4, Lakeland 101. 5, Timberlake 83. 6, Orofino 49. 7, Kamiah 39. 8, Cd’A Charter 38. 9, Priest River 15.

Winners, locals in top 3

100 — 1, Grady Woodworth, Timberlake, 11.71. 2, Braden Kappen, 11.71. 3, Isaiah Griffin, Coeur d’Alene, 11.75. 200 — 1, Braden Kappen, Sandpoint, 23.81. 2, Grady Woodworth, Timberlake, 24.06. 3, Jordan Gallegos, Cd’A Charter, 24.36. 400 — 1, Jace Sams, Kamiah, 52.42. 800 — 1, Braden Dance, Coeur d’Alene, 2:01.19. 2, Jett Lucas, Sandpoint, 2:04.32. 1,600 — 1, Braden Dance, Coeur d’Alene, 4:29.47. 2, Logan Davis, Cd’A Charter, 4:37.81. 3,200 — Nikolai Braedt, Sandpoint, 9:54.68. 2, Ethan Garner, Coeur d’Alene, 10:19.57. 3, Keegan Nelson, Sandpoint, 10:39.39.

110 hurdles — 1, Rusty Lee, Sandpoint, 15.90. 3, Caius Tebbe, Lakeland, 17.66. 300 hurdles — 1, Brady Cox, Kamiah, 45.06. 2, Caius Tebbe, Lakeland, 45.82. 3, Wyatt MacArthur, Timberlake, 45.94. 4x100 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Keyan Stock, Braden Kappen, Peyton Ennis, Rusty Lee), 45.17. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 45.52. 3, Timberlake, 46.03. 4x200 relay — 1, Timberlake (Rajanee Olivieri, Kale Paslay, Grady Woodworth, Zach Yetter), 1:36.34. 2, Lakeland, 1:36.99 3, Priest River, 1:38.42. 4x400 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Jett Lucas, Braden Kappen, Nikolai Braedt, Ben Ricks), 3:41.18. 2, Timberlake, 3:43.02. Distance medley — 1, Sandpoint (Jett Lucas, Ben Ricks, Keegan Nelson, Nikolai Braedt), 11:05.24. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 12:12.02.

Shot put — 1, Reid Thomas, Orofino, 46-11. 2, Seth Hagel, Coeur d’Alene, 45-6 ½. Discus — 1, Thor Kessinger, Lewiston, 134-5. 3, Seth Hagel, Coeur d’Alene, 130-8. High jump — 1, Josh Haug, Lakeland, 6-2. 2, Eli Jolly, Coeur d’Alene, 6-0. 3, Jack Kliewer, Coeur d’Alene, 5-10. Pole vault — 1, Dan Fowler, Orofino. 13-0. 2, Dallin Dance, Coeur d’Alene, 12-0. Long jump — 1, Jordan Gallegos, Cd’A Charter, 19-11 ½. 2, Luke McCorkle, Sandpoint, 19-9 ½. 3, Kale Paslay, Timberlake, 19-6 ½. Triple jump — 1, Ian Gardom, Timberlake, 40-1. 3, Jordan Nortz, Priest River, 37-6.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Lewiston 153.83. 2, Coeur d’Alene 138.83. 3, Sandpoint 102.5. 4, Orofino 73. 5, Lakeland 55. 6, Timberlake 50. 7, Kamiah 27. 8, Cd’A Charter 23. 9, Kellogg 19.83. 10, Priest River 17.

Winners, locals in top 3

100 — 1, Emily Dodd, Coeur d’Alene, 13.43. 2, Niki Hare, Coeur d’Alene, 13.51. 200 — 1, Emily Collins, Lewiston, 27.69. 2, Niki Hare, Coeur d’Alene, 27.86. 400 — 1, Emily Collins, Lewiston, 1:01.78. 3, Addisen Kiefer, Lakeland, 1:03.22. 800 — 1, Lauren Forster, Coeur d’Alene, 2:32.45. 2, Anne Marie Dance, Coeur d’Alene, 2:32.74. 1,600 — 1, Elliana Rietze, Coeur d’Alene, 5:37.21. 2, Lauren Forster, Coeur d’Alene, 5:38.27. 3, Anne Marie Dance, Coeur d’Alene, 5:42.74. 3,200 — 1, Mackenzie Suhy-Gregorie, Sandpoint, 12:10.87. 2, Megan Oulman, Sandpoint, 12:11.77. 3, Ara Clark, Sandpoint, 12:14.76.

100 hurdles — 1, Madigan Kelly, Lewiston, 16.47. 2, Taylor Petz, Sandpoint, 17:40. 300 hurdles — 1, Madigan Kelly, Lewiston, 48.76. 2, Kiley Cutler, Cd’A Charter, 48.99. 4x100 relay — 1, Lewiston, 52.20. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 52.33. 4x200 relay — 1, Lewiston, 1:54.69. 2, Lakeland, 1:55.81. 3, Timberlake, 1:57.19. 4x400 relay — 1, Lewiston, 4:25.44. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 4:31.76. 3, Lakeland, 4:41.29. Distance medley — 1, Sandpoint (Ara Clark, Maren Davidson, Mackenzie Suhy-Gregorie, Megan Oulman), 13:36.02.

Shot put — 1, Blayre Jeffs, Timberlake, 37-5. 3, Lily Phenicie, Coeur d’Alene, 34-4. Discus — 1, Blayre Jeffs, Timberlake, 128-0. 3, Lily Phenicie, Coeur d’Alene, 111-7. High jump — 1, Jennah Carpenter, Lewiston, 5-2. 2, Erika Swoboda, Priest River, 4-4. 3, McKennah Kronenberg, Timberlake, 4-4. Pole vault — 1, Taylor Petz, Sandpoint, 10-9. 2, Samantha Daniels, Lakeland, 8-0. Long jump — 1, Emily Dodd, Coeur d’Alene, 16-4. Triple jump — 1, Sydnie Zywina, Orofino, 34-4.