PREP ROUNDUP: Coeur d'Alene rides big third inning to win at Sandpoint

• BASEBALL

SANDPOINT — Liam Paddack hit a two-run triple to spark a six-run third inning as the Coeur d'Alene Vikings beat the Sandpoint Bulldogs 7-4 in an Inland Empire League game at Memorial Field on Thursday afternoon.

“We put the ball in play, and that was the key,” said Coeur d'Alene coach Erik Karns, whose team scored again in the fifth inning on a throwing error. “That’s a tough kid (Sandpoint pitcher Avery Bocksch) and he throws a lot of off-speed. We were stymied for a few innings, and that was huge. I’m not satisfied with the rest of that game because we need to be able to extend that lead. That’s what we need to build on and improve.”

Kyle Bridge went 2 for 3 with a run scored and John Gwaltney struck out seven in 4 2/3 innings of relief for Coeur d’Alene (5-3, 5-3 IEL). Jayden Rowley allowed four hits in 2 1/3 innings in the start for Coeur d’Alene.

“John’s been a horse for us this year,” Karns said. “This was our fifth game in the last five or six days, so we’ve asked a lot of our pitching staff. Even for Jayden to do what he did after throwing against Lake City on Tuesday was huge. For us to get through this week with four wins and one loss, it’s on our pitching staff.”

It was Coeur d'Alene's first visit to Sandpoint since its upgrade to artificial turf at Memorial Field.

“It’s awesome,” Karns said. “What a beautiful facility. It’s really a community jewel up there for those guys. It was a lot of fun to play on and I really wish we had something like that to play on here.”

Coeur d’Alene returns to action April 10 at Lakeland.

Max Thielbahr went 3 for 4 with three runs scored for Sandpoint (2-1, 2-1), which plays a doubleheader on Saturday at Moscow.

Coeur d’Alene 006 010 0 — 7 8 3

Sandpoint 101 000 2 — 4 6 3

Jayden Rowley, John Gwaltney (3) and Wade Mallory; Avery Bocksch, Jack Zimmerman (5) and Trevor Brackett. W — Gwaltney. L — Bocksch.

HITS: Cd’A — An. Karns, Paddack 2, Schneider, E. Mallory 2, Bridge 2. Spt — Newhart, Thielbahr 3, Williams, Garcia. 2B — Newhart. 3B — Paddack.

St. Maries vs.

Kendrick, ppd.

KENDRICK — No makeup date was announced for the game between the Lumberjacks and Tigers.

Mountain View 6

Post Falls 3

MERIDIAN — Zach Clark doubled to score Kaden Cripps in the top of the fifth inning for the Trojans, who allowed three runs in the bottom half of the frame to fall to the Mavericks in their opening game in the Idaho Central Credit Union Spring Break Classic at Mountain View High.

Post Falls (4-2) will face Burley and Twin Falls in tournament play today at Bishop Kelly High in Boise.

Post Falls 002 010 — 3 3 3

Mt. View 002 13x — 6 6 1

Tyson Rutherford, Jerad Taylor (5), Timmy Bastedo (5) and Zach Clark; Nathan Beath, Fisher Clements (5), Dylan Lodgson (5) and Ben Stookey. W — Lodgson. L — Bastedo.

HITS: PF — Cripps, Rutherford, Clark. MV — Rasmussen, Whiles 2, Kietly, Stookey, Hollifield. 2B — Clark.

Lakeland 9

Canyon Ridge 6

NAMPA — Cole Streitzel gave the Hawks the lead with nobody out in the top of the third inning with a two-run single in a win over the Riverhawks of Twin Falls in the Idaho Central Credit Union Spring Break Classic at Rodeo Park.

Lakeland — which finished with four hits — took advantage of seven errors by Canyon Ridge, scoring six unearned runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 9-2 lead. Three of Canyon Ridge’s four runs in the bottom of the fifth were unearned.

Payden Wysong and Sean Tierney scored two runs each for Lakeland (1-3), which faces Jerome today at Columbia High at 8 a.m., then visits Skyview at 3:30 p.m.

Lakeland 003 06 — 9 4 3

C. Ridge 002 04 — 6 5 7

Game called after 5 innings due to 2-hour time limit.

Cameron Harris, Scott Pote (4) and Gunner Vandever; Kolten Price, Luke Hudelson (5) and Kaydin Skaggs. W — Harris. L — Price.

• SOFTBALL

Lakeland splits

pair before tourney

CALDWELL — Harley See’s RBI double with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning broke a 6-all tie, and the Lakeland Hawks went on to beat Ridgevue of Nampa 9-7 in their second game of the day at Vallivue High.

Haylee Smit added a two-run double two batters later for Lakeland (1-3). Smit finished 3 for 4 for the Hawks.

Hailey Gosch homered to lead off the fourth inning and put Lakeland on the board. Gosch finished 2 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs, See was 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs, and Erin Byrne was 2 for 2 and scored twice.

Earlier Thursday at Vallivue, Hailey Gosch went 3 for 4 with two runs scored, and Kyleigh Dyer was 3 for 3 with an RBI and two runs for the Hawks, who lost to Vallivue 25-12. Vallivue hit four home runs.

Lakeland is scheduled to play Mountain Home and Filer today, both at Meridian High, on the first day of the Win The Pitch tournament.

VALLIVUE 25, LAKELAND 12

Lakeland 530 04 — 12 13 5

Vallivue 577 6x — 25 18 4

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

Haylee Smit, Kathryn Wardak (2), Devry Bursch (3) and Payton Sterling; Robinson, Henderson (3), Croft (4) and Venditti.

HITS: LL — See, H. Gosch 3, Smit, Wardak, Dyer 3, Staudinger 2, D. Gosch 2. VV — Robinson, Venditti 4, Stacey 3, Garcia 2, Stacey 4, Hancock, Hancock, Cagle 2. 2B — H. Gosch, D. Gosch, Wardak, Venditti, Garcia. HR — Stacey 2, Stacey, Cagle.

LAKELAND 9, RIDGEVUE 7

Ridgevue 011 103 1 — 7 12 4

Lakeland 000 234 x — 9 12 3

McIntyre, Escalera (5) and Plischke; Kathryn Wardak and Payton Sterling.

HITS: Rid — McKay 4, Hofhine 2, Plischke, McIntyre, Bryson, Leighty, Rogers, Wilson. LL — See 2, H. Gosch 2, Smit 3, Walls, D. Gosch, Byrne 2, Sterling. 2B — Hofhine, Plischke, McIntyre, H. Gosch, See, Smit 2. 3B — Sterling. HR — H. Gosch.

• TRACK AND FIELD

Lakeland at

Coeur d'Alene, canc.

COEUR d'ALENE — Thursday's dual at Coeur d'Alene High was canceled due to wet weather.

• GOLF

Rauenhorst, Bayer earn medalist in IML tourney

BONNERS FERRY — Kellogg junior Archie Rauenhorst shot a 77 to earn boys medalist honors in an Intermountain League tournament at Mirror Lake Golf Course.

Bonners Ferry freshman Braylynn Bayer shot an 80 to win girls medalist honors for the Badgers, who claimed the team title with a 421.

Kellogg won the boys team title with a 347.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Kellogg 347. 2, Priest River 398. 3, Timberlake 495. 4, Bonners Ferry 507.

MEDALIST — Archie Rauenhorst, Kellogg, 77.

KELLOGG — Archie Rauenhorst 77, Stephen Paul 82, Griffey Doerschel 94, Jaeger Hall 94, Ben Bristow 117.

PRIEST RIVER — Kole Salesky 94, B. Fegert 99, L. Butler 84, B. O’Brien 132, J. Hayes 121.

TIMBERLAKE — Colton Mendenhall 95, Connor Conrath 126, B. Coleman 136, Tanner Menti 138, D. Ranney 144.

BONNERS FERRY — T. Tadleck 112, Z. Carver 125, J. Bliss 141, J. Rean 135, J. Robinson 135.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Bonners Ferry 421. 2, Kellogg 472. 3, Timberlake 489.

MEDALIST — Braylynn Bayer, Bonners Ferry, 80.

BONNERS FERRY — A. Bayer 94, B. Bayer 80, M. Blackmore 120, L. Blackmore 127.

KELLOGG — Alyssa Milliron 102, Gracie Miller 121, Jezzy Hall 121, Elliott Hei 128.

TIMBERLAKE — Izzy Hillard 88, Emma Torr 124, K. Edelblute 139, L. Holloway 138.

PRIEST RIVER — O. Hoefner 111.

• TENNIS

Sandpoint 7

Post Falls 5

POST FALLS — Isaac Gondo won at No. 1 singles and Jacob Ditto and Laura Moler triumphed at No. 1 mixed doubles for the host Trojans in the loss to the Bulldogs.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Isaac Gondo, PF, d. Charlie Johnson, 7-5, 4-6 (10-4). No. 2, Tyler McNamee, Spt, d. Cole Ditto, 6-1, 6-0. No. 3, Cayden Wrublik, PF, d. Josh Jessen, 6-3, 6-2.

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Josh Embree/Christian Story, Spt, d. Nic McLeod/Ryan Nearing, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2, Tyler Korn/Carter Johnson, Spt, d. Noah Meredith/Austin Mayo, 6-0, 6-0.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Neva Reseska, Spt, d. Emily Schlothauer, 6-3, 6-0. No. 2, Maise Brazill, Spt, d. Mattie Martenson, 6-1, 6-3. No. 3, Ryleah Plumeah, PF, d. Adrian Doty, 7-5, 4-6 (10-2).

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Olivia Petruso/Denali Terry, Spt, d. Melanie Fry/Addie Muir, 6-1, 6-0. No. 2, Maile Evans/Berkeley Cox, Spt, d. Liberty Ortega/Madi Barkley, 6-4, 6-0.

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Jacob Ditto/Laura Moler, PF, d. Brahma Heitz/Patch Howard, 5-7, 6-4 (10-5). No. 2, Brady Christensen/Claire Holding, PF, d. Aden Heitz/Elly Pinche, 6-3, 6-6 (7-5), (10-8).