PREP ROUNDUP: Wind quite the challenge at Timberlake meet

• TRACK AND FIELD

SPIRIT LAKE — The real challenge wasn’t planned at Timberlake High.

But that’s spring sports in North Idaho for you.

As winds howled throughout Friday afternoon, it played some tricks on pole vaulters during the sixth edition of the Kootenai County Challenge at Timberlake High.

“I just moved my step back a bit and when I was putting more speed on it and had some adrenaline going through my body, I was actually on my mark,” said Coeur d’Alene junior James Bogdanowicz, who won the pole vault with a height of 11 feet. “I was exactly where I wanted to be instead of forward or backwards because of the wind.”

While the rain held off, the wind did not, with gusts of 35 to 40 miles an hour blowing into the area from the south.

“You can never really guess the weather,” Bogdanowicz said. “The wind is probably one of the biggest things that hurts in the pole vault because it can push you sideways, forward, backward, really any way you can think of. It’s always something that you’ve got to change and learn on the fly. I was told by the Lake City coach (vault coach Russ Blank) that whoever could adapt is going to win this meet.”

As for facing Timberlake, a 3A school Coeur d'Alene doesn't often see as a 5A school ...

“I love it,” Bogdanowicz said. “I love the competition and going against them. They’re a great school, and they’ve got some good competitors. It’s good to have some good competition.”

Post Falls junior Trevor Miller won in the shot put and discus for the Trojans, who won the boys team title for the second straight year with 99 points. Senior Dalton Wild had wins in the 100, 4x200 relay and 4x400 relay. Wild won the 100 in 11.01 seconds, breaking the school record held by Tony Nagle 1985 (11.04).

“Overall, given everything and the weather, I thought our kids performed well,” Post Falls coach Wade Quesnell said. “There were some good marks and we were able to get through it healthy.”

Coeur d’Alene edged Post Falls for the girls team title, the Vikings' first girls title at the Challenge since winning in back-to-back years in 2017 and 2018.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Post Falls 99. 2, Timberlake 70 3, Coeur d’Alene 53. 4, Lake City 48

100 — 1, Dalton Wild, Post Falls, 11.01. 2, Zach Johnson, Lake City, 11.13. 3, Caleb Streeter, Post Falls, 11.18. 200 — 1, Dylan Wolfe, Post Falls, 22.52. 2, Trevor Cogley, Lake City, 23.10. 3, Alex Marquez, Timberlake, 23.52. 400 — 1, Zach Yetter, Timberlake, 53.82. 2, Trevor Cogley, Lake City, 54.20. 3, Aydden Johnson, Lake City, 54.94. 800 — 1, Jacob King, Coeur d’Alene, 2:03.46. 2, Drew Padgett, Post Falls, 2:05.61. 3, Daniel Hibbs, Post Falls, 2:09.87. 1,600 — 1, Jacob King, Coeur d’Alene, 4:38.14. 2, Max Cervi-Skinner, Coeur d’Alene, 4:39.83. 3, Lachlan May, Coeur d’Alene, 4:58.61. 3,200 — 1, Luke Roberts, Post Falls, 10:46.71. 2, Austin Averette, Post Falls, 10:51.17. 3, Jacob Barnhart, Timberlake, 10:51.55.

110 hurdles — 1, Caius Tebbe, Timberlake, 16.61. 2, Logan Fletcher, Lake City, 17.39. 3, Wyatt MacArthur, Timberlake, 17.58. 300 hurdles — 1, Wyatt MacArthur, Timberlake, 42.84. 2, Trenton Anderson, Lake City, 44.23. 3, Nolan Marosi, Timberlake, 44.49. 4x100 relay — 1, Lake City (Josiah Weaver, Zachary Adkinson, Christian Weber, Zach Johnson), 43.90. 2, Timberlake, 45.47. 3, Lake City, 45.91. 4x200 relay — 1, Post Falls (Sheldon Pine, Dylan Wolfe, Dalton Wild, Chase Berg), 1:30.87. 2, Lake City, 1:31.83. 3, Timberlake, 1:36.10. 4x400 relay — 1, Post Falls (Dylan Wolfe, Dalton Wild, Sheldon Pine, Chase Berg), 3:35.48. 4x800 relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Steven Ball, Jacob King, Max Cervi-Skinner, Lachlan May), 8:36.79. 2, Post Falls, 8:44.90.

Shot put — 1, Trevor Miller, Post Falls, 47-5. 2, Miles Kison, Post Falls, 44-5. 3, Vaughn Higgins, Timberlake, 43-5. Discus — 1, Trevor Miller, Post Falls, 135-8. 2, Austin Portner, Post Falls, 120-2. 3, Nate Bullock, Coeur d’Alene, 119-0. High jump — 1, Jack Kliewer, Coeur d’Alene, 5-6. 2, Kanyon Fitzsimmons, Lake City, 5-6. 3, Hunter Higgins, Timberlake, 5-4. Pole vault — 1, James Bogdanowicz, Coeur d’Alene, 11-0. 2, Nolan Marosi, Timberlake, 10-6. 3, Jakan Lawrence, Coeur d’Alene, 10-6. Long jump — 1, Caleb Streeter, Post Falls, 21-1 ¾. 2, Caius Tebbe, Timberlake, 20-0 ¼. 3, Kale Paslay, Timberlake, 19-9 ¼. Triple jump — 1, Chase Berg, Post Falls, 40-11. 2, Caius Tebbe, Timberlake, 40-2. 3, Kanyon Fitzsimmons, Lake City, 39-3.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene 80. 2, Post Falls 79. 3, Lake City 62. 4, Timberlake 38.

100 — 1, Keturah Vogel-Greenwood, Lake City, 12.48. 2, Georgia Whitehead, Lake City, 12.86. 3, Maricela Nelson, Coeur d’Alene, 12.94. 200 — 1, Maricela Nelson, Coeur d’Alene, 26.98. 2, Kinlee McLean, Post Falls, 27.18. 3, Kytriana Burrell, Coeur d’Alene, 27.98. 400 — 1, Kinlee McLean, Post Falls, 1:02.86. 2, Hazel Kunkel, Lake City, 1:03.41. 3, Talize Anderson, Timberlake, 1:06.48. 1,600 — 1, Annastasia Peters, Post Falls, 5:19.67. 2, Hazel Kunkel, Lake City, 5:30.88. 3, Kaylynn Misner, Post Falls, 5:46.02. 3,200 — 1, Annastasia Peters, Post Falls, 12:33. 2, Clara Stephens, Lake City, 12:34.70. 3, Kaylynn Misner, Post Falls, 12:57.66.

100 hurdles — 1, Dakota Caudle, Timberlake, 17.73. 2, Jozee MacArthur, Timberlake, 17.78. 3, Sage Pederson, Coeur d’Alene, 18.13. 300 hurdles — 1, Danica McCormick, Lake City, 53.14. 2, Jozee MacArthur, Timberlake, 53.21. 3, Dakota Caudle, Timberlake, 54.92. 4x100 relay — 1, Lake City (Hailey Jo Parks, Georgia Whitehead, Elliotte Kortus, Keturah Vogel-Greenwood), 51.26. 2, Timberlake, 53.33. 3, Post Falls, 54.09. 4x200 relay — 1, Lake City (Hailey Jo Parks, Georgia Whitehead, Elliotte Kortus, Keturah Vogel-Greenwood), 1:48.54. 2, Post Falls, 1:51.30. 3, Timberlake, 1:52.50. 4x400 relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Gracie Averill, Elliana Rietze, Ritah Garitone, Anne Marie Dance), 4:26.22. 2, Timberlake, 4:28.29. 3, Post Falls, 4:28.72. 4x800 relay — no finishers.

Shot put — 1, Lily Phenicie, Coeur d’Alene, 34-7 ½. 2, Lilly Lowry, Coeur d’Alene, 30-7. 3, Kelsey Carroll, Coeur d’Alene, 30-6. Discus — 1, Kelsey Carroll, Coeur d’Alene, 98-6. 2, Carly Pearson, Coeur d’Alene, 98-4. 3, Lily Phenicie, Coeur d’Alene, 92-5. High jump — 1, Emma Harless, Post Falls, 4-10. 2, Maleah Wilhelm, Post Falls, 4-8. 3, Madison Miller, Timberlake, 4-2. Pole vault — 1, Amy Madsen, Post Falls, 9-6. 2, Kenzie Thompson, Coeur d’Alene, 9-0. 3, Rihana Legler, Post Falls, 7-0. Long jump — 1, Lucy Evans, Lake City, 14-11 ½. 2, Skilar McLean, Post Falls, 14-3. 3, Marissa Bershaw, Lake City, 13-8 ¾. Triple jump — 1, Skilar McLean, Post Falls, 31-7. 2, Lucy Evans, Lake City, 31-0. 3, Kenzie Thompson, Coeur d’Alene, 30-4.

• SOFTBALL

Deer Park 18

Timberlake 7

SPIRIT LAKE — The host Tigers committed 11 errors — seven in a 10-run fifth inning — in the nonleague loss to the Stags.

“We need to figure it out defensively,” Timberlake coach Casi Lupinacci said. “If we make an error, we can’t continue to compound it with another error.”

Logan Walsh went 3 for 4 for Timberlake (4-2), and her two-run homer in the fourth inning cut Deer Park’s lead to 8-6. Acacia Pecor finished 2 for 3 with two doubles and three RBIs for the Tigers, who outhit the Stags 11-8.

Delaney Newman was 3 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored for Deer Park (4-2).

Timberlake returns to action Wednesday at home vs. Kellogg in a doubleheader to open Intermountain League play.

Deer Park 020 6(10) — 18 8 2

Timberlake 022 30 — 7 11 11

Paige Hamilton and Genasea Westman; Acacia Pecor and Taylor Bentley.

HITS: DP — Dryden, Fausti, Lathrop, Westman, Solomon, Newman 3. TL — Carhart 2, Walsh 3, Grantham, Kitchin 2, Pecor 2, Rojas. 2B — Dryden, Carhart, Grantham, Kitchin, Pecor 2, Walsh. HR — Walsh.

• LACROSSE

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