PREP ROUNDUP: Coeur d'Alene softball team sweeps way into first place in IEL
SOFTBALL
COEUR d’ALENE — Matea Dorame singled in Delaney Gosch to cap a two-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning of the second game, lifting the Coeur d’Alene Vikings past the Lewiston Bengals 8-7 for a sweep of their Inland Empire League softball doubleheader Monday at Larry Schwenke Field.
Coeur d’Alene (9-2, 6-2 IEL) won the first game 17-7 in five innings.
With the sweep, the Vikings moved into first place in the league, and knocked Lewiston (8-5, 5-3) out of first place. Post Falls (10-4, 7-3) moved into second place. Lake City is 3-6, 3-3.
Makiya McPhedran-Torres connected on a three-run homer in the third inning for Coeur d’Alene, and Gosch hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the fifth to put the Vikings up 6-3.
Lewiston scored four times with two out in the top of the seventh to take a 7-6 lead, capped by Loryn Barney’s two-run triple.
In the bottom of the inning, Alexis Blankenship walked, advanced on a single by Gosch and eventually scored on a wild pitch to tie the game for the Vikings.
In the first game, Coeur d’Alene roughed up Lewiston pitching to the tune of 20 hits, led by Skylar Burke, who went 4 for 4 and scored three runs. Dorame went 3 for 4 and knocked in four runs, Gosch was 2 for 3 with three RBIs, and Kristine Schmidt hit a solo home run.
Dorame finished 6 for 7 on the day for the Vikings, who took three of four from the Bengals in league play.
Coeur d’Alene plays host to Lake City on Friday in an IEL doubleheader.
FIRST GAME
Lewiston 000 52 — 7 11 4
Coeur d’Alene 237 14 — 17 20 3
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Kaitlin Banks, Jenna Barney (2), Rylie Reagan (3) and Taryn Barney; Kristine Schmidt and Delaney Gosch.
HITS: Lew — L. Barney 2, T. Barney 2, Pea, Douglass, Purington 2, Ortiz, Taylor 2. Cd’A — S. Burke 4, Blankenship 2, Gosch 2, Dorame 3, Bakken 2, McPhedran-Torres 2, Schmidt 2, C. Burke, McLaughlin 2. 2B — L. Barney, Purington, Taylor, Dorame 2, Blankenship, McPhedran-Torres, Bakken, Schmidt. 3B — T. Barney, McPhedran-torres. HR — Scmmidt.
SECOND GAME
Lewiston 001 200 4 — 7 11 2
Coeur d’Alene 003 030 2 — 8 14 2
0 out when winning run scored.
Jenna Barney and Taryn Barney; Kristine Schmidt and Delaney Gosch.
HITS: Lew — L. Barney 3, Arellano, Douglass, Purington, J. Barney 2, Ortiz, Taylor 2. Cd’A — S. Burke, Gosch 2, Dorame 3, Bakken 2, McPhedran-Torres, Schmidt, Moehring 2, C. Burke 2. 2B — Purington, Douglass, L. Barney, Bakken. 3B — L. Barney. HR — Gosch, McPhedran-Torres.
BASEBALL
Coeur d’Alene 5-2
Lewiston 4-7
COEUR d’ALENE — Ryan Schneider singled in Evan Mallory with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning as the host Vikings won 5-4 in the first game of an Inland Empire League baseball doubleheader at Ted Page Field.
Lewiston (11-3, 6-2 IEL) won the second game 7-2 to remain in first place in league.
Coeur d’Alene (10-4, 5-3) is tied with Post Falls (7-5, 5-3) in league, just behind Lake City (4-5, 4-2).
Schneider left with the lead in the seventh inning due to a pitch count, but Lewiston tied it at 4 with two in the inning.
In the bottom of the inning, Mallory led off with a walk, was sacrificed to second by Alex Karns and scored on the lefty swinging Schneider’s base hit to left.
“Good for him,” Coeur d’Alene coach Erik Karns said of Schneider. “He’s a real competitive kid. He wants to go out and finish every game. He threw very well in the first game.”
Mallory, one of seven seniors honored on senior day, went 4 for 5 on the day with an RBI and three runs scored.
In the second game, Jared Jelinek hit a two-run homer in the third inning for Lewiston, and Killian Fox scattered seven hits.
“Tip of the cap to Killian Fox; he’s a competitor too,” Erik Karns said.
Lewiston swept the Vikings in Lewiston last month.
“Lewiston is just too good of an offensive team that you can’t give them extra outs,” Karns said. “Our guys are confident we can hang with the real good teams … it’s a wide-open race.”
Coeur d’Alene plays host to Lake City on Friday in an IEL doubleheader.
Lewiston will play host to Lake City on Wednesday to make up a league twinbill postponed from last Saturday.
FIRST GAME
Lewiston 010 010 2 — 4 4 1
Coeur d’Alene 101 020 1 — 5 7 1
1 out when winning run scored.
Carson Kolb, Cruz Hepburn (6), Killian Fox (7) and Fox, etc.; Ryan Schneider, Owen Benson (7) and Lucas Erickson.
HITS: Lew — Edmison 2, Daniel, Jelinek. Cd’A — Larson, Mallory 2, Karns, Schneider, C. Erickson, Smart. 2B — Jelinek, Edmison 2, Mallory.
SECOND GAME
Lewiston 102 020 2 — 7 8 1
Coeur d’Alene 002 000 0 — 2 7 3
Killian Fox, K. Tucker (7) and Quinton Edmison; Bryce Stockton, Cooper Erickson (5), Aaron Gwaltney (6) and Richie Hackett, Chase Saunders (6).
HITS: Lew — Jelinek, Edmison 3, Ricard, Taylor, Fox, Kolb. Cd’A — Mallory 2, Karns, Schneider, Smart 2, Christ. 2B — Edmison, Fox. HR — Jelinek.