PREP ROUNDUP: Coeur d'Alene opens baseball season with win
• BASEBALL
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Kyle Bridge’s two-out RBI single triggered a two-run eighth inning, and the Coeur d’Alene Vikings opened their season with a 12-10 victory over the Kennewick Lions on Saturday at Roy Johnson Field.
Andrew Karns, who finished 2 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs scored, followed with an RBI single for the Vikings, who led 10-4 before the Lions scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh, plating the tying run on a bases-loaded hit batsman.
“I liked how our team answered back to those two innings when Kennewick put the bat on the ball,” Coeur d’Alene coach Erik Karns said, also referring to the Vikings scoring four in the top of the sixth after the Lions had scored three times in the bottom of the fifth. “When you have such a good group of boys, they rally each other up. And it was just back to work (after Kennewick forced extra innings).”
Bryce Stockton went 2 for 5 and drove in four runs for Coeur d’Alene. He hit a two-run double in the fourth inning and a two-run single in the sixth. Andrew Karns had a two-run single in the fourth to snap a 1-all tie.
Kennewick (1-1), which committed nine errors, opened its season Friday with a 17-4 win over Post Falls.
Coeur d’Alene travels to Gonzaga Prep on Tuesday.
Coeur d’Alene 010 414 02 — 12 11 3
Kennewick 001 030 60 — 10 10 9
Ryan Schneider, Bryce Hall (3), Bryce Stockton (4), Owen Benson (5), Aaron Gwaltney (7), Jesse Brown (7), Andrew Karns (8) and Lucas Erickson, Richie Hackett (6), Erickson (8). Kenn battery unavailable.
HITS: Cd’A — C. Erickson, Bridge, Karns 2, Schneider, Stockton 2, Larson, Mallory, Smart 2. Kenn — N/A. 2B — Smart, Stockton. 3B — Larson.
Post Falls 8-7
Chiawana 7-5
PASCO, Wash. — Tanner Sessions forced a flyout with two outs in the bottom of the seventh in the opener, then CD Sharples hit a three-run double in the sixth inning for the Trojans, who swept the Riverhawks in nonleague play.
Isaac Ziegler and Sharples had two RBIs each in the opener for Post Falls, which led 8-4 after six innings before Chiawana scored three runs with nobody out in the bottom of the seventh before the Trojans were able to close out the win.
In the nightcap, the teams combined for 21 walks, with only three hits.
Post Falls (2-2) opens Inland Empire League play at Moscow on March 22.
FIRST GAME
Post Falls 002 006 0 — 8 7 2
Chiawana 011 011 3 — 7 9 2
CD Sharples, Isaac Ziegler (5), Tanner Sessions (7) and Jerad Taylor; Jonah Gonzalez, Easton Espinoza (4), Carson French (7) and Royce Vandine. W — Ziegler. L — Espinoza.
HITS: PF — Naylor, Winters, Ziegler, Sharples, DeBoer, Chamberlain 2. Chi — Hoag, Mendez, Charron 2, Garza 2, Gill, Palamino. 2B — Sharples, Mendez, Charron, Garza, Gill.
SECOND GAME
Post Falls 102 004 0 — 7 2 1
Chiawana 000 014 0 — 5 1 3
Jayden Butler, Caleb Elliot (4), Aidan Winters (6) and Jerad Taylor; Conner Mendez, Bryce Garza (4), Andrew Charron (7) and Royce Valdine, Aaron Sanchez (4). W — Elliot. L — Garza.
HITS: PF — Sharples, Taylor. Chi — Mendez. 2B — Sharples.
• TENNIS
Post Falls tourney
cut short by darkness
POST FALLS - Sandpoint's girls had a solid showing at the season-opening Post Falls tournament before the event got canceled due to darkness.
Both of Sandpoint's girls’ doubles teams met in the semifinals, with Denali Terry and Oliva Petruso coming away with the victory.
Terry and Petruso finished second after losing to Lewiston in the finals.
Neva Reseksa of Sandpoint cruised through the tournament before losing in the semis in girls singles.
After her match the event was canceled due to darkness.
No other results were reported.