PREP ROUNDUP: Krause socks three homers, drives in 10 for Post Falls
• SOFTBALL
PASCO, Wash. — Alyssa Krause went 7 for 8 with three homers and 10 runs batted in as the Post Falls Trojans opened their season by sweeping the Chiawana Riverhawks 7-4 and 11-7 on Friday.
Krause, who has signed with Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, drove in five runs in each game. She went 4 for 4 in the first game, with an RBI double in the first inning, a three-run homer in the second and a solo shot in the fifth.
In the nightcap, she went 3 for 4 with a three-run homer in the fourth and a two-run single in the seventh.
Sophie Nungesser struck out eight in the opener for the Trojans.
McKenna Moak drove in three runs in the nightcap, two on a third-inning homer. Eden Nye hit a solo homer in the second inning.
Post Falls is scheduled to play Kamiakin and Moses Lake today at the Richland mixer.
FIRST GAME
Post Falls 240 010 0 — 7 10 3
Chiawana 110 020 0 — 4 7 1
Sophie Nungesser and Alyssa Krause; E. Wirt, K. Richard (2) and S. Stenson, S. Melendez (1).
HITS: PF — Cramer, Solberg 2, Krause 4, Moak 2, Nye. Chia — Woolf, J. Melendez 2, Zaro, Stenson, Davies, Ochoa. 2B — Krause. 3B — Stenson. HR — Krause 2, Davies.
SECOND GAME
Post Falls 012 420 2 — 11 11 4
Chiawana 200 103 1 — 7 12 2
McKenna Moak, Zaylee Krizenesky (7) and Alyssa Krause; L. North, A. Rodriguez ((4) and S. Stenson.
HITS: PF — Solberg, Krause 3, Moak 2, Nye 2, Richart, Nungesser, Berg. Chia — J. Melendez, Zaro, Stenson, Woolf, S. Melendez, A. Melendez. 3B — Zaro. HR — Moak, Krause, Nye.
Coeur d’Alene 11
Southridge 1 (5 inn.)
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Alexis Blankenship hit a grand slam in the fourth inning to snap a 1-all tie, and the visiting Vikings went on to 10-run the Suns in Coeur d’Alene’s season opener.
Matea Dorame added an RBI double to cap the five-run fourth for Coeur d’Alene. Skylar Burke hit a three-run triple in the fifth.
Kristine Schmidt struck out seven and scattered three hits for the Vikings, and Delanie Gosch went 3 for 4 and scored twice.
Coeur d’Alene is slated to play Richland and Kennewick today in Richland.
Coeur d’Alene 010 55 — 11 11 1
Southridge 010 00 — 1 3 1
Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.
Kristine Schmidt and Delanie Gosch; Southridge battery unavailable.
HITS: Cd’A — S. Burke, Blankenship 2, Gosch 3, Dorame, McCurdy, McPhedran, Schmidt 2. South — Worsham, Hickman 2. 2B — Dorame. 3B — S. Burke. HR — Blankenship.
Timberlake 17-16
Orofino 5-1
OROFINO — Ashley Grantham and Tapanga Rojas homered in the first game, and Taylor Bentley drove in four runs in the nightcap, as the Tigers opened their season by sweeping the Maniacs.
Grantham hit a three-run homer in the third inning of the opener for Timberlake, and finished 2 for 5 with four RBIs and two runs scored. She also drove in three runs in the nightcap.
Rojas hit a two-run homer in the sixth in the first game, and also knocked in two runs in the second game.
Logan Walsh doubled twice in the opener and finished 3 for 4 with three RBIs and three runs scored.
In the second game, Bentley was 4 for 4 with four RBIs and three runs scored.
“We had some kids hit the ball pretty well,” Timberlake coach Casi Lupinacci said.
After starting pitcher Acacia Pecor left the first game after four innings with an arm injury, sophomore Casey Whaley came on and pitched the final three innings, then threw all five in the nightcap. In the second game, Whaley struck out nine, scattered three hits, and went 2 for 4 with three RBIs.
“She was awesome,” Lupinacci said of Whaley. “And she hit well too.”
Timberlake plays at Colville today at noon, in a game moved from Spirit Lake due to field conditions.
FIRST GAME
Timberlake 013 412 6 — 17 15 1
Orofino 101 101 1 — 5 4 7
Acacia Pecor, Casey Whaley (5) and Taylor Bentley; Kaycee Hudson and Rilee Diffin.
HITS: TL — Carhart, Bentley 2, Walsh 3, Grantham 2, Rojas, Pecor, Whaley, Kitchin 2, Beardsall 2. Oro — Schwartz 2, Diffin, L. Johnson. 2B — Carhart, Pecor, Walsh 2, Diffin. 3B — Kitchin. HR — Grantham, Rojas.
SECOND GAME
Timberlake 101 (12)2 — 16 10 0
Orofino 100 00 — 1 3 0
Casey Whaley and Logan Walsh; Riley Schwartz, Hanna Johnson (4), Kaycee Hudson (4) and Rilee Diffin.
HITS: TL — Carhart 2, Bentley 4, Grantham, Needs, Whaley 2. Oro — Schwartz, H. Johnson 2.
• TRACK AND FIELD
Wood breaks two records
at season-opening invite
LEWISTON — After breaking the school record in a win in the 1,600-meter run earlier in the meet, Post Falls senior Sammie Wood told coach Wade Quesnell she might relax for the 3,200 a little later in the day, at the Lewiston Invitational.
No, not really.
Wood won the 1,600 in 4 minutes, 58.90 seconds, then broke the 3,200 mark in 10:49.71.
“She just went out and did her thing,” Quesnell said. “She said she might take it easy in the 3,200, but felt good and just ran really well. To get two school records in the first meet of the year, that’s a pretty great start. She’s put in a lot of work and has been training all year, so she’s earned it.”
The previous 1,600 record was 5:07.99 set by Sydney Shanahan in 2019. Post Falls junior Annastasia Peters held the school record in the 3,200 (11:01.03) set in 2021.
Dalton Wild, Dylan Wolfe, Caleb Streeter, Sheldon Pine, Chase Berg and Donovan Daniels combined for wins in the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relay for Post Falls, which finished second with 100 points.
Coeur d’Alene sophomore Jacob King won in the 800 and 1,600 to help lead the Vikings to the boys team title with 113.13 points.
Lakeland won the girls team title with 89 points, edging host Lewiston by five points.
BOYS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene 113.13. 2, Post Falls 100.75. 3, Lewiston 82.13. 4, Lakeland 75. 5, Sandpoint 70.5. 6, Timberlake 55.13. 7, Lake City 43. 8, Kamiah 41.25. 9, Orofino 33. 10, Bonners Ferry 32.63. 11, Moscow 23. 12, Asotin 22.5. 13, Priest River 15. 14, Timberline (Weippe) 10. 15 (tie), Deary, Troy, Kellogg 3.
Winners, locals in top three
100 — 1, Dalton Wild, Post Falls, 11.19. 2, Trevor Cogley, Lake City, 11.64. 3, Caleb Streeter, Post Falls, 11.66. 200 — 1, Dalton Wild, Post Falls, 22.81. 2, Dylan Wolfe, Post Falls, 22.98. 3, Trevor Cogley, Lake City, 23.73. 400 — 1, Morgan Bunting, Coeur d’Alene, 53.97. 3, Aydden Johnson, Lake City, 54.10. 800 — 1, Jacob King, Coeur d’Alene, 2:02.50. 2, Ben Ricks, Sandpoint, 2:04.01. 3, Lachlan May, Coeur d’Alene, 2:06.12. 1,600 — 1, Jacob King, Coeur d’Alene, 4:29.30. 3, Max Cervi-Skinner, Coeur d’Alene, 4:34.67. 3,200 — 1, Max Cervi-Skinner, Coeur d’Alene, 9:54.72. 3, Zack Cervi-Skinner, Coeur d’Alene, 10:04.75.
110 hurdles — 1, Rusty Lee, Sandpoint, 15.49. 3, Caius Tebbe, Timberlake, 16.68. 300 hurdles — Rusty Lee, Sandpoint, 40.37. 3, Wyatt MacArthur, Timberlake, 43.40. 4x100 relay — 1, Post Falls (Caleb Streeter, Dylan Wolfe, Sheldon Pine, Dalton Wild), 43.55. 2, Lakeland, 45.03. 3, Timberlake, 45.75. 4x100 throwers relay — 1, Bonners Ferry (Dillon Mai, Alex Taylor, Riley Thompson, Aiden Jacobson), 51.74. 4x200 relay — 1, Post Falls (Sheldon Pine, Caleb Streeter, Dylan Wolfe, Chase Berg), 1:32.69. 2, Sandpoint, 1:34.68. 3, Lakeland, 1:35.56. 4x400 relay — 1, Post Falls (Donovan Daniels, Dylan Wolfe, Dalton Wild, Chase Berg), 3:36.09. 3, Timberlake, 3:42.25. Distance medley — 1, Moscow, 11:12.19. 2, Sandpoint, 11:42.64. 3, Post Falls, 11:51.17.
Shot put — 1, Thor Kessinger, Lewiston, 49-8 ½. 3, Preston Jeffs, Lakeland, 45-5. Discus — 1, Thor Kessinger, Lewiston, 155-8. 2, Trevor Miller, Post Falls, 136-9. 3, Will Hurst, Sandpoint, 134-4. High jump — 1, Josh Haug, Lakeland, 5-10. 2, Jack Kliewer, Coeur d’Alene, 5-10. Pole vault — 1, Cody Morse, Lakeland, 13-0. 2, James Bogdanowicz, Coeur d’Alene, 12-0. Long jump — 1, Luke McCorkle, Sandpoint, 21-11 ½. 2, Raj Olivieri, Timberlake, 20-7. Triple jump — 1, Chase Berg, Post Falls, 41-3.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Lakeland 89. 2, Lewiston 84. 3, Coeur d’Alene 82. 4, Post Falls 80.5. 5, Sandpoint 70. 6, Lake City 50. 7, Orofino 49. 8, Bonners Ferry 48.5. 9, Kamiah 27. 10, Timberlake 26. 11, Moscow 20. 12, Troy 19. 13, Highland (Craigmont) 16. 14 (tie), Asotin, Clearwater Valley, Kellogg, Priest River 8. 18, Deary 4.
Winners, locals in top three
100 — 1, Kytriana Burrell, Coeur d’Alene, 13.00. 2, Maricela Nelson, Coeur d’Alene, 13.04. 3, Keturah Vogel-Greenwood, Lake City, 13.08. 200 — 1, Emily Collins, Lewiston, 26.20. 3, Maricela Nelson, Coeur d’Alene, 26.75. 400 — 1, Emily Collins, Lewiston, 57.99. 3, Addie Kiefer, Lakeland, 1:00.85. 800 — 1, Grace Rookey, Sandpoint, 2:33.75. 2, Anne Marie Dance, Coeur d’Alene, 2:34.91. 1,600 — 1, Sammie Wood, Post Falls, 4:58.90. 2, Annastasia Peters, Post Falls, 5:25.55. 3, Elliana Rietze, Coeur d’Alene, 5:41.73. 3,200 — 1, Sammie Wood, Post Falls, 10:49.71. 2, Annastasia Peters, Post Falls, 11:23.59. 3, Megan Oulman, Sandpoint, 11:54.41.
100 hurdles — 1, Damaris Stuffle, Lewiston, 16.84. 300 hurdles — 1, Hannah Marcoe, Moscow, 48.24. 4x100 relay — 1, Lake City (Georgia Whitehead, Keturah Vogel-Greenwood, Danica McCormick, Aspen Boykin), 51.96. 4x100 throwers relay — 1, Kamiah, 1:08.99. 4x200 relay — 1, Timberlake (Parker Wall, Sage Gervais, Nacree Kyllonen, Reese Yerian), 1:51.08. 2, Lakeland, 1:51.28. 3, Coeur d’Alene, 1:51.87. 4x400 relay — 1, Lewiston, 4:09.34. 2, Lakeland, 4:20.74. 3, Post Falls, 4:26.40. Distance medley relay — 1, Sandpoint (Ara Clark, Payton Betz, Grace Rookey, Megan Oulman), 13:27.66. 2, Lake City, 14:29.88. 3, Lakeland, 15:23.29.
Shot put — 1, Asha Abubakari, Bonners Ferry, 38-8. 3, Ivy Smith, Sandpoint, 34-10 ½. Discus — 1, Lily Phenicie, Coeur d’Alene, 112-6. High jump — 1, Emma Harless, Post Falls, 4-10. 3, Landree Simon, Lakeland, 4-8. Pole vault — 1, Amy Madsen, Post Falls, 9-10. 2, Samantha Daniels, Lakeland, 9-0. 3, Morgan Burt, Bonners Ferry, 9-0. Long jump — 1, Katy Wessels, Lewiston, 16-1. 3, Asha Abubakari, Bonners Ferry, 15-7 ¼. Triple jump — 1, Isabelle Raasch, Troy, 31-4. 2, Ava Mazzilli, Sandpoint, 31-4. 3, Marissa Bershaw, Lake City, 31-3.