PREP SOFTBALL: Watkins shines in St. Maries sweep

BONNERS FERRY — Taci Watkins struck out 13 in a one-hitter in the opener, and went 8 for 11 at the plate with a homer, nine RBIs and 10 runs scored in two games, as the St. Maries Lumberjacks swept the Bonners Ferry Badgers 32-3 and 39-6 on Saturday.

Addyson Stewart had six hits and drove in seven runs on the day for St. Maries, which returns to action April 5 at Lakeland.

FIRST GAME

St. Maries 769 73 — 32 16 2

Bonners Ferry 001 20 — 3 1 7

Taci Watkins and Stacie Mitchell; Addyson Stewart (3); J. Curtis and C. Pruitt.

HITS: SM — Fuller 2, Stewart 5, Watkins 4, Mitchell, McGreal, Sande, Spray 2. BF — Pruitt. 2B — Stewart 2. HR — Watkins.

SECOND GAME

St. Maries (15)(15)8 01 — 39 17 2

Bonners Ferry 121 20 — 6 5 11

Addyson Stewart and Anna Sande; C. Pruitt, A. Fredrickson (3) and M. Shotanana, T. Sumpter (3).

HITS: SM — Stewart, McGreal 2, Watkins 4, Mitchell, Spray 4, Todd, Fuller 2, Sande, Asbury. BF — Falck, Owens, K. Sumpter, Fredrickson, T. Sumpter. 2B — McGreal, Watkins 2. 3B — Watkins, Spray. HR — Mitchell.

Sandpoint wraps up

tourney with two losses

CALDWELL — The Bulldogs dropped their final two games at the Win The Pitch tournament at Vallivue High.

The Bulldogs started their Saturday morning with a 26-3 loss to Kuna.

Sandpoint had the option to call the game after the second inning, but the Bulldogs wanted to keep playing in order to gain some valuable experience.

“That was something that was really exciting for me as a coach,” Sandpoint coach Elizabeth Hawkins-Williams said. “That shows their mental toughness. They wanted to grind it out and learn everything they could.”

The Bulldogs were still quite effective at the dish with seven hits on 18 at bats.

“We hit really well,” Hawkins-Williams said. “We hit the ball hard and that was a highlight of the game for us.”

Ashlyn Darling made her debut on the mound for the Bulldogs against Kuna, throwing 70 pitches in one and a third innings.

“She hit her spots; we just weren’t getting the calls,” Hawkins-Williams said. “All the other pitchers did OK, they weren’t as sharp as I’d like them to be, but they were a lot better than it looks on paper.”

In its second game against Twin Falls, Sandpoint fell 13-3 but came out more effective following the loss to Kuna, according to Hawkins-Williams.

“We came back really strong,” Hawkins-Williams said. “We came back and played well against a well-coached and disciplined Twin Falls team.”

Cresanna Authier returned to the mound against Twin Falls and gave up 13 runs on 12 hits and struck out five on 115 pitches.

“She was able to hit her spots,” Hawkins-Williams said. “She looked really strong on the mound.”

Kaylee Brackett was 4 for 4 throughout the two games with two doubles for the Bulldogs.

“She was on fire today,” Hawkins-Williams said. “She struggled last year at the plate, so to see her hard work pay off this weekend was great. She had the highest exit velocity out of everyone.”

Sandpoint falls to 0-4 on the year and will wait a week before playing its next game against Lake City at home on April 12.

KUNA 26, SANDPOINT 3

Kuna (10)(11)2 21 — 26 21 0

Sandpoint 300 00 — 3 7 2

Crone, Field (3) and Darling; Ducken (1), Authier (2) and Inman, Dysart (5).

HITS: Kun — Ham 4, Hommele 2, Giddings 4, Jenkins, Senie 2, Vanderwill, Crone 2, Clark 2, Nelson 3. Spt — Tuinstra 2, Darling, Brackett 2, Schwenk, McCown. 2B — Ham, Giddings, Jenkins, Nelson (2), Brackett. McCown, Schwenk. 3B — Hommele, Giddings.

TWIN FALLS 13, SANDPOINT 3

Twin Falls 200 83 — 13 12 0

Sandpoint 201 00 — 3 5 1

McMurdie and N/A; Authier and Dysart.

HITS: TF — Rex 3, Call, McMurdie 2, Hodge 2, Fuchs 2, Boyd, Hudson. Spt — Darling, Ducken, Brackett 2, Cessna, 2B — McMurdie, Call, Brackett. 3B — Hodge, McMurdie.

Lakeland wraps up

tourney with two losses

CALDWELL — The Hawks fell 16-2 to Middleton and 12-2 to Boise, both at Vallivue High, to finish 1-3 at the Win The Pitch Spring Break Classic to open their season.

Against Middleton, Harley See had a pair of hits for Lakeland. Lauren Landis of Middleton went 3 for 3 and drove in five runs.

Against Boise, Haylee Smit had a pair of hits for the Hawks, who trailed 3-2 before the Brave plated nine runs in the bottom of the fifth to end it on the 10-run rule. Alex Gluch hit a solo homer for Boise in the fifth, and Regan Birt added a three-run shot.

Lakeland returns to action April 5 at home vs. St. Maries.

MIDDLETON 16, LAKELAND 2

Lakeland 000 20 — 2 7 2

Middleton 540 7x — 16 17 0

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

Haylee Smit, Emma Avalos (3) and Payton Sterling; Jorja Crider and N/A.

HITS: LL — See 2, Sterling, Avalos, Walls, Byrne, Dyer. Mid — Leavitt 2, Harrold 2, Crider 2, Hunt 2, Pieper 2, Martinez, Miklancic 2, Landis 3, Lesher. 2B — Byrne, See, Hunt, Harrold. 3B — Crider.

BOISE 12, LAKELAND 2

Lakeland 000 20 — 2 5 1

Boise 100 29 — 12 13 1

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

Haylee Smit, Emma Avalos (5) and Gracie Kohoutek, Alexis Hannah (3); Erika Gustafson and N/A.

HITS: LL — See, Avalos, Smit 2, Staudinger. Boi — Gustafson 2, Binford 3, Birt, A. Mitchell-Burleson, Hopstad, Gluch, TeBeau 2, P. Mitchell-Burleson 2. 2B — See. HR — Gluch, Birt.