PREP BASEBALL: Schneider nearly perfect; Coeur d'Alene to play Lewiston for regional title

COEUR d’ALENE — Ryan Schneider got the win for Coeur d’Alene on Monday.

Diamond Dry got the save.

Schneider pitched a five-inning one-hitter with nine strikeouts as the No. 2 seed Coeur d’Alene Vikings beat the No. 3 Lake City Timberwolves 11-1 in the first round of the 5A Region 1 tournament at Ted Page Field.

Coeur d’Alene (18-6) will play at No. 1 Lewiston (20-5) today at 4 at Church Field for the regional championship and a berth to state next week in Caldwell. Lake City (10-11) will play host to Post Falls (10-13), which fell 11-5 at Lewiston on Monday, today at 4 in a loser-out game.

Schneider, a left-hander who has signed with NCAA Division I Belmont University in Nashville, retired 15 of the 16 batters he faced Monday. The only blemish was a home run to left field by Camdyn Martindale with two out in the fourth.

“He’s had a week off,” Coeur d’Alene coach Erik Karns said. “He always throws best with five or six days of rest. He came in with a great focus today. That’s the best five innings I’ve seen him pitch.”

“Ryan Schneider pitched a heckuva game,” Lake City coach Paul Manzardo said. “And we never put any pressure on Coeur d’Alene’s defense. He kept us at bay the whole game; he was owning the strike zone. He’s an emotional pitcher, and he was feeding off that emotion and adrenaline.”

Cooper Erickson hit a two-run single to highlight a three-run first inning for Coeur d’Alene. Cooper Larson finished 2 for 3 with four RBIs and two runs scored, including an RBI double in the third and a three-run triple in the fifth.

“We had great approaches at the plate all day,” Karns said.

Coeur d’Alene went through an estimated 20-25 bags of Diamond Dry to get the field back playable after a downpour soaked the field just over an hour before first pitch.

“I applaud Erik and his coaching staff and players for getting that field ready,” Manzardo said. “We’d have never gotten to play if he and his staff and players hadn’t put all that work in.”

"I'm glad we got it in," Karns said, "because with the pitch count rules, it would have put both Paul and I at a disadvantage with pitching."

Lake City pitchers walked eight, and the T-Wolves committed three errors.

“Obviously I didn’t have the kids ready to play,” Manzardo said, “and I’ll take ownership of that. Hopefully we can turn it around tomorrow.”

Lake City 000 10 — 1 1 3

Coeur d’Alene 302 6x — 11 9 0

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

Camdyn Martindale, Cooper Reese (3), Karl Schwarzer (4), Kyle Johnson (4), Nathan Brillhart (4) and Ethan Taylor; Ryan Schneider and Lucas Erickson.

HITS: LC — Martindale. Cd’A — Bridge 2, Mallory, Smart, Schneider, Erickson, Larson 2, Christ. 2B — Larson, Mallory, Schneider. HR — Martindale.

Lewiston 11

Post Falls 5

LEWISTON — CD Sharples hit a solo home run in the fifth inning for the fourth seeded Trojans in a loss to the top seeded Bengals in an opening round game in the 5A Region 1 tournament at Church Field.

Post Falls (10-13) visits Lake City in a loser-out game today at 4 p.m. Lewiston (20-5) hosts Coeur d’Alene in the regional championship today at 4.

Langan Naylor went 2 for 3 with two runs scored for Post Falls, which led 4-0 before Lewiston took the lead with six runs in the third inning.

Elliott Taylor had a two-run single for Lewiston, which scored six runs in the third inning after loading the bases on three walks with one out in the inning.

Post Falls 130 010 0 — 5 6 2

Lewiston 006 112 x — 11 8 1

CD Sharples, Isaac Ziegler (5), Tanner Sessions (5) and Jerad Taylor; Carson Kolb, Cruz Hepburn (7) and unknown.

HITS: PF — Naylor 2, Ziegler, Sharples 2, Bustamante. Lew — Hepburn, Ricard, Taylor 2, Barden, Kolb, Daniel, Jelinek. 2B — Hepburn. HR — Sharples.

Timberlake 14

Priest River 4

SPIRIT LAKE — Grant Allaway, Cooper Lenz and Joseph Borges drove in three runs each for the host and top-seeded Tigers in the first round of the 3A District 1 tournament.

Timberlake (14-6) will play host to No. 2 seed Bonners Ferry (12-11) in the championship game Wednesday at 3 p.m. No. 4 Priest River (2-17) will travel to No. 3 Kellogg (9-9) on Wednesday at 3 in a loser-out game.

Horn doubled and tripled for Timberlake, finishing 3 for 4 with three runs scored in the game played through a rainstorm for the first few innings.

“The elements were not great,” Timberlake coach Bryce Johnson said. “(Starting pitcher) Kenny Wells’ stat line did not reflect how well he pitched. I wouldn’t have wanted to pitch in that situation. It was rainy and cold and windy. I thought we battled, and we hung in there, and weathered the storm — literally.”

Everett Hannah went 3 for 4 for Priest River.

Priest River 200 110 — 4 5 5

Timberlake 302 603 — 14 12 1

Everett Hannah, Kyle Patterson (3), Shayd Wong-Yuen (5) and Tyson Troudt; Kenny Wells, Grant Allaway (5) and Joseph Borges.

HITS: PR — Wong-Yuen, Hannah 3, Brooks. TL — Wells, Lenz 3, Horn 3, Robinett, Allaway, Borges 2, Kitchin. 2B — Allaway, Borges, Horn, Wells. 3B — Horn, Lenz.

Bonners Ferry 11

Kellogg 1

BONNERS FERRY — David Hammons drove in five runs and Teigan Banning and Trey Bateman teamed on a five-inning one-hitter as the Badgers beat the Wildcats in a first-round game of the 3A District 1 tournament.

Bonners Ferry plays at Timberlake on Wednesday for the district title in a rematch of last year’s title game.

“It’s funny; I can’t remember playing anybody but Timberlake in the district championship,” longtime Bonners coach Tom Turpin said. “It should be a dandy.”

“We were at Bonners Ferry last year, and it went their way,” Timberlake coach Bryce Johnson said. “Hopefully, with them coming to us, it goes our way.”

Kellogg 000 01 — 1 1 2

Bonners Ferry 080 21 — 11 6 2

Brody Hoffman, Travis Fixenberger (5) and Luke Froelich; Tiegan Banning, Trey Bateman (4) and Trey Bateman, Banning (4).

HITS: Kell — Hoffman. BF — Bo Bateman 2, T. Bateman, Newell, Hammons 2. 2B — T. Bateman.

2A teams all go

1-1 at districts

OROFINO — After all three teams went 1-1 on Monday at the first day of the 2A District 1-2 tournament, they’ll try again today.

Grangeville beat St. Maries 8-2, then St. Maries beat Orofino 4-3, then Orofino beat Grangeville 5-4 in nine innings.

So today, No. 3 seed St. Maries (4-10) will play No. 2 Grangeville (6-13) at 1 p.m. in a loser-out game, and the winner will play No. 1 Orofino (13-6) for the district championship. The winner advances to state, the loser to a state play-in game Saturday.

Dylan Larson went 4 for 4 in the second game for St. Maries, which scored once in the top of the seventh to keep its season alive, then once again in the eighth and held on.

GRANGEVILLE 8, ST. MARIES 2

St. Maries 000 020 0 — 2 6 2

Grangeville 430 010 x — 8 10 5

Dylan Larson, Brock Anderson (4) and Dillon Holder; Miles Lefebvre and Cody Klement.

HITS: SM — Wicks 2, Hunter, Olson, Holder, Elliott. Grange — Lefebvre 2, Goicoa, J. Lindsley, S. Lindsley 2, Mundt, Daniels, Holes 2. 2B — S. Lindsley.

ST. MARIES 4, OROFINO 3, 8 INN.

St. Maries 000 110 11 — 4 8 4

Orofino 010 200 00 — 3 4 6

Wyatt Holmes, Trace Wicks (8) and Dillon Holder; Drew Hanna, Dash Barlow (7) and Silas Naranjo.

HITS: SM — Anderson, Holmes, Larson 4, Hunter, Villa. Oro — Naranjo, Howell, Bradbury, Olive. 2B — Bradbury.