PREP SOFTBALL: Timberlake, Kellogg to meet for 3A district title today
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Timberlake sophomore Logan Walsh rounds second base on the way to third during the first inning of Wednesday's 3A District 1 softball opening round game against Bonners Ferry at Timberlake High.
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Timberlake junior Topanga Rojas slides into home safely after a wild pitch in the first inning of Wednesday's 3A District 1 softball opener against Bonners Ferry.
SPIRIT LAKE — Timberlake sophomore Logan Walsh has done the job in the third spot in the batting order all season.
Now, she’s taking it to the postseason.
Walsh went 5 for 6 with five RBIs and five runs scored for the top-seeded Tigers in a 34-3 win over the fourth-seeded Bonners Ferry Badgers in a 3A District 1 opening round game at Timberlake High on Wednesday.
“All year long, she’s been squaring up the ball really well,” Timberlake coach Casi Lupinacci said. “She’s been a good solid hitter all year long.”
Timberlake (20-4) hosts Kellogg (6-14) in the championship game today at 4 p.m. The Wildcats defeated Priest River 17-7 in Kellogg in the other opening round game on Wednesday.
Freshman Jesi Kitchin had four hits, five RBIs and four runs scored for Timberlake.
“She was just solid at the plate,” Lupinacci said. “She did a great job of getting on base.”
Bonners Ferry (1-19) visits Priest River (4-17) in a loser-out game today.
Bonners Ferry 003 00 — 3 3 2
Timberlake (11)(13)4 6x — 34 18 2
Curtis, Rickter (4), Pruitt (4) and Rickter, Curtis, Rickter; Casey Whaley, Acacia Pecor (4) and Taylor Bentley.
HITS: BF — Elliston, Rickter, Curtis. TL — Carhart 2, Walsh 5, Grantham 3, Kitchin 4, Rojas, Beardsall 2, Cameron. 2B — Rickter, Beardsall, Grantham, Kitchin, Walsh. 3B — Carhart, Grantham.
Lakeland 19
Moscow 9
RATHDRUM — Alexis Hanna hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the second inning, kickstarting an 11-run inning by Hawks in a win over the Bears in Game 1 of the best-of-3 game 4A Region 1 championship series at Lakeland High.
Game 2 between the schools is Friday at 3 p.m. at Lakeland, with an if-necessary game to follow at 5.
Emma Avalos, Kyleigh Dyer and Cienna Walls also homered for Lakeland (13-12).
Moscow (10-14) eliminated Sandpoint (2-20) in a loser-out game earlier on Wednesday.
Moscow 126 00 — 9 10 4
Lakeland 0(11)4 4x — 19 17 3
Maya Kees, Amanda Pouchnik (3) and Megan Highfill; Haylee Smit and Payton Sterling.
HITS: Mos — Highfill, Kiblen, Robertson, Branen 2, Sparks, Rainer, Fleischman 2, Kees. LL — See, Walls, Sterling 3, Avalos 2, Smit 3, Dyer 2, Byrne, Hanna 3, Staudinger. 2B — Highfill, Kiblen, Sterling. 3B — Branen. HR — Fleischman 2, Kees, Avalos, Dyer, Hanna, Walls.
