PREP BASEBALL: Cd'A, Post Falls split; Lake City sweeps Lewiston

POST FALLS — In the loaded Inland Empire League, especially within the 5A programs, any team on any given day could have that moment.

On Saturday, both the Coeur d’Alene Vikings and Post Falls Trojans had theirs.

In the first game, Jake Bustamante and Caleb Jimerson had RBI singles in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a 2-all tie and push the Trojans to a 4-2 win. In the second game, Andrew Karns delivered a two-run double in the top of the fourth inning as the Vikings topped the Trojans 5-3 to get the split on Saturday at Post Falls High.

Junior Austin DeBoer struck out six in five innings before Danny Davoren and Isaac Ziegler closed out the game on the mound for Post Falls.

“Austin pitched really well and worked through some good adversity with some errors and walks,” Post Falls coach Kurt Reese said. “Ziegler came in and did a good job to close it out and our bats did just enough to get the win.”

Aidan Blanco allowed one hit in 3.1 innings, striking out five for Coeur d’Alene in the first game.

“Aidan did a fantastic job, but we just had one bad inning,” Coeur d’Alene coach Erik Karns said. “To DeBoer’s credit, he kept us off balance. Each game in our league is tough and really, if you have a lopsided score, it’s an odd day.”

Senior Bryce Stockton pitched the final 2.1 innings of the second game for Coeur d’Alene (9-7, 9-1 IEL), which had won six straight before falling in the opener.

“I was pleased with our pitching all day today,” Karns said. “We’re running the bases like we want too and getting better and better on our two-strike hitting. The guys are battling and having fun.”

Post Falls is 7-7, 5-4.

Both teams are scheduled to play IEL doubleheaders on Tuesday, with Coeur d’Alene at Lake City and Post Falls hosting Lakeland.

FIRST GAME

Coeur d’Alene 101 000 0 — 2 10 0

Post Falls 001 120 x — 4 4 1

Aidan Blanco, Harrison Trunkey-Evans (4), Luke Markowski (6) and Chase Saunders; Austin DeBoer, Danny Davoren (6), Isaac Ziegler (7) and Gabe Cooley. W — Davoren. L — Markowski. S — Ziegler.

HITS: Cd’A — Karns 2, Brown 2, Erickson 3, Stockton, Saunders, Coppess. PF — Smith, Bustamante, Jimerson, K. Cooley. 2B — K. Cooley.

SECOND GAME

Coeur d’Alene 100 300 1 — 5 6 2

Post Falls 100 110 0 — 3 7 4

Aaron Gwaltney, Bryce Stockton (5) and Richie Hackett; Langan Naylor, Caleb Jimerson (5) and Gabe Cooley. W — Gwaltney. L — Naylor.

HITS: Cd’A — Karns, Hall, Brown 2, Erickson, Christ. PF — Naylor, Smith 2, DeBoer, Bustamante, Ziegler, Cooley. 2B — Karns.

Lake City 9-10

Lewiston 3-0

COEUR d’ALENE — Owen Mangini hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning in the first game and Eric Bumbaugh hit a two-run shot in the first inning of the nightcap, powering the Timberwolves to an Inland Empire League sweep over the Bengals at Lake City High.

Jake Dannenberg had two RBIs in the first game and Cooper Reese (7) and Nate Weatherhead (6) combined to strike out 13 in the opener for Lake City.

"It was nice to get contributions from different guys," Lake City coach Mike Criswell said. "Jake Dannenberg had two sac flies, and Travis Usdrowski and Cole Stoddard each had two hits. We ran the bases well and pressured all game."

Bumbaugh drove in four runs in the second game, Mangini two for Lake City (11-4, 10-0 IEL), which hosts Coeur d’Alene in an Inland Empire League doubleheader on Tuesday.

"In the second game we were very selective and looked for strikes in the zone," Criswell said. "Eric plays with a lot of energy, so when he is on we are usually in a good place. I was really happy to see Avrey Cherry show up to the party with his two hard hits. We are proud of the boys, but we battle a very talented Viking squad on Tuesday, so there is no time to rest."

Lewiston (7-9, 3-7) hosts Sandpoint in a doubleheader next Saturday.

FIRST GAME

Lewiston 003 000 0 — 3 6 3

Lake City 014 301 x — 9 6 1

Tyler Grandlund, Guy Krasselt (2), Brice Bensching (4), Kyson Barden (4) and Race Currin; Cooper Reese, Nate Weatherhead (4) and Joe DuCoeur. W — Reese. L — Krasselt.

HITS: Lew — Jelinek, Kolb 2, Daniel, Ricard, Ray. LC — Bumbaugh, Stoddard 2, Mangini, Usdrowski 2. 3B — Ricard. HR — Daniel, Mangini.

SECOND GAME

Lewiston 000 00 — 0 2 1

Lake City 432 21 — 10 6 2

Game called with nobody out in bottom of 5th inning due to 10-run rule.

Lance Bambacigno, Kaden Daniel (1), Wiley Wagner (2) and Tyler Grandlund, Jared Jelinek (4); AJ Currie, Karl Schwarzer (4) and Cooper Smith. W — Currie. L — Bambacigno.

HITS: Lew — Kolb, Bensching. LC — Smith, Bumbaugh, Stoddard, Mangini, Dannenberg, Cherry. 2B — Stoddard, Cherry. HR — Bumbaugh.

Lakeland 10

Kellogg 5

RATHDRUM — Senior Blaze Day had two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored for the Hawks in a nonleague win over the Wildcats at Gorton Field.

Junior Raiston Ellwood had three runs scored and two hits for Lakeland, which scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take control.

“We had a lot of good at-bats up and down the lineup,” Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. “Blaze had a great day at the plate. Everything he hit was on the screws and he also came up with a couple of key RBIs when we needed them.”

Ramsey Rainio had two runs scored for Kellogg (3-7), which travels to Grangeville on Tuesday.

Lakeland (2-10) travels to Post Falls for an Inland Empire League doubleheader on Tuesday.

Kellogg 003 020 0 — 5 7 3

Lakeland 104 500 x — 10 12 5

Logan Smith, Travis Eixenberger (3) and Austin Clapper; Cash Lund, Lovie Weil (4), Cole Davis (5), Eric Wylie (6) and Roan Reilly. W — Lund. L — Smith.

HITS: Kell — Smith 2, Eixenberger 2, Nosworthy, Graaskamp, King. LL — Mason, R. Ellwood 2, Day 2, Pluid, Reilly, Weil 2, Wylie, T. Ellwood 2. 2B — Day. 3B — T. Ellwood, Day.

Bonners Ferry 11-14

St. Maries 1-2

ST. MARIES — Senior Blake Rice homered in both games and drove in 11 runs on the day to lead the Badgers to a nonleague sweep of the Lumberjacks at City Park.

Rice went 5 for 5 with seven RBIs in the second game for the Badgers (8-6).

Roger Naylor allowed seven hits, striking out five in the opener against Bonners Ferry.

St. Maries (3-6) hosts Orofino on Tuesday.

FIRST GAME

Bonners Ferry 001 622 — 11 9 0

St. Maries 001 000 — 1 7 3

Game called after 6 innings due to the 10-run rule.

Roger Naylor and Jesse Fess; Trace Wicks, Milo Marsh (5) and Dillon Holder. W — Naylor. L — Wicks.

HITS: BF — B. Rice 2, Tr. Bateman, Th. Bateman, Hammons, Smith, Dahl, Schultz, Fess. SM — Wicks, Anderson 3, Abell, Marsh, Ceja-Grimaldo. 2B — B. Rice, Dahl, Ceja-Grimaldo, Anderson. HR — B. Rice.

SECOND GAME

Bonners Ferry 030 104 6 — 14 15 3

St. Maries 110 000 0 — 2 3 7

Porter Schultz, Elijah Dahl (2) and Jesse Fess; Brock Anderson, Wyatt Holmes (6), Peyton Lingo (7) and Dillon Holder. W — Dahl. L —Anderson.

HITS: BF — Bl. Rice 5, Tr. Bateman, Th. Bateman, Hammons, Naylor, Schultz, Dahl 2, Br. Rice, Fess 2. SM — Holder 2, Marsh. 2B — Bl. Rice 2, Hammons, Dahl. HR — Bl. Rice.

Orofino 5

Timberlake 4

OROFINO — Further information was not reported.