PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeland comes close, but falls twice to Sandpoint

• BASEBALL

SANDPOINT — The door was wide open for the visiting Lakeland Hawks to notch a pair of Inland Empire League wins over the Sandpoint Bulldogs at Memorial Field on Thursday.

But Lakeland was unable to push through when it counted.

Junior Finn Mellander had four RBIs on the day for Sandpoint, which swept the Hawks 11-6 and 8-6.

“We had leads in both games tonight in the later innings, but couldn’t close it out,” Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. “We had some mental errors and mistakes that really cost us in both games.”

Lakeland had three errors in the opener, which was tied 5-5 after four innings before Sandpoint scored four in the bottom of the fifth.

Junior Roan Reilly had two RBIs in the second game for Lakeland (3-13, 2-8 IEL), which is scheduled to play a doubleheader at Lewiston on Tuesday.

In the nightcap, with the game tied 6-6, Sandpoint senior Jack Zimmerman stole home as Reilly was winding up to pitch to put his team on top. On the next pitch, Kody Barlow extended the advantage to 8-6 on an RBI single for Sandpoint (5-8, 2-6), which travels to Lewiston for a doubleheader on Saturday.

Sandpoint (5-8, 2-6) travels to Lewiston for a doubleheader on Saturday.

FIRST GAME

Lakeland 023 000 1 — 6 10 3

Sandpoint 032 042 x — 11 13 2

Tadgh Ellwood, Cash Lund (6) and Jace Cooksey; Cody Newhart, Drew Lehman (1), Jesse Turner (3), Jack Zimmerman (7) and Gavin Day. W — Lehman. L — T. Ellwood.

HITS: LL — R. Ellwood 2, Day, Reilly 2, T. Ellwood, Lund, Cooksey, Saxe. Spt — C. Newhart, Lehman, MacDonald 3, Barlow 2, Dillon 2, Mellander, Hansen, Turner. 2B — Reilly, MacDonald, Lehman, Mellander.

SECOND GAME

Lakeland 211 020 0 — 6 7 2

Sandpoint 020 033 x — 8 9 5

Raiston Ellwood, Roan Reilly (6) and Jace Cooksey; Austin Dillon, Dallen Williams (5), Cody Newhart (7) and Jorden Tyler. W — Williams. L — Reilly.

HITS: LL — Taylor, Day 2, Mason, Reilly, Cooksey, T. Ellwood. Spt — Zimmerman 2, C. Newhart, MacDonald 2, Barlow, Dillon, Mellander 2. 2B — Mellander. 3B — Day, Cooksey.

• TENNIS

Lake City 6

Lakeland 6

COEUR d’ALENE — The host Timberwolves swept in boys and girls singles, while the Hawks went 6-0 in doubles matches as the teams played to a draw at Lake City High.

Lakeland is scheduled to host Lewiston and Moscow on Saturday.

Lake City travels to Post Falls on Monday.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Ethan Stowell, LC, d. Ben Ryan, 4-6, 6-4, 10-7. No. 2, Lincoln Stowell, LC, d. Ryan Genteman, 6-2, 6-0. No. 3, Matthew Nesbit, LC, d. Riley Sullivan, 6-2, 6-1.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Maddy Nesbit, LC, d. Alisha Davidson, 6-1, 6-0. No. 2, Christina Glass, LC, d. Kate Bishop, 6-2, 6-0. No. 3, Teagan Hayes, LC, d. Amanda Olson, 6-0, 6-1.

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Cole Andres/Brady Hanna, LL, d. Bryce Snow/Quade Castaneda, 6-2, 6-0. No. 2, Alex Brown/Toby Tebbe, LL, d. Elias Oguma/Tysen Gersdorf, 6-4, 6-3.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Addie Raebel/Ellie Carlson, LL, d. Eeva Hakkarrainen/Eleanor Walsh, 6-1, 6-2. No. 2, Alice Drucbert/Shelby Wear, LL, d. Sophia Olson/Ayla McCrummen, 6-1, 6-1.

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Maddie Andres/Michael Pearson, LL, d. Luke Rodgers/Kaylie Smith, 6-1, 6-3. No. 2, Libby Hatcher/Brock Raebel, LL, d. Ethan Van Leuven/Adeline Smith, 6-0, 6-0.