PREP BASEBALL: IEL-leading Lake City sweeps Post Falls

POST FALLS — Cooper Smith and Joe DuCoeur each had two hits and drove in two runs in the nightcap, and the first-place Lake City Timberwolves finished off a sweep of the Post Falls Trojans with an 8-1 victory Saturday at Post Falls High.

Lake City (15-4, 14-0 IEL) won the first game 5-3, as Nate Weatherhead struck out 10 and scattered four hits in six innings.

“We will take the wins, but when Nate Weatherhead is pitching his tail off and has 10 Ks, I expect more than a 5-3 win,” Lake City coach Mike Criswell said. “I think we got out of our typical approach at the plate that has been working. We left seven guys on and sprinkled some hits around. We are going to need to refocus for Tuesday.”

AJ Currie, Cooper Reese and Eric Bumbaugh teamed for 10 strikeouts in the second game, and allowed four hits. Bumbaugh went 2 for 4 and scored twice for Lake City.

“The second game wasn’t that different, but it was a group effort on the mound,” Criswell said. “We sprayed a few more hits around and had a little better approach, but some key guys were absent and we really need them.”

In the first game, Cole Stoddard had two hits for Lake City, including an RBI single in the third to put the T-Wolves up 2-0. Avrey Cherry’s RBI single in the third made it 3-0.

Post Falls (8-10, 6-7) loaded the bases in the bottom on Langan Naylor’s single off the umpire’s leg, and Tyler French’s two-run single brought the Trojans within a run.

“The kids competed well,” Post Falls coach Kurt Reese said. “We had a tough week last week and I asked the kids to respond from some adversity and was happy with how we played. We didn’t have a giant meltdown like we’d had in recent weeks and cut down on the errors. We played some good baseball today.”

In the sixth, Cooper Smith singled in a run for Lake City, and a throwing error on the play allowed Cherry to score from third, making it 5-2.

In the bottom of the seventh, Jackson George’s RBI single pulled Post Falls within 5-3. The Trojans loaded the bases with one out, but Lake City reliever Travis Usdrowski struck out the next batter, then tagged out a Post Falls runner trying to score from third on a wild pitch to end the game.

The teams meet again Tuesday in an IEL doubleheader, this time at Lake City.

“We saw their three guys and competed well against them and had some good, quality at-bats," Reese said. "But we got some things figured out and hopefully we’ll go there on Tuesday, get some wins and turn this around.”

Lake City leads the IEL by three games over Coeur d’Alene, with four to play.

FIRST GAME

Lake City 002 102 0 — 5 9 1

Post Falls 000 200 1 — 3 6 2

Nate Weatherhead, Braeden Newby (7), Travis Usdrowski (7) and Joe DuCoeur; Isaac Ziegler, Caleb Jimerson (6), Jackson George (7) and Gabe Cooley.

HITS: LC — C. Smith, Bumbaugh, DuCoeur, Stoddard 2, Usdrowski, Cherry, Shepard. PF — L. Smith, Ziegler, Naylor, French, G. Cooley, George. 2B — L. Smith.

SECOND GAME

Lake City 001 202 3 — 8 8 0

Post Falls 000 010 0 — 1 4 2

AJ Currie, Cooper Reese (4), Eric Bumbaugh (7) and Cooper Smith; Langan Naylor, Danny Davoren (4), Lucas Smith (6), Kyler Cooley (6) and Gabe Cooley.

HITS: LC — C. Smith 2, Bumbaugh 2, DuCoeur 2, Stoddard, Newby. PF — L. Smith, Naylor, Jimerson, George. 2B — C. Smith, Naylor, L. Smith.

Coeur d’Alene 3-15

Moscow 1-10

COEUR d’ALENE — The pitching took care of things for Vikings in the opener.

As for the nightcap, it was a little bit of everyone.

Seniors Aaron Gwaltney and Bryce Stockton combined to allow four hits in the opener for Coeur d’Alene, which earned the sweep behind a four-RBI nightcap from Bryce Hall.

“Aaron just found his groove on the mound in the third inning,” Coeur d’Alene coach Erik Karns said. “Bryce is just difficult to hit at this level and building confidence each time he steps on the mound.”

Coeur d’Alene took the lead in the first inning after Hall scored on a sacrifice fly and Andrew Karns scored on a groundout. Senior Kyle Bridge singled leading off the fourth and scored on an RBI single by Hall.

The Vikings used a six-run bottom of the sixth inning in the second game to take control.

“Our at-bats were great in the second game,” Karns said. “We were taking walks, waiting for our pitch and got the clutch hit when we needed it. Moscow’s a good, well-coached team that hit up and down the lineup. We did a good job of running the bases today, especially in the second game. I felt like we got better today.”

Coeur d’Alene (11-9, 11-3 IEL) hosts Lewiston in an IEL doubleheader next Saturday.

Moscow is 4-12, 1-6.

FIRST GAME

Moscow 000 001 0 — 1 4 1

Coeur d’Alene 200 100 x — 3 7 2

Wyatt Hartig, Connor Isakson (5) and Tyson Izzo; Aaron Gwaltney, Bryce Stockton (5) and Chase Saunders.

HITS: Mos — Kiblen, Anderson, Driskill, McLaughlin. Cd’A — Hall 2, Karns 2, Saunders 2, Christ. 2B — Driskill, Anderson.

SECOND GAME

Moscow 210 150 1 — 10 8 0

Coeur d’Alene 031 326 x — 15 12 3

Ethan McLaughlin, Keaton Clark (4), Jamison Green (5), Butch Kiblen (5), Levi Anderson (6) and Tyson Izzo; Kyle Seman, Logan Markowski (2), Aidan Blanco (4), Harrison Trunkey-Evans (5), Andrew Karns (7) and Richie Hackett.

HITS: Mos — Isakson, M. Kiblen, Anderson, Izzo, Breese, Green 2, B. Kiblen. Cd’A — Hall 2, Karns 3, Stockton, Brown, Erickson, Smart, Hackett, Murphy 2. 2B — M. Kiblen, Hackett, Smart, Karns 2.

Lewiston 15-11

Sandpoint 6-0

LEWISTON — The visiting Bulldogs fell to 5-10, 2-8 IEL following the sweep by the Bengals (9-9, 5-7) at Church Field.

Both teams came out swinging in Game 1. After two innings of play the score was 10-7 Bengals. Drew Lehman started things off for Sandpoint with an RBI single to left field in the first inning. Lehman went 5 for 5 with four singles and a double.

Sandpoint had 15 hits in Game 1, three more than Lewiston, but the Bulldogs’ six errors proved to be the difference. Only seven of Lewiston’s runs were earned.

In Game 2, the Bulldogs were not able to figure out Lewiston’s Carson Kolb, who struck out seven and allowed two hits in five innings. He also had a triple and three RBIs.

Lehman had both of Sandpoint’s hits in Game 2.

Sandpoint travels to Moscow on Tuesday for a doubleheader.

FIRST GAME

Sandpoint 250 110 0 — 6 14 1

Lewiston 642 003 x — 15 12 0

Batteries unavailable.

HITS: Spt — Lehman 5, Zimmerman 2, Barlow 2, Day, Mellander, Turner, B. Newhart, MacDonald, C. Newhart. Lew — Daniel 4, Ricard 2, Barden 2, Kolb, Jelinek, Taylor, Krasselt. 2B — Lehman, C. Newhart, Zimmerman, Barlow, Daniel 2, Jelinek, Kolb, Barden.

SECOND GAME

Sandpoint 000 00 — 0 2 0

Lewiston 073 1x — 11 2 0

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

Batteries unavailable.

HITS: Spt — Lehman 2. Lew — Kolb, Krasselt. 3B – Kolb.

Freeman 8-0

Timberlake 5-3

ROCKFORD, Wash. — Senior Caden Robinett allowed one hit, a first-inning double to Freeman’s Bodie Ramsey as the Tigers bounced back from a loss in the first game to split with the Scotties in a nonleague doubleheader.

“Caden was flat dominant and came with his ‘A’ game,” said Timberlake coach Bryce Johnson of Robinett, who struck out 12 and walked one. “Runs were at a premium and we had to scratch out a win for him.”

Kenny Wells scored all three runs for the Tigers in the second game.

“He just kept getting on base and were able to get some timely hits to get him in,” Johnson said.

In the opener, Timberlake scored all five of its runs in the sixth inning, but was unable to dig out of an early deficit.

“We were just trying to battle back,” Johnson said. “We put ourselves in position, but did not play a clean game in that one.”

Timberlake (9-9) hosts Deer Park on Tuesday.

Freeman is 10-7.

FIRST GAME

Timberlake 000 005 0 — 5 3 4

Freeman 203 300 x — 8 4 4

Kenny Wells, Grant Allaway (4) and Caden Robinett; Jack Florence, Zach Hayek (6) and Brenan Ladwig, Florence (6).

HITS: TL — O’Connor 2, Robinett. Free — Florence 2, Ladwig, Claunch. 2B — Claunch.

SECOND GAME

Timberlake 101 010 0 — 3 6 0

Freeman 000 000 0 — 0 2 3

Caden Robinett and JT Armes; Kam Claunch, Vance Coyner (7) and Jack Florence.

HITS: TL — Wells 2, O’Connor, Allaway, Gallimore. Free — Ramsey. 2B — Ramsey.

Orofino 3-7

St. Maries 2-4

OROFINO — The visiting Lumberjacks left 13 runners on base on the day as the Maniacs swept the Central Idaho League twinbill.

St. Maries junior Brock Anderson, who struck out four in the opener, doubled with two out in the top of the seventh, but was unable to score the tying run.

In the second game, Milo Marsh doubled leading off the fourth inning and drove in the opening run in the second for St. Maries (3-9, 2-4 CIL).

Eddie Harrison had three RBIs in the second game for Orofino (11-4, 4-0), which hosts Grangeville on Tuesday. Grangeville split in league play against Kellogg (6-9, 2-4) on Saturday, winning the first game 9-0 before falling 3-2 in the second game at Morehouse Field in Osburn.

St. Maries is scheduled to visit Potlatch on Monday.

FIRST GAME

St. Maries 100 001 0 — 2 6 1

Orofino 100 011 x — 3 6 2

Brock Anderson and Dillon Holder; Silas Naranjo and Gavin Christopherson.

HITS: SM — Wicks 2, Anderson 2, Holder, Abell. Oro — Barlow, Howell, Olive 2, Drobish. 2B — Anderson, Abell.

SECOND GAME

St. Maries 011 200 0 — 4 6 1

Orofino 033 010 x — 7 7 4

Trace Wicks and Dillon Holder; Loudan Cochran, Drew Hannah (5) and Silas Naranjo.

HITS: SM — Anderson 2, Holder, Abell, Marsh 2. Oro — Howell, Olive 2, Harrison 2, Cochran, Hudson. 2B — Anderson, Marsh, Howell.