Youth Sports June 21, 2023

Courtesy photo The Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen 17U baseball team won the 2023 Premier Sports Center Invitational championship on June 13 in Post Falls. In the front row from left are Lane Moglia, Charlie Dixon, Mark Holecek, Noah Hawkins and Tanner Franklin; and back row from left, Colby Coey, Will Robson, Will Beckenhauer, Nathan Doud, Deacon Hunter, Hudson Kramer and Sean Jimenez.

Courtesy photo The 208 Volleyball Club’s U12 Elite team entered the American 12s Division of USAV Girls Junior National Championship in Minneapolis ranked 50th and finished tied for fifth. From left are Sonia-Rei Fong, Lilly Fletcher, Gretah Angle, Ellie Fangman, Everlee Powell, Peyton Barclift, Ella Jeanselme, Danica Pratt, Ella Yrjana and Jade Laos.

Courtesy photo The 10U Lake City Thunder girls fastpitch softball team took second place in the Gold Bracket at the Sweet Onion Invitational tournament last weekend in Walla Walla, Wash. In the front row from left are Lauren Vigarino, Gianna Nevills, Margarita McCormick, Mila McGraw and Kaitlyn Grantham; second row from left, coach Shannen Vigarino, KariDee Jones, Sienna Williams, Kennedy Spencer and Katelyn Drake; and back row from left, coach Zack Jones, Lyla Shaler, Bailey Brookshire and coach George Drake.

Courtesy photo The 12U North Idaho Sharks select baseball team took third place last weekend at the Richland All-Star Kickoff tournament in Richland, Wash. From left are manager Dave Everson, Trent Lilyquist, Bryce Petrella, Jack Kreiss, Blake Anderson, Cooper Fordham, coach Jeff Kreiss, Kyle Everson, JJ Larson, coach Jon Larson, Rixton Bateman, Caleb Brumbach, Nash Russell, Kovack Dolan and Clay Larwin.

Courtesy photo The Royals won the 6th/8th grade volleyball championship in the Cereal Cup on May 22 at The Courts at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls. In the front row from left are Olivia Lempesis, Isabelle Meredith, Tessa Dorr and Olivia Baker; and back row from left, coach Andrea Dorr, Adriana Morris-Ely, coach Kyra Belgarde, Juliana Rude, Kiera Thornton, Elsie Thomas and Hazel Zender.

Courtesy photo The Cougars won the 1st/2nd grade soccer championship at the Cereal Cup on May 22 at The Fields at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls. In the front row from left are Lincoln Sargent, Makena Malone, Chloe Foreman, Braxton Lange, Daniel Rutherford, Brandon Bourassa and Tinley Hicks; middle row from left, Caleb Nichols, Preston Lange, Jaxsen Ontiveros, Curran Oswald, Madison Malone and Nora Clauson; and back row from left, coaches Heather Malone, Kaylyn Ontiveros and Erika Sargent.

Courtesy photo Maroon Nine won the 3rd-5th grade volleyball championship at the Cereal Cup on May 22 at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls. In the front row from left are Chevelle Quiring, Grace Squires, Paisley Roberts, Katelynn Clark, Peyton Brulotte, Ella Rude and Addison Salas; and back row from left, Amelia Preiss and Bella Padula.

| June 21, 2023 1:10 AM

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Courtesy photo Fourteen local middle school and high school athletes from North Idaho Distance Project qualified and competed in the 2023 Nike Outdoor Nationals for Track and Field, held at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon on June 15-19. Middle school athletes were Emmie Carr (200 meters), Wyatt Carr (1 Mile, 800 meters), Davey Dance (1 Mile), Rowan Henry (1 Mile), Tori Howard (800 meters), Ruthie Laughridge (1 Mile, 800 meters), Sam Reade (1 Mile, 800 meters) and Parker Sterling (1 Mile, 800 meters); and high school athletes were Annabelle Carr (Freshman Mile), Maximus Cervi-Skinner (1 Mile, 2 Mile), Zackery Cervi-Skinner (2 Mile), Dakota Keyworth (Freshman Mile), Lachlan May (800 meters, 1 Mile) and Helen Oyler (Freshman Mile). Pictured from left are Ruthie Laughridge, Annabelle Carr, Dakota Keyworth, Helen Oyler, Zack Cervi-Skinner, Davey Dance, Parker Sterling, Wyatt Carr, Max Cervi-Skinner, Samuel Reade and Rowan Henry. Not pictured are Emmaline Carr, Tori Howard and Lachlan May.