LOCAL ROUNDUP: St. Maries' Swallows medalist in season opener

HIGH SCHOOL

GOLF

CLARKSTON, Wash. — Seth Swallows of St. Maries was medalist with a seven-over-par 79 at the Clarkston Invitational on Monday at Red Wolf Golf Club.

Sami Sindt of St. Maries tied for third in the girls tourney with a 95. Braylin Bayer of Bonners Ferry was medalist with an 84, and Avery Bayer of Bonners tied for third.

Beau Jones of Lakeside was second for the boys with an 80. Luke Butler of Priest River and Carson Rubert of Genesis Prep tied for third with 84s, and Jaeger Hall of Kellogg was fifth with an 85.

As most teams were on a golf course for the first time this season, no team scores were kept.

SOFTBALL

Timberlake 13

East Valley 3

SPOKANE VALLEY — Logan Walsh doubled three times and drove in five runs, and Jesi Kitchin was 3 for 4 with three RBIs and three runs scored as the visiting Tigers beat the Knights in nonleague play.

Leadoff hitter Allilah Dykes, who missed the first three games with an ankle injury, made her season debut and went 2 for 2 with two walks and four runs scored. Kitchin, who led off in the first three games, dropped to the No. 2 spot, and Walsh hits third.

“I wasn’t sure at beginning of the year how it was going to work out, but this lineup worked pretty well,” Timberlake coach Casi Lupinacci said. “Allilah is a lefty slapper that we brought up at the end of last year. She just gets on and she’s fast, and she creates a lot chaos. I told her, ‘That’s your job — create chaos.’ Jesi is just a consistent hitter, she hit No. 5 last year, but she’s so consistent I just assume she’s going to get on. And we have Logan behind her, and she’s an amazing hitter.”

Casey Whaley struck out nine in five innings for Timberlake (3-1), giving up just one run over the final four innings.

“She settled in and threw really well after that,” Lupinacci said of the first inning.

Eight of Timberlake’s 12 hits were doubles.

Alycia Cameron was 3 for 4 with three doubles and an RBI and three runs scored for Timberlake, which plays a doubleheader at Lake City today at 3 p.m. The games were moved up from Thursday due to the threat of inclement weather.

Timberlake 334 30 — 13 12 2

East Valley 201 00 — 3 6 5

Casey Whaley and Taylor Bentley; S. Swanson and D. Morris, S. Hinckley (2).

HITS: TL — Dykes 2, Kitchin 3, Walsh 3, Rojas, Cameron. EV — McGraw, Dorian 2, Weger, Swanson, Erwin. 2B — Cameron 3, Dykes, Rojas, Walsh 3.

COLLEGE

NIC men, women second after first day

LEWISTON — The North Idaho College men are second, 19 strokes back of host Lewis-Clark State, after the first day of the LCSC Warrior Spring Invitational at the Lewiston Golf and Country Club on Monday.

Josh McCartain of NIC is tied for third after shooting 74-69—143, two strokes back of the co-leaders from LC State.

NIC’s women are second, 42 strokes behind LC State. Laila Jalil of NIC is tied for eighth after shooting 85. Kyla Currie of LC State, formerly of Lake City High, is also tied for eighth.

The tourney concludes today.

MEN

TEAM SCORES — 1, LC State 283-288—571. 2, North Idaho 294-296—590. 3, Multnomah 295-296—591. 4, College of Idaho 301-310—611. 5, Lethbridge 319-324—643. 6, Corban 316-329—645.

LEADERS — Jorgen Lie Viken, LC State 69-72—141; Bryden Brown, LC State 70-71—141.

NORTH IDAHO — T3, Josh McCartain 74-69—143; 9, Caden Gambini 75-71—146; T17, Hardy Hohnson 73-78—151; T21, Jamen Parsons 72-81—153; T21, Jarett Giles 75-76—151.

WOMEN

TEAM SCORES — 1, LC State 306. 2, North Idaho 348. 3, Lethbridge 413.

LEADER — Alexandra Schmidt, LC State, 71.

NORTH IDAHO — T8, Laila Jalil 85; T11, Navy Wood, Sofia Lippiello 87; 13, Lauryn Bulger 89; 20, Marissa McCallum 120.