PREP ROUNDUP: Timberlake, St. Maries softball punch tickets to state

• SOFTBALL

SPIRIT LAKE — Junior Acacia Pecor did a little bit of everything on Wednesday.

She threw it.

She swung it.

Quite simply, she was nearly perfect.

Pecor struck out seven, allowing only a second inning walk in a 10-0 win for the Tigers, sweeping the 3A District 1 championship series to advance to the state tournament starting next Friday in Blackfoot.

“Acacia was excellent in the circle and hitting the ball today,” Timberlake coach Casi Lupinacci said. “The girls just did a good job of taking care of business.”

Alycia Cameron hit a grand slam for Timberlake in the second inning.

“She’s basically our second leadoff hitter and got a great swing on the ball,” Lupinacci said. “That was a really big moment for us.”

Bonners Ferry finishes 3-16.

Bonners Ferry 000 00 — 0 0 2

Timberlake 045 01 — 10 9 0

Nobody out when the winning run scored.

Taylor Sumpter and Ava Fredrickson; Acacia Pecor and Logan Wash.

HITS: BF — none. TL — Dykes, Pecor 3, Grantham, Needs, Armes, Cameron 2. 2B — Pecor. HR — Cameron.

St. Maries 2

Orofino 0

OROFINO — Senior Taci Watkins struck out 17 for the top-seeded Lumberjacks to win the 2A District 1-2 championship at Orofino Elementary.

St. Maries (18-4) advances to the state tournament starting next Friday at Capell Park in Pocatello.

Stacie Mitchell hit a two-run home run in the first inning for St. Maries.

Later, Grangeville eliminated Orofino 7-5 to advance to state. The Bulldogs beat Kellogg 7-5 in a loser-out game earlier on Thursday.

Kellogg finishes 2-14.

Orofino 000 000 0 — 0 3 3

St. Maries 200 000 x — 2 7 1

Hanna Johnson and Rilee Diffin; Taci Watkins and Brenna Elliott.

HITS: Oro — Zenner, Diffin, Johnson. SM — Baird, Mitchell 2, Brebner 3, Elliott. 2B — Brebner. HR — Mitchell.

• BASEBALL

Bonners Ferry 13

Timberlake 3

BONNERS FERRY — Win, or go home.

It’s just that simple for the Tigers and Badgers today.

David Hammons had two hits and four RBIs as the Badgers beat the Tigers, forcing a deciding game today at 4:30 p.m. in the 3A District 1 best-of-3 championship series.

“Top to bottom, the defense was impressive with no errors,” Bonners Ferry coach Tom Turpin said. “We played for everything today and our whole season comes down to tomorrow. We work all year for one day and we’re looking forward to Thursday’s game.”

Today’s winner advances to the state tournament starting next Thursday at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa.

Bonners Ferry (17-7) had three of four games between the schools entering the postseason.

Cooper Lenz, Jesse O’Connor and JT Armes had RBIs for Timberlake (11-12), which upset Bonners Ferry 8-6 in eight innings in Monday’s opening game.

Timberlake 010 020 — 3 5 4

Bonners Ferry 081 013 — 13 13 0

Game called with two out in bottom of 6th inning due to 10-run rule.

Kenny Wells, Parker Holly (6) and Caden Robinett; Roger Naylor, Blake Rice (5) and Teigan Banning.

HITS: TL — Wells, Allaway, Holly, Armes, Olivieri. BF — Bl. Rice 3, Tr. Bateman 2, Th. Bateman, Hammons 2, Br. Rice 2, Banning 2, Naylor 2. 2B — Bl. Rice, Hammons. 3B — Bl. Rice.

Kellogg eliminates St. Maries,

Grangeville for state bid

OROFINO — Logan Smith struck out eight as the fourth-seeded Wildcats eliminated the third-seeded Lumberjacks from the 2A District 1-2 tournament at Orofino High.

Travis Eixenberger had two hits and drove in all four runs for Kellogg, who later held off Grangeville 9-8 in eight innings to advance to state starting next Thursday at Orofino High.

St. Maries finishes 7-15.

Kellogg 100 020 1 — 4 6 2

St. Maries 001 000 0 — 1 4 3

Logan Smith and Austin Clapper; Landen Holmes, Trace Wicks (7) and Dillon Holder.

HITS: Kell — R. Luna, Smith, Eixenberger 2, Whatcott, Nosworthy. SM — Marsh, L. Holmes, Tefft, Gibson. 2B — none. 3B — none.