PREP BASEBALL: T-Wolves put two together for sweep

MOSCOW — Junior Avrey Cherry hit a three-run home run in the third inning of the second game for Lake City, which swept the Moscow Bears 3-2 and 12-6 in an Inland Empire League doubleheader at the Moscow School District Community Playfields on Thursday.

Lake City (12-4, 9-3 IEL) trailed Moscow (7-5, 3-3) by percentage points for the Inland Empire League lead entering Thursday. Moscow hosts Coeur d’Alene on Saturday and Post Falls next Thursday, both in doubleheaders.

In the opener, senior AJ Currie was perfect through the first four innings on the mound for the Timberwolves, who got RBIs from Cooper Smith and Travis Usdrowski to beat the Bears.

Lake City hosts Post Falls in a doubleheader on Saturday.

FIRST GAME

Lake City    001    110    0    —    3    6    0

Moscow    000    020    0    —    2    3    2

AJ Currie, Kyle Johnson (5), Mark Holecek (6) and Cooper Smith; Levi Anderson, Ethan McLaughlin (7) and Tyson Izzo.

HITS: LC — Cherry, Usdrowski, Smith, Holecek, Shepard, Dixon. Mos — Driskill, Isakson, Green. 2B — Usdrowski, Cherry, Driskill.

SECOND GAME

Lake City    005    203    2    —    12    9    3

Moscow    010    050    0    —    6    6    1

Charlie Dixon, Braeden Newby (4), Nate Weatherhead (5), Cooper Reese (7) and Cooper Smith; Butch Kiblen, Keaton Clark (4), Ollie Spencer (5), Jamison Green (7), Andrew Hurley (7) and Tyson Izzo.

HITS: LC — Shepard 2, Usdrowski 2, Holecek, Cherry, Dixon, Johnson, Hawkins. Mos — Breese 2, Anderson, Isakson, Green 2. 2B — Holecek, Hawkins, Isakson. 3B — Anderson. HR — Cherry.

Sandpoint 4-1

Lakeland 1-14

RATHDRUM — Sophomore Jace Taylor struck out seven on the mound and also contributed a three-run double in the second inning of the nightcap for the Hawks, who split an Inland Empire League doubleheader with the Bulldogs at Gorton Field.

“Jace is just a pure competitor,” Lakeland coach Al Bevacqua said. “You’re always comfortable when you have someone like that on the mound. He really changes the tempo of the game, and he did a good job of mixing up his pitches and getting strikes right away.”

Senior Roan Reilly singled and scored three runs in the second game for Lakeland (7-9, 2-8 IEL), which hosts Lewiston in a doubleheader on Tuesday.

Sophomore Dallen Williams struck out seven in the first game for Sandpoint (6-7, 2-6), which hosts Lewiston in a doubleheader on Saturday at Pine Street Field.

FIRST GAME

Sandpoint    101    001    1    —    4    4    1

Lakeland    000    000    1    —    1    3    2

Dallen Williams, Sage Medeiros (7) and Coleman Inge, Drew Lehman (6); Tadgh Ellwood, Garrett Farrell (6) and Kevin Slover.

HITS: Spt — Little, Reichart, Williams, Turner. LL — T. Ellwood, R. Ellwood, Slover. 2B — Little, Slover.

SECOND GAME

Sandpoint    000    01    —    1    2    4

Lakeland    045    5x    —    14    8    1

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

Jorden Tyler, Lucas Hansen (2), Jayden Kuprienko (4), Parker Reichart (4) and Gavin Day; Jace Taylor and Kevin Slover.

HITS: Spt — Williams, Lehman. LL — Taylor 2, Mason, Farrell 2, Reilly, Slover, Lund. 2B — Taylor. 3B — Mason.

Timberlake 5-7

St. Maries 0-6

SPIRIT LAKE — Senior Caden Robinett struck out 14 for the Tigers, with the lone hit coming on a single in the second inning by Lumberjack Gabe Long in the first game of a nonleague doubleheader at Timberlake High.

Grant Allaway singled to score Cooper Lenz in the first inning for Timberlake, which scored three unearned runs in the first inning of the opener to take a 4-0 lead. 

In the nightcap, junior Ethan Pecor scored the winning run on a wild pitch with two out in the bottom of the seventh to give the Tigers the sweep, as Timberlake rallied with three runs in the seventh.

“We just started stringing some hits together,” Timberlake coach Bryce Johnson said. “It was probably the most gritty, gutsy win we’ve had since I’ve been here. (Freshman) Ryker Brennan threw the ball through the hail and rain and didn’t give up any free bases and Gage Haines had a couple of big at-bats for us. It was a lot of them coming through when we needed them.”

Trey Gibson had two RBIs in the second game for St. Maries (9-8), which hosts Grangeville on Saturday in a Central Idaho League doubleheader.

Timberlake (8-6-1) travels to Freeman for a doubleheader on Tuesday.

FIRST GAME

St. Maries    000    000    0    —    0    1    2

Timberlake    400    010    x    —    5    8    1

Riley Abell and Gabe Long; Caden Robinett and Nate Beardsall.

HITS: SM — Long. TL — Lenz, Allaway 2, Robinett 2, Huston 2, Brennan. 2B — none. 3B — none.

SECOND GAME

St. Maries    401    000    1    —    6    6    4

Timberlake    010    003    3    —    7    12    2

Two outs when winning run scored.

Kody Tefft, Trey Gibson (5), Landen Holmes (6) and Amando Stewart; Grant Allaway, Ryker Brennan (4) and Ethan Pecor.

HITS: SM — Long, W. Holmes, L. Holmes, Abell 2, Gibson. TL — Lenz, Allaway 2, Robinett 3, Huston, Brennan 3, Blansfield, Haines. 2B — Gibson, W. Holmes.