Youth Sports: July 31, 2024: Softball, basketball, track and field and more
• SOFTBALL
The Coeur d’Alene Crush 14U softball team defeated the Montana Freedom of Billings 10-8 in 8 innings to win the 30-team Western National Championship on Sunday at the Meadowdale Playfields in Lynnwood, Wash.
Jenna Davenport, Maddy Pratt went 2 for 4 and Olivia Watt went 2 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in the title game for the Crush.
Madeline Peterson went 3 for 4 and had three RBIs for the Crush in a 14-8 win over the Sun Dodgers of Yakima, Wash., in the semifinals.
The team is made up of players from Coeur d’Alene, Lake City, Post Falls and Lakeland High.
• TRACK AND FIELD
Cobe Cameron and Giovanni Carlino, both rising seniors at Post Falls High, competed for the Spokane Speed Academy at the USATF National Junior Olympic meet at Texas A&M in College Station last week.
Both Cameron and Carlino qualified for the 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay, finishing fifth in the 4x400 finals in 3 minutes, 15.97 seconds to earn All-American honors.
The squad finished the prelims with a time of 3:12.32 to qualify.
• REAL LIFE MINISTRIES
Tuesday, July 23
At The Fields
Youth Coach Pitch Baseball
Game 1
Orange Tigers - 11
King Cobras - 14
Orange Tigers
Runs Scored: Azariah Reyes, Beckham Peters, Cayden Williams, Conlin McIntosh, Drake Williams, Ellie Gant, Maci, Bilek, Noah Devaty
King Cobras
Runs Scored: Leighton Brunner, Declan Francis, Hudson Brunner, Jameson Webster, Jaydan Svoboda, Max Wolfinger, Wes Wagner, Ruby Buck
Game 2
Red Dragons - 9
Teal Dragons - 7
Red Dragons
Runs Scored: Abby Erickson, Colton Cassle, Ezekiel Valverde, Gabriel Keating, Harrison Alworth, Jentzen Jelmberg, Raegan Powell, Weston Hawkins, Sullivan Dwyer
Teal Dragons
Runs Scored: Brecken O’Toole, Carter Heavey, Kamden Carter, Sam Young
Game 3
Lime Legends - 14
Ice Sonics - 15
Lime Legends
Runs Scored: Easton Snook, Grant Jennings, Harrison Weibert, Isaiah Ployhar, Jordan Bridges, Scarlett Herold
Ice Sonics
Runs Scored: Andrew Perkins, Averett Harkema, Carden Romanosky, Degan Wright, Emberlee Wright, Henry Faulkner, Oaklyn Harkema
Game 4 Championship
Silver Back Gorillas - 11
Purple Dragons - 8
Silver Back Gorillas
Runs Scored: Addison Reyes, Bowen Glamm, Camden Robbins
Purple Dragons
Runs Scored: Aiden D’Angelo, Dakota Russell
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