PREP ROUNDUP: Reese shines as Lake City avenges loss to Highland
MAX OSWALD/Bonner County Daily Bee Sandpoint's Tess Sloan ourtuns Kamiakin's Cassidy Fansler near midfield during the Bulldogs' 9-5 win on Saturday in Sandpoint.
• BASEBALL
MERIDIAN — Senior Cooper Reese struck out nine over 5.2 shutout innings for Lake City, which concluded play in the Rocky Mountain Invitational with a 6-1 win over the Highland Rams of Pocatello at Rocky Mountain High on Saturday.
Senior Avrey Cherry hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning for Lake City, which fell 3-0 to Highland on Friday.
Lake City was scheduled to face Madison of Rexburg and Mountain View of Meridian on Saturday, but those games were canceled due to rain.
Senior Cooper Smith had two hits and two RBIs for Lake City (4-2), which returns to action at Lakeland for a doubleheader on April 2.
Lake City 000 024 0 — 6 11 0
Highland 000 000 1 — 1 5 1
Cooper Reese, Avrey Cherry (6) and Cooper Smith; Jackson Hale, Mason Payne (5) and Cannon Eddie.
HITS: LC — Pierce 2, Smith 2, Dannenberg, Cherry, Holecek, Hawkins, Mangini, Jimenez, Newby. High — Foltz, Durham, Stringfellow 2, Kunz. 2B — Smith, Foltz. HR — Cherry.
Lakeland 11-15
Bonners Ferry 5-5
LEWISTON — Sophomore Jace Taylor finished the day with seven hits and five RBIs for the Lakeland Hawks in a 11-5 and 15-5 nonelague sweep of the Bonners Ferry Badgers at Clearwater Park.
“He came out and just does what he does,” Lakeland coach Al Bevacqua said. “He really picked us up when we needed a boost.”
Taylor had four hits, three RBIs and three runs scored in the opener, then added three hits and three runs scored in the nightcap for Lakeland, which had 32 hits on the day.
“The team hit the ball really well throughout the day,” Bevacqua said. “We had an early start to the day and they showed some grit coming back when we were down some runs and just battling all day.”
Garrett Farrell had two hits and three RBIs in the second game for Lakeland (3-1), which returns to action on April 2, hosting Lake City in a doubleheader.
Bonners Ferry (1-8) hosts Sandpoint in a doubleheader on Thursday.
FIRST GAME
Lakeland 200 422 1 — 11 16 0
Bon. Ferry 400 100 0 — 5 9 1
Roan Reilly, Garrett Farrell (1), Evan Shanley (7) and Kevin Slover, Hunter Averitt (5); Trey Bateman, Colton Turner (5), Stryder Liermann (7) and Keenan Maas.
HITS: LL — Taylor 4, Mason 2, Farrell, R. Ellwood 3, Jovick, Lund 2, Slover, Killian, Shanley. BF — Rice 2, Tr. Bateman 2, Th. Bateman 2, Smith 2, Liermann. 2B — Shanley, Slover, Taylor, Smith. 3B — R. Ellwood.
SECOND GAME
Lakeland 050 012 7 — 15 16 0
Bon. Ferry 201 101 0 — 5 6 0
Tadgh Ellwood, Jace Taylor (5) and Colin Killian; Jack Woods, Thomas Bateman (4), Maddoz Mertzweiller (7) and Alex Stolley.
HITS: LL — Taylor 3, Mason, Farrell 2, R. Ellwood 2, T. Ellwood 2, Reilly, Lund 2, Averitt 2. BF — Rice 2, Th. Bateman, Turner, Rider, Stolley. 2B — Reilly 2, Farrell, Mason, Taylor 2.
FIRST GAME
Lakeland 200 422 1 — 11 16 0
Bon. Ferry 400 100 0 — 5 9 1
Roan Reilly, Garrett Farrell (1), Evan Shanley (7) and Kevin Slover, Hunter Averitt (5); Trey Bateman, Colton Turner (5), Stryder Liermann (7) and Keenan Maas.
HITS: LL — Taylor 4, Mason 2, Farrell, R. Ellwood 3, Jovick, Lund 2, Slover, Killian, Shanley. BF — Rice 2, Tr. Bateman 2, Th. Bateman 2, Smith 2, Liermann. 2B — Shanley, Slover, Taylor, Smith. 3B — R. Ellwood.
SECOND GAME
Lakeland 050 012 7 — 15 16 0
Bon. Ferry 201 101 0 — 5 6 0
Tadgh Ellwood, Jace Taylor (5) and Colin Killian; Jack Woods, Thomas Bateman (4), Maddoz Mertzweiller (7) and Alex Stolley.
HITS: LL — Taylor 3, Mason, Farrell 2, R. Ellwood 2, T. Ellwood 2, Reilly, Lund 2, Averitt 2. BF — Rice 2, Th. Bateman, Turner, Rider, Stolley. 2B — Reilly 2, Farrell, Mason, Taylor 2.
Coeur d'Alene vs.
Owyhee, Mountain View, canc.
MERIDIAN — The Vikings' final two games in the Rocky Mountain Tournament at Rocky Mountain High were canceled due to rain.
Coeur d'Alene returns to action at Post Falls on April 2.
Post Falls vs.
Pocatello, canc.
BOISE — The Trojans' final game in the Buck's Bags Classic was canceled due to rain at Capital High.
Post Falls travels to Moscow for a doubleheader on Thursday.
• TRACK AND FIELD
Russell wins twice for
Charter at Dolphin invite
SPOKANE VALLEY — Coeur d’Alene Charter senior Nathan Russell won the 800- and 1,600-meter run at the Howard Dolphin Invitational at West Valley High.
Russell won the 800 in 2 minutes, 1:16 seconds and the 1,600 in 4:31.09 for the Panthers, who were seventh out of 14 teams.
Coeur d’Alene senior Nolan Oyler won the 3,200 in 10:04.82.
Charter sophomore Annabelle Carr won the 800 (2:21.53) and was second in the 200 (27.37) and 1,600 (5:11.18).
Coeur d’Alene Charter competes in an Intermountain League double dual against Bonners Ferry and Timberlake at Timberlake High on April 3.
• LACROSSE
Coeur d’Alene 11
Spokane Valley 10
SPOKANE VALLEY — Ian Dahlin had four goals and three assists for Coeur d’Alene in a season-opening win over Spokane Valley at the Valley Real Life Ministries.
Brayden Osterdock had three goals and Owen Putren had 10 saves for Coeur d’Alene, which hosts Logos of Moscow on April 2.
COEUR d’ALENE — Goals: Ian Dahlin 4, Brayden Osterdock 3, Isaak Dahlin 2, Jacob Osterdock 2. Assists: Ian Dahlin 3, J. Osterdock 1, Carson Atkinson 1. Saves: Owen Putren 10.
SPOKANE VALLEY — Goals: Carter Lee 5, Jace Carter 2, Max Clocherty 1, Skyler Harty 1, Payton Patrick 1.
Sandpoint 9
Kamiakin 5
SANDPOINT — Rowan Davis and Cassidy Aitken scored three goals each for Sandpoint in a win over Kamiakin at Memorial Field.
Sandpoint (2-0) hosts Mead on Tuesday
GOALS: KAM – Fansler 2, Throolin 1, Meek 1, Andrews 1. SPT – Aitken 3, Davis 3, Beers 2, Bode 1.
ASSISTS: KAM – None. SPT – Davis 2, Bode 1, Browne 1, Cox 1.
SAVES: KAM – Holtfreter 18. SPT – E. Sloan 8.