PREP SOFTBALL: Davenport, Bridge fuel Coeur d’Alene’s sweep of Lake City
Courtesy photo Lake City's Sammie Chavez is tagged out by Coeur d'Alene shortstop Molly Nelson while trying to steal second base in the first game of a doubleheader at Lake City High School on Tuesday.
COEUR d’ALENE — A pair of freshmen came up big as the Coeur d’Alene Vikings swept the Lake City Timberwolves 8-1 and 5-1 in Inland Empire League softball Tuesday at Lake City to remain tied for first place in the league.
Jenna Davenport pitched a pair of complete games for Coeur d’Alene, striking out 12 in the opener and nine in the nightcap.
“She pitched phenomenal,” Coeur d’Alene coach Bobbi Darretta said. “She’s been working hard at figuring out her mechanics, and she pitched fantastic. I’m getting to the point where if one pitcher is doing well, leave them in until they start to burn out.”
Bridge, the catcher, went 5 for 9 on the day with five RBIs. In the nightcap, she singled in a run in the first inning and hit a two-run inside-the-park homer to right field in the seventh.
“She’s just so quick, she hits so hard, and when she gets a hold of one … “ Darretta said of Bridge, who started the season at shortstop, then was moved to catcher. “Kyndal is a beast behind the plate and a beast at the plate.”
Coeur d’Alene (15-5, 13-3) and Lewiston (13-7, 13-3) remain tied for first in the IEL, after Lewiston swept Post Falls on Tuesday.
IEL play wraps up on Thursday, with Coeur d’Alene home against Post Falls in a doubleheader, and Lewiston traveling to Lake City (13-7, 11-5) for a pair. Lewiston holds the run-differential tiebreaker over Coeur d'Alene head-to-head, should the two teams end up tied in league.
Right fielder Morgan Knutson, a sophomore, made three diving catches, all in the first game, for Coeur d’Alene.
Another freshman, Molly Nelson, was 5 for 7 on the day with five runs scored. Chloe Burke and Abbey Linder each had three hits on the day.
“We had minimal errors, and everybody hit,” Darretta said.
FIRST GAME
Coeur d’Alene 400 103 0 — 8 9 0
Lake City 010 000 0 — 1 5 2
Jenna Davenport and Kyndal Bridge; Kylee Palmer, Madi Blood (3) and Taylor Hill.
HITS: Cd’A — Burke, Nelson 3, Bridge 3, Linder, Knutson. LC — Kolden, Hill, DeMent, Peterson 2. 2B — Nelson, Peterson, Hill.
SECOND GAME
Coeur d’Alene 101 010 2 — 5 11 0
Lake City 000 000 1 — 1 5 2
Jenna Davenport and Kyndal Bridge; Madi Blood and Kyla Smith.
HITS: Cd’A — Burke 2, Nelson 2, Bridge 2, Linder 2, Davenport, Moehring, Vignale. LC — Schiley, Kolden, DeMent, Peterson, Smith. 2B — Linder. HR — Bridge.
Lewiston 14-11
Post Falls 4-8
LEWISTON — Freshman Jaya Felix tripled twice and scored three runs for the Trojans in the nightcap, but Post Falls was swept by the Bengals in an Inland Empire League doubleheader at Airport Park.
Sophomore McKenna Zimmerman drove in two runs in the first game for Post Falls (5-15, 4-12 IEL), which concludes the regular season with a doubleheader at Coeur d’Alene on Thursday.
Senior Caitrin Reel drove in six runs on the day for Lewiston (12-6, 12-2), which concludes the regular season with a doubleheader at Lake City on Thursday.
FIRST GAME
Post Falls 000 103 — 4 7 4
Lewiston 231 215 — 14 18 4
Game called with one out in the bottom of sixth inning due to 10-run rule.
Lexie McCarroll and McKenna Zimmerman; Jenna Barney and Caitrin Reel.
HITS: PF — Felix, Zimmerman 2, Rouse, McCarroll, Blair, Williams. Lew — Arellano 2, Ready 3, Barney 2, Schnell, Thorson 2, Reel 2, Shepard, Hogaboom, Scoville 2, Thayer 2. 2B — Rouse, Zimmerman, Ready, Thorson 2. 3B — Williams, Thayer, Arellano. HR — Shepard, Barney.
SECOND GAME
Post Falls 210 022 1 — 8 12 3
Lewiston 102 134 x — 11 15 1
Lexie McCarroll and McKenna Zimmerman; Ashland Schnell and Caitrin Reel.
HITS: PF — Zimmerman 2, Berg 3, Rouse, McCarroll 2, Carpenter, Wasson, Williams 2. Lew — Ready 2, Barney 2, Schnell 4, Thorson, Reel 2, Shepard, Hogaboom, Nuxoll 2. 2B — Williams, Schnell 2, Barney, Reel, Nuxoll. 3B — Felix 2, Williams.
St. Maries 7-12
Kellogg 5-8
KELLOGG — After dropping their first 10 games this season, the St. Maries Lumberjacks are starting to find their groove.
St. Maries hit four home runs on Tuesday in sweeping the Wildcats in Central Idaho League play at Kellogg Middle School.
Brenna Elliott hit two homers, Addy Stewart and Addilynn Turner one each for St. Maries (5-16, 4-8 CIL).
“The bats are coming alive,” St. Maries coach Lane Watkins said. The Lumberjacks’ pitching is improving, and “my defense behind them is doing a lot better. They had great defense behind them today.”
Elliott hit a two-run homer in the top of the second inning of the opener for St. Maries. Turner finished 3 for 4 and Stewart, who struck out six, and allowed five hits and just one earned run in the circle, had two hits.
In the second game, Kellogg jumped out to a 6-1 lead. In the third, Stewart doubled in a run and Turner followed with a two-run homer, pulling the Lumberjacks within 6-5.
Stewart hit a solo homer in the fifth, and Elliott’s two-run shot in the sixth broke an 8-all tie.
Kellogg (6-11, 4-7), currently in third place in the CIL, plays host to Orofino today at 3 to wrap up the regular season.
St. Maries, in fourth in the CIL, is done with league play, and is scheduled to play host to Potlatch today at 4.
The 2A District 1-2 tournament begins Friday, with No. 5 Priest River traveling to the No. 4 seed, which will be determined today.
FIRST GAME
St. Maries 023 011 0 — 7 8 7
Kellogg 211 100 0 — 5 5 1
Addyson Stewart and Brenna Elliott; Macy Jerome and Brittany Hei.
HITS: SM — Thomas, Baird, Stewart 2, Turner 3, Elliott. Kell —Jerome, McDaniel, Bernier, Karst, DeChand. 2B — Thomas. HR — Elliott.
SECOND GAME
St. Maries 104 032 2 — 12 11 4
Kellogg 240 110 0 — 8 7 5
Lyssa Watkins and Brenna Elliott; Macy Jerome and Brittany Hei.
HITS: SM — Nicholson, Stewart 2, Turner 2, Elliott 3, Stoke, Sloper, Brebner. Kell — Card, Jerome 2, Clapper 2, Hei, Karst. 2B — Stewart, Stoke, Sloper. HR — Elliott, Stewart, Turner.