PREP SOFTBALL: Blood, Gugino shine for Lake City on senior day
COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Maddy Blood struck out 11 and pitched a three-hitter, and senior Layla Gugino homered and drove in six runs as the Lake City Timberwolves beat the Timberlake Tigers 15-1 on senior day at Lake City on Tuesday.
Blood also went 3 for 3 with three RBIs for Lake City (15-7-1), including a two-run homer in the second inning.
Gugino, who has signed with Montana, hit a three-run homer in a nine-run second inning, a two-run single in the fourth and a sacrifice fly in the first.
Senior Aaliyah Lopez was 3 for 3 with a two-run double in the second. Junior Karsyn DeMent hit a two-run homer in the third.
Freshman Shae Jones, Timberlake’s star pitcher, missed the game with walking pneumonia, Tigers coach Casi Lupinacci said.
Timberlake (13-3) plays host to Bonners Ferry today at 4 p.m. in their regular season and Intermountain League finale.
Second-seeded Lake City plays host to third-seeded Post Falls on Saturday at noon in the loser-out first-round of the 6A District 1 tournament. The winner advances to play top-seeded Coeur d’Alene in a best-of-3 series for the district title starting next Tuesday.
Timberlake 001 00 — 1 3 3
Lake City 192 3x — 15 11 2
Game called in fifth inning due to 10-run rule.
Marissa Needs and Taylor Bentley; Maddy Blood and Alexandria Routon, Kyla Smith (5).
HITS: TL — Needs, Kitchin, Gardner. LC — Gugino 3, DeMent, Peterson, A. Lopez 3, Blood 3. 2B — Gugino, A. Lopez. HR — DeMent, Blood, Gugino.
Post Falls 10-15
Bonners Ferry 0-1
POST FALLS — Senior Sienna Williams, who has signed with Whitworth, went 5 for 8 with five RBIs and five runs scored on the day as the Trojans swept the Badgers on senior day.
Rylan Morrison struck out 11 and pitched a two-hitter in the opener for Post Falls (9-9). Junior McKenna Zimmerman had three hits and drove in five runs for the Trojans.
Bonners Ferry is 7-9.
Post Falls travels to Sandpoint on Thursday for an Inland Empire League doubleheader to wrap up the regular season.
FIRST GAME
Bonners Ferry 100 00 — 1 2 7
Post Falls 563 1x — 15 8 1
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Hannah Frago, Ryelle Short (2) and Patience Curtis; Rylan Morrison and McKenna Zimmerman.
HITS: BF — Short 2. PF — Williams 3, Zimmerman, Dan, Wasson 2, Byers. 2B — Wasson. 3B — Dan.
SECOND GAME
Bonners Ferry 000 00 — 0 2 3
Post Falls 207 1x — 10 13 1
Jennifer Petersen and Patience Curtis; Lexie McCarroll and Kulani Peahu-Michael.
HITS: BF — Petersen, Frago. PF — Peahu-Michael, Williams 2, Zimmerman 2, Dan, McCarroll 2, Felix, Wasson 2, Blair, Byers. 2B — Zimmerman 2, Felix.
Lakeland at
Moscow, ppd., rain
MOSCOW — The Inland Empire League doubleheader was postponed and rescheduled for today at 3 and 5 p.m. at the Moscow School District Community Playfields.
Orofino 10
St. Maries 7
ST. MARIES — The host Lumberjacks led 6-1 after two innings, but the Maniacs took the lead with seven runs in the top of the fifth and went on to win in a game for the Central Idaho League title at City Park.
Madie Thomas homered and Addilynn Turner and Danika Sloper had RBI singles as St. Maries (13-8, 9-3 CIL) took a 4-1 lead after the first.
Orofino is 13-7, 10-2.
On Friday, second-seeded St. Maries will play host to third-seeded Grangeville (12-10, 8-4), and top-seeded Orofino will be home vs. Thursday’s Priest River-Kellogg game, both at 4 p.m.
Orofino 100 170 1 — 10 11 5
St. Maries 420 100 0 — 7 7 5
Reece Deyo, Sady Olive (4) and Rilee Diffin; Addyson Stewart and Taryn Brebner.
HITS: Oro — Olive, Diffin 2, Johnson 2, P. Deyo, Tondevold, R. Deyo, Coleman 3. SM — Thomas, Baird, Stewart, Turner, Sloper 2, Nicholson. 2B — Coleman 2, Diffin. HR — Thomas.