PREP ROUNDUP: Post Falls finally opens baseball season, splits
• BASEBALL
BOISE — There was some good.
Really good.
And then, there was some bad for the Post Falls baseball team to open the season on Thursday.
Senior Caleb Jimmerson struck out 10 and junior Bryce Berger fanned five for the Trojans in a 4-3 season-opening win over Meridian in the Buck’s Bags Tournament at Capital High.
Senior Kyler Cooley hit a solo home run leading off a four-run second inning, the lone hit for Post Falls in the opener.
“It was a very typical first day where we did some really good things and some other things to work on,” Post Falls coach Kurt Reese said. “Cooley’s home run was phenomenal and that inning showed what we could do. Jimmerson was really good and wasn’t quite as sharp as he could have been. Berger came in and shut the door and pitched lights out.”
Later, the Trojans committed seven errors in a 6-4 loss to Capital of Boise.
“We just had a lot of mental errors and mistakes,” Reese said. “There’s just some things that we’ll continue to work through.”
Post Falls (1-1) faces Skyview of Nampa today at Timberline High in Boise.
POST FALLS 4, MERIDIAN 3
Meridian 002 100 0 — 3 2 3
Post Falls 040 000 x — 4 1 0
Alex Marquardt, Jacob Lane (5) and Jacob Lane, Kayden Kendall (6); Caleb Jimmerson, Bryce Berger (5) and Marshall Tomlinson.
HITS: Mer — Van Tol, Fletchinger. PF — Cooley. HR — Cooley.
CAPITAL 6, POST FALLS 4
Post Falls 002 020 0 — 4 4 7
Capital 311 001 x — 6 4 2
Mike O’Connor, Ian Ingle (5) and Brandon Felix; Cooper Myers, Preston Christianson (5) and Dylan Hawk.
HITS: PF — Jimmerson, Cooley, Tomlinson, B. Carrasco. Cap — Ruzicka, Hawk, Beatty, Hartley. 2B — Jimmerson.
St. Maries 17
Liberty 7
SPANGLE, Wash. — Amado Stewart had a two-run single in the top of the seventh inning as the Lumberjacks scored 13 unanswered runs to beat the Lancers.
Peyton Lingo had three hits and four runs scored for St. Maries (1-2), which trailed 7-4 after three innings before rallying.
Landen Holmes also had four runs scored for St. Maries (1-2), which is scheduled to face Bonners Ferry in a doubleheader at Airport Park in Lewiston on Saturday.
Liberty is 1-2.
St. Maries 013 423 4 — 17 10 2
Liberty 016 000 0 — 7 5 1
Kris Brusseau, Jaxson Harold (3), Landen Holmes (4), Amado Stewart (7) and Amado Stewart, K. Brusseau (7); Morris, Hofstff (4), Holling (7) and Nemnich.
HITS: SM — Morris, Holmes, Lingo 3, R. Brusseau 2, Harold, Stewart, McMurrian. Lib — Holling, Morris, Strobal, Hogwegner 2. 2B — Holmes.
Priest River at
Timberlake, ppd.
SPIRIT LAKE — The nonleague game was postponed due to poor field conditions at Timberlake High.
No makeup date was immediately announced.
• TENNIS
Sandpoint 12
Lakeland 0
SANDPOINT — The visiting Hawks opened the season with a loss to the Bulldogs at the James E. Russell Sports Center.
Lakeland is scheduled to host Lewiston today at 2 p.m.
BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Jacob Dawson, Spt, d. Ethan Hunt, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2, Nathan Duke, Spt, d. Marty Babb, 6-1, 6-0. No. 3, Caden Martz, Spt, d. Thayer Sabatke, 6-1, 6-0.
BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Ethan Ballard/Brennan Johnson, Spt, d. Brock Raebel/Jayden Ruelle, 6-4, 6-2. No. 2, Fisher Dahl/Joey Allen, Spt, d. Corvin Krause/Jacob Holan, 6-2, 6-3.
GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Pepper Rickert, Spt, d. Caitlin Costello, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2, Bella Bailey, Spt, d. Candela Masip, 6-1, 6-0. No. 3, Donna Tutin, Spt, d. Jenna Olson, 6-3, 7-5.
GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Aubrey Knowles/Amelia Poulson, Spt, d. Maddie Andres/Amanda Olson, 6-3, 6-0. No. 2, Lily Evans/Hannah Fisher, Spt, d. Brenna Brownsberger/Aspen Liddiard, 6-3, 6-2.
MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Lane Harris/Avery Thornton, Spt, d. Bridget Derbyshire/Garrett Snyder, 6-1, 6-1. No. 2, Morgan Dail/Colby Dyk, Spt, d. Gabrielle Phillips/Kyle Fritz, 4-3, 4-2.