PREP BASEBALL: Coey's slam fuels Coeur d'Alene's sweep of Lakeland
COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Kolbe Coey hit a grand slam in the fourth inning of the first game for Coeur d’Alene, which went on to sweep Lakeland 16-4 and 3-0 in an Inland Empire League doubleheader on Saturday at Ted Page Field.
Will Beckenhauer hit a two-run homer in the third inning of the opener to put Coeur d'Alene up 5-4.
In the nightcap, senior Owen Field had a two-run single for the Vikings, who limited Lakeland to one hit — a fourth inning single by Tadgh Ellwood.
Coeur d’Alene (3-0, 2-0 IEL) hosts Moscow in an IEL doubleheader on Tuesday.
Lakeland (0-6, 0-4) hosts Sandpoint in a league doubleheader on Tuesday.
FIRST GAME
Lakeland 040 000 — 4 2 0
Coeur d’Alene 205 9x — 16 13 5
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Tadgh Ellwood, Luke Knight (3), Brody Weitz (4) and Nate Bevacqua; Bam Fenter, Will Beckenhauer (3), Tyler Voorhees (5) and Richie Hackett.
HITS: LL — Tamangi, Averitt. Cd’A — Field, Voorhees 2, Fenter, Coey 2, Helms 3, Beckenhauer 3, Trunkey-Evans. 2B — Averitt, Voorhees 2, Coey, Fenter. HR — Coey, Beckenhauer.
SECOND GAME
Lakeland 000 000 0 — 0 1 2
Coeur d’Alene 030 000 x — 3 5 1
Jake Jovick, Evan Shanley (6) and Hunter Averitt; Evan Robertson, Dylan Cook (5), Kolbe Coey (7) and Hunter Chambers.
HITS: LL — Ellwood. Cd’A — Field, Fenter, Robertson, Trunkey-Evans, Sutich. 2B — Fenter, Trunkey-Evans.
Post Falls 7
Rigby 0
BOISE — Three Post Falls pitchers combined on a one-hitter, a triple by Rigby’s Quinn Bennett to lead off the game, to wrap up play in the Buck’s Bags Invitational at Timberline High.
Aidan Carrasco had a two-run single in the fifth inning and Caden Reese scored two runs for Post Falls (2-2), which returns home to host Lewiston in an IEL doubleheader next Saturday at noon.
“We really learned a lot from the first game to today,” Post Falls coach Kurt Reese said. “I really think that not having the newness really helped them come through and play the way the game is supposed to be played today.”
Rigby is 3-5.
Post Falls 000 060 1 — 7 8 1
Rigby 000 000 0 — 0 1 0
Ben Carrasco, Marshall Tomlinson (3), Caden Reese (6) and Brandon Felix; Joseph Madsen, Zack Gray (5), Quinn Bennett (5) and Easton Allen.
HITS: PF — A. Carrasco 2, Cooley, Morrison, Reese, B. Carrasco, O’Connor, Felix. Rig — Bennett. 2B — Morrison, Cooley. 3B — Bennett.
Bonners Ferry 12-13
St. Maries 10-2
LEWISTON — Stryder Liermann went 4 for 4 with three RBIs in the first game for the Badgers, who swept the Lumberjacks at Clearwater Park.
Thomas Bateman went 3 for 4 with three runs scored and two RBIs in the first game for Bonners Ferry.
Resor Pugh had two hits and three RBIs for St. Maries in the first game.
Thomas Bateman and Keenan Maas scored three runs each for Bonners Ferry in the second game.
St. Maries (1-4) hosts Grangeville on Tuesday.
Bonners Ferry (2-2) hosts Lincoln County, Mont., next Saturday.
FIRST GAME
St. Maries 000 018 1 — 10 14 2
Bonners Ferry 430 212 x — 12 12 0
Landen Holmes, Amando Stewart (3) and Amado Stewart, Kris Brusseau (3); Gavin Rider, Maddox Mertzweiller (5), Ronin Hanson (6) and Keenan Maas.
HITS: SM — Harold, Pugh 2, Lingo 3, Holmes, K. Brusseau 2, Stewart 2, Morris, Hammons, McMurrian. BF — Rice, Woods, Bateman 3, Maas, Liermann 4, Osteberg, Pluid. 2B — Morris, Pluid, Osteberg, Bateman, Liermann 2, Woods. 3B — Holmes.
SECOND GAME
St. Maries 100 01 — 2 5 2
Bonners Ferry 634 0x — 13 17 1
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Jordan Hammons, Peyton Lingo (2), Kaiden McMurrian (3) and H. Wilborn; Thomas Bateman, Brody Rice (4) and Burt Kordale.
HITS: SM — Harold, Holmes, Morris, Stewart, Wilborn. BF — Rice, Woods 3, Bateman 4, Maas 2, Pluid, Liermann, Rider, Hanson 3, Osteberg. 2B — Morris, Hanson 2, Woods, Maas, Rice, Bateman 2.