PREP ROUNDUP: Post Falls, Lewiston split in IEL baseball

• BASEBALL

POST FALLS — Marshall Tomlinson and Caleb Jimerson had three RBIs each for Post Falls in an 11-2 win over Lewiston Bengals in the first game of an Inland Empire League doubleheader on Saturday at Post Falls High. 

Tomlinson, who drove in Jimerson on a sacrifice fly in the first inning, had a two-run double in the bottom of the second inning to give Post Falls a 4-0 lead. Jimerson, who struck out eight on the mound, had a two-run single in the fourth inning. 

“Our bats came alive, and we had some timely hits,” Post Falls coach Kurt Reese said. “We made some plays and put together close to a complete game in that first game. We had some really solid hits.”

In the nightcap, Lewiston scored five runs in the first inning in an 8-3 win over the Trojans to get the split. Brandon Morrison had a two-run single in the first inning of the second game for Post Falls (3-3, 1-1 IEL), which hosts Sandpoint in a doubleheader next Saturday. 

“We just had some bad luck with a few things with some errors,” Reese said. “I’m proud of the boys for threatening and getting back into it, but we were just missing those key hits in the second game.” 

Lewiston is 8-6, 4-4. 

FIRST GAME 

Lewiston            000    200    0    —    2       4     3 

Post Falls            221    501    x    —    11    14    2 

Jaxon Holthaus, Landon Ortiz (4) and River Stamper; Caleb Jimerson, Gavin Wienker (6) and Marshall Tomlinson. 

HITS: Lew — Schumacher, Stamper, Phillips, Estlund. PF — Jimerson 4, A. Carrasco 2, Tomlinson 2, Morrison, Reese 2, O’Connor 2, Felix. 2B — Estlund, Tomlinson. 3B — Carrasco. 

SECOND GAME 

Lewiston            510    001    1    —    8    8    1 

Post Falls            300    000    0    —    3    5    3 

Jayden Estlund, Luke Crosby (7) and Peyton Bonebrake; Mike O’Connor, Caden Perkins (3) and Ben Felix. 

HITS: Lew — Krasselt, Schumacher, Phillips 3, Casey 2, Henson. PF — Jimerson, Tomlinson, Morrison 2, Reese. 2B — Phillips. 

• TENNIS

Judson wins at

McConnell invite

Coeur d’Alene High senior Connor Judson, who has signed to play at Whitworth University in Spokane, beat Peter Farley of Mead 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 1 boys singles championship match at the Larry McConnell Invitational at the Lewis-Clark State Indoor Tennis Center in Lewiston.

Caitlin Combes was third in No. 1 girls singles and the No. 2 boys doubles team of Max James and Lucas Reeves finished second for Coeur d’Alene, which faces Lake City next, with boys matches at Coeur d’Alene High and girls matches at Lake City High on April 8. 

• TRACK AND FIELD

Porinchok climbs record

books at Priest River

COLVILLE — Junior Niki Porinchok grabbed gold in the discus with the second-best throw in Priest River High history to lead the Spartans at the Ezra Gordon Invitational at Colville High.

Porinchok’s throw of 157 feet 6 inches beat out 63 other competitors and is just 5 inches short of Matyus McLain’s school record set in 2023 at the state 2A (now 3A) championship meet. His throw is also a personal best by over 17 feet and currently ranks as fifth in the state of Idaho across all classifications and second in 3A. Porinchok also finished third out of 74 in the shot put with a new personal-best mark of 42 feet, 8 inches.

Also for the Spartans, junior Ian Lamanna was third out of 20 in the pole vault (11 feet 0 inches) and fourth out of 42 in the 200-meter dash with a new personal best of 24.80 seconds, senior Luccas Simcox was third out of 51 in the long jump (19 feet, 4.5 inches) and senior Carter Korff was sixth out of 83 in the 100-meter dash (11.84 seconds).

Lamanna, Korff, Simcox, and Gunnar Pettit posted a second-place finish in the 4x100 relay with a time 46.34 seconds.

For the girls, Priest River junior Chase Smith was second out of 44 in the javelin with a season-best of 92 feet, 4 inches, which currently ranks as third-best in 3A. 

Priest River’s Haley Braae, Ashlyn Korff, Jasmine Stark and Swoboda were third in both the 4x100 relay (55.63 seconds) and the 4x200 relay (2:00.34).

Priest River will return to action on Friday for the Glenn Wolf Invitational hosted by Deer Park. Clark Fork is idle until the Lake Pend Oreille Invitational, which will be hosted by Sandpoint on April 12.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Colville 121. 2, Freeman 106. 3, Valley Christian 89. 4, Reardan 69. 5, Northwest Christian 68.5. 6, Priest River 55.5. 7, Newport 34. 8, Chewelah 32. 9, Selkirk 28. 10, Republic 21. 11, Kettle Falls 11. 12, Hillcrest (Calif.) 10. 13, Riverside 8. 14, Clark Fork 7. 15, Wellpinit 3.

(Winner, top local)

100 — 1, Jaetyn Cole, Freeman, 11.65. 6, Carter Korff, Priest River, 11.84. 200 — 1, David Jackson, Republic, 23.66. 4, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 24.80. 400 — 1, Gabriel Branstetter, Reardan, 51.93. 9, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 57.03. 800 — 1, Gabriel Branstetter, Reardan, 2:06.54. 13, Daniel Gunkle, Priest River, 2:23.87. 1,600 — 1, Malik Ortiz, Colville, 4:30.32. 21, Daniel Gunkle, Priest River, 5:28.74. 3,200 — 1, Malik Ortiz, Colville, 10:06.18.

110 hurdles — 1, Khalil Pickett, Hillcrest (Calif.), 14.94. 8, Westin Caven, Clark Fork, 19.60. 300 hurdles — 1, Trenton Sandborn, Freeman, 39.91. 5, Westin Caven, Clark Fork, 48.56. 4x100 relay — 1, Freeman (Jared Bazar, Jaetyn Cole, Tyce Gilbert, Cody Cayce), 44.21. 2, Priest River (Carter Korff, Ian Lamanna, Luccas Simcox, Gunnar Pettit), 46.34. 4x200 relay — no race. 4x400 relay — 1, Reardan (Jakari Singleton, Blake Wynecoop, Evan Krupke, Gabriel Branstetter), 3:34.93. 9, Priest River (Doug Ezell, Darik Gosser, Kellen Smith, Gunnar Pettit) 4:10.71.

Shot put — 1, Joseph Steinbach, Valley Christian, 48-0 1/2. 3, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 42-8. Discus — 1, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 157-6. 8, Ryan Bell, Priest River, 106-9. Javelin — 1, Colby Shamblin, Northwest Christian, 174-6. 10, Ryan Bell, Priest River, 118-0. Pole vault — 1, AJ Kent, Chewelah, 11-6. 3, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 11-0. High jump — 1, Trenton Sandborn, Freeman, 6-6. 6, Carter Cook, Priest River, 5-4. Long jump — 1, Evan Krupke, Reardan, 20-10. 3, Luccas Simcox, Priest River, 19-4 1/2. Triple jump — 1, Evan Krupke, Reardan, 40-6. 6, Gaden Marble, Priest River, 35-0 1/2.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Northwest Christian 121. 2, Freeman 108.5. 3, Colville 107. 4, Valley Christian 82. 5, Newport 62. 6, Riverside 58.5. 7, Kettle Falls 42. 8, Priest River 35. 9, Reardan 24. 10, Chewelah 18. t-11, Inchelium, Republic 8. 13, Northport 4. 14, Clark Fork 3. t-15, Curlew, Selkirk 2.

(Winner, top local)

100 — 1, Ava Montgomery, Riverside, 13.32. 13, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 14.56. 200 — 1, Andee Kroiss, Colville, 27.46. 8, Ashlyn Korff, Priest River, 30.43. 400 — 1, Andee Kroiss, Colville, 1:01.19. 800 — 1, Zaidence Zier, Colville, 2:30.53. 5, Lizzie McCracken, Priest River, 2:44.19. 1,600 — 1, Zaidence Zier, Colville, 5:35.44. 7, Lizzie McCracken, Priest River, 6:25.12. 3,200 — 1, Melissa Walker, Valley Christian, 11:58.32.

100 hurdles — 1, Kalista Malone, Colville, 17.11. 7, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 18.64. 300 hurdles — 1, Kalista Malone, Colville, 48.93. 8, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 56.06. 4x100 relay — 1, Freeman (Nicole DuPont, Dakota Daines, Rylee Russell, Fiona Anderson), 51.23. 3, Priest River (Haley Braae, Ashlyn Korff, Jasmine Stark, Kylee Swoboda) 55.63. 4x200 relay — 1, Kettle Falls (Josie Beardslee, Wyn Edwards, Audrey Esvelt, Ella Johnson), 1:57.94. 3, Priest River (Haley Braae, Ashlyn Korff, Jasmine Stark, Kylee Swoboda) 2:00.34. 4x400 relay — 1, Colville (Madelyn Andres, Kalista Malone, Zaidence Zier, Andee Kroiss), 4:20.92.

Shot put — 1, Athena Jones, Riverside, 35-7. 29, Averii Meek, Priest River, 16-8 1/2. Discus — 1, Geneva Barker, Northwest Christian, 105-1. 34, Averii Meek, Priest River, 46-10. Javelin — 1, Paisley Rounsley, Valley Christian, 102-1. 2, Chase Smith, Priest River, 92-4. Pole vault — 1, Fiona Anderson, Freeman, 10-6. 7, Jasmine Stark, Priest River, 6-6. High jump — 1, Logan Pecht, Freeman, 5-2. 5, Kylee Swoboda, Priest River, 4-8. Long jump — 1, Joelle Brandtner, Newport, 15-1 1/4. 11, Chase Smith, Priest River, 13-4 1/4. Triple jump — 1, Joelle Brandtner, Newport, 32-3; 7, Chase Smith, Priest River, 28-9 1/2.