Cardinals salvage split with Snow
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 16 years, 4 months AGO
SOFTBALL
EPHRIAM, Utah - North Idaho rallied in the final three innings of the second game on Friday to split a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader with the Snow Badgers at Badger Field.
Snow's Heather Gardner hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning of an 8-0 win. Heather Black had seven strikeouts for the Bruins (9-20, 6-15 SWAC), allowing one hit over five innings.
Lauren Maloney had four hits and five RBIs, including a grand slam in the top of the sixth as the Cardinals outscored the Bruins 8-4 in the final three innings to earn a 15-13 win in nine innings.
North Idaho (22-20, 15-15) had a six-run top of the seventh inning to rally from a 9-7 deficit, keyed by a two-run double from Shelby Gonzales.
NIC and Snow play another doubleheader today at noon.
FIRST GAME
North Idaho 000 00 - 0 1 4
Snow 251 0x - 8 8 1
Game ended after five innings due to eight-run mercy rule.
Kathy Comack, Alyssa Erickson and Renae Kimbell; Heather Black and Jennifer Stanley. W - Black. L - Comack.
HITS: NIC - Hawley. Snow - Hyland, Taylor, Gardner 2, Minniear, Stanley, Lewis, Brambell. 2B -Gardner, Brambell. HR - Gardner.
SECOND GAME
North Idaho 011 014 602 - 15 16 4
Snow 411 012 400 - 13 14 6
Kathy Comack, Alyssa Erickson (1), Jessica Ross (5) and Shelby Gonzales; Heather Gardner, Kandice Kirkham (5), McKenzie Hatch (7) and Jennifer Stanley. W - Erickson. L - Gardner.
HITS: NIC - Hawley, Maloney 4, Krier 2, Hartnett, Ross 3, Gonzales 2, Plenger, Erickson 2. Snow - Hyland 3, Taylor, Gardner 2, Stanley 2, Lewis 3, Mangleson 2, Brambell. 2B - Krier, Plenger, Taylor. 3B - Maloney, Hartnett, Mangelson 2. HR - Maloney, Stanley.
Sasquatch take 29-23 lead
over Cardinals at shootout
HAYDEN - Community Colleges of Spokane took a 29-23 lead over North Idaho College after Day 1 of the Cardinal-Bigfoot Shootout at Avondale Golf Course.
"We did something with a little different format today," North Idaho coach Randy Boswell said. "The kids enjoyed it, but the weather wasn't that great."
Ben Johnson shot a 74-71 for North Idaho. Former Coeur d'Alene Viking Taylor Porter a 72-67 for CC Spokane.
The Bigfoot-Cardinal Shootout continues today at the Links Golf Course in Post Falls starting at 10 a.m.
Cardinal-Bigfoot Shootout
At Avondale Golf Course
Par 72
6,660 yards
NORTH IDAHO - Branden Dalton 77-68, Dillon Williams 71-75, Paul Heiskell 79-75, Jeremy Jensen 81-78, Kristopher Brett 79-81, Ben Johnson 74-71, Cody Mee 89-83.
SPOKANE - Taylor Porter 72-67, Jason Molner 74-69, Kyler Gabel 71-75, Sam Krause 73-76, Tyler Johnson 74-76, Corey Meyers 73-76, Brooks Guetlin 74-83.