BASEBALL

RATHDRUM - As it turned out, one game was all the Lakeland Hawks needed to seal their playoff fate.

With runners on first and third and one out, a Moscow batter hit a fly ball to Troy Carr in center field, Carr made the catch and threw back to first base to double up Jake Helbling to give the Hawks a 4-3 win over the Moscow Bears in a 4A Inland Empire League game Thursday.

"Troy threw a rocket from center field," Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. "He made an amazing catch and threw back in to Tyler (Burnett), who scooped the ball and got an out."

Moscow's Drew Papineau, who was the tying run at third base, had to return to third to tag up, and he failed to score before the third out was made at first base.

"It was really head's up on Troy's part," Bradbury said. "Burnett has saved us time and time again."

Daniel Whitesitt's sacrifice fly in the fourth inning gave Lakeland (10-11, 3-4 4A IEL) the lead for good.

The teams were scheduled to play a doubleheader, but the second game was called because of rain and lightning with Moscow leading 9-6 in the top of the fifth inning.

With the win, Lakeland clinches the No. 2 seed to the 4A Region 1 tournament and will host Sandpoint on Saturday at noon. The win meant the Hawks could do no worse than tie Sandpoint (6-14, 3-5) with a loss in the nightcap, and Lakeland already held the tiebreaker over the Bulldogs, by playing more games against 5A schools.

Moscow (10-8, 5-2) is the No. 1 seed, and plays host to Saturday's winner on Monday.

Moscow 010 002 0 - 3 8 0

Lakeland 201 100 x - 4 8 1

Jake Helbling, Nolan Johnson (2) and Drew Papineau; Troy Carr, Gaige Gray (7) and A.J. Walls. W - Carr (4-2). L - Helbling. S - Gray (1).

HITS: Mos - Helbling, Papineau, Lazen, Payne 2, Morgan. LL - Carr 3, Donoian, Cooper 2, Vandever, Hart. 2B - Lazen, Morgan, Cooper. 3B - Cooper, Carr.

Coeur d'Alene 15

Lake City 3

COEUR d'ALENE - Senior Matt Lambert had three hits for the Vikings in a 5A Inland Empire League win at Lake City.

"We had some defensive miscues in the third inning and their team speed got to us a bit there," said Lake City coach Al Bevacqua of the Vikings' six-run third inning. "We had some passed balls that really cost us in that inning."

Grant Curtis and Garrett Cabeza had RBIs in the sixth inning for Lake City (8-12, 3-9 5A IEL), which returns to action Monday at either Coeur d'Alene or Lewiston in the first round of the 5A Region 1 tournament.

Coeur d'Alene (20-1, 11-0) hosts Post Falls on Friday.

Coeur d'Alene 036 010 5 - 15 9 2

Lake City 000 102 0 - 3 6 5

Mikey Schmidt, Colin Comack (7) and Levi Pereira; Pete Hoffman, Jason Pattis (3) and Keegan Kelley, Emmitt Stangel (4). W - Schmidt. L - Hoffman.

HITS: Cd'A - Lambert 3, Lockhert 2, DeHaas 2, Nyquist, J. Pereira. LC - Bevacqua 2, Curtis, Stangel 2, Cabeza. 2B - Lockhert, Nyquist, Curtis, Stangel.

Kellogg 5

St. Maries 2

ST. MARIES - Justin Karst hit a two-run home run with two outs in the fourth inning to spark the Wildcats past the Lumberjacks in an Intermountain League game.

Karst also earned the win for Kellogg (5-9, 3-9 IML), allowing two runs on seven hits.

"He had a good day pitching," St. Maries coach Craig Tefft said. "He did a good job of scattering his hits and they played good defense behind them."

Ashton Stephenson and Zack Lehman had RBIs for St. Maries (3-10, 3-6), which travels to Priest River today at 2 p.m.

Kellogg 002 200 1 - 5 8 3

St. Maries 001 010 0 - 2 7 3

Justin Karst and Casey Jerome; Bubba Pugh, Ryan Sullivan (4) and Ashton Stephenson. W - Karst. L - Pugh (1-3).

HITS: Kell - Ju. Karst, Jerome 2, Beggerly, Garner, Morgan, Hendzel 2. SM - Stapleton, Lehman 2, Stephenson, Anderson 2, Sullivan. 2B - Lehman, Stephenson, Morgan. HR - Karst.

SOFTBALL

St. Maries 15

Kellogg 5

ST. MARIES - Senior Morgan Cummings went 3 for 3 with three RBIs and three runs as the Lumberjacks beat the Wildcats in Intermountain League play.

Cummings hit a two-run triple to highlight a six-run third inning for St. Maries (8-7, 5-5 IML). Prior to that, Tia Asbury hit a two-run double in the inning.

"It was a pretty efficient performance by (Chelsea) Grosvenor," St. Maries coach Todd Bitterman said. "She settled down after the first inning, and set 'em down 1-2-3 in the second, third and fourth."

St. Maries plays at Priest River today at 2.

Kellogg (5-13, 3-9) will play Bonners Ferry next Friday in the first round of the 3A District 1 tournament at Timberlake High.

Kellogg 300 02 - 5 4 5

St. Maries 316 41 - 15 11 5

Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.

Samantha Lish, Raine Yergler (4) and Taylor Samuelson; Chelsea Grosvenor, Tia Asbury (5) and Brittany Nelson. W - Grosvenor (4-2). L - Lish.

HITS: Kell - Hojem, Barr, Ivie, Samuelson. SM - Asbury 2, Allen, Grosvenor, Cummings 3, Ghramm, K. Schaum, Tweedy 2. 2B - Asbury, Cummings. 3B - Cummings 2, Ghramm.

Dodge wins at

Moscow invite

MOSCOW - Maddie Dodge of Post Falls earned medalist honors for the second straight tournament, winning a playoff at the University of Idaho Course.

Moscow won the rescheduled tournament, scaled down to four teams because of the new date.

Coeur d'Alene was second, Post Falls fourth. Both return to action Monday at the 5A Region 1 tournament at Bryden Canyon Golf Course in Lewiston.

"It seems like every tournament we've improved - we're just hoping against hope on Monday that we finally get to play in some good weather," Coeur d'Alene co-coach Melody Melton said.

Par 72

5,538 yards

TEAM SCORES - Moscow 349, Coeur d'Alene 391, Lewiston 432, Post Falls 494.

MEDALIST - Maddie Dodge, Post Falls, 81 (won playoff).

COEUR d'ALENE - Mackenzie Phillips 96, Chelsea Porter 96, Taylor Hammon 99, Jordan Hintz 100, Elsa Goodsen 112.

POST FALLS - Maddie Dodge 81, Hayley Serdahl 105, Sarah Emerson 151, Cyndi Chapman 157.

TENNIS

Post Falls 8

Coeur d'Alene 4

POST FALLS - Robert Willis won in straight sets in No. 2 boys singles, Michael Tucker and Jordan Hernandez won in No. 1 boys doubles, and Post Falls defeated Coeur d'Alene.

Post Falls has matches vs. Lewiston and Sandpoint today. Boys and girls doubles are at Post Falls High School. Mixed doubles are at City Courts. Boys and girls singles are at Coeur d’Alene High School. Play at each location starts at 2 p.m.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Craig Tedman, Cd’A, d. James Buckel 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. No. 2, Robert Willis, PF, d. Jordan Wise 6-3, 6-2. No. 3, Dan Schaefer, PF, d. Jacob Beam 6-2, 7-6 (7-4).

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Michael Tucker and Jordan Hernandez, PF, d. John Campbell and Ian Lynch 6-1, 6-1. No. 2, Adam Sedgwick and Andrew Sedgwick, PF, d. Keenan Llenshlager and Nate Boston 6-4, 6-2.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Abbey Steed, Cd’A, d. Erica Pofal 7-6 (7-5), 6-4. No. 2, Camille Barlow, PF, win by default No. 3, Shelby Mahal, PF, win by default.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Sonja Jacobson and Cassidy Hand, Cd’A, d. Brittany Engle and Cammy Saunders 6-4, 5-7, 6-0. No. 2, Megan Pierce and Jessica Niles, PF, d. Courtney Gunnerson and Danyelle Keese 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 7-6 (8-6).

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Ben Payton and Kim Rowe, PF, Sloane Booterbaugh and Kyle Coffey, 6-3, 6-4. No. 2, Lexi Carlsen and Chase Davis, Cd’A, d. Loryn Seiel and Brittany Laudermilk 6-0, 6-2.

Lakeland 7

Cd’A Charter 7

COEUR d’ALENE — Normally a doubles player, Parker Matthews triumphed 8-3 at No. 3 boys singles for Coeur d’Alene Charter in a match against Lakeland at the Cherry Hill courts.

“It was a very good match — well played by him,” Charter coach Eileen Johnson said. “This was a time for him to shine, and he did just that.”

On Saturday, Lakeland plays at Libby, and Coeur d’Alene Charter plays against the other District 1 schools at Moscow in a seeding tournament for the district tournament the following weekend in Moscow.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Godwin Peck, LL, d. Mitch Ketron, 8-4. No. 2, no match. No. 3, Parker Matthews, CCA, d. Mason Upton, 8-3. No. 4, Reily Howell, LL, d. Zane Lewis 8-0.

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Laslo Asztalos/Jared Boyer, LL, d. Cyrus Bowlin/Raul Mondragon 8-2. No. 2, Ryan Meech/Matt McWhorter, CCA, d. Ethan McGaughey/Will Coulombe, 8-3.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Rebecca Winzer, CCA, d. Gina Titterington, 8-1. No. 2, Mindi Grantham, CCA, d. Kiki Russell, 8-4. No. 3, Taylor Hamilton, LL, d. Gabby Thompson-Hoots, 8-4. No. 4, Sierra Pancoast, CCA, d. Alexa Ziegler, 8-3.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Kim Rubin/Kendra Stubbs, LL, d. Lynn Babich/Sierra Pancoast, 8-4. No. 2, Sophie Adams/Lura Bonney, CCA, d. Cassie Elmore/Amber Rings, 8-3. No. 3, Sophie Adams/Lura Bonney, CCA, d. Sydney Meckel/Miki Jensen, 6-2.

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Felix Bochmann/Sam Goodman, LL, d. James George/Olivia Burkett, 8-5. No. 2, Scott Campbell/Taylor Patik, LL, d. Caleb Drechsel/Lynn Babich, 8-1.