* BASEBALL

SPIRIT LAKE - J.D. Page struck out 16 in the first game and Casey Rogstad went 2 for 4 with four RBIs in the second game for the Timberlake Tigers in an 8-1 and 11-3 sweep of the St. Maries Lumberjacks on Saturday at Timberlake High.

With the sweep, Timberlake (12-5, 9-2 IML) clinches the Intermountain League championship for the third straight year and will be the top seed in the 3A District 1 tournament starting Friday in Spirit Lake. The Tigers will face the winner of Tuesday's Bonners Ferry-Kellogg loser-out game at 4 p.m.

"I was pretty proud of those kids today," Timberlake coach Bill Rider said. "They're a good group and we're excited about the season."

Page followed up a 21-strikeout game against St. Maries on April 3.

"Craig (Tefft) and I were joking in between games that they'd had to face him twice and in 15 innings, he had 37 strikeouts," Rider said. "That's pretty dominant and it's pretty tough to beat a kid that strikes out that many kids."

D.J. Turner had a two-run single in the second game for St. Maries (9-9, 8-4), which opens districts against Priest River on Friday.

"St. Maries played their butts off today," Rider said. "But so did my kids. They were just focused today and it was awesome to see."

FIRST GAME

St. Maries 000 001 0 - 1 3 1

Timberlake 003 203 x - 8 13 0

Ryan Sullivan and Ray Flowers; J.D. Page and Austin Allen. W - Page (5-2). L - Sullivan (2-3).

HITS: SM - Stephenson, Turner, Flowers. TL - Allen, Galloway 3, Page 2, Masterson 2, Foster, Reese 2, Cramer 2. 2B - Flowers, Page, Masterson, Reese. 3B - Cramer.

SECOND GAME

St. Maries 101 010 0 - 3 8 1

Timberlake 103 322 x - 11 11 1

Ashton Stephenson, Jordan Stapleton, Dillon Michael and Ray Flowers; Hunter Tonkin, John Galloway (5) and Austin Allen. W - Tonkin (4-1). L - Stephenson (3-2).

HITS: SM - Stapleton, Stephenson 2, Turner, Truscott, Michael 2, Flowers. TL - Allen, Galloway, Masterson, Rogstad 2, Stocks, Tonkin 2, Reese, Cramer 2. 2B - Michael, Allen, Masterson. 3B - Galloway, Stephenson

Lakeland advances to 4A Region 1 title game

RATHDRUM - Evan Johnson allowed four hits and struck out six over seven innings as the Lakeland Hawks defeated the Moscow Bears 7-1 in a 4A Region 1 tournament game at Lakeland High.

Johnson also drove in three runs for Lakeland (15-5), which hosts the winner of Wednesday's Sandpoint-Moscow loser-out game on Saturday for a berth to the state 4A tournament.

Moscow defeated Sandpoint (1-13) 8-6 earlier Saturday.

"Evan was hitting his spots really well," Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. "He did a good job of keeping them off balance. I was really proud of our guys. We came out swinging and played excellent defense."

John Galbraith had a two-run single in the third inning for Lakeland.

"That hit broke the game open for us and got us some breathing room," Bradbury said. "That's got to be the story for us - to play good defense and get some timely hitting."

Moscow 001 000 0 - 1 4 3

Lakeland 104 200 x - 7 9 1

Morgan, O'Sullivan and Paul; Evan Johnson and James Prockish. W - Johnson (3-1). L - Morgan.

HITS: Mos - Morgan, Martin, Wear, Lindstrom. LL - Carr, Schwalbach 2, Cooper, Johnson, Prockish, Galbraith, Jackson, McKinney. 2B - Carr, Schwalbach.

* SOFTBALL

Timberlake 15-20

St. Maries 3-1

SPIRIT LAKE - Kodi Kuykendall and Sydnie Malloy led a powerful offensive attack as the Tigers swept the visiting Lumberjacks and wrapped up their eighth straight Intermountain League title.

Kuykendall went 8 for 8 and scored eight runs on the day for Timberlake (11-5, 10-1 IML). Malloy went 5 for 6 and drove in 10 runs. The Tigers totaled 36 hits in the two games.

"It was a cold, windy, miserable day, and they weren't going to get cheated on anything," Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. "They went up and got some good hacks. I'm as happy as I can be, especially with prom (later that night) - you never know where their minds are going to be. Nicole threw great, and our hitting was fantastic."

Cameron struck out nine in the opener, and went 3 for 4 with four RBIs, including a three-run double in the second inning. Kuykendall was 5 for 5 with five runs in the second game, and Malloy was 3 for 4 with seven RBIs, including a three-run triple and a two-run triple.

Dusti Huddleston hit a two-run double in the first game for St. Maries (6-12, 5-7).

Timberlake travels to Kellogg on Monday to conclude league play.

The 3A District 1 tournament begins Friday at Timberlake, with Kellogg vs. Bonners Ferry in a loser-out game at noon, followed by Priest River vs. St. Maries at 2 p.m., and the Kellogg-Bonners winner vs. Timberlake at 4.

On Saturday, the championship game is at 11 a.m., followed by the loser-out game at 1 p.m. and the second-place game at 3. The top two teams advance to state May 18-19 at Ramsey Park in Coeur d'Alene.

FIRST GAME

St. Maries 000 03 - 3 3 1

Timberlake 551 4x - 15 15 1

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

Jaylee Sines and Kaylin Thomas; Nicole Cameron and Ashlei Jerome. W - Cameron (10-4). L - Sines.

HITS: SM - Huddleston, Stephenson, Tweedy. TL - Kuykendall 3, Posch, S. Malloy 2, Cameron 3, Hoffman 2, Owen, K. Malloy 2, Lastoskie. 2B - Huddleston, Stephenson, S. Malloy, Cameron. 3B - Owen.

SECOND GAME

St. Maries 100 00 - 1 3 2

Timberlake 247 7x - 20 21 0

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

Chelsea Grosvenor and Taylor Cook; Nicole Cameron and Ashlei Jerome. W - Cameron (11-4). L - Grosvenor.

HITS: SM - Huddleston, Masterson 2. TL - Kuykendall 5, Posch 3, S. Malloy 3, Cameron 3, Jerome, Owen 2, Driggs 2, Lastoskie 2. 2B - Masterson, Jerome, Owen, Driggs. 3B - S. Malloy 2.

* TENNIS

Charter's Grantham earns top seed

LEWISTON - Mindi Grantham of Coeur d'Alene Charter defeated Madeline Schwartz of Grangeville to earn the top seed in girls singles for the 2A District 1-2 tournament on the campus of the University of Idaho on Friday and Saturday.

Lynn Babich went 2-0 for Coeur d'Alene Charter to be seeded third in girls singles.

BOYS SINGLES - Nathan Rathburn, Deary, d. Parker Matthews, Cd'A Charter, 6-2, 6-2. Matthews, Cd'A Charter, d. Josh Draper, Grangeville, 8-7 (5). Matthews will be No. 4 seed at districts. Ian Childress, Cd'A Charter, d. M. Pope, Deary, 8-3. Childress will be unseeded.

BOYS DOUBLES - Ian Childress/Ryan Bushling, Cd'A Charter, d. R. Craig/B. Fugate, Grangeville, 6-4, 6-4. Childress and Bushling will be unseeded at districts. D. Kelly/D. Malone, Grangeville, d. Jake Beattie/Jaeger Zolman, Cd'A Charter, 6-4, 6-0. Beattie/Zolman will be unseeded at districts.

GIRLS SINGLES - Mindi Grantham, Cd'A Charter, d. Madeline Schwartz, Grangeville, 6-3, 6-1. Grantham will be No. 1 seed, Schwartz No. 2 at districts. Lynn Babich, Cd'A Charter, d. A. Reuben, Clearwater Valley, 7-6 (0), 6-2. Babich, Cd'A Charter, d. K. Cox, Grangeville, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Babich will be No. 3 seed at districts.

GIRLS DOUBLES - Becca Mann/Jodi Grantham, Cd'A Charter, d. L. Monzingo/M. Ross, Clearwater Valley, 6-1, 6-3. A. Nuxall/A. Bieseker, Clearwater Valley, d. Jodi Grantham/Alexa Maldonado, Cd'A Charter, 6-2, 6-0. Neither Cd'A Charter team will be seeded.

MIXED DOUBLES - E. Lane/G. Oulmer, Clearwater Valley, d. Becca Mann/Jake Beattie, Cd'A Charter, 6-2, 6-1. Beattie/Alexa Maldonado, Cd'A Charter, d. K. Tyskiewskie/C. Bryant, Grangeville, 8-6. Neither Cd'A Charter team will be seeded.