* BASEBALL

COEUR d'ALENE - The Coeur d'Alene Viking baseball team wrapped up its fourth straight 5A Inland Empire League championship, sweeping the Lewiston Bengals 5-2 and 10-3 on Saturday afternoon at Ted Page Field.

In the first game, Colby Kennedy threw a three-hitter, striking out four as the Vikings beat the Bengals 5-2.

"I'm very, very proud of Colby," Coeur d'Alene coach Nick Rook said. "We needed a good start out of him and he did a good job of pitching and getting a couple of short innings."

With the game tied at 1 in the fifth inning, Devin Kluss and Shawn Montee had back-to-back RBI singles to give Coeur d'Alene a 3-1 lead.

Nick Nyquist hit a two-run double to score Graham Thompson and Nathaniel English to pad the lead in the sixth for Coeur d'Alene.

Coeur d'Alene (16-4, 9-1 5A IEL) will be the top seed to the Region 1 tournament starting on Tuesday, May 6.

"The kids have continued to work hard and worked toward our goal," Rook said. "To win the league outright with a few games left is a big accomplishment, and we'll hope to continue playing well going toward regionals."

In the second game, Michael Hicks hit a three-run home run in the first inning and Devin Kluss hit a three-run shot in the sixth for Coeur d'Alene in the win.

Hicks also scored three runs in the game and Connor Cardinel struck out five in four innings for Coeur d'Alene.

Coeur d'Alene hosts Post Falls (10-9, 2-7) on Tuesday.

Lewiston (9-5, 3-5) travels to Lake City (10-9, 4-5) for a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

FIRST GAME

Lewiston 001 001 0 - 2 3 1

Coeur d'Alene 000 122 x - 5 8 0

Kade Woods and Jake Ralstin; Colby Kennedy and Kolby DeHaas. W - Kennedy (2-0). L - Woods.

HITS: Lew - Scott, Gay, Shandrick. Cd'A - Nyquist 2, Kluss, Montee 2, Gray, Thompson, Plum. 2B - Nyquist, Montee.

SECOND GAME

Lewiston 001 200 0 - 3 4 2

Coeur d'Alene 301 240 x - 10 8 2

Jake Munoz, Mikel Jensen and Jake Ralstin; Connor Cardinel, Colin Richards (5) and Kolby DeHaas. W - Cardinel (3-0). L - Munoz.

HITS: Lew - Ralstin, Urquhart 2, Shandrick. Cd'A - Green, Hicks 3, Kluss, Montee 2, Plum. 2B - Hicks. HR - Kluss, Hicks.

Timberlake 7-24

Priest River 4-1

PRIEST RIVER - Gage Wells hit a two-run single in the top of the seventh inning to push the Tigers past the Spartans in the opening game of an Intermountain League doubleheader.

"We played decently in the first game," Timberlake coach Bill Rider said. "We played great in the second one. It took us a while to get going on offense in the first game, but we pulled it out."

Mason Cramer and Wyatt Howard had four RBIs and Wells and Howard scored four runs each for Timberlake in the second game.

Timberlake (10-3, 7-0 IML) hosts Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.

Priest River is 5-7, 3-4.

FIRST GAME

Timberlake 000 004 3 - 7 11 2

Priest River 100 030 0 - 4 6 0

Hunter Tonkin, John Galloway (6) and Austin Allen; Brooks, Drake (5), Fitzmorris (6), Harrison (7) and Benson Huntley. W - Tonkin. L - Harrison.

HITS: TL - J. Galloway, Allen 3, Tonkin 2, Johnson 2, Howard, Wells, D. Galloway. PR - Perkins, Huntley, Ja. Griffin, Drake, Je. Griffin, King. 2B - Huntley. 3B - Allen.

SECOND GAME

Timberlake 84(12) 00 - 24 18 2

Priest River 100 00 - 1 2 3

Game called after five innings due to 10-run rule.

Mason Cramer and Austin Allen; Fitzmorris, Pettit (3) and Benson Huntley. W - Cramer. L - Fitzmorris.

HITS: TL - J. Galloway 3, Cramer 2, Allen, George 2, Johnson 2, Howard, Wells 2, Plunkett, Hansen 2, D. Galloway, Jones. PR - Slinger, Miller. 2B - Galloway 3, Johnson, Howard, Hansen. 3B - Cramer.

Sandpoint at

Lakeland, ppd. rain

RATHDRUM - The 4A Inland Empire League game between the Bulldogs and Hawks was postponed due to rain and rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on Thursday starting at 3 p.m. at Gorton Field.

Bonners Ferry vs.

Kellogg-Wallace, ppd., rain

OSBURN - The Intermountain League doubleheader between the Badgers and Wildcats, scheduled for Morehouse Field, was postponed due to rain.

No makeup date was announced.

* SOFTBALL

Lake City 9

Richland 8 (8 inn.)

COEUR d'ALENE - Hannah Nelson singled to score Ally DeMent with the winning run in the eighth inning as the host Timberwolves beat the Bombers in a nonleague game.

Nelson and Jordyn McCracken drove in two runs each and Vanessa Shippy had four hits and two runs scored for Lake City (14-4), which scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the game and send it to extra innings.

Richland 040 301 00 - 8 11 1

Lake City 130 013 01 - 9 16 2

One out when winning run scored.

Cassidy Rowe, Abby Perryman (3), Kayla Andrews (5) and April Utecht; Jordan McCracken, Michaela Flerchinger (5), McCracken (7) and Chloe Falciani. W - McCracken. L - Andrews.

HITS: Rich - Merwin 2, Utecht 2, Andrews 2, Perryman, Hinkley, Kent, Maul. LC - Shippy 4, DeMent 2, Jackson, Wilson, Nelson 3, McCracken 2, Cavanaugh, Vergeer, Cook. 2B - Kent, Shippy 2, Nelson, Cook.

Richland 3

Coeur d'Alene 0

COEUR d'ALENE - Kayla Andrews hit a two-run double in the first inning and had 11 strikeouts in the circle for the Bombers, who bounced backfrom the loss to Lake City and beat the Vikings in a nonleague game at Larry Schwenke Field.

Breana Burke had 10 strikeouts for Coeur d'Alene (13-3), which had a 10-game winning streak snapped.

"It was a pretty well played game," Coeur d'Alene coach Larry Bieber said. "We showed some good defense, but it was pretty much dominated by them scoring in the first inning. Breana just left a couple pitches over the middle of the plate and they hit the ball."

Coeur d'Alene is scheduled to host Lakeland on Monday.

Richland 200 000 1 - 3 7 0

Coeur d'Alene 000 000 0 - 0 2 0

Kayla Andrews and April Utecht; Breana Burke and Abby Howard. W - Andrews. L - Burke (8-3).

HITS: Rich - Merwin 2, Utecht, Andrews, Bramlett, Hinkley, Maul. Cd'A - K. Albertson, Parker. 2B - Utecht. 3B - Hinkley.

Priest River 18-8

Timberlake 17-13

PRIEST RIVER - Brittany Krampert homered twice in the first game for the Spartans and Katie Malloy went 4 for 5 with seven RBIs in the second game for the Tigers as the teams split an Intermountain League doubleheader.

"We went to a football game and a softball game broke out," Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. "They just scored more touchdowns than we did. There wasn't a lot of defense and a lot of errors in that first game."

The teams combined for nine errors, six by Timberlake in the opener.

Olyvia Owen had five RBIs in the first game and scored three runs in the second game for Timberlake (9-8, 6-1 IML), which travels to Kellogg on Monday at 4 p.m.

Priest River is 8-4, 5-2.

FIRST GAME

Timberlake 331 054 1 - 17 20 6

Priest River 328 041 x - 18 18 3

Shelby Salois and Jamie Lickfold; Brittany Krampert and Jesi Huntley. W - Krampert. L - Salois (4-4).

HITS: TL - Mallet 2, Kalar 3, Owen 4, Malloy 2, Rocheleau 2, Carhart 2, Salois, Lickfold 2, McGrath 2. PR - M. Krampert 2, Day 2, B. Krampert 3, DeMent, Novak 2, Warren 2, Huntley 2, Fink 2, Fitzmorris 2. 2B - Owen 2, Malloy 2, Carhart 2, Lickfold, McGrath, Fink. 3B - M. Krampert, Day, Owen. HR - B. Krampert 2.

SECOND GAME

Timberlake 260 002 3 - 13 18 6

Priest River 303 200 0 - 8 7 2

Brittney Hibdon, Shelby Salois and Jamie Lickfold; Brittany Krampert and Aimee Warren. W - Hibdon (4-4). L - Krampert. SV - Salois.

HITS: TL - Kalar, Owen 2, Malloy 4, Rocheleau 3, Carhart 2, Hibdon 2, Salois 2, McGrath 2. PR - Day 2, DeMent, Novak, Warren 2, Reynolds. 2B - Owen, Malloy, Rocheleau, McGrath. 3B - Malloy. HR - Malloy.

Sandpoint at

Lakeland, ppd. rain

RATHDRUM - The 4A Inland Empire League doubleheader was postponed due to rain.

No makeup date was announced.

Bonners Ferry at

Kellogg, ppd., rain

KELLOGG - The Intermountain League doubleheader was postponed due to rain.

No makeup date was announced.

* LACROSSE

Lake City 10

Hellgate 9

COEUR d'ALENE - Caden Robertson scored seven goals, including the tying score with 31 seconds remaining, and the winning score with four seconds left to give Lake City a win over visiting Hellgate High of Missoula.

Lake City (4-0) hosts Moscow on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

HELLGATE - Goals: Jameson Moorison 4, Bo Kendall 2, Trenton Johnson 1, Wyatt Matthews 1, Lewis Richmond 1. Assists: Kendall 1. Saves: Finn Mikkola 9.

LAKE CITY - Goals: Caden Robertson 7, Dagon Hall 1, Wyatt Duchow 1, Trey Bartoo 1. Assists: Hall 1, Lucas Ross 1, Max Johnson 1. Saves: Zach Kerzman 9.