Vikings sweep; Trojans win first

* SOFTBALL

COEUR d'ALENE - Kayla Albertson hit a three-run run home run in the sixth inning of the first game and Zoe Clark hit two home runs in the nightcap as the Coeur d'Alene Vikings swept the Lewiston Bengals 4-1 and 10-7 in 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon at Larry Schwenke Field.

Breana Burke struck out 12 in the first game for Coeur d'Alene.

"We hit the ball great, but they played great defense," Coeur d'Alene coach Larry Bieber said. "There was a lot of line drives at people, and they made all the plays. It was a well played game."

Clark hit a two-run home run in the first inning, then hit a three-run shot in the fifth inning for Coeur d'Alene (17-3, 11-0 5A IEL), which travels to Lake City today at 4 p.m.

Darcie Huffaker hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning of the second game for Lewiston (8-8, 2-8), which plays at Post Falls in a doubleheader on Saturday at noon.

FIRST GAME

Lewiston 100 000 0 - 1 4 1

Coeur d'Alene 100 003 x - 4 7 2

Atwood and Huffaker; Breana Burke and Abby Howard. W - Burke (10-3). L - Atwood.

HITS: Lew - Wiik 2, Wells, Huffaker. Cd'A - K. Albertson 2, B. Albertson 2, Smith, Clark, Howard. 2B - Huffaker, K. Albertson, Howard. HR - K. Albertson (3).

SECOND GAME

Lewiston 100 120 3 - 7 9 2

Coeur d'Alene 201 430 x - 10 14 2

Wiik, Atwood (4) and Huffaker; Montee, Burke (6) and Howard. W - Montee (7-0). L - Wiik.

HITS: Lew - Wells 4, Atwood 2, Huffaker 2, Bowden. Cd'A - Clark 3, B. Albertson 3, Smith 2, Howard 2, Burke, K. Albertson, Rasmussen, Montee. 2B - Wells 3, Huffaker, Smith, B. Albertson, K. Albertson, Rasmussen. HR - Clark 2 (7, 8), Huffaker.)

Post Falls 18

Sandpoint 6

POST FALLS - Tayler Ekness went 4 for 4 with five RBIs and two runs scored, helping the Trojans past the Bulldogs in a nonleague game.

Alexis Murray went 3 for 3 with three runs scored for Post Falls (1-15), which hosts Moscow in a doubleheader today starting at 3 p.m.

"I'm proud of these kids," Post Falls coach Jack Foster said. "'It's been a long year and we haven't had a lot of success. These kids have worked hard and deserved to win. They've hung together and are a great group of kids. It was nice to get one."

Topi Elsfelder had two hits for Sandpoint (3-14), which travels to Lakeland today for a 4A Inland Empire League doubleheader.

Sandpoint 000 51 - 6 8 3

Post Falls (10)20 6x - 18 16 1

Game called in fifth inning due to 10-run rule.

Moreland and Holland; Alexis Murray and Katie McDermott. W - Murray (1-4). L - Moreland.

HITS: Spt - Calvert, Martin, Holland, Sundquist, Elsfelder 2, Olison, Jones 2. PF - Bowers 2, Butterfield 2, McDermott 2, Ekness 4, Worley, Murray 3, Rosetti 2. 2B - Butterfield, McDermott, Bowers.

* BASEBALL

Post Falls 3-0

Lewiston 5-6

POST FALLS - Trojans pitcher Nick Hall allowed two runs in relief during the top of the eighth inning of the first game, in a 5A Inland Empire League sweep for the Bengals.

Lewiston's Jake Ralstin was hit by a pitch, then Brett Martin scored Ralstin on a single to score the go-ahead run in the eighth.

Post Falls' Trevor Hammell doubled in Joey Pfennigs in the first inning, Ryan Hunt singled in Drake Bowers.

In the second game, Pfennigs went 3 for 4.

Post Falls plays Monday at Coeur d'Alene in a 5A Region 1 tournament game.

FIRST GAME

Lewiston 003 000 02 - 5 8 2

Post Falls 200 100 00 - 3 8 3

Cade Woods and Jake Ralstin; Ryan Hunt, Nick Hall (8) and Trevor Hammell. W - Woods. L - Hall.

HITS: Lew - Munoz, Ralstin, Martin 2, Ricard, Tidbits, Shandrick 2. PF - Pfennigs, Gomer, Hammell 2, Hunt 2, Valente, Koski. 2B - Ricard, Ralstin, Hunt, Hammel, Valente.

SECOND GAME

Lewiston 100 401 0 - 6 5 1

Post Falls 000 000 0 - 0 7 5

Jake Munoz and Jake Ralstin; Joey Pfennigs, TJ Harris (4), Wyatt Setian (5), Nate Gomer (7) and Trevor Hammel. W - Munoz. L - Pfennigs.

HITS: Lew - Ralstin, Martin, Scott, Romero 2. PF - Hall, Pfennigs 3, Gomer 2, Bowers. 2B - Pfennigs.

* GOLF

McNulty claims medalist

at Genesis Prep invite

POST FALLS - St. Maries' Ryan McNulty shot a six-over-par 76 to capture medalist honors at the Genesis Prep boys Invitational at Prairie Falls Golf Course.

St. Maries won the team title with a 338.

At Prairie Falls Golf Course

Par 70

6,229 yards

MEDALIST - Ryan McNulty, St. Maries 76.

TEAM SCORES - 1, St. Maries 338. 2, Priest River 368. 3, Bonners Ferry 374. 4, Lakeside 381. 5, Genesis Prep 419. 6, Timberlake 430. 7, Mullan 482.

ST. MARIES - Ryan McNulty 76, Gavin McCarter 88, Cody Posselt 88, David Burnett 86, Conner Haeg 111.

PRIEST RIVER - Colton Nunley 88, Eric Mortensen 97, Colton Clark 92, Spencer Johnson 91, Miles Jahnsen 118.

LAKESIDE - Jordan Nilson 90, Jordan Meshell 96, Joseph Haynes 111, Paul Kratsch 93, Brandon Gauthier 102.

GENESIS PREP - Adam Zimmerman 92, Dan Zimmerman 97, Collin Floyd 109, Travis Buchta 121.

MULLAN - Cody Johnson 112, Austin Street 119, Hunter Ovineck 119, Mac Coumerilh 134, Tyler Henderson 112.

CLARK FORK - Wyatt Stevens 94.

* TENNIS

Post Falls 7

Lake City 5

COEUR d'ALENE - The Trojans' mixed doubles teams swept and the girls singles players won two out of three, in a tight win over the Timberwolves.

The closest match of the day was in No. 2 girls singles action, won by Post Falls' Abby Danielson, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, over Lake City's Sydney Jackson.

Lake City plays at home Tuesday against Lakeland.

Post Falls plays Friday at the Inland Empire tournament in Spokane.

BOYS SINGLES - No. 1, Lincoln Hill, PF, d. Sean Hoppe, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2, Mitch Williams, LC, d. Trevor Barlow, 6-0, 6-1. No. 3, Zach Weadick, LC, d. Tanner Short, 6-2, 6-0.

BOYS DOUBLES - No. 1, Jacob Dahl/Nick Jordan, LC, d. Lucas Bolster/Casey Benton, 6-1, 6-3. No. 2, Morgan Spraul/Seth McLeod, PF, d. Gunnar Stauning/Christian Howard, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

GIRLS SINGLES -No. 1, CC Cates, LC, d. Jordan Monroe, 6-0, 6-1. No. 2, Abby Danielson, PF, d. Sydney Jackson, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. No. 3, Myriea Hernandez, PF, d. Kasey Moore-Schneider, 6-1, 6-1.

GIRLS DOUBLES - No. 1, Emma Burke/Hailey Little, LC, d. America Ellison/Maraya Deusser, 6-1, 6-0. No. 2, Meagan McLeod/Lexi Niles, PF, d. Kailey Emmerson/Freja Rosenlund, 6-0, 6-0.

MIXED DOUBLES - No. 1, Meagan Sausser/Bill Bridges, PF, d. Connor Stauning/Bryce Martin, 6-1, 6-1. No. 2, Katie Bechler/Nick Dorsey, PF, d. Daniel Gibbons/Ashleigh Gervais, 6-0, 6-7 (5), 10-7.

Coeur d'Alene 7

Moscow 5

MOSCOW - Coeur d'Alene's mixed doubles teams swept, as the Vikings beat the Bears.

"Kennan Orlandi and Sara Walker lost their first set," Coeur d'Alene girls tennis coach Laura Taylor said. "They came back and won the next two, so that was a great win for them at the No. 2 doubles match."

Coeur d'Alene plays the Inland Empire tournament on Friday and Saturday in Spokane.

BOYS SINGLES - No. 1, Royce Yaczenko, Mos, d. Eric Tiffany, 6-1, 6-2. No. 2, Ian Wendt, Mos, d. Ross Clark, 6-0, 6-0. No. 3, Ryan Hanley, Cd'A, d. Tanner Pickard, 6-2, 6-2.

BOYS DOUBLES - No. 1, Kyle Schneider/Cole Williams, Cd'A, d. Matt Pancheri/Erik Anders, 7-6, 6-1. No. 2, Ian Lynch/Jacob Mai, Cd'A, d. Darrick Blood/Necrj Utgikar, 6-2, 6-2.

GIRLS SINGLES - No. 1, Caitlin McHugh, Cd'A, d. Ellen Postell, 6-0, 6-1. No. 2, Victoria Wilk, Mos, d. Xiao Luo, 6-0, 6-0. No. 3, Arianna Fivula, Mos, d. Amanda Jeske, 6-0, 6-7, (1), 10-4.

GIRLS DOUBLES - No. 1, Phoebe Hunger/Ameena Elmansouri, Mos, d. Lexi Carlsen/Megan Mitchell, 6-3, 6-2. No. 2, Kennan Orlandi/Sara Walker, Cd'A, d. Savanna Allen/Kaylee Myler, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

MIXED DOUBLES - No. 1, Lauren Carlson/Pierre Schrambach, Cd'A, d. Will Barber-Tasner/Bridget Stoles, 6-3, 6-3. No. 2, Hailey Johnson/Joe Jeske, Cd'A, d. Nate Vassell/Alexa Murray, 6-4, 6-3.

Cd'A Charter 10

Lakeland 5

COEUR d'ALENE - Coeur d'Alene Charter won eight out of 10 mixed doubles matches, on its way to beating the Hawks.

Coeur d'Alene Charter plays today against the Coeur d'Alene JV team.

Lakeland plays Tuesday at Lake City.

BOYS DOUBLES - No. 1, Noah Fusier/Cole Kubric, LL, d. Jake Beattie/Jackson Ricks, 8-4. No. 2, Brandon Baler/Mason Dunn, LL, d. Kirk Bonney/Rob Gaines, 8-6. No. 3, Luke Henry/Michael Pederson, LL, d. Trevor Griffin/Nathan Palmiter, 6-0.

GIRLS SINGLES - No. 1, Becca Mann, Cd'A Charter, d. Amanda Bear, 8-5.

GIRLS DOUBLES - No. 1, Grace Olson/Emily Torres, Cd'A Charter, d. Shelby Cass/Lydie Meyers, 6-0.

MIXED DOUBLES - No. 1, Lura Bonney/Ian Childress, Cd'A Charter, d. Cody Callihan/Ashley Ratchford, 8-0. No. 2, Jodi Grantham/Jaegger Zollman, Cd'A Charter, d. Miranda Higns/Justin Miller, 8-4.