Top-seeded Coeur d'Alene downed No. 4 seed Post Falls 7-1, and No. 3 seed Lake City beat No. 2 Lewiston 5-2 on Monday in the first round of the 5A Region 1 baseball tournament.

Coeur d'Alene (19-4) will play host to Lake City (12-11) today at 4 in the championship game and a berth at state May 15-17 in Boise. Also today at 4, Post Falls (11-12) will travel to Lewiston (14-9) in a loser-out game.

Coeur d'Alene 7

Post Falls 1

COEUR d'ALENE - Junior Michael Hicks went 4 for 4 with three doubles and a triple, and scored two runs, to lead the Vikings past the Trojans at Ted Page Field.

"He's a dynamic kid," Coeur d'Alene coach Nick Rook said of Hicks. "He's a good hitter, and he was ready to play today."

Connor Cardinel pitched five innings of one-hit ball with three strikeouts for Coeur d'Alene. Nick Nyquist went 2 for 4 and scored twice, and Devin Kluss was 2 for 4.

"Overall, we played OK," Rook said. "We left nine or 10 on base, so we have to clean that up."

Nate Gomer was 2 for 3 for Post Falls, which went 1-3 vs. Lewiston during the regular season.

Coeur d'Alene took all four meetings from Lake City during 5A Inland Empire League play.

"It's tough to travel and win in Lewiston, so kudos to them," Rook said of Lake City. "Baseball's a fickle thing; the more you play somebody, the more chances they have to beat you. We'll be ready to go."

Post Falls 000 001 0 - 1 3 4

Coeur d'Alene 302 110 x - 7 9 0

Connor Cardinel, Colin Richards (6), Nick Nyquist (7) and Kolby DeHaas; Ryan Hunt, Nick Hall (3), Chaz Bailey (5), Glenn Chamberlain (5) and Treavor Hammell. W - Cardinel (4-0). L - Hunt.

HITS: PF - Gomer 2, Hammell. Cd'A - Nyquist 2, Hicks 4, Kluss 2, Thompson. 2B - Gomer, Hicks 3. 3B - Hicks.

Lake City 5

Lewiston 2

LEWISTON - JJ Winger struck out six and scattered seven hits in a 122-pitch complete-game victory as the Timberwolves knocked off the Bengals at Church Field.

"JJ threw a helluva game," Lake City coach Travis Georgius said. "He was nails when he needed to be and stepped up and got out of bases-loaded jams."

Reilly Cherry went 3 for 4 for Lake City, which split four games with Lewiston during the regular season. Cody Garza drove in a pair of runs and Winger and Carter Chaffin each had two hits. Both of Chaffin's hits were doubles.

"We were able to play a full seven innings from start to finish and it showed," Georgius said. "We finally held onto a lead and that's what we need to do from here on out. It'll be interesting to see if we can grind out another one tomorrow."

Lake City 002 111 0 - 5 12 3

Lewiston 000 010 1 - 2 7 1

JJ Winger and Reilly Cherry; Mikel Jensen and Jake Ralstin.

HITS: LC - Ross, Garza, Hall, Chaffin 2, Schultz, Cherry 3, Winger, Vaudreuil. Lew - Munoz 2, Ralstin, Ricard, Shanderick 3. 2B - Ross, Chaffin 2, Munoz, Shanderick.

Grangeville 3

St. Maries 0

OROFINO - The No. 3 seed and defending state champion Bulldogs blanked the No. 2 seed Lumberjacks in the first round of the 2A District 1-2 tournament.

No. 1 seed Orofino beat No. 4 Kendrick 18-8.

Today, St. Maries (13-4) plays Kendrick in a loser-out game at 2 p.m. Orofino and Grangeville play at 4 for the district title and a berth to state. The two remaining teams play at 6, with the winner advancing to state, and the loser advancing to a state play-in game on Saturday.

Timberlake at Kellogg-Wallace, ppd., rain

KELLOGG - The Intermountain League game between the two teams was postponed due to rain, and was rescheduled for today at 3 p.m. at Teeters Field.