Russum hit lifts Lakeland past Cd'A

- SOFTBALL

RATHDRUM — Freshman Allison Russum singled to score Hannah Myers with the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting the Lakeland Hawks past the Coeur d’Alene Vikings 8-7 in a nonleague game on Tuesday at Lakeland High.

It marked 4A Lakeland’s first win over 5A Coeur d’Alene since 2013.

Abbey Leon and Taylor Woolley also homered for Lakeland (2-8), which travels to Timberlake on Thursday.

“We played really solid defense and worked together as a team and came out on the right end of things,” Lakeland coach Colleen Bevacqua said.

Natalie Sell and Hailey Lyons homered for Coeur d’Alene (0-6), which is scheduled to open 5A Inland Empire League play at Post Falls on Saturday.

Coeur d’Alene 140 020 0 — 7 11 6

Lakeland 320 011 1 — 8 11 4

One out when winning run scored.

Betty Comack and Mary Comack; Taylor Woolley and Abbey Leon. W — Woolley (1-3). L — B. Comack.

HITS: Cd’A — M. Fernimen, M. Comack, A. Fernimen, B. Comack 3, Sell 2, Lyons 2, Chavez. LL — Byrne, Woolley 2, Leon 2, Rivera 2, Edelblute, Olson 2, Russum. 2B — M. Fernimen, M. Comack, Leon, Rivera. HR — Sell, Lyons, Leon, Woolley.

Post Falls 18-10

Moscow 2-0

POST FALLS — Amanda Rouse struck out 11 and pitched a two-hit shutout in the nightcap as the host Trojans swept the Bears in nonleague play.

Dinah Seymour allowed two hits in the opener for Post Falls (3-3), and went 2 for 3 with two RBIs in the second game.

Kaycie Barber went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in the first game for Post Falls. Kahlea Dumas was 2 for 2 with three RBIs and three runs for the Trojans.

Ally Morris had a two-run double in a 12-run second inning, and Bailey Gleaves had a two-run single in the fourth.

Post Falls opens 5A Inland Empire League play Saturday, hosting Coeur d’Alene in a doubleheader.

FIRST GAME

Moscow 000 20 — 2 2 5

Post Falls 0(12)1 5x — 18 14 1

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

Moscow battery unavailable; Dinah Seymour and Ally Morris; Kaycie Barber (4). W — Seymour.

HITS: Mos — N/A. PF — Barber 3, Gleaves, Hans 2, Demute, Horn, Melton, Morris, Grant, Seymour, Dumas 2. 2B — Morris.

SECOND GAME

Moscow 000 00 — 0 2 7

Post Falls 503 2x — 10 6 1

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

Moscow battery unavailable; Amanda Rouse and Ally Morris. W — Rouse.

HITS: Mos — N/A. PF — Hans 2, Demute, Horn, Seymour 2. 2B — Hans.

- BASEBALL

Coeur d’Alene 13

Lakeland 2

RATHDRUM — Noah Mayfield had three hits and three RBIs and Levi Haen hit a two-run single as the Vikings scored eight runs in the first inning to power past the Hawks at Gorton Field.

“Everyone that stepped into the box had a good at-bat in the first inning,” Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Mahin said. “Justin (Bates) pitched a great game.”

Carter Friesz went 3 for 4 with four RBIs for Coeur d’Alene (5-3), which is scheduled to host East Valley on Thursday.

Lakeland (6-5) hosts Timberlake today at 3 p.m.

“Our pitchers struggled a bit with locating pitches, and Coeur d’Alene really made us pay for it,” Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said.

Coeur d’Alene 802 03 — 13 13 2

Lakeland 100 10 — 2 3 2

Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.

Justin Bates and Carter Friesz; Max Baker, Braden Gifford (1), Austin Staudinger (4) and Colton Aragon. W — Bates. L — Baker.

HITS: Cd’A — Mayfield 4, Friesz 3, Bailey, Haen, Brown, Johnson. LL — Aragon, Bradbury, Grigg. 2B — Mayfield, Friesz, Haen, Bradbury. 3B — Bailey.

Post Falls 10

East Valley 0

POST FALLS — Four Trojan pitchers combined on a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts and one walk in the nonleague win over the Knights.

Chase Cripps delivered a two-run double in the fifth inning for Post Falls (4-5).

“Our pitchers threw a lot of strikes,” Trojans coach Mick Zeller said. “Yesterday (Monday) was only our second day practicing on our field.”

Post Falls returns to action next Tuesday at home vs. Lakeland.

East Valley 000 000 — 0 2 5

Post Falls 320 221 — 10 8 1

Game called in 6th inning due to 10-run rule.

Cameron Gross, Cole McDonald (3), Ethan Hawes (6) and Brandon Love; Jake Pfennigs, Brock Zeller (2), Quin Bennett (4), Jacob Rutherford (6) and Nate Buer. W — Zeller (1-2). L — Gross.

HITS: EV — Tracht, Miller. PF — Buer 2, Cripps, Rutherford 2, Zeller, Vasquez, Guy. 2B — Cripps, Rutherford.

- TENNIS

Coeur d’Alene 7

Lakeland 5

COEUR d’ALENE — Madi Whittemore, Gabby Kauer and Maggie Bloom swept in girls singles for the Vikings in a win over the Hawks at Coeur d’Alene High.

“We were missing a few players due to injury and illness, but had some of the younger kids like Maggie Bloom step up and play well,” Coeur d’Alene girls coach Laura Taylor said.

Coeur d’Alene is scheduled to host Lewiston and Moscow on Saturday.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Chris Swider, Cd’A, d. Nathan Peck, 8-4. No. 2, Brenden Brown, LL, d. Nez Ogle, 8-2. No. 3, Jared Roth, LL, d. Kobe DeLenard, 8-4.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Adam Priebe/Bracken Curtis, Cd’A, d. Caleb Pearson/Cody Wilding, 8-1. No. 2, Ryan Cawley/Colin Rose, LL, d. Wyatt Gibber/Dylan Griff, 8-6.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Madi Whittemore, Cd’A, d. CC Viebrock, 8-0. No. 2, Gabby Kauer, Cd’A, d. Savannah Orrell, 8-2. No. 3, Maggie Bloom, Cd’A, d. Kelsey Brumbles, 8-2.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Rachel Jeske/Emma Childress, Cd’A, d. Brenna Alexander/Anna Altsuler, 8-4. No. 2, Kelsey Brumbles/Sole Jeminez, LL, d. Abby Markowski/Emma Wery, 8-3.

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Kim Gunnerson/Bailey Throm, Cd’A, d. Abbie Gagnier/Brandon Brown, 8-5. No. 2, Tavis Woempner/Sole Jeminez, LL, d. Rachel Hoopman/Jake Kauer, 8-6.

Lake City JV 6

Cd’A Charter 3

COEUR d’ALENE — The Timberwolves junior varsity swept in boys doubles to top the Panthers at the Cherry Hill courts.

Coeur d’Alene Charter travels to Post Falls on April 12.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Andrew Challinor, Cd’AC, d. Paul W., 8-5. No. 2, Logan, LC, d. Jacob Unruh, 8-3. No. 3, Ian Fleming, Cd’AC, d. Jaden J., 6-2.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Greta, LC, d. Lauren Faulkner, 8-3.

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Ryland H./Jaden J., LC, d. Logan Koenig/Ian Fleming, 9-7. No. 2, Jared H./Jacob J., LC, d. Lawson Vest/Dylan McCaughan, 8-5. No. 3, Logan P./Sam A., LC, d. Logan Madden/Nicolai Epling, 8-1.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Lauren Faulkner/Hannah Burt, Cd’AC, d. Sadie S./Kendall C., 8-3. No. 2, Ashley R./Janae R., LC, d. Izzy Kamprath/Megan MacKinney, 8-1.