COEUR d’ALENE — The Coeur d’Alene Vikings scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning of the second game to beat the visiting Post Falls Trojans 7-6 and earn a split of their Inland Empire League softball doubleheader Tuesday at Larry Schwenke Field.

Post Falls won the opener 9-4.

In the second game, Alexis Blankenship hit a solo homer in the bottom of the first inning to break the ice for Coeur d’Alene (7-2, 4-2 IEL).

Delaney Gosch was 3 for 4 and drove in three runs for the Vikings.

Kailey Cramer hit an inside-the-park homer in the top of the fifth to increase Post Falls’ lead to 5-3.

In the first game, McKenna Moak went 3 for 4 and drove in four runs for Post Falls (8-4, 5-3). Peyton Lozier hit a two-run homer in the first inning for the Trojans.

On Saturday, Post Falls plays host to Sandpoint, and Coeur d’Alene is home against Moscow, both in IEL doubleheaders.

FIRST GAME

Post Falls 022 020 3 — 9 10 2

Coeur d’Alene 002 000 2 — 4 9 3

Sophie Nungesser and Alyssa Krause; Kristine Schmidt, Matea Dorame (6) and Delaney Gosch.

HITS: PF — Cramer, Solberg, Krause 2, Moak 3, Nungesser, Richart, Lozier. Cd’A — S. Burke, Blankenship, Gosch, Bakken 2, McPhedran-Torres 2, Moehring, C. Burke. 2B — Krause, Solberg, Bakken, Gosch. 3B — Cramer. HR — Lozier.

SECOND GAME

Post Falls 003 111 0 — 6 9 2

Coeur d’Alene 120 013 x — 7 10 1

McKenna Moak and Alyssa Krause; Kristine Schmidt and Delaney Gosch.

HITS: PF — Cramer 2, Krause 2, Moak 2, Nungesser, Richart, Berg. Cd’A — Blankenship 2, Gosch 3, Dorame, Bakken, Moehring, C. Burke 2. 2B — Krause, Bakken, Gosch. 3B — Moak. HR — Cramer, Blankenship.

Lake City 20-10

Sandpoint 3-0

COEUR d’ALENE — Hope Bodak went 4 for 4 with a homer, three doubles, seven runs batted in and four runs scored in the opener for the host Timberwolves in the IEL sweep.

Bodak hit a three-run homer in the second inning for Lake City (3-6, 3-3 IEL).

Layla Gugino hit a solo homer in the second for Lake City to snap a 1-all tie. Hanah Stoddard added a solo shot in the second.

Jaidyn Inman led off the game with a homer for Sandpoint, and Aspen Schwenk hit a two-run homer in the third.

In the second game, Layla Gugino and Brooklyn Wullenwaber combined on a five-inning two-hitter for Lake City. Karah Clevenger went 3 for 3 with two RBIs, and finished with four RBIs on the day, and Taylor Hill had three hits.

Sandpoint is 0-4, 0-2.

Lake City travels to Lewiston on Saturday for an IEL doubleheader.

FIRST GAME

Sandpoint 102 00 — 3 5 5

Lake City 265 7x — 20 12 2

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

Cresanna Authier, Ashlyn Darling (2), Mayle Ducken (4) and Jaidyn Inman; Kylee Palmer and Hope Bodak.

HITS: Spt — Inman 2, Ducken, Schwenk, Darling. LC — Bodak 4, Gugino 2, Stoddard, Glenn, Clevenger, Chavez 3. 2B — Clevenger, Bodak 3, Gugino. HR — Inman, Schwenk, Stoddard, Bodak, Gugino.

SECOND GAME

Sandpoint 000 00 — 0 2 3

Lake City 051 4x — 10 11 0

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

Kivia Barlow, Mayle Ducken (4) and Elizabeth Dysart; Layla Gugino, Brooklyn Wullenwaber (5) and Taylor Hill, Hope Bodak (5).

HITS: Spt — Darling, Cessna. LC — Bodak, Hill 3, Gugino, Stoddard, Glenn, Clevenger 3, Chavez. 2B ‚ Clevenger, Hill, Glenn, Gugino.