• BASEBALL

POST FALLS — It was a comeback you’d have to see to believe.

Unfortunately, it got to a point where nobody could anymore.

Coeur d’Alene, which had rallied from a 7-0 deficit with five runs in the top of the seventh, had the tying run at second base with two out when the umpires called the nightcap of a doubleheader with the host Post Falls Trojans due to darkness, giving the Trojans a 7-5 win.

Coeur d’Alene won the opener 19-5.

By then, Lewiston had already earned the top seed to the 5A Region 1 tournament by beating Lake City in the second game Wednesday at Lake City — a game that ended while the Coeur d'Alene-Post Falls second game was still in progress.

Following Wednesday's results, Lewiston (19-5, 8-4 5A IEL) also won the outright 5A IEL title and home-field advantage throughout regionals. On Monday, the Bengals will host Post Falls (10-12, 4-8) at Church Field at 4 p.m., and Coeur d’Alene (17-6, 7-5) will host Lake City (10-10, 5-7) in the other opening round game at Ted Page Field, also at 4 p.m.

As for Wednesday’s ending ...

“We went into the seventh, and it was dark,” Post Falls coach Kurt Reese said. “It was almost 8 p.m., and we couldn’t see the ball from the pitcher to the catcher, or the ground balls. It was tough.”

Junior Jayden Butler struck out 12 in 6 ⅓ innings for Post Falls in the second game.

“Jayden threw an amazing game and pitched really well,” Reese said.

Evan Mallory and Ryan Schneider had three RBIs each in the opener for Coeur d’Alene.

“Everyone was hitting the ball well and battling against a really good pitcher,” Coeur d’Alene coach Erik Karns said. “We had good approaches and good at-bats.”

FIRST GAME

Coeur d’Alene 035 00(11) — 19 11 0

Post Falls 110 030 — 5 10 2

Owen Benson, Aiden Blanco (6) and Chase Saunders, James Guyer (6); Tyson Rutherford, Kason Gadley (6), Caleb Elliott (6), Mason Witten (6), Aidan Winters (6) and Jerad Taylor.

HITS: Cd’A — Mallory 2, Smart, Schneider 2, C. Erickson, Bridge 2, Saunders, Guyer, Christ. PF — Naylor, Smith, Wilburn 2, Chamberlain, Bustamante 2, Taylor, Butler 2. 2B — Schneider, Smith.

SECOND GAME

Coeur d’Alene 000 000 5 — 5 8 4

Post Falls 100 051 x — 7 10 2

Game called with two out in the top of the seventh due to darkness.

Jesse Brown, Aaron Gwaltney (5), Lucas Erickson (6) and Richie Hackett; Jayden Butler, Langan Naylor (7) and Clayton Lange.

HITS: Cd’A — Saunders, Smart 3, Schneider 2, Hall, Walker. PF — Rutherford, Chamberlain, Sharples, Wilburn 2, Taylor, Winters, Gadley, Lange, Witten. 2B — Smart, Taylor.

Lake City 6-0

Lewiston 5-15

COEUR d’ALENE — Nate Weatherhead drew a bases-loaded walk with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning to push the Timberwolves past the Bengals in the first game of a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader at Lake City High.

Zach Garza pitched three innings of scoreless relief and Chris Reynolds struck out four in the opener for Lake City.

“I thought Chris threw an outstanding game,” Lake City coach Paul Manzardo said. “He hasn’t had many opportunities to pitch, but he threw really well. Zach was outstanding and kept putting up zeros and gave us a chance to win. Our pitching was really good in that first game and we had some timely hits when we needed them.”

Lewiston bounced back to take the nightcap 15-0, clinching the top seed to regionals.

Joe DuCoeur went 2 for 3 with three RBIs in the first game for Lake City (9-11, 4-8 5A IEL).

Chris Ricard hit a grand slam in the first game for Lewiston.

FIRST GAME

Lewiston 014 000 00 — 5 4 0

Lake City 202 010 01 — 6 7 5

One out when winning run scored.

Ricard, Kolb (8) and Feger, McCoy (8); Chris Reynolds, Zach Garza (6) and Ethan Taylor.

HITS: Lew — Ricard 2, Barden, E. Taylor. LC — Weatherhead, E. Taylor 2, Martindale, Carrol, DuCoeur 2. 2B — Barden, E. Taylor, Martindale, E. Taylor, DuCoeur. HR — Ricard.

SECOND GAME

Lewiston 061 26 — 15 13 1

Lake City 000 00 — 0 2 2

Bensching and Granlund; AJ Currie, Nathan Brillhart (2), Ethan Taylor (3), Braeden Newby (4), Eric Bumbaugh (5) and Joe DuCoeur.

HITS: Lew — Edmison, Hepburn 2, Ricard 3, Barden, Taylor, Kolb 2, Bensching 2, Jelinek. LC — Taylor, Reese. 2B — Ricard, Bensching, Hepburn. 3B — Ricard, Bensching, Hepburn.

• SOFTBALL

Lewiston 9-13

Lake City 2-5

COEUR d’ALENE — Taryn Barney homered three times on the day, twice in the nightcap for the Bengals, who swept the Timberwolves in 5A Inland Empire League play at Lake City High.

Coeur d’Alene (15-2, 8-2 5A IEL) and Post Falls (15-5, 6-4) are scheduled to conclude the regular season today with a doubleheader at Post Falls starting at 3 p.m. Should the Vikings get swept, they will finish tied with the Bengals (17-6, 8-4) for the league title.

The Vikings can win it outright with a win in either game today, making Lewiston the second, Post Falls third seed and Lake City fourth to regionals on Tuesday.

If Post Falls sweeps, Coeur d’Alene, Lewiston and Post Falls will finish with identical 8-4 records in league.

Hope Bodak had three hits and two runs scored for Lake City (5-19, 0-12) in the second game.

FIRST GAME

Lewiston 122 103 0 — 9 10 3

Lake City 110 000 0 — 2 6 3

Kaitlin Banks and Taryn Barney; Kylee Palmer and Hope Bodak.

HITS: Lew — L. Barney, T. Barney 2, Banks 2, Ortiz 3, Pea, Reel. LC — Bodak, Gugino 2, Glenn, Wullenwaber, Palmer. 2B — T. Barney, Bodak, Glenn. HR — Ortiz, T. Barney, Gugino.

SECOND GAME

Lewiston 221 330 2 — 13 16 2

Lake City 003 000 2 — 5 11 5

Jenna Barney, Kaitlin Banks (7) and Taryn Barney; Brooklyn Wullenwaber, Layla Gugino (5) and Hope Bodak.

HITS: Lew — L. Barney 3, T. Barney 4, Ortiz 3, Taylor 3, J. Barney, Pea, Reagan. LC — Bodak 3, Hill, Gugino 2, Palmer 2, Pickford, Chavez, Wullenwaber. 2B — Reagan, L. Barney, Pickford. HR — T. Barney 2, L. Barney.

Timberlake 24-29

Priest River 0-3

SPIRIT LAKE — Logan Walsh drove in 10 runs on the day, powering the Tigers to a sweep of the Spartans in Intermountain League play at Timberlake High.

Acacia Pecor drove in five runs in the nightcap for Timberlake (19-4, 12-0 IML), which hosts Bonners Ferry to open the 3A District 1 tournament next Wednesday.

Priest River (4-16, 4-8) visits Kellogg in the other opening round game next Wednesday.

FIRST GAME

Priest River 000 00 — 0 1 6

Timberlake 859 2x — 24 10 0

Freitas, Zylstra (3) and Hansen; Casey Whaley and Taylor Bentley.

HITS: PR — Rose. TL — Carhart 2, Dykes 3, Walsh 3, Bentley, Beardsall. 2B — Carhart, Walsh. HR — Walsh.

SECOND GAME

Priest River 002 01 — 3 6 6

Timberlake 92(12) 6x — 29 13 1

Zylstra, Hansen (1), Freitas (3) and Freitas, Rose (3); Acacia Pecor and Logan Walsh.

HITS: PR — Rose 2, Hansen, Zylstra, Kingery, White. TL — Carhart 2, Dykes, Walsh 3, Grantham, Kitchin, Beardsall, Pecor 2, Needs, Cameron 2. 2B — Hansen, Zylstra, White, Cameron, Carhart, Kitchin, Walsh. 3B — Pecor.

St. Maries 17

Lake City JV 1

ST. MARIES — Stacie Mitchell hit a two-run home run in the first inning and scored three runs, Danika Sloper drove in three runs, leading the Lumberjacks past the Timberwolves JV.

Addyson Stewart had two RBIs for St. Maries (13-3), which is scheduled to host Grangeville for a Central Idaho League doubleheader today at 3 p.m.

Lake City 001 — 1 2 1

St. Maries 647 — 17 11 0

Lopez and Turner; Taci Watkins, Darriene Todd (3) and Addyson Stewart, Brenna Elliott (3).

HITS: LC — Peacock, Larue. SM — Stewart 2, McGreal, Watkins 2, Mitchell 2, Fuller, Sloper 2, Elliott. 2B — Sloper, Stewart, Watkins. 3B — Elliott, Stewart, Watkins. HR — Mitchell.

• TENNIS

Sandpoint 12

Lakeland 0

SANDPOINT — The host Bulldogs swept past the Hawks in a match at Travers Park.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1 Evan Wiley, Spt, d. Alex Brown, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2 Matthew Norton, Spt, d. Ryan Genteman, 6-3, 6-1. No. 3 Jacob Dawson, Spt, d. Toby Tebbe, 6-0, 6-0.

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1 Tyler Korn/Cayden Kindred, Spt, d. Brady Hanna/Cole Andres, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. No. 2 Owen Larson/Aden Heitz, Spt, d. Ben Ryan/Logan Harris, 7-6, 7-5, 7-6.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1 Neva Reseska, Spt, d. Elle Brown, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2 Maise Brazill, Spt, d. Malia Batman, 6-0, 6-0. No. 3 Adrian Doty, Spt, d. Addie Hobbs, 6-2, 6-0.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1 Maile Evans/Patch Howard, Spt, d. Addie Raebel/Ellie Carlson, 6;4-, 7-6, 6-3. No. 2 Olivia Petruso/Elly Pincher, Hailey Wear/Shelby Wear, 6-1, 6-1.

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1 Noah Spinney/Sydney Webb, Spt, d. Maddie Hersh/Bo Wilding, 7-5, 6-2. No. 2 Anthony Ramires/Aubrey Knowles, Spt, d. Allison Rader/Michael Pearson, 6-2, 6-1.

• LACROSSE

Coeur d’Alene 11

Moscow 8

COEUR d’ALENE — Isaac Putren had six goals, Tristian Larsen four goals and an assist for Coeur d’Alene in an Idaho Lacrosse League win over Moscow at Coeur d’Alene High.

Owen Putren had seven saves for Coeur d’Alene (5-7).

MOSCOW — Moscow stats not available.

COEUR d’ALENE — Goals: Issac Putren 6, Tristan Larsen 4, Owen Nelson 1. Assists — Reed Garrett 1, Tristian Larsen 1, Owen Nelson 2. Saves — Owen Putren 7.