PREP SOFTBALL: Pecor's no-no helps Timberlake win another district title

SPIRIT LAKE — Sophomore Acacia Pecor pitched a five-inning no-hitter with 13 strikeouts as the host and top-seeded Timberlake Tigers beat the second-seeded Kellogg Wildcats 13-0 in the championship game of the 3A District 1 softball tournament on Thursday.

Timberlake (21-4), which won its third straight district title, and 15th since 2000, advances to state May 20-21 at Buhl.

Kellogg (7-14) will play host to Priest River (5-17) today at 4 p.m. in the second-place game for the district’s second berth to state. Priest River eliminated Bonners Ferry (1-20) on Thursday with a 16-6 victory.

Pecor walked three, and Timberlake played error-free ball behind her.

“Acacia did great,” Timberlake coach Casi Lupinacci said. “They just couldn’t touch her; it was awesome. She pitched one of the best games I’ve seen her pitch.”

Freshman Jesi Kitchin went 4 for 4 for the Tigers, with a two-run homer in the first inning, her first of the season. She led off the fourth inning with a double, then hit an RBI double later in the inning.

Logan Walsh hit a two-run double in the first inning to open the scoring for Timberlake, and added a run-scoring single in the fourth. She finished 3 for 3 with 3 RBIs and three runs scored.

“We hit the ball really hard; we were just hitting it right at people,” Lupinacci said.

Lily Carhart went 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs scored for the Tigers, and Kristy Beardsall drove in a pair of runs.

Kellogg 000 00 — 0 0 2

Timberlake 511 6x — 13 13 0

Macy Jerome and Brielle Hei; Acacia Pecor and Taylor Bentley.

HITS: Kell — none. TL — Carhart 2, Walsh 3, Grantham, Kitchin 4, Rojas, Beardsall, Cameron. 2B — Cameron, Kitchin 2, Rojas, Walsh. HR — Kitchin.

Lewiston 2

Post Falls 0

LEWISTON — The Trojans managed just three hits off Bengals ace Kaitlin Banks and saw their season end in the second-place game of the 5A Region 1 tournament at Airport Park.

Lewiston (19-7) advances to play Timberline of Boise in a state play-in game Saturday at noon PDT at McCall-Donnelly.

Post Falls, last year’s regional champs, finishes 16-8.

Kailey Cramer went 2 for 3 for the Trojans. Banks struck out nine and walked four, and Post Falls left seven on base, including two each in the first, fifth and seventh innings.

Lewiston won five of six against Post Falls this season, including an 8-3 decision on Tuesday at Finucane Park in Hayden in the first round of regionals.

Post Falls 000 000 0 — 0 3 0

Lewiston 100 010 x — 2 9 1

Sophie Nungesser and Alyssa Krause; Kaitlin Banks and Taryn Barney.

HITS: PF — Cramer 2, Nungesser. Lew — Taylor 2, Arellano, L. Barney, K. Banks 2, Ortiz, Douglass, Williams. 2B — Taylor 2, Douglass.