BASEBALL

COEUR d’ALENE — In taking it one game at a time, first-year Lake City coach Mike Criswell has uncovered something about his squad moving forward.

The Timberwolves, they’re playing some good ball right now.

Junior Cole Stoddard hit a three-run home run in the second inning and sophomore Owen Mangini went 4 for 4 with four RBIs and three runs scored for the host Timberwolves, who beat the Coeur d’Alene Vikings 9-4 in the first game of an Inland Empire League doubleheader on Tuesday.

“Cole’s home run really changed the atmosphere of the game,” Criswell said. “It was really great to see him step up. With Owen, it’s hard not to have him in the lineup right now. He’s not seeing a lot of straight pitches, but he’s just staying really calm and been getting his bat on the ball.”

In the nightcap, junior Cooper Reese struck out 10, allowing only a sixth-inning single to Andrew Karns in a 3-0 win to get the sweep.

“Cooper pitched really well for us,” Criswell said. “He’s been taking care of his body really well and was set up to fire today.”

Cooper Smith and Stoddard had RBIs in the second game for Lake City (13-4, 12-0 IEL), which has won 11 straight games. The T-Wolves travel to Post Falls on Saturday for a league doubleheader.

“We’ve been trying to take each game one at a time,” Criswell said. “We’re really firing on all cylinders right now.”

Bryce Stockton limited Lake City to four hits in the second game for Coeur d’Alene (9-9, 9-3).

“Stockton, he’s an incredible pitcher,” Criswell said. “We just had to stay focused and play our game.”

Cooper Erickson had two hits and two RBIs in the first game for Coeur d’Alene, which hosts Moscow for a doubleheader on Saturday.

“They were ready to play and we weren’t,” Coeur d’Alene coach Erik Karns said. “We didn’t make the adjustments at the plate and the results showed that today.”

FIRST GAME

Coeur d’Alene 003 001 0 — 4 7 4

Lake City 241 101 x — 9 11 4

Cooper Erickson, Jesse Brown (2), Logan Markowski (4), Zeb Blattstein (6) and Chase Saunders; AJ Currie, Nate Weatherhead (5), Eric Bumbaugh (7) and Joe DuCoeur. W — Currie. L — Erickson.

HITS: Cd’A — Hall, Karns, Erickson 2, Trunkey-Evans, Saunders, Christ. LC — Smith, Bumbaugh, DuCoeur, Stoddard 2, Dannenberg 2, Mangini 4. 2B — Saunders, Mangini 2, Dannenberg. HR — Stoddard.

SECOND GAME

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Lake City 120 000 x — 3 4 0

Bryce Stockton, Harrison Trunkey-Evans (5) and Richie Hackett; Cooper Reese and Cooper Smith. W — Reese. L — Stockton.

HITS: Cd’A — Karns. LC — Smith, DuCoeur, Usdrowski, Cherry. 2B — DuCoeur, Cherry.

Post Falls 13-8

Lakeland 2-9

POST FALLS — Post Falls coach Kurt Reese asked a little more of closer Isaac Ziegler in the opener.

“He usually just throws an inning or two, but we needed him to go a little longer today,” Reese said.

Ziegler allowed four hits in five innings in the opener for the Trojans, who had three different players drive in two runs each in the win.

“We did a good job on the bases in the first game,” Reese said. “We came out flat, but after the first inning we settled in and played a good game. Isaac was really consistent on the mound and asked him to go a little longer than he’s used to and get some (other) guys some innings.”

In the nightcap, Lakeland’s Hans Pluid doubled to score Blaze Day in the sixth inning as the Hawks rallied from a 7-2 deficit to get the split.

“Both teams executed well at times, but then would look rusty at others,” Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. “I was super happy to come out with the win though. My guys never gave up and kept battling the whole game.”

“Kudos to Lakeland for playing the entire way through,” Reese said. “We were just bad after the first inning in the second game. It’s just something you’ve got to move on from by Saturday and make some improvements. We deserved every bit of that loss.”

Lakeland (3-11, 2-6 IEL) travels to Sandpoint for a doubleheader on Thursday.

Post Falls (8-8, 6-5) hosts Lake City in a twinbill on Saturday.

FIRST GAME

Lakeland 200 00 — 2 4 1

Post Falls 150 7x — 13 8 1

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

Raiston Ellwood, Roan Reilly (4) and Jace Cooksey; Isaac Ziegler and Isaac McKeown. W — Ziegler. L — R. Ellwood.

HITS: LL — Taylor, T. Ellwood, Wylie, Mason. PF — Naylor 2, Smith, Diamond, Ziegler, K. Cooley 2, Davoren. 2B — Ziegler.

SECOND GAME

Lakeland 231 102 0 — 9 7 9

Post Falls 700 001 0 — 8 13 6

Cash Lund, Jace Taylor (1), Jordan Bucaroff (3), Caleb Mason (4) and Roan Reilly, Jace Cooksey (3); Caleb Jimerson, Danny Davoren (3), Kyler Cooley (5) and Isaac McKeown, Gabe Cooley (5). W — Mason. L — K. Cooley.

HITS: LL — Taylor 2, R. Ellwood, Day, Pluid, T. Ellwood, Saxe. PF — Naylor 3, Smith 2, Bustamante 2, Jimerson 2, Davoren, McKeown, G. Cooley 2. 2B — Pluid.

Sandpoint 14

Timberlake 7

SPIRIT LAKE — No other information was available.

Orofino 7

St. Maries 0

ST. MARIES — Bodey Howell hit a two-run home run in the first inning and Aiden Olive hit a solo shot in the sixth for the Maniacs in a Central Idaho League win over the Lumberjacks at the American Legion Field.

Dillon Holder singled and doubled for St. Maries (3-7, 2-2 CIL), which hosts Potlatch on Friday.

Orofino is 9-4, 2-0.

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Drew Hanna and Silas Naranjo; Wyatt Holmes, Brock Anderson (7) and Dillon Holder. W — Hanna. L — Holmes.

HITS: Oro — S. Naranjo 3, Barlow, Q. Naranjo, B. Howell, G. Howell, Schneider, Olive 2. SM — Wicks, Anderson, W. Holmes, Holder 2, Marsh. 2B — Holder. 3B — Wicks. HR — Howell, Olive.

SOFTBALL

Post Falls 15-19

Lakeland 4-12

RATHDRUM — Senior Peyton Lozier hit four home runs — three in the second game — and drove in 12 runs on the day as the visiting Trojans swept the Hawks in Inland Empire League play.

Lozier hit a grand slam in the seventh inning of the nightcap for Post Falls (6-8, 6-6 IEL), which trailed 12-10 before scoring nine runs in the final two innings. Lozier finished 6 for 9 on the day, with eight of her RBIs in the nightcap. Eden Nye homered in each game, and finished 6 for 9 with six RBIs.

McKenna Zimmerman was 6 for 10 with five RBIs.

Junior Payton Sterling homered three times, twice in the second game, for Lakeland (2-9, 0-6). She went 3 for 4 with six RBIs and three runs scored in the nightcap.

Lakeland plays host to Sandpoint in an IEL doubleheader on Thursday.

Post Falls returns to action next Tuesday at home vs. Lake City in a league twinbill.

FIRST GAME

Post Falls 102 405 3 — 15 15 3

Lakeland 103 000 0 — 4 7 7

Lexie McCarroll and McKenna Zimmerman; Aubrie Goncalves, Mia Kesner (6) and Payton Sterling.

HITS: PF — Davis 2, Berg, Nye 3, Lozier 3, Rouse 2, McCarroll, Zimmerman 3. LL — Sterling 2, Avalos, Zeilstra, Dewey, Drake, Goncalves. 2B — Zimmerman. HR — Lozier, Nye, Davis, Dewey, Sterling.

SECOND GAME

Post Falls 306 103 6 — 19 22 3

Lakeland 103 530 0 — 12 12 1

Lexie McCarroll, Kayla Rouse (3) and McKenna Zimmerman; Mia Kesner, Aubrie Goncalves (1), Emma Avalos (2) and Payton Sterling.

HITS: PF — Rouse 2, McCarroll 3, Miller, Zimmerman 3, Davis 3, Berg 2, Nye 3, Lozier 3, Dan 2. LL — Hanna 3, Sterling 3, Avalos 3, Dewey, Drake, 00. 2B — Zimmerman, Dan, Davis, Avalos 2, Hanna. HR — Lozier 3, Nye, Sterling 2.

Timberlake 13

Sandpoint 3

SPIRIT LAKE — Acacia Pecor struck out four in three innings, and drove in three runs as the host 3A Tigers beat the 4A Bulldogs in nonleague play.

Pecor hit a two-run single in the first and an RBI double in the second for Timberlake (10-6). Allilah Dykes was 2 for 3 with three RBIs for the Tigers, who committed seven errors.

None of Sandpoint’s (0-12) runs were earned.

“Our pitchers (Pecor and Casey Whaley) threw really well,” Timberlake coach Casi Lupinacci said. “We hit the ball OK; we’re still committing too many errors.”

Sandpoint pitchers walked 15 in 4.1 innings.

Timberlake’s doubleheader Thursday at home vs. Clarkston has been canceled, as the Bantams have league games to make up.

The Tigers are scheduled to return to action April 27 with a doubleheader at Post Falls.

Sandpoint 120 00 — 3 4 1

Timberlake 461 02 — 13 8 7

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

Mayle Ducken, Ashlyn Darling (3) and Elizabeth Dysart; Acacia Pecor, Casey Whaley (4) and Logan Walsh.

HITS: Spt — Ducken, Cessna, Dysart, Sykes. TL — Dykes 2, Kitchin, Walsh, Pecor 2, Rojas, Needs. 2B — Kitchin, Pecor.

St. Maries 7

Orofino 1

ST. MARIES — Taci Watkins struck out 15 and took a one-hitter into the seventh, allowing only an unearned run as the first-place Lumberjacks beat the Maniacs in Central Idaho League play.

Brenna Elliott hit a two-run single to cap a four-run fourth inning for St. Maries (8-2, 6-0 CIL). Stacie Mitchell was 2 for 2 with an RBI double and two runs scored for the Lumberjacks.

It was the league opener for Orofino (7-3).

St. Maries plays host to Potlatch on Friday.

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St. Maries 100 420 x — 7 7 2

Hanna Johnson and Rilee Diffin; Taci Watkins and Brenna Elliott.

HITS: Oro — Miller, Merry, Johnson. SM — Elliott, Mitchell 2, Asbury, Spray, Brebner 2. 2B — Asbury, Mitchell, Spray.