• SOFTBALL

POST FALLS — Kristine Schmidt hit a three-run homer in the top of the first inning of the first game to help stake the Coeur d’Alene Vikings to a 6-0 lead before she ever stepped into the circle.

Once there, she struck out 13, walked none and pitched a four-hit shutout, and Coeur d’Alene clinched the No. 1 seed to next week’s 5A Region 1 tournament with a 10-0 victory over the host Post Falls Trojans.

In the second game, Delaney Gosch hit a tie-breaking two-run double in the sixth inning, and the Vikings went on to sweep the Trojans with a 5-3 victory that gave Coeur d’Alene the Inland Empire League title for the second year in a row.

Catherine Bakken hit a two-run single in the first inning, and an RBI double in the fourth for Coeur d’Alene (18-4, 15-3 IEL). She also hit a solo homer in the first inning of the nightcap.

Schmidt struck out five, walked one and scattered four hits in the second game.

Chloe Burke went 5 for 9 on the day and scored four runs for the Vikings, and Morgan Knutson was 4 for 7.

Katie Berg drove in a pair of runs in the second game for Post Falls.

The 5A Region 1 tournament begins Tuesday, with Coeur d’Alene playing host to No. 4 seed Post Falls, and No. 3 Lewiston playing No. 2 Lake City at a site to be announced, both at 2 p.m.

The winners play at 4 at CHS for the regional title, and the losers meet elsewhere in a loser-out game.

FIRST GAME

Coeur d’Alene 610 200 1 — 10 15 1

Post Falls 000 000 0 — 0 4 4

Kristine Schmidt and Delaney Gosch; Kayla Rouse, Lexie McCarroll (3) and McKenna Zimmerman.

HITS: Cd’A — Burke 2, Gosch 3, Bakken 2, Linder 2, Schmidt, McPhedran-Torres, Nordman, P McLaughlin, Knutson 2. PF — Lozier, Rouse 2, McCarroll. 2B — Knutson, Bakken. HR — Schmidt.

SECOND GAME

Coeur d’Alene 201 002 0 — 5 13 2

Post Falls 002 010 0 — 3 4 2

Kristine Schmidt and Abbie Linder; Lexie McCarroll and McKenna Zimmerman.

HITS: Cd’A — Burke 3, Gosch, Bakken 2, Linder, Nordman, P. McLaughlin, A. McLaughlin, Knutson 2. PF — Berg, Lozier, Krizenesky, Zimmerman. 2B — Gosch, Burke. HR — Bakken.

Lake City 2-3

Lewiston 0-1

LEWISTON — Kylee Palmer and Layla Gugino teamed to hold the host Bengals to one run in two games, and the Timberwolves clinched the No. 2 seed to the 5A Region 1 tournament with the Inland Empire League sweep at Airport Park.

Palmer and Gugino teamed on a five-hit shutout in the opener, and Gugino scattered five hits in the nightcap for Lake City (17-5, 14-4 IEL).

In the first game, KaeLee Kolden singled and scored on a wild pitch in the first, then doubled home a run in the fifth.

Hope Bodak went 3 for 4 in the second game for the Timberwolves. She singled in a pair of runs in the first inning, then scored on a wild pitch.

“Our defense today was lights out,” Lake City coach Jordyn Hensley said. “In the box, we made adjustments and I think we got better today. We are looking forward to playing again Tuesday.”

Lake City will play third seed Lewiston (11-13, 10-8) on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the first round of the 5A Region 1 tournament, at a site in the Coeur d’Alene area to be announced. The winner plays in the championship game at 4 at Coeur d’Alene High.

FIRST GAME

Lake City 100 010 0 — 2 4 1

Lewiston 000 000 0 — 0 5 1

Kylee Palmer, Layla Gugino (6) and Hope Bodak; Jenna Barney and Loryn Barney.

HITS: LC — Kolden 2, Gugino, Palmer. Lew — Douglass, L. Barney, Sh. Arellano 2, Ready. 2B — Kolden.

SECOND GAME

Lake City 300 000 0 — 3 8 1

Lewiston 000 001 0 — 1 5 2

Layla Gugino and Hope Bodak; Ashland Schnell and Caitrin Reel.

HITS: LC — Kolden, Bodak 3, Hill, Palmer, Glenn 2. Lew — Douglass, L. Barney 3, Ready. 2B — T. Hill. 3B — Kolden, Douglass.

Moscow 5-16

Lakeland 2-6

RATHDRUM — The visiting Bears finished off a regular-season sweep of the other two 4A schools by taking a pair of games from the Hawks in Inland Empire League play.

In the second game, freshman Delilah Zimmerman hit a three-run homer in the second inning for Lakeland (4-16, 2-12 IEL), which led 6-5 after three innings before Moscow (17-6, 10-6 IEL) answered with 11 runs in its next three at-bats.

Megan Highfill and Addie Branen hit back-to-back homers in the top of the second to stake Moscow to a 5-0 lead.

In the first game, the Bears scored three times in the top of the seventh to snap a 2-all tie. Amanda Pouchnik hit a two-run homer in the second for Moscow, which had already wrapped up the top seed to the 4A Region 1 tournament beginning Tuesday in Moscow.

Lakeland travels to Sandpoint on Saturday for an IEL doubleheader to wrap up the regular season.

FIRST GAME

Moscow 020 000 3 — 5 10 3

Lakeland 200 000 0 — 2 5 1

Kelly Stodick and Megan Highfill; Emma Avalos and Payton Sterling.

HITS: Mos — Kiblen, Highfill 2, Branen, Robertson, Pouchnik, Stodick, Poler, Pfiffner, Ristine. LL — Dewey 2, Barnard, Drake, Zimmernan. 2B — Ristine, Kiblen, Pfiffner. HR — Pouchnik.

SECOND GAME

Moscow 320 722 — 16 16 3

Lakeland 042 000 — 6 6 9

Game called after 6 innings due to 10-run rule.

Allison Dorigo, Kelly Stodick (4) and Megan Highfill; Mia Kesner, Emma Avalos (4) and Payton Sterling.

HITS: Kiblen 2, Highfill 2, Branen 2, Robertson 3, Pouchnik, Poler 3, Pfiffner, Ristine 2. LL — Zimmerman, Avalos 2, Kesner 2, Zeilstra. 2B – Poler, Robertson. 3B — Avalos. HR — Branen, Highfill, Zimmernan.

• BASEBALL

Lakeland 11-6

Moscow 7-18

MOSCOW — Raiston Ellwood and Roan Reilly drove in three runs each for the Hawks, who scored nine runs in the top of the first inning, then held on late to beat the Bears in the first game of an Inland Empire League doubleheader at the Moscow School District Community Playfields.

“I’m really proud of the way we came out and swung the bats in that first inning,” Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. “Everyone was squaring the ball up nicely. It was also nice to see us close the door after a lead. Moscow did a good job of inching back into the game, but we came up with some insurance runs in the later innings and Jace (Cooksey) did a great job coming in to seal it for us on the mound.”

Moscow won the nightcap to get the split.

Lakeland (4-18, 3-13 IEL) will face Moscow (6-17, 3-13) again in the 4A Region 1 loser-out game Monday at 3 p.m. at Memorial Field in Sandpoint, with the winner advancing to face Sandpoint immediately following in Game 1 of the best-of-3 championship series.

FIRST GAME

Lakeland 900 002 0 — 11 12 2

Moscow 020 200 3 — 7 8 0

Roan Reilly, Eric Wylie (5), Jace Taylor (7) and Jace Cooksey; Ethan McLaughlin, Cody Isakson (1), Jamison Green (7) and Tyson Izzo.

HITS: LL — Mason, R. Ellwood 2, Taylor 3, Wylie, Reilly, T. Ellwood 2, Weil 2. Mos — Isakson, Anderson, Kiblen, Izzo, Breese 2, Greene, Gingery. 2B — Green. 3B — R. Ellwood, Reilly. HR — Kiblen.

SECOND GAME

Lakeland 203 10 — 6 4 4

Moscow 817 2x — 18 17 6

Hans Pluid, Raiston Ellwood (1), Lovie Weil (3), Cash Lund (3) and Jace Cooksey; Butch Kiblen, Keaton Clark (4), Mike Kiblen (5) and Tyson Izzo.

HITS: LL — Taylor, Reilly, Wylie, Cooksey. Mos — Driskill 4, Isakson, Anderson 3, M. Kiblen, Izzo, Breese 2, Green 2, Gingery 2, B. Kiblen. 2B — B. Kiblen, Breese 2, Driskill.

• TENNIS

Lake City 6

Lakeland 6

RATHDRUM — The visiting Timberwolves and Hawks played to a tie, with the visitors sweeping in girls singles and the host team winning both matches in mixed doubles.

Lakeland hosts the 4A Region 1 tournament next Friday and Saturday.

The 5A Region 1 tournament is next Thursday and Saturday at Coeur d’Alene High.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Matthew Nesbit, LC, d. Asher Drake, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 10-8. No. 2, Ryan Genteman, LL, d. Eli Oguma, 6-1, 6-3. No. 3, Tysen Gersdorf, LC, d. Erik Briske, 6-1, 6-4.

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Cole Andres/Brady Hanna, LL, d. Bryce Snow/Quade Castaneda, 6-2, 6-3. No. 2, Ethan Stowell/Lincoln Stowell, LC, d. Alex Brown/Toby Tebbe, 6-2, 6-4.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Maddy Nesbit, LC, d. Kate Bishop, 6-1, 6-0. No. 2, Christina Glass, LC, d. Maddie Andres, 6-1, 6-1. No. 3, Teagan Hayes, LC, d. Libby Hatcher, 6-4, 6-0.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Alisha Davidson/Ellie Carlson, LL, d. Eleanor Walsh/Shannon Doyle, 6-2, 6-0. No. 2, Alice Drucbert/Shelby Wear, LL, d. Sophia Olson/Kaylie Smith, 6-0, 6-3.

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Suzie Nichols/Michael Pearson, LL, d. Eeva Hakkarainen/Tucker Rosenau, 7-6 (7), 7-5. No. 2, Amanda Olson/Brock Raebel, LL, d. Ayla McCrummen/Luke Rogers, 6-2, 6-2.