POST FALLS — Hunter Chambers singled to score Blake Foulk in the top of the sixth inning as Coeur d’Alene scored seven runs in the frame to break the game open, beating the Post Falls Trojans 9-1 in the first game of an Inland Empire League doubleheader on Thursday at Post Falls High. 

Harrison Trunkey-Evans doubled to score Tyler Voorhees, then scored on an RBI single by Gavin Helms to give Coeur d’Alene a 2-0 lead in the third. 

Kyler Cooley scored on an error to cut the deficit to 2-1 in the fifth for Post Falls. 

“We kind of hurt ourselves with some mental mistakes and made some errors in the first game,” Post Falls coach Kurt Reese said. “We just never really got it going in the first game.” 

Voorhees struck out six in the opener for Coeur d’Alene. 

In the second game, the game was tied 6-6 after four innings when play was suspended due to darkness. It is expected to be completed at a later date. 

Coeur d’Alene (9-1, 8-1 IEL) hosts Bonners Ferry on Saturday. 

Post Falls (5-8, 3-6) hosts Lake City for an IEL doubleheader on Saturday. 

FIRST GAME 

Coeur d’Alene    002    007    0    —    9    9    2 

Post Falls    000    010    0    —    1    7    5 

Tyler Voorhees and Hunter Chambers; Caleb Jimerson, Ian Ingle (6), Brandon Felix (6), Ben Carrasco (6) and Marshall Tomlinson. 

HITS: Cd’A — Voorhees, Trunkey-Evans 2, Helms 3, Coey, Robertson, Chambers. PF — Jimerson, Cooley 2, Morrison, O’Connor, Berger, Carrasco. 2B — Robertson, Helms 2, Trunkey-Evans, Cooley, Carrasco. 

Sandpoint 13-5 

Lakeland 1-8 

SANDPOINT — Evan Shanley singled to score Tadgh Ellwood with the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning as the Hawks rallied with four runs in the inning to beat the Bulldogs to split an Inland Empire League doubleheader at War Memorial Field. 

Cash Lund had an RBI single to score Hunter Avriett to give Lakeland a 7-5 lead. 

In the opener, Shanley singled and scored on an RBI single by Lund in the fifth inning for Lakeland. 

Drew Lehman went 3 for 4 with a double, triple and four RBIs in the first game for Sandpoint (6-9, 5-6). 

Lakeland hosts Moscow in a doubleheader on Saturday. 

FIRST GAME 

Lakeland    000    01    —    1    6    3 

Sandpoint    245    2x    —    13    14    0 

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

Tadgh Ellwood, Jake Jovick (2), Braxton Lukey (3) and Nate Bevacqua; Dallen Williams, Coleman Inge (5) and Gavin Day. 

HITS: LL — Bevacqua, Shanley, Caywood, Smith, Lukey, Lund. Spt — Shaw, Caprio, Lehman 3, Little 2, Reichart 3, Resso 2, Williams, Medeiros. 2B — Lehman. 3B — Lehman. 

SECOND GAME 

Lakeland    003    010    4    —    8    14    2 

Sandpoint    211    100    0    —    5    7    0 

Jace Taylor, Evan Shanley (6) and Nate Bevacqua; Parker Reichart, Drew Lehman (5), Tommy Ott (7) and Coleman Inge. 

HITS: LL — Larcher 2, Taylor, Ellwood 3, Avriett 2, Shanley 3, Hocking, Lund 2. Spt — Shaw 2, Caprio, Reichart 2, Williams, Inge. 2B — Shanley, Shaw. 3B — Ellwood. 

Timberlake 16-17 

St. Maries 0-5 

SPIRIT LAKE — Timberlake senior Eric Wylie struck out 12 and allowed one hit, a fourth inning leadoff double by Landen Holmes, in a nonleague win over the Lumberjacks in the first game of a doubleheader at John Shaffer Field. 

“He got off to a really good start on Tuesday and threw extremely well again today,” said Timberlake coach Bryce Johnson of Wylie, who struck out five in three perfect innings against Priest River on Tuesday. “He’s really accurate and lives in the strike zone. He just locates his pitches really well, and I was really pleased with how he threw today.” 

Wylie and Pecor had two RBIs each for Timberlake, which scored 14 runs in the first inning of the first game. Sophomore Gaige Haines had a three-run single in the first inning of the first game, then had a two-run single in the first inning of the nightcap for Timberlake as the Tigers scored 10 runs in the first, all with two outs. 

“We were really close to not scoring in that inning, but Gage ripped a shot into the gap and got us going in the second game,” Johnson said. “We did a good job of getting timely hits when it counted.” 

Sophomore Ryker Brennan and junior Tanner Van Tassel drove in two runs each for Timberlake in the second game. 

St. Maries (2-11) travels to Orofino for a Central Idaho League doubleheader on Saturday. 

Timberlake (7-2) hosts Kellogg in a doubleheader on Tuesday. 

FIRST GAME 

St. Maries    000    00    —    0    1    4 

Timberlake    (14)00    2x    —    16    9    1 

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

Kris Brusseau, Jordan Hammons (1), Resor Pugh (4) and Amado Stewart; Eric Wylie and Dane Perkl. 

HITS: SM — Holmes. TL — Perkl, Pecor, Wylie, Z. Blansfield, Van Tassel 2, Beardsall, Haines, Hurlbert. 2B — Holmes. 

SECOND GAME 

St. Maries    400    10    —    5    4    3 

Timberlake    (10)15    1x    —    17    6    1 

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

Resor Pugh, Amado Stewart (1), Kaiden McMurrian (1), Carter Blackwell (3), Kaiden Morris (4) and Kris Brusseau; Nate Beardsall, Zach Blansfield (4) and Ethan Pecor. 

HITS: SM — Morris, Lingo, Stewart, McMurrian. TL — Brennan 2, Perkl, Van Tassel, Beardsall, Haines. 2B — Beardsall.  

Bonners Ferry 21

Kellogg 5

OSBURN — Further information was not available.

    MARK NELKE/Press Timberlake second baseman Zach Blansfield (19) prepares to tag out Landen Holmes of St. Maries on a steal attempt in the second game of a doubleheader Thursday at Timberlake.