PREP BASEBALL: Badgers bat to victory over Wildcats
MAX OSWALD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 7 months AGO
I grew up in the small town of Orwigsburg, Pa., where I resided all of my life before moving to Sandpoint. I attended Blue Mountain High School, where I participated in cross country and track and field, a sport that I ended up falling in love with. I went on to attend and run for DeSales University (with other brief stints at Susquehanna University and Elizabethtown College) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport communication with a minor in sport management. I remember just how great it made me feel when I was mentioned in my hometown newspaper. I want to be able to give that feeling to every athlete in Bonner County, no matter how big or small their accomplishments are. As an athlete myself, I know how many hours of work are put in on a daily basis, and that hard work deserves to be recognized. It is my goal to cover as much of the Bulldogs, Spartans and Wampus Cats as I can. I want to work with every athlete, parent, coach, administrator and the community to ensure the best stories are published. | April 17, 2025 1:00 AM
Bonners Ferry 21, Kellogg 5
KELLOGG — Bonners Ferry's Keenan Maas went 3-for-4, including a triple, four runs scored and two RBI and the visiting Badgers downed the Wildcats in non-league action this past Thursday, April 10 at Kellogg High.
Jack Woods, Brody Rice, Thomas Bateman and Ronin Hanson all registered two hits each for Bonners Ferry, which accumulated 17 hits and led 16-0 after just three innings. Stryder Lierrman got the win on the bump, striking out four batters over a flawless first two innings.
Bonners Ferry 3 5 8 2 3 — 21 17 2
Kellogg 0 0 0 4 1 — 5 5 4
PITCHING
BF — Liermann: 2IP, 2H, 0ER, 0BB, 4K. Hanson: 1.1IP, 0H, 2ER, 3BB, 2K. Maas: 1IP, 3H, 0ER, 3BB, 2K. Rice: 0.2IP, 0H, 0ER, 0BB, 1K. KLG — Nosworthy: 1.2IP, 8H, 7ER, 1BB, 1K. Haynes: 3.1IP, 7H, 5ER, 3BB, 2K. Brown: 0.0IP, 2H, 3ER, 4BB, 0K.
BATTING
HITS: BF — Maas 3, Hanson 2, Bateman 2, Woods 2, Rice 2, Liermann 1, Burt 1, Ostberg 1, Michaels 1, Rider 1, Mertzweiller 1. KLG — Liddicoat 2, Brown 1, Young-Martin 1, Keller 1; 3B — Maas; RBI: BF — Rice 4, Bateman 3, Hanson 3, Maas 2, Mertzweiller 2, Burt 1, Ostberg 1, Liermann 1. KLG — Haynes 2, Cassidy 1, Liddicoat 1, Brown 1.
Coeur d'Alene 8, Bonners Ferry 2
Coeur d'Alene JV 17, Bonners Ferry 15
COEUR d'ALENE — Four different players had multi-hit games as the visiting Badgers fell shy of the Vikings' junior varsity squad on Saturday at Coeur d'Alene High.
Keenan Maas, Ronin Hanson, Gavin Rider, and Kordale Burt all had two hits and Brody Rice smashed a double for Bonners Ferry, which led 6-1 after two innings before Coeur d'Alene rallied late.
A full box score from the opener against Coeur d'Alene's varsity squad was not available.
Bonners Ferry 1 5 0 0 3 5 1 — 15 12 4
Coeur d'Alene 1 0 7 3 3 3 X — 17 17 6
PITCHING
BF — Rider: 3.1IP, 10H, 6ER, 2BB, 1K. Rice: 2.2IP, 7H, 4ER, 1BB, 1K. CDA — Field: 4.1IP, 6H, 7ER, 4BB, 2K. Davenport: 1IP, 4H, 3ER, 1BB, 2K. Fagan: 1.2IP, 2H, 1ER, 0BB, 1K.
BATTING
HITS: BF — Maas 2, Hanson 2, Rider 2, Burt 2, Mertzweiller 1, Rice 1, Woods 1. CDA — Foulk 4, Voorhees 3, Davenport 3, Fagan 3, Stevens 3, Field 1; 2B — Rice, Foulk, Davenport, Stevens; RBI: BF — Liermann 2, Maas 2, Hanson 2, Mertzweiller 2, Bateman 1, Rice 1, Rider 1, Burt 1. CDA — Foulk 4, Davenport 2, Robertson 1, Fagan 1, Stevens 1, Cook 1, Voorhees 1.
Sandpoint 10, Bonners Ferry 2
Sandpoint 16, Bonners Ferry 3
SANDPOINT — Jack Woods went 3-for-4 with three singles in the opener and had a hit in both games as the visiting Badgers dropped a pair on non-league contests to the Bulldogs on Tuesday at War Memorial Field.
Thomas Bateman had a triple, Ronin Hanson a double in game one for Bonners Ferry. Stryder Liermann pitched three one-hit innings in relief to close out the game.
In game two, Keenan Maas had an RBI single which kept the Badgers close in the top of second, trailing just 4-3, but the Bulldogs scored 12 unanswered runs to close things out.
Bonners Ferry (4-9, 0-0) will host Kellogg today, travel to Timberlake for their first Intermountain League matchup on Thursday, and travel to Priest River on Wednesday for a non-league doubleheader.
GAME ONE
Bonners Ferry 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 — 2 8 3
Sandpoint 2 3 4 1 0 0 X — 10 10 1
PITCHING
SPT — Reichart: 4IP, 4H, 1ER, 2BB, 2K. Ott: 3IP, 4H, 1ER, 4K. BF — Rider: 3IP, 9H, 9ER, 2BB, 1K. Liermann: 3IP, 1H, 0ER, 1BB, 0K.
BATTING
HITS: SPT — Caprio 2, Little 2, Shaw 2, Turner 1, Medeiros 1, Inge 1, Williams 1. BF — Woods 3, Bateman 2, Hanson 1, Rider 1, Mertzweiller 1; 2B — Turner, Hanson. 3B — Little, Medeiros, Bateman; RBI: SPT — Little 4, Caprio 3, Shaw 1, Inge 1. BF — Hanson 1, Woods 1.
GAME TWO
Bonners Ferry 1 2 0 0 0 — 3 2 4
Sandpoint 4 4 2 6 X — 16 13 4
PITCHING
SPT — Kuprienko: 4.2IP, 2H, 0ER, 5BB, 6K. Brown: 0.1IP, 0H, 0ER, 0BB, 0K. BF — Woods: 2IP, 7H, 7ER, 4BB, 1K. Bateman: 1.2IP, 6H, 5ER, 3BB, 2K. Rice: 0.1IP, 0H, 0ER, 0BB, 0K.
BATTING
HITS: SPT — Lehman 3, Little 3, Reichart 2, Shaw 2, Williams 1, Resso 1, Day 1. BF — Liermann 1, Woods 1, Rice 1, Bateman 1, Maas 1; 2B — Little 2, Day. 3B — Lehman; RBI: SPT — Lehman 3, Reichart 3, Little 2, Turner 1, Resso 1. BF — None.
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