BASEBALL

Sandpoint 3, Lake City 2

SANDPOINT — Senior Dallen Williams got the nod and allowed just three hits and a walk across three scoreless innings, junior Brennan Shaw threw four quality innings of his own, striking out five batters in the process, and the Bulldogs scored all three of their runs in the first inning and held off the Timberwolves the rest of the way in the opener of a 6A/5A Inland Empire League doubleheader held Tuesday night at War Memorial Field.

Shaw, senior Parker Reichart, and senior and recent Folsom Lake College commit Soren Caprio all singled for Sandpoint, which saw Shaw toss 1-2-3 innings in both the sixth and the seventh frames en route to victory.

Marek Parson had a triple — the game's only extra-base hit — for Lake City, which outhit Sandpoint 6-3 in the contest and scored both of their runs on back-to-back plate appearances in the fifth.

Lake City 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 — 2 6 2

Sandpoint 3 0 0 0 0 0 X — 3 3 2

PITCHING

SPT — Williams (W): 3IP, 3H, 0R, 1BB, 2K. Shaw: 4IP, 3H, 2R (2ER), 1BB, 5K. LC — Morast (L): 4.1IP, 3H, 3R (1ER), 3BB, 3K. Childress: 1.2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Shaw 1, Caprio 1, Reichart 1. LC — Strimback 1, MacNiven 1, Slife 1, Huss 1, Noffke 1, Parson 1. 3B — Parson. RBI: SPT — None. LC — MacNiven 1.

Sandpoint 8, Lake City 1

SANDPOINT — What more could you ask for from the hard-throwing righty.

Senior Sage Medeiros grabbed his fourth win of the year after hurling five perfect innings, which included six strikeouts, junior Brennan Shaw went 3-for-3 with a double, two stolen bases and two runs scored, and the Bulldogs jumped on the Timberwolves early as they completed the sweep during Tuesday night's 6A/5A Inland Empire League nightcap at War Memorial Field.

Medeiros, who also singled, has yet to give up an earned run across 19.2 innings on the mound and passed 60 career strikeouts with his effort Tuesday. At the plate, junior Jack Schriber collected two hits, including an RBI triple to center field in the fourth, and senior Hayden Miller contributed a 2-for-3 effort with two runs scored for Sandpoint, which crossed the plate six times across the first two innings.

Ethan Stach knocked home the lone run via an RBI single in the sixth for Lake City (4-8), which mustered up just two hits in the contest.

Seniors Parker Reichart, Mason Little, and Soren Caprio all hit RBI singles in the win — with Little and Caprio's coming on back-to-back at-bats with two outs in the second — for Sandpoint (7-1), which will look to continue one of their most impressive runs in recent history when they travel to Lewiston on Saturday for a 5A Inland Empire League twinbill. 

Lake City 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 2 2

Sandpoint 3 3 1 1 0 0 X — 8 11 3

PITCHING

SPT — Medeiros (W): 5IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 6K. Reichart: 2IP, 2H, 1R (1ER), 1BB, 2K. LC — Noffke (L): 1.2IP, 5H, 6R (6ER), 5BB, 0K. Lanigan: 3.1IP, 6H, 2R (2ER), 0BB, 2K. Huss: 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K. 

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Shaw 3, Schriber 2, Miller 2, Reichart 1, Medeiros 1, Little 1, Caprio 1. LC — Stach 1, Jensen 1. 2B — Shaw. 3B — Schriber. RBI: SPT — Caprio 2, Medeiros 2, Reichart 1, Little 1, Schriber 1. LC — Stach 1.

Priest River 4, Riverside 2

NEWPORT — Sophomore Jacob Best went 2-for-3 with a double, fellow sophomore P.J. Paschetag's two-run double to left field during the second inning proved vital, and the Spartans held on for a non-league win over the Rams on Tuesday afternoon in a game held at a neutral site location in Newport High.

Sophomore Layton Goins hit the go-ahead RBI double to left field with two outs in the fourth inning and Best stole home in the fifth for Priest River, which limited Riverside to just three hits in the contest. 

Junior Brayden Elder was credited with the win on the mound, striking out six batters over four innings. Junior Broden Collins then took over and threw three no-hit innings in relief, striking out seven batters in the process — four of which were looking and three of which were swinging — for the Spartans.

Austin Jenkinson fanned 10 batters over 5.2 innings in his start on the rubber for Riverside, which dropped to 1-4 on the season.

Riverside 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 2 3 0

Priest River 0 2 0 1 1 0 X — 4 9 1

PITCHING

PR — Elder (W): 4IP, 3H, 2R (2ER), 3BB, 6K. Collins: 3IP, 0H, 0R, 4BB, 7K. RIV — Jenkinson (L): 5.2IP, 9H, 4R (4ER), 1BB, 10K. Wilson: 0.1IP, 0H, 0ER, 0BB, 0K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Best 2, Goins 1, Kuprienko 1, Collins 1, Hatten 1, Baldwin 1, Berns 1, Paschetag 1. RIV — Wilson 1, Lee 1, Olson 1. 2B — Kuprienko, Best, Paschetag. RBI: PR — Paschetag 2, Goins 1. RIV — Jenkinson 1, Lee 1.

Priest River 11, Newport 0 (6)

NEWPORT — Junior Broden Collins picked up where he left off in the first game, compiling a 2-for-3 effort that included an RBI single in the first frame and a two-run triple in the sixth inning, junior Colton Kuprienko also had a multi-hit effort that included an RBI single in the second, and the Spartans run-ruled the Grizzlies for their seventh consecutive win during a non-league game held Tuesday afternoon at Newport High.

Jacob Best put together another stellar display on the mound, striking out 12 batters over six two-hit innings. The standout sophomore now has three wins on the season and has yet to give up an earned run across 14.1 innings.

Junior Brayden Elder also had two base knocks and hit an RBI double in the first to kick off the scoring, Best, who had three runs scored, and senior Brady Hatten hit RBI singles during the Spartans' four-run fourth inning, and sophomore Layton Goins joined in on the fun with two hits, including a double, for Priest River, which limited the Grizzlies to six baserunners across six innings.

Brad Martin III struck out 10 batters over four innings for Newport, which is now 4-6 on the season.

Priest River (7-0) hosts Orofino for a 3A Central Idaho League game on Friday, and will then turnaround on Saturday to face the Maniacs again for a league doubleheader.

Priest River 3 1 0 4 0 3 — 11 11 2

Newport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 4

PITCHING

PR — Best (W): 6IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 12K. NPT — Martin III (L): 4IP, 9H, 8R (5ER), 1BB, 10K. Hall: 2IP, 2H, 3R (3ER), 1BB, 0K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Goins 2, Elder 2, Kuprienko 2, Collins 2, Best 1, Hatten 1, Garvin 1. NPT — Keogh 2. 2B — Elder, Goins. 3B — Collins. RBI: PR — Collins 3, Kuprienko 2, Elder 1, Best 1, Hatten 1, Findley 1. NPT — None.

SOFTBALL

Lake City 11, Sandpoint 6

COEUR d'ALENE — Sophomore Taylor Bannick went 2-for-3 and smashed her first career home run — a three-run shot to left field during Sandpoint's four-run fourth frame — junior Teagan Newsom was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI single, and the Lady Bulldogs fell to the Lady Timberwolves in the opener of a 6A/5A Inland Empire League doubleheader held Tuesday at Lake City High.

Sophomore Marlee Stevens had two hits, including an RBI single and a double of her own, senior Arah Stevens and sophomore Raelyn Olsen each recorded two hits, and senior Cadence Skibitsky tripled and drew two walks for Sandpoint, which outhit Lake City by an 11-8 margin. Sophomore Bailey Wilson struck out two batters across six innings in the circle.

Brooklyn Caan went 3-for-4 with two doubles and five RBIs and Madeline Peterson struck out 11 batters across seven innings of work for Lake City, which also got a two-run home run from KaeLee Kolden during the fourth inning.

Sandpoint 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 — 6 11 8

Lake City 2 0 3 4 1 1 X — 11 8 4

PITCHING

SPT — Wilson (L): 6IP, 8H, 11R (3ER), 6BB, 2K. LC — Peterson (W): 7IP, 11H, 6R (6ER), 3BB, 11K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — M. Stevens 2, A. Stevens 2, Newsom 2, Bannick 2, Olsen 2, Skibitksy 1. LC — Caan 3, Smith 1, Lopez 1, Peterson 1, DeMent 1, Kolden 1. 2B — Caan 2, M. Stevens, Newsom, Smith, Lopez. 3B — Skibitsky. HR — Bannick, Kolden. RBI: SPT — Bannick 3, M. Stevens 1, Newsom 1, A. Stevens 1. LC — Caan 5, Kolden 2, DeMent 1, Peterson 1.

Lake City 12, Sandpoint 5

COEUR d'ALENE — Senior Cadence Skibitsky tallied a 3-for-4 effort that included a pair of RBI triples, one of which scored two of Sandpoint's three runs during the fifth inning, sophomore Avery Inge had two hits of her own and accounted for the other run in the fifth with an RBI single, and the Lady Bulldogs were defeated by the Lady Timberwolves in the nightcap of Tuesday afternoon's 6A/5A Inland Empire League doubleheader at Lake City High.

Sophomore Bailey Pierson registered the first two hits of her varsity career, fellow sophomores Taylor Bannick and Raelyn Olsen singled, and junior Ariana Turnbull crushed her first career double in the loss for Sandpoint, which also saw sophomore Marlee Stevens strike out three batters across six innings on the rubber.

Macy Waterhouse and Alexandria Bracy went 4-for-4 with two runs scored and Tabitha Lopez fanned 10 batters across seven innings of work for Lake City (8-1), which has won seven straight games and scored four runs in both the second and the fifth innings on their way to the sweep.

Sandpoint (3-7) will look to get back into the win column today when they host Lakeland for a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader.

Sandpoint 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 — 5 10 3

Lake City 1 4 2 0 4 1 X — 12 15 1

PITCHING

SPT — M. Stevens (L): 6IP, 15H, 12R (8ER), 8BB, 3K. LC — Lopez (W): 7IP, 10H, 5R (4ER), 1BB, 10K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Skibitsky 3, Inge 2, Pierson 2, Bannick 1, Turnbull 1, Olsen 1. LC — Bracy 4, Waterhouse 4, Kolden 2, Caan 1 Kesner 1, Lopez 1, Smith 1, Beamesderfer 1. 2B — Turnbull, Bracy, Kesner. 3B — Skibitsky 2. HR — Kolden. RBI: SPT — Skibitsky 3, Inge 1, M. Stevens 1. LC — Kolden 3, Caan 2, Waterhouse 2, Lopez 2, Bracy 1.

Riverside 16, Priest River 4 (5)

NEWPORT — McKinley Burgess-Duquette and Haylee Jepson hit RBI singles, Lilly Kennedy drew a pair of walks, and the Lady Spartans were defeated by the Lady Rams of Chattaroy, Wash. in a non-league game held Tuesday afternoon at a neutral site location in Newport High.

Burgess-Duquette struck out two batters across 2.2 innings in the circle and Elia Smith and Abigail Sparrow-Lovette also had singles for Priest River, which scored two of their four runs in the first frame.

Anna Pace was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored and Makenna Distad went the distance and struck out 10 batters in the circle for Riverside (1-4-1), which scored 11 of their 16 runs in the second inning en route to their first win of the season.

Priest River 2 0 0 1 1 — 4 4 6

Riverside 3 11 2 0 X — 16 8 2

PITCHING

PR — Sparrow-Lovette (L): 1.1IP, 5H, 10R (7ER), 3BB, 0K. Burgess-Duquette: 2.2IP, 3H, 6R (1ER), 5BB, 2K. RIV — Distad (W): 5IP, 4H, 4R (3ER), 6BB, 10K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Sparrow-Lovette 1, Burgess-Duquette 1, Smith 1, Jepson 1. RIV — Pace 3, Nelson 1, Rice 1, Hoffman 1, Jenkinson 1, Distad 1. 2B — Pace 2, Distad.  RBI: PR — Shaulis 1, Burgess-Duquette 1, Jepson 1. RIV — Rice 2, Pace 2, Jenkinson 1, Distad 1.

Newport 23, Priest River 13 (5)

NEWPORT — Rylee Dixon went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI doubles — both which came during Priest River's 8-run third frame — Heather Stumm chipped in an RBI double and an RBI single of her own, and the Lady Spartans dropped a non-league contest to the Lady Grizzlies on Tuesday afternoon at Newport High.

Elia Smith added an RBI single to the box score, as did McKinley Burgess-Duquette, who had a two-run single during the third inning, and Toni Marinello and Abigail Sparrow-Lovette drew three walks apiece for Priest River, which also scored five runs in the fourth frame.

Julie Bowman was 5-for-5 with a triple, five runs scored, and four RBIs, Bella Boyd was 4-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, four runs scored and five RBIs, and Grace Parry was 3-for-4 with a pair of triples for Newport (5-4-1), which scored nine runs in the third inning and amassed 23 hits in total.

Priest River (1-7) hosts Orofino for a 3A Central Idaho League game on Friday, and will then turnaround on Saturday to face the Maniacs again for a league doubleheader.

Priest River 0 0 8 5 0 — 13 6 6

Newport 1 5 9 4 4 — 23 23 1

PITCHING

PR — Marinello (L): 4IP, 23H, 23R (21ER), 3BB, 2K. NPT — Bowman (W): 3.2IP, 6H, 13R (11ER), 9BB, 7K. Hall: 1.1IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 1K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Dixon 2, Stumm 2, Burgess-Duquette 1, Smith 1. NPT — Bowman 5, Boyd 4, Parry 3, Hall 3, Billiter 2, Martin 2, Tucker 2, Frisk 1, Peone 1.

2B — Boyd 2, Dixon 2, Stumm, Hall, Tucker. 3B — Parry 2, Bowman. HR — Boyd. RBI: PR — Dixon 3, Stumm 2, Burgess-Duquette 2, Smith 1. NPT — Boyd 5, Bowman 4, Tucker 3, Hall 2, Frsik 2, Billiter 1, Martin 1, Peone 1, Parry 1.

TENNIS

Sandpoint 9, Moscow 3

SANDPOINT — Pepper Rickert won her fifth consecutive match by a perfect 6-0, 6-0 score, Lily Evans teamed up with Amelia Polson at No. 1 girls doubles to remain undefeated on the season, and the Bulldogs downed the Bears in a 5A Inland Empire League matchup held Tuesday afternoon at the James E. Russell Center.

"She played with precision, power and finesse against Cate Gloeckner, a strong opponent," Sandpoint High head coach Kent Anderson noted of Rickert. "Lily and Amelia cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 victory. Lily used her characteristic solid net game to team up with Amelia’s great all-court presence to pick apart their opponents."

Nathan Duke and Austin Leonard picked up two-set wins in boys singles, duos Brayden Western and Caden Martz and McCoy Jensen and Joey Allen swept in boys doubles, and Zayda Ambauen and Porter Jensen and Tanner Western and Morgan Harris swept in mixed doubles.

"Tanner and Morgan played with strong chemistry as they battled to a hard-fought 6-4, 7-6 victory," coach Anderson said. "Morgan’s slashing backhand serve returns kept the team alive in countless stress situations. We don’t call her the "Ice-Queen” for nothing."

Avery Thornton wrapped up the day's wins with a two-and-a-half hour marathon victory that finally ended with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 16-14.

"Avery fought off her opponent’s five match points to finally seal the victory," coach Anderson said, noting Thornton's match was the highlight of the day. "These two evenly matched players fought through grueling rallies often lasting over 20 shots per point."

Sandpoint (3-1-1) will carry the momentum into their 6A/5A Inland Empire League matchup today at Coeur d'Alene High.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1 Pepper Rickert, Sandpoint, d. Cate Gloeckner, Moscow, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2 Avery Thornton, Sandpoint, d. Natalie Godfrey, Moscow, 3-6, 6-4 (16-14). No. 3 Ella Hansen, Moscow, d. Paityn Zimmerman, Sandpoint, 6-3, 6-4.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1 Nathan Duke, Sandpoint, d. Micah Broadman, Moscow, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. No. 2 Oliver Flick, Moscow, d. Louie Reale, Sandpoint, 6-1, 6-2. No. 3 Austin Leonard, Sandpoint, d. Zack Stone, Moscow, 6-0, 6-1.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1 Lily Evans/Amelia Poulson, Sandpoint, d. Jacque Williams/Isa Clark, Moscow, 6-2, 6-1. No. 2 Hayden Williams/Kayla Windfrey, Moscow, d. Donna Tution/Morgan Dail, Sandpoint, 6-3, 6-4.

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1 Brayden Western/Caden Martz, Sandpoint, d. Andrew Eloer/Caleb Papineau, Moscow, 6-0, 7-6 (7-6). No. 2 McCoy Jensen/Joey Allen, Sandpoint, d. Luke Martin/Brady Blankenship, Moscow, 6-0, 6-0.

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1 Tanner Western/Morgan Harris, Sandpoint, d. Eloise Hanisch/Matt Mason, Moscow, 6-4, 7-6. No. 2 Zayda Ambauen/Porter Jensen, Sandpoint, d. Alexis Tran/Seth Matthews, Moscow, 6-1, 6-3.

    Sandpoint High's Avery Thornton is all smiles after her thrilling two-and-a-half-hour victory in the No. 2 girls singles spot during Tuesday afternoon's 5A Inland Empire League matchup at the James E. Russell Center.