PREP ROUNDUP: Post Falls steps it up, sweeps Lake City

• BASEBALL

POST FALLS — Leave it a senior to step up on his day. 

Post Falls senior Michael O’Connor had 11 strikeouts in the opener, then delivered three hits and two RBIs in the nightcap as the Trojans swept the Lake City Timberwolves 3-1 and 10-6 in a 6A Inland Empire League doubleheader at Post Falls High on Saturday. 

“It was nice to see him go deep in a game on the mound,” Post Falls coach Kurt Reese said of O’Connor. “We’ve been wanting to get his endurance built up, but really nice to see him have that success today. And he had a couple of big hits in the second game.” 

Junior Marshall Tomlinson had three hits and four RBIs in the second game for Post Falls (5-8, 3-2 6A IEL), which is scheduled to host Colville on Monday. 

“We’ve really needed Marshall to step up, but it’s been slow getting him going,” Reese said. “We’ve moved him around in the lineup and it was good to see him have a breakout day. We’ll need him to produce to make a run at state.” 

Colton Slife had an RBI for Lake City in the opener. 

“We just weren’t hitting the ball in the first game,” Lake City coach Gil Pierce said. “We’ve got to be more aggressive at the plate, especially when you’ve got a guy throwing strikes. We had good pitching in the first game, but didn’t have good hitting.” 

Sean Macniven and Kasen Noffke had three RBIs each for Lake City (4-10, 0-2) in the second game. 

“I think we’re right there, but need to put it all together,” Pierce said. “We gave up some runs, but had hitting in the second game. We need five or six guys to hit well at once. We’re right there but need to keep battling.” 

Post Falls and Lake City play another doubleheader at Lake City High on Tuesday. 

FIRST GAME 

Lake City    100    000    0    —    1    1    2 

Post Falls    110    010    x    —    3    6    3 

Evan Huss, Maverick Lanigan (5) and Logan Strimback; Mike O’Connor, Caden Perkins (6) and Brandon Felix. 

HITS: LC — Slife. PF — A. Carrasco 2, Wienker, B. Carrasco, Tomlinson, Felix. 2B — none. 3B — none. 

SECOND GAME 

Lake City    302    010    0    —    6    8    0 

Post Falls    241    012    x    —    10    15    1 

Aven Adams, Noah Childress (3) and Ethan Stach; Finley Odell, Karl Berend (3), Ben Carrasco (6) and Marshall Tomlinson. 

HITS: LC — Strimback 2, Jensen, Macniven 3, Noffke 2. PF — Wienker 2, A. Carrasco 2, B. Carrasco, O’Connor 3, Tomlinson 3, Reese, Kearney 3. 2B — Noffke, Jensen, Tomlinson 2, Kearney.  

Lakeland 6-5 

Moscow 2-3 

RATHDRUM — Sophomore Nate Bevacqua hit a solo home run leading off the bottom of the sixth inning, one of two RBIs in the opener for the Hawks in a 5A Inland Empire League win over the Bears at Gorton Field. 

Senior Jake Larcher struck out nine in five innings in the first game for Lakeland. 

“Jake was lights out for his first start of the season,” Lakeland coach Al Bevacqua said. “He’s such a competitor and did a great job of throwing strikes.” 

In the nightcap, sophomore Luke Knight and senior Jace Taylor combined to strike out nine for the Hawks to get the sweep. 

“It’s been a long week,” said Bevacqua, whose team went 5-1 in three doubleheaders in five days. “Our guys just threw strikes when they needed to and our defense made some key plays behind them when they needed it.” 

Lakeland (7-5, 3-3 5A IEL) is scheduled to host Coeur d’Alene on Thursday. 

Moscow is 3-6, 0-4. 

FIRST GAME 

Moscow    000    020    0    —    2    4    2 

Lakeland    001    212    x    —    6    5    1 

Dan Fitt and Benson Godfrey; Jake Larcher, Jace Taylor (6) and Nate Bevacqua. 

HITS: Mos — Godfrey, Rigney 2, Fitt. LL — Tamagni, Bevacqua 2, Smith 2. 2B — none. HR — Bevacqua. 

SECOND GAME 

Moscow    002    100    0    —    3    7    4 

Lakeland    202    100    x    —    5    7    2 

Sam Rigney and Benson Godfrey; Luke Knight, Jace Taylor (4) and Nate Bevacqua. 

HITS: Mos — Godfrey, Rigney, Fitt 2, Hawley, Perry, O’Donnell. LL — Larcher, Taylor 2, Bevacqua, Knight, Puzio, Lund. 2B — O’Donnell, Godfrey, Lund. 

Frenchtown 4 

Timberlake 3 

SPIRIT LAKE — The host Tigers put the tying run on third base with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, but were unable to put across the equalizer in a nonleague game against the Broncs at John Shaffer Field. 

Timberlake loaded the bases with nobody out in the seventh, then cut the deficit to 4-3 on a bases-loaded walk. Frenchtown got the first out on a fielder's choice on a throw to the plate, then got the second on a strikeout. A lineout to third base ended the game.

Senior Eric Wylie struck out six for Timberlake (8-7), which travels to Bonners Ferry on Friday in the first of three Intermountain League games. 

Frenchtown is 7-0. 

Frenchtown    000    022    0    —    4    5    2 

Timberlake    000    002    1    —    3    4    1 

Braxton Rodoni, Brady Sypolt (5), Silas Zetterberg (7) and Clayton Mitchell; Eric Wylie and Gage Haines. 

HITS: French — Day, Mickey, Rodoni, Klimpel 2. TL — Brennan, Perkl, Wylie, Horn. 2B — Rodoni. HR —Mickey. 

• TRACK AND FIELD

Charter's Carr wins

800 at Arcadia Invitational

ARCADIA, Calif. — Coeur d’Alene Charter senior Annabelle Carr, who has signed to run track and field at the University of Oregon, won the women’s 800-meter seeded race at the Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High. 

Carr finished the race in 2 minutes, 8.67 seconds, beating nine others in the finals, and winning by .73 seconds.

Coeur d’Alene Charter senior Reagan Meine was sixth in the women’s 300 hurdles open race, finishing in 43.65 seconds against 43 other competitors. 

Coeur d’Alene junior Wyatt Carr was 13th in the men’s 3,200 seeded race, finishing in 8:57.51 against 32 other competitors. 

Sandpoint sweeps at 

home invitational

SANDPOINT — Sandpoint senior Isaac Schmit had wins in the 100- and 200-meter dash, as well as legs on the Bulldogs' winning 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams in the Lake Pend Orielle Invitational at David R. DeMers Track at Sandpoint High. 

Sandpoint’s boys cruised to the team title with 256 points, followed by Bonners Ferry with 128. 

Sandpoint senior Elia Howard had wins in the 100, 200, 100 hurdles and 4x200 relay, leading the Bulldog girls to the team title with 234 points. 

BOYS 

TEAM SCORES — 1, Sandpoint 256. 2, Bonners Ferry 128. 3, Libby 82. 4 (tie), Valley Christian, Priest River 52. 6, Kellogg 51. 7, Clark Fork 33. 8, Medical Lake 30. 

Winners, locals in top three 

100 — 1, Isaac Schmit, Sandpoint, 10.99. 2, Trey Blumenberg, Sandpoint, 11.27. 3, Kamren Ziarnick, Sandpoint, 11.30. 200 — 1, Isaac Schmit, Sandpoint, 23.00. 2, Trey Blumenberg, Sandpoint, 23.01. 3, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 23.62. 400 — 1, Davin Harju, Kellogg, 50.97. 2, Gunnar Pettit, Priest River, 53.76. 3, Deacon Schicker, Sandpoint, 55.32. 800 — 1, Wes Hendrickson, Valley Christian, 2:11.19. 2, Jaggar Lindgren, Sandpoint, 2:12.02. 3, Micah Thomson, Bonners Ferry, 2:12.90. 1,600 — 1, Hobbes Conley, Sandpoint, 4:47.56. 3, Landon Conner, Sandpoint, 4:53.34. 3,200 — 1, Kai Budensiek, Sandpoint, 9:45.71. 2, Paul Kent, Sandpoint, 9:47.04.  

110 hurdles — 1, Radley McDonald, Kellogg, 16.89. 2, Westin Caven, Clark Fork, 17.09. 3, Devin Sceppe, Bonners Ferry, 18.06. 300 hurdles — 1, Davin Harju, Kellogg, 41.82. 2, Westin Caven, Clark Fork, 44.98. 3, Kelton Vasile, Sandpoint, 46.04. 4x100 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Trey Blumenberg, Maverick Gomez, Kamren Ziarnick, Isaac Schmit), 43.51. 2, Bonners Ferry, 44.71. 4x100 throwers relay — 1, Sandpoint (Damian Porter, Hayden Peterson, Mason McLain, Matthew Kunde), 50.49. 2, Bonners Ferry, 58.72. 4x200 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Trey Blumenberg, Kamren Ziarnick, Maverick Gomez, Isaac Schmit), 1:31.96. 2, Bonners Ferry, 1:35.36. 4x400 relay — 1, Medical Lake, 3:33.21. 2, Sandpoint, 3:42.18. Sprint medley — 1, Priest River (Peyton Whitehead, Kellen Smith, Gunnar Pettit, Daniel Gunkle), 4:02.40. 2, Bonners Ferry, 4:20.08. 

Shot put — 1, James Morgen, Bonners Ferry, 45-2. 2, Damian Porter, Sandpoint, 42-5. 3, Grady Atkins, Bonners Ferry, 39-3 ½. Discus — 1, Damian Porter, Sandpoint, 135-11. 2, Matthew Kunde, Sandpoint, 129-11. 3, James Morgen, Bonners Ferry, 129-10. Javelin — 1, Tristan Andersen, Libby, 165-1. 2, Hayden Peterson, Sandpoint, 158-4. High jump — 1, Davin Harju, Kellogg, 6-0. 3, Shane Rice, Bonners Ferry, 5-8. Pole vault — 1, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 14-4. 2, Wyatt Neal, Sandpoint, 12-0. 3, Logan Archibald, Bonners Ferry, 12-0. Long jump — 1, Riley Beggerly, Bonners Ferry, 20-0 ½. 3, Kingston Hudson, Clark Fork, 17-8 ¾. Triple jump — 1, Kingston Hudson, Clark Fork, 37-7. 3, Riley Lopez, Sandpoint, 36-0. 

GIRLS 

TEAM SCORES — 1, Sandpoint 234. 2, Bonners Ferry 150. 3, Libby 88. 4, Valley Christian 51. 5, Priest River 31. 6, Kellogg 24. 7, Clark Fork 22. 8, Medical Lake 18. 

Winners, locals in top three 

100 — 1, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 12.97. 3, Bailey Majors, Sandpoint, 13.63. 200 — 1, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 27.47. 400 — 1, Madeleine Shutts, Valley Christian, 1:05.19. 3, Siena Todd-Murray, Sandpoint, 1:09.81. 800 — 1, Capri Farmer, Libby, 2:23.86. 2, Lillian Grant, Sandpoint, 2:36.23. 3, Addyson Sychla, Sandpoint, 2:39.63. 1,600 — 1, Capri Farmer, Libby, 5:09.80. 2, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 5:29.78. 3, Ruthie Laughridge, Sandpoint, 5:34.44. 3,200 — 1, Sophia Brubaker, Sandpoint, 12:50.90. 3, Kylie Calderone, Bonners Ferry, 12:57.56. 3, Addyson Sychla, Sandpoint, 13:26.83. 

100 hurdles — 1, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 16.05. 2, Ireland Grady, Bonners Ferry, 17.76. 3, Laine Smith, Kellogg, 18.89. 300 hurdles — 1, Laine Smith, Kellogg, 52.52. 2, Dora Corridori, Sandpoint, 54.61. 3, Jordyn Tomco, Sandpoint, 54.92. 4x100 relay — 1, Bonners Ferry (Avah Archibald, Ireland Grady, Eva Willis, Ruby Law), 54.56. 2, Sandpoint, 55.40. 4x100 throwers relay — 1, Bonners Ferry (Hana Hartman, Hallie Hartman, Halory Stanley, Jessica Johnson), 1:05.85. 4x200 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Bailey Majors, Aspynn Duquette-Dismuke, Jordyn Tomco, Piper Roark), 2:00.20. 2, Bonners Ferry, 2:03.80. 4x400 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Ani Vick, Ruthie Laughridge, Elia Howard, Elizabeth Storms), 4:20.45.  

Shot put — 1, Hallie Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 42-10. 2, Hana Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 37-7. Discus — 1, Hana Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 116-1. 2, Hallie Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 112-5. Javelin — 1, Alyssa Andersen, Libby, 95.5. 3, Jordyn Tomco, Sandpoint, 65-4. High jump — 1, Abby Boomer, Valley Christian, 5-0. 2, Jasmin Laing, Sandpoint, 5-0. 3, Eva Willis, Bonners Ferry, 4-10. Pole vault — 1, Izzy Davidson, Sandpoint, 9-0. 2, Annaliese Reimann, Sandpoint, 8-6. 3, Ireland Grady, Bonners Ferry, 7-0. Long jump — 1, Vanessa Rogier, Clark Fork, 14-11 ½. 2, Jasmin Laing, Sandpoint, 14-10 ½. 3, Leah Kerfoot, Sandpoint, 14-7. Triple jump — 1, Vivian Haag, Sandpoint, 31-3 ¼. 2, Vanessa Rogier, Clark Fork, 30-9 ¾. 3, Sierra Vest, Sandpoint, 29-8 ¾.   

Kootenai frosh shines 

at Lapwai meet 

LAPWAI — Freshman Juniper Stevenson won the girls 800 (2 minutes, 33.62 seconds) and junior Tyla Dittman won the pole vault (8 feet, 6 inches) for Kootenai at the Leah Swanson Invitational at Lapwai High. 

Stevenson was also second in the 1,600 (6:05.78), third in the pole vault (7-0) and tied for third with her twin sister Hazel Stevenson in the high jump (4-8). 

Kootenai senior Ashton Lewis was second in the 800 (2:17.74) and Warrior sophomore Dylan Gentry was third in the high jump (5-6).