BASEBALL

Priest River 7, St. Maries 0

PRIEST RIVER — He's only a sophomore.

Jacob Best continued to prove he's one of the best pitchers in the 3A Central Idaho League as he fired in seven one-hit innings, recording 11 strikeouts, including the 100th of his career, and the Spartans scattered seven runs across four frames on their way to a win over the Lumberjacks on Monday afternoon at the fields at Priest River Junior High.

Best, who also hit his first career triple on the day, pounded the strike zone, throwing 68 of his 95 pitches for strikes in the contest. At the plate, junior Brayden Elder led way with a 3-for-3 effort that included a two-run double to cap off the Spartans' three-run sixth inning. Junior Broden Collins, who had three RBIs in total, started off the scoring in the bottom of the first with a two-run single to right field.

Santana Jensen had the only hit for St. Maries, which dropped to 2-2 on the year.

Sophomores P.J. Paschetag and Karsen Garvin also singled in the victory for Priest River (8-3), which travels to Kellogg on Friday for a 3A CIL twinbill.

St. Maries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 1 2

Priest River 2 1 0 0 1 3 X — 7 7 2

PITCHING

PR — Best (W): 7IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 11K. SM — Durham (L): 5IP, 5H, 4R (3ER), 1BB, 8K. Baker: 1IP, 2H, 3R (3ER), 2BB, 1K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Elder 3, Best 1, Collins 1, Paschetag 1, Garvin 1. SM — Jensen 1. 2B — Elder. 3B — Best. RBI: PR — Collins 3, Elder 2. SM — None.

Orofino 14, Priest River 3 (5)

PRIEST RIVER — Junior Colton Kuprienko launched a two-run home run to center field during the third inning — the first homer of his career — and had two runs scored as the Spartans were downed by the Maniacs in the opener of a 3A Central Idaho League doubleheader held Saturday afternoon at the fields at Priest Junior High.

Junior Brayden Elder singled and sophomore Jacob Best pitched a clean relief inning to go along with a strikeout for Priest River, which also scored in the first frame when Kuprienko stole home.

Nick Bonner and Lane Turcott had three hits apiece and Blake Barlow homered for Orofino, which scored 10 of their 14 runs between the first and fourth innings and improved to 10-0 on the season with the win.

Orofino 4 2 2 6 0 — 14 8 0

Priest River 1 0 2 0 0 — 3 2 4

PITCHING

PR — Elder (L): 2IP, 5H, 8R (6ER), 5BB, 0K. Collins: 2IP, 3H, 6R (1ER), 4BB, 2K. Best: 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K. ORO — Gilmore (W): 5IP, 2H, 3R (3ER), 2BB, 6K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Elder 1, Kuprienko 1. ORO — Bonner 3, Turcott 3, Barlow 1, Gamble 1. HR — Kuprienko, Barlow. RBI: PR — Kuprienko 2. ORO — Gamble 3, Bonner 2, Barlow 2, Naranjo 1, Turcott 1.

Orofino 12, Priest River 0 (6)

PRIEST RIVER — Sophomore P.J. Paschetag went 2-for-2 as he collected both hits for the Spartans, which were shut out by the Maniacs in the nightcap of Saturday's 3A Central Idaho League doubleheader at the fields at Priest Junior High. 

Best, who holds an 0.86 ERA across 24.1 innings this season, struck out three batters across two innings in his start on the mound.

Lane Turcott had three hits, including a home run, and was one of five players who registered multiple hits for Orofino, which also got 13 strikeouts and six two-hit innings on the rubber from Blake Barlow. The Maniacs are outscoring opponents 137-24 this year.

Orofino 3 0 4 0 1 4 — 12 14 0

Priest River 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 1

PITCHING

PR — Best (L): 2IP, 4H, 3R (3ER), 3BB, 3K. Paschetag: 3.1IP, 10H, 9R (8ER), 4BB, 2K. Findley: 0.2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K. ORO — Barlow (W): 6IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 13K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Paschetag 2. ORO — Turcott 3, Barlow 2, Naranjo 2, Gamble 2, Tondevold 2, Gilmore 1, Bonner 1, Zumpe 1. 2B — Barlow, Zumpe. HR — Turcott. RBI: PR — None. ORO — Turcott 3, Barlow 2, Gamble 2, Bonner 1, Tondevold 1, Schneider 1.

SOFTBALL

Orofino 14, Priest River 1 (5)

PRIEST RIVER — Junior Abigail Sparrow-Lovette recorded two singles, fellow junior Maycie Olmo hit a single of her own, and the Lady Spartans dropped the opener of 3A Central Idaho League doubleheader to the Maniacs on Saturday afternoon at the fields at Priest River Junior High.

Freshman Eila Smith drew a bases loaded walk in the first frame to bring in Priest River's lone run.

Brooklyn Renner was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and had three RBIs and Sady Olive doubled and struck out seven batters over five innings in the circle for Orofino, which scored 13 of their 14 runs between the first and fourth innings.

Orofino 6 0 0 7 1 — 14 7 2

Priest River 1 0 0 0 0 — 1 3 4

PITCHING

PR — Marinello (L): 5IP, 7H, 14R (5ER), 9BB, 0K. ORO — Olive (W): 5IP, 3H, 1R (1ER), 4BB, 7K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Sparrow-Lovette 2, M. Olmo 1. ORO — R. Deyo 2, Renner 2, Hanna 1, Tondevold 1, Olive 1. 2B — Olive, Tondevold. RBI: PR — Smith 1. ORO — Olive 3, Renner 3, Tondevold 2, R. Deyo 1, P. Deyo 1.

Orofino 18, Priest River 0 (5)

PRIEST RIVER — Sophomore McKinley Burgess-Duquette singled and struck out two batters over two innings on the rubber, junior Heather Stumm tallied a base hit as well, and the Lady Spartans were blanked by the Maniacs in the nightcap of Saturday's 3A Central Idaho League doubleheader at the fields at Priest River Junior High. 

Freshman Autumn Meyer and junior Abigail Sparrow-Lovette drew a walk each in the loss for Priest River (1-11), which didn't play its home game against St. Maries scheduled for Monday afternoon. The Lady Spartans will hit the diamond again this Friday for a league doubleheader against Kellogg.

Sierra Tondevold was 2-for-4 with five RBIs, Presley Daniels was 3-for-3 with three runs scored, two RBIs and a triple, and Peytyn Chaffee struck out 10 batters over five two-hit innings in the circle for Orofino, which is now 8-0 on the season and is outscoring opponents 81-15.

Priest River 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 1

Orofino 6 1 6 5 X — 18 18 1

PITCHING

PR — Marinello (L): 2IP, 9H, 7R (7ER), 1BB, 0K. Burgess-Duquette: 2IP, 9H, 11R (8ER), 1BB, 2K. ORO — Chaffee (W): 5IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 10K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Burgess-Duquette 1, Stumm 1. ORO — Daniels 3, R. Deyo 2, Pederson 2, P. Deyo 2, Tondevold 2, Chaffee 2, Mizer 1, Hanna 1, Paul 1, Province 1, Hall 1. 3B — Daniels. RBI: PR — None. ORO — Tondevold 5, Daniels 2, Hanna 2, P. Deyo 2, Pederson 1, McHaffie 1, Province 1, Hall 1.