BASEBALL

Sandpoint 8, Bonners Ferry 2

SANDPOINT — Mason Little capitalized on his first start of the season on the rubber.

The standout senior struck out six batters across six quality innings, allowing just five hits, three walks, and an earned run, and then got it done at the plate with a pair of RBI singles as the Bulldogs gave head coach Jesse Dunham his first win against his alma mater during the opener of a non-league doubleheader against the Badgers on Tuesday afternoon at War Memorial Field.

Little and junior Brennan Shaw had back-to-back RBI singles that gave Sandpoint a 4-2 lead in the fourth. In the second, senior Parker Reichart hit an RBI triple — the first of his career — and senior Dallen Williams collected an RBI single in the at-bat following to put the Bulldogs ahead 2-1. Defensively, Reichart, playing shortstop, caught a line drive and threw to junior Landon Day at second for a double play, which proved crucial after the Badgers put two on with no outs to start the sixth frame.

Junior Jake Solt had an RBI single and junior Kordale Burt struck out three batters over 4.1 innings of work for Bonners Ferry.

Senior Sage Medeiros contributed an RBI single, junior Jack Schriber drew a pair of walks, and senior Soren Caprio rounded the contest's hits with a single of his own for Sandpoint, which scored four of their eight runs in the fifth and also got a clean inning and a strikeout from Day on the mound.

Bonners Ferry 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 2 5 2

Sandpoint 0 0 2 2 4 0 X — 8 7 2

PITCHING

SPT — Little (W): 6IP, 5H, 2R (1ER), 3BB, 6K. Day: 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K. BF — Burt (L): 4.1IP, 5H, 6R (5ER), 4BB, 3K. Woods: 1.2IP, 2H, 2R (1ER), 3BB, 2K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Little 2, Reichart 1, Williams 1, Medeiros 1, Caprio 1, Shaw 1. BF — Ostberg 1, Solt 1, Burt 1, Rider 1, Woods 1. 3B — Reichart. RBI: SPT — Little 2, Reichart 1, Williams 1, Medeiros 1, Day 1, Shaw 1. BF — Solt 1.

Sandpoint 20, Bonners Ferry 3 (5)

SANDPOINT — It was much of the same for Sandpoint in the second game.

Sophomore Blake Bogadi struck out five batters across the first three innings of his varsity career on the mound and belted a two-run triple to center field — another career first — as the Bulldogs used a nine-run first inning and a seven-run fourth inning to run-rule the Badgers in the nightcap of Tuesday's non-league doubleheader at War Memorial Field.

Senior Mason Little recorded an RBI single and his first triple of the season and senior Dallen Williams had an RBI double and an RBI single of his own for Sandpoint, which also crossed the plate four times in the fourth. Senior Parker Reichart, who had four runs scored, junior Jack Schriber, and senior Hayden Miller also hit RBI singles, as did sophomore Daniel Holman, which was the first of his varsity career.

Kordale Burt went 2-for-3 with a double for Bonners Ferry, which dropped to 4-10 on the year.

Junior Austyn Young had his first career varsity hit, senior Soren Caprio drew three walks, and junior Landon Day picked up the first win of his career on the mound after two scoreless innings for Sandpoint (10-2), which hosts Moscow for a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader on Saturday night.

Bonners Ferry 0 0 1 2 0 — 3 6 7

Sandpoint 9 0 4 7 X — 20 10 2

PITCHING

SPT — Day (W): 2IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 1K. Bogadi: 3IP, 4H, 3R (1ER), 3BB, 5K. BF — G. Woelfle: 0.2IP, 1H, 7R (2ER), 4BB, 0K. Liermann (L): 1.1IP, 2H, 2R (1ER), 2BB, 1K. Worley: 1IP, 4H, 4R (4ER), 2BB, 0K. Rider: 1IP, 3H, 7R (1ER), 1BB, 3K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Little 2, Williams 2, Reichart 1, Schriber 1, Miller 1, D. Holman 1, Bogadi 1, Young 1. BF — Burt 2, Liermann 1, Woods 1, Maas 1, Dickson 1. 2B — Williams, Burt. 3B — Bogadi, Little. RBI: SPT — Williams 3, Bogadi 3, Miller 2, D. Holman 2, Little 2, Reichart 1, Schriber 1, Caprio 1. BF — Mertzweiller 1, Woods 1.

SOFTBALL

Sandpoint 13, Moscow 4

SANDPOINT — Sophomores Raelyn Olsen and Marlee Stevens led the charge at the top of the lineup.

Olsen went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and her first RBI single of the year, Stevens was 2-for-4 with three runs scored, an RBI single, and her first career home run — an inside-the-parker during Sandpoint's six-run seventh inning — and the Lady Bulldogs defeated the Lady Bears in a 5A Inland Empire League game held Tuesday at Moscow High.

Stevens also went the distance in the circle, striking out seven batters and allowing just two earned runs over seven frames. Macalester College commit Cadence Skibitsky registered two hits, both of which were RBI singles, and Olympic College commit Arah Stevens had a two-run double to kick off the scoring in the first inning for Sandpoint, which also scored four runs in the fourth on their way to victory.

"Marlee pitched well and the girls worked as a team," Sandpoint High head coach Leah Platt said. "We had clutch hits when runners were on base, and the defense was solid and backed each other up. Bailey Wilson had a great pick at first and Bailey Pierson caught several (flyouts) in right field."

Wilson, a sophomore, drew two walks and Pierson, also a sophomore, chipped in two hits of her own, including an RBI single for Sandpoint (4-10), which also got a multi-hit effort and a two-run single from Taylor Bannick, who is riding a six-game hitting streak. The Lady Bulldogs will host Moscow (2-11) for a league doubleheader this Saturday.

Sandpoint 2 0 1 4 0 0 6 — 13 14 1

Moscow 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 — 4 3 2

PITCHING

SPT — M. Stevens (W): 7IP, 3H 4R (2ER), 7BB, 8K. MOS — Susa (L): 5IP, 9H, 7R (7ER), 4BB, 4K. Williams: 2IP, 5H, 6R (0ER), 0BB, 2K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Olsen 3, M. Stevens 2, Skibitsky 2, Pierson 2, Bannick 2, Inge 1, Newsom 1, A. Stevens 1. MOS — Espy 1, Hennrich 1, Marcotte 1. 2B — A. Stevens, Hennrich. HR — M. Stevens, Espy. RBI: SPT — M. Stevens 3, Skibitsky 3, A. Stevens 2, Bannick 2, Pierson 1, Olsen 1. MOS — Espy 1, Hennrich 1, Aboubacar 1. 

TRACK & FIELD

POST FALLS — Priest River's Ian Lamanna had never competed in the long jump at the high school level until Tuesday, but that didn't much matter.

The standout senior beat out 23 competitors to win the event with a mark of 20 feet, 10 inches, which ranks as No. 3 all-time in school history, and beat out nine other competitors to win the pole vault (13 feet) as he led all area athletes at the Christina Finney Co-Ed Relays held at Post Falls High.

Senior Niki Porinchok beat out 26 competitors to win the discus (151 feet, 2 inches) and placed second out of 30 throwers in the shot put (45 feet, 11.5 inches) for the Spartans, which placed ninth out of 10 scoring teams.

Sandpoint High junior Knox Williams competed in the 400-meter dash for the first time this season and beat out 19 other runners to win the event in 53.05 seconds. Junior Trey Blumenberg and seniors Kamren Ziarnick, Maverick Gomez and Isaac Schmit added a win by almost two full seconds in the 4x100 relay (1:30.91) for Sandpoint's boys, which placed fourth with 93 points. Junior triple jumper Shooter Jones (40 feet, 8.5 inches) and junior discus thrower Damian Porter (142 feet, 2 inches) added second-place finishes to the Bulldogs' tally.

On the girls' side, junior Elizabeth Storms ran to a new personal best of 2 minutes, 24.39 seconds in the 800-meter run and finished in 5 minutes, 29.62 seconds in the 1600-meter run as she beat out a total of 36 other competitors on her way to wins in both events. Senior Jasmin Laing won the high jump (5 feet) and was second in the long jump (15 feet, 1 inch), and senior Elia Howard was second in the 100-meter hurdles (16.03), third in the 100-meter dash (12.90) and fourth in the 200-meter dash (27.96) for the Lady Bulldogs, which finished second out of 10 scoring teams.

Sophomore Delaney Barron was second in the 1600-meter run with a new personal best (5:32.93) and junior Vivian Haag was second in the triple jump (31 feet, 5.5 inches) for Sandpoint, which will compete at Coeur d'Alene High's Rasmussen Invite on Friday and at Cheney High's Van Kuren Invitational on Saturday. Priest River will also attend the Rasmussen Invite along with the Pasco Invite on Saturday.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d'Alene 150.5. 2, Lakeland 100. 3, Post Falls 99. 4, Sandpoint 93. 5, St. Maries 56.5. 6, Bonners Ferry 49. 7, Timberlake 47. 8, Lake City 42. 9, Priest River 40. 10, Wallace 3.

(winner, locals in top 10/top local)

100 — 1, Santiago Prenzato, St. Maries, 11.18; 6, Kamren Ziarnick, Sandpoint, 11.50; 7, Trey Blumenberg, Sandpoint, 11.53. 200 — 1, Santiago Prenzato, St. Maries, 22.90; 3, Trey Blumenberg, Sandpoint, 23.57. 400 — 1, Knox Williams, Sandpoint, 53.05; 9, Deacon Schicker, Sandpoint, 56.54; 10, Pax Longanecker, Sandpoint, 56.55. 800 — 1, Jonathan Barnhart, Timberlake, 1:59.58; 16, Julian Knight, Sandpoint, 2:16.20. 1600 — 1, Rowan Henry, Coeur d'Alene, 4:31.28; 3, Kai Budensiek, Sandpoint, 4:33.24; 4, Paul Kent, Sandpoint, 4:33.25; 8, Hobbes Conley, Sandpoint, 4:45.33. 3200 — 1, Andrew Grady, Coeur d'Alene, 10:20.37; 4, Landon Conner, Sandpoint, 10:32.67.

110 hurdles — 1, Isaiah Gustaffe, St. Maries, 15.34; 9, Weston Smith, Sandpoint, 18.72. 300 hurdles — 1, Isaiah Gustaffe, St. Maries, 39.98; 5, Kelton Vasile, Sandpoint, 44.66; 7, Weston Smith, Sandpoint, 45.37. 4x100 relay — 1, Lake City (Chase Young, Paul Karvonen, Dylan Mason, Caden Tony), 43.14. 4x200 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Trey Blumenberg, Kamren Ziarnick, Maverick Gomez, Isaac Schmit), 1:30.91; 8, Priest River (Landon Blackburn, Daniel Gunkle, Peyton Whitehead, Kellen Smith, 1:44.69.

Shot put — 1, Brayden Carrel, Lakeland, 47-6.5; 2, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 45-11.5; 9, Damian Porter, Sandpoint, 40-3.5. Discus — 1, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 151-2; 2, Damian Porter, Sandpoint, 142-2; 5, Matthew Kunde, Sandpoint 127-3; 8, Tanner Hughes, Priest River, 108-4. Javelin — 1, Landon Goodwin, Post Falls, 154-9; 3, Hayden Peterson, Sandpoint, 146-3. Pole vault — 1, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 13-0; 4, Thomas McDaniel, Sandpoint, 11-0; 7, Wyatt Mitchell, Sandpoint, 10-0. High jump — 1, Logan Archibald, Bonners Ferry, 6-0. Long jump — 1, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 20-10; 13, Riley Lopez, Sandpoint, 16-6. Triple jump — 1, Jaxon Lysne, Post Falls, 41-8.5; 2, Shooter Jones, Sandpoint, 40-8.5; 5, Clayton Ernst, Sandpoint, 39-4.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Lakeland 158. 2, Sandpoint 113. 3, Post Falls 95. 4, Coeur d'Alene 85.5. 5, Timberlake 68. 6, Lake City 59.5. 7, Bonners Ferry 49. 8, St. Maries 32. 9, Kootenai Classical Academy 9. 10, Wallace 8.

(winner, locals in top 10/top local)

100 — 1, Adelynn Archer, Timberlake, 12.72; 3, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 12.90. 200 — 1, Adelynn Archer, Timberlake, 26.31; 4, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 27.96. 400 — 1, Tessa Lovell, Lakeland, 1:02.41; 15, Makiyah Hagstrom, Sandpoint, 1:12.93. 800 — 1, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 2:24.39; 4, Ruthie Laughridge, Sandpoint, 2:32.23; 9, Lillian Grant, Sandpoint, 2:40.79. 1600 — 1, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 5:29.62; 2, Delaney Barron, Sandpoint, 5:32.93; 3, Ruthie Laughridge, Sandpoint, 5:37.73 3200 — 1, Anna Christman, Coeur d'Alene, 11:13.61; 6, Sophia Brubaker, Sandpoint, 12:47.66; 9, Lillian Grant, Sandpoint, 13:02.77.

100 hurdles — 1, Alexis Hoss, Coeur d'Alene, 16.02; 2, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 16.03. 300 hurdles — 1, Annabelle Tucker, Post Falls, 46.96. 4x100 relay — 1, Lakeland (Ashlyn Karle, Casey Foster, Karstyn Kiefer, Sapphire Ruelle) 50.26; 3, Sandpoint (Bailey Majors, Aspynn Duquette-Dismuke, Liesl Heuser, Piper Roark), 56.45. 4x200 relay — 1, Lakeland (Ashlyn Karle, Casey Foster, Ruby Kindy, Tessa Lovell), 1:46.83; 5, Sandpoint (Bailey Majors, Jordyn Tomco, Liesl Heuser, Piper Roark), 1:59.93.

Shot put — 1, Hallie Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 39-9; 18, Farrah Hollett, Priest River, 22-10. Discus — 1, Jackie Robbins, Lakeland, 129-10; 16, Trinity Meyers, Priest River, 76-1. Javelin — 1, Dimercia Spooner, St. Maries, 97-1; 6, Jordyn Tomco, Sandpoint, 70-6; 9, Sawyer Lee, Sandpoint, 60-10. Pole vault — t-1, Alyssa Hinkle, Lakeland; Madison Whipp, Coeur d'Alene, 8-6; 4, Sienna Omodt, Sandpoint, 8-0; 5, Annaliese Reimann, Sandpoint, 8-0. High jump — 1, Jasmin Laing, Sandpoint, 5-0; t-7, Jayla Meyer, Sandpoint, 4-2. Long jump — 1, Reagan Hutchison, Post Falls, 15-4; 2, Jasmin Laing, Sandpoint, 15-1; 8, Sierra Vest, Sandpoint, 14-5; 10, Ashlyn Korff, Priest River, 13-7. Triple jump — 1, Jorja Coppinger, Lakeland, 32-3; 2, Vivian Haag, Sandpoint, 31-5.5.

MIXED

4x400 relay — 1, Lakeland (Karstyn Kiefer, Ryan Engelbrecht, Tessa Lovell, Jaron Yager), 3:47.87; 5, Sandpoint (Elia Howard, Deacon Schicker, Elizabeth Storms, Jaggar Lindgren), 3:59.17.

TENNIS

Sandpoint 11, Lakeland 1

SANDPOINT — Pepper Rickert won her seventh consecutive match by a score of 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 girls singles, McCoy Jensen and Joey Allen posted a perfect score of their own at No. 2 boys doubles, and the Bulldogs swept four of five categories in a 5A Inland Empire League matchup held Tuesday at the James. E. Russell Center.

"Joey and McCoy look very strong at No. 2 (boys doubles)," Sandpoint High head coach Kent Anderson said. "They have been dominating since they matched up a couple of weeks ago." 

Umbi Petito also won by a score of 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 boys singles and Veronica Kramer and Paityn Zimmerman teamed up for the first time for a two-set victory in the No. 2 girls doubles spot.

Brayden Western and Caden Martz won a competitive match that came down a tiebreaker at No. 1 boys doubles and Morgan Dail found her form and clutched a tiebreaker win at No. 2 girls singles for Sandpoint (4-2-1), which travels to Post Falls on Friday.

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1 Pepper Rickert, Sandpoint, d. Jenna Olson, Lakeland, 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 Morgan Dail, Sandpoint, d. Bridget Derbyshire, Lakeland, 4-6, 6-1 (10-7). No. 3 Morgan Harris, Sandpoint, d. Paetyn Bladgen, Lakeland, 6-2, 4-2.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1 Umbi Petito, Sandpoint, d. Sam Harrell, Lakeland, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2 Louie Reale, Sandpoint, d. Landon Cederblom, Lakeland, 6-2, 6-0. No. 3 Austin Leonard, Sandpoint, d. Eli McCracken, Lakeland, 6-1, 4-1.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1 Lily Evans/Amelia Poulson, Sandpoint, d. Amanda Olson/Aspen Liddiard, Lakeland, 6-2, 6-2. No. 2 Paityn Zimmerman/Veronica Kramer, Sandpoint, d. Riley Clement/Emma Davis, Lakeland, 6-3, 6-1. 

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1 Brayden Western/Caden Martz, Sandpoint, d. Brock Raebel/Garrett Snyder, 6-1, 3-6 (10-5). No. 2 McCoy Jensen/Joey Allen, Sandpoint, d. Aiden Hunt/Peyton Davis, 6-0, 6-0.

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1 Marty Babb/Caitlin Costello, Lakeland, d. Tanner Western/Donna Tutin, Sandpoint, 6-3, 6-2. No. 2 Zayda Ambauen/Porter Jensen, Sandpoint, by default.