SOFTBALL

Sandpoint 20, Bonners Ferry 2 (5)

SANDPOINT — It didn't exactly go as planned, but if there are two teams dressed and ready to play on a sunny spring day in North Idaho, those teams aren't going to pass up the opportunity.

Monday's games were originally scheduled to be official contests, but Bonners Ferry was short a player, and due to IHSAA guidelines, were forced to forfeit the non-league doubleheader. With a senior night on tap for Sandpoint, the two squads decided to participate in a pair of scrimmages anyways.

Sophomore Marlee Stevens was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, a home run, four runs scored and five RBIs in total as the Lady Bulldogs compiled 11 extra-base hits in a game one win over the Lady Badgers.

Sophomore Taylor Bannick was 3-for-3 with a double and a triple, junior Teagan Newsom was 2-for-4 with four RBIs and a double and a triple of her own, and senior Arah Stevens was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and yet another double and a triple for Sandpoint, which scored 19 of their 20 runs across the first two innings.

Hailey Dickson was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and RBIs for Bonners Ferry, which was outhit 13-5 by the Lady Bulldogs.

In the circle, sophomore Bailey Wilson struck out five batters, as did Marlee Stevens, and senior Lilli Marti recorded the first double of her career for Sandpoint during the scrimmage.

Bonners Ferry 1 0 0 0 1 — 2 5 7

Sandpoint 11 8 1 0 X — 20 13 2

PITCHING

SPT — Wilson (W): 3IP, 3H, 1R (0ER), 1BB, 5K. M. Stevens: 2IP, 2H, 1R (1ER), 0BB, 5K. BF — Short (L): 1IP, 9H, 18R (15ER), 5BB, 2K. Frago: 3IP, 4H, 2R (0ER), 1K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Bannick 3, M. Stevens 3, A. Stevens 2, Newsom 2, Skibitsky 1, Turnbull 1, Marti 1. BF — Short 2, Dickson 2, Hibbard 1. 2B — M. Stevens 2, Dickson 2, A. Stevens, Skibitsky, Marti, Bannick, Newsom. 3B — A. Stevens, Bannick, Newsom. HR — M. Stevens. RBI: SPT — M. Stevens 5, Newsom 4, A. Stevens 3, Skibitsky 1, Inge 1, Bannick 1. BF — Dickson 2.

Sandpoint 8, Bonners Ferry 8 (5)

SANDPOINT — Senior Cadence Skibitsky, one of three seniors for Sandpoint, led the way with a 2-for-2 effort that included a two-run triple, junior Zxyloh Hull-Johnson recorded the first double and triple of her career, and the Lady Bulldogs called it a tie with the Lady Badgers during the second game of Monday's scrimmages.

Skibitsky, senior Arah Stevens, and senior Lilli Marti all served as the team's captains on the night and were honored for their efforts over the years prior to the start of game two.

"Although this senior class is small, it has made a significant impact on the program," Sandpoint High head coach Leah Platt said of Stevens, Skibitsky and Marti. "It has been rewarding to watch these athletes grow and mature, not only in the game of softball but also as young adults. Along the way, they have worked through challenges, built relationships, and learned from their mistakes to become stronger leaders."

"It is our hope that the lessons they’ve gained — from their coaches, teammates, and the softball program — will continue to serve them well in the future," coach Platt continued. "At the same time, each of them has left a lasting impression on the program, and we are grateful for all that we have learned from them."

Junior Teagan Newsom whiffed seven batters over three innings in the circle while sophomore Bailey Wilson recorded five more strikeouts across two innings in the nightcap. Arah Stevens doubled and sophomore Marlee Stevens tripled to round out the extra-base hits on the day for Sandpoint (8-10), which hosts Lewiston on Saturday for a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader.

Ryelle Short was 4-for-4 with a trio of runs scored, triples, and RBIs for Bonners Ferry, which dropped to 2-8 on the year with the two forfeits. 

Bonners Ferry 2 3 0 2 1 — 8 5 2

Sandpoint 1 0 0 6 1 — 8 10 4

PITCHING

SPT — Newsom: 3IP, 3H, 5R (5ER), 4BB, 7K. Wilson: 2IP, 2H, 3R (0ER), 2BB, 5K. BF — Frago: 4.2IP, 10H, 8R (8ER), 0BB, 1K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Hull-Johnson 2, Skibitsky 2, Olsen 2, M. Stevens 1, Inge 1, A. Stevens 1, Wilson 1.BF — Short 4, Dickson 1. 2B — A. Stevens, Hull-Johnson. 3B — Short 3, Skibitsky, M. Stevens, Hull-Johnson. RBI: SPT — Skibitsky 2, Olsen 1, Inge 1, A. Stevens 1, Hull-Johnson 1. BF — Short 3, Dickson 1.

Kellogg 14, Priest River 2 (5)

PRIEST RIVER — Sophomore McKinley Burgess-Duquette and junior Heather Stumm both doubled as the Lady Spartans were defeated by the Lady Wildcats in a 3A Central Idaho League game held Tuesday at the fields at Priest River Junior High.

Freshman Eila Smith singled for Priest River, which scored a run in both the first and fifth frames.

Malena Munoz had a double and a home run and Joci Lee had three RBIs and nine strikeouts across five innings on the rubber for Kellogg (9-4), which scored nine of their 14 runs between the first two frames.

Priest River (1-14) will travel to St. Maries for a 3A CIL doubleheader on Tuesday, April 28, for their final two games of the regular season.

Kellogg 4 5 2 0 3 — 14 13 1

Priest River 1 0 0 0 1 — 2 3 7

PITCHING

PR — Marinello (L): 5IP, 13H, 14R (8ER), 3BB, 1K. KLG — Lee (W): 5IP, 3H, 2R (0ER), 1BB, 9K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Burgess-Duquette 1, Stumm 1, Smith 1. KLG — McDonald 3, A. Kunze 2, Munoz 2, Schilleriff 2, Lee 1, E. Kunze 1, Dechand 1, Wilkinson 1. 2B — Stumm, Burgess-Duquette., McDonald, Munoz. HR — Munoz. RBI: PR — None. KLG — Lee 3, E. Kunze 2, Schilleriff 1, Munoz 1, McDonald 1.

Lamanna breaks pole vault school record

TRACK & FIELD

BONNERS FERRY — Ian Lamanna's been working on his craft, and that hard work paid off Monday.

The standout senior cleared 14 feet, 7 inches in the pole vault to win the event — a new school record by one inch — and beat out 12 other competitors in the long jump with a mark of 21 feet, 2 inches, which ranks as No. 2 all-time in school history, as the Spartans headed north for a non-league double dual with Bonners and Troy (Mont.).

The previous school record of 14 feet, 6 inches was held by Corbin Maltba, set at the 3A District 1 Championships in 2017. Lamanna is just 2.5 inches away from the long jump school record, held by Juan Garces, who posted a jump of 21 feet, 4.5 inches in 1985.

Senior Niki Porinchok added a win in the discus (148 feet, 5 inches) and was third in the shot put (42 feet, 1 inch) for Priest River, which defeated Troy in dual scoring.

Junior Riley Beggerly won the 100-meter dash (11.74), was part of the winning 4x100 relay (45.31), won the high jump (5 feet, 10 inches) and was second in the long jump (20 feet, 10.5 inches) for Bonners Ferry's boys, which swept the event.

In girls' action, junior Ashlynn Korff was second in the 100-meter dash (14.19), second in the 200-meter dash (29.66) and third in the long jump (13 feet, 9.25 inches) for the Lady Spartans, which defeated Troy in dual scoring.

Junior Eva Willis won the long jump (16 feet, 1 inch), the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches) and the 100-meter dash (13.67) for the Lady Badgers, which swept the event.

Priest River will host the 29th Annual Priest River Invitational this Saturday in which nine area school are expected to attend.

BOYS

DUAL SCORES — Bonners Ferry 109, Troy 25; Priest River 59.5, Troy 36.5; Bonners Ferry 100, Priest River 28.

(top three individuals, winning relay)

100 — 1, Riley Beggerly, Bonners Ferry, 11.74; 2, Spiro Petras, Bonners Ferry, 11.80; 3, Ben Middleton, Bonners Ferry, 11.94. 200 — 1, Spiro Petras, Bonners Ferry, 23.67; 2, Ben Middleton, Bonners Ferry, 24.25; 3, Gio Faroni, Bonners Ferry, 24.83. 400 — 1, Michael Gillespie, Troy, 58.44; 2, Kai Brownell, Troy, 59.07; 3, Ben Hollabaugh, Bonners Ferry, 59.53. 800 — 1, Brecken Miller, Bonners Ferry, 2:12.85; 2, Micah Thomson, Bonners Ferry, 2:13.11; 3, Daniel Gunkle, Priest River, 2:17.26. 1600 — 1, Kai Brownell, Troy, 5:25.21; 2, Justin Swanson, Bonners Ferry, 5:32.96; 3, Brock Tuma, Bonners Ferry, 5:48.61. 3200 — 1, Justin Swanson, Bonners Ferry, 12:34.02.

110 hurdles — 1, Devin Sceppe, Bonners Ferry, 18.88; 2, Darian Jacobson, Bonners Ferry, 20.62; 3, Ben Hollabaugh, Bonners Ferry, 21.92. 300 hurdles — 1, Devin Sceppe, Bonners Ferry, 1:00.02. 4x100 relay — 1, Bonners Ferry (Riley Beggerly, Ben Middleton, Ben Hollabaugh, Gio Faroni), 45.31. 4x200 relay — 1, Bonners Ferry (Logan Archibald, Gio Faroni, Ben Middleton, Spiro Petras), 1:35.37. SMR 1600 — 1, Priest River (Peyton Whitehead, Kellen Smith, Gunnar Pettit, Daniel Gunkle), 4:08.08.

Shot put — 1, James Morgen, Bonners Ferry, 48-2; 2, Grady Atkins, Bonners Ferry, 42-5; 3, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 42-1. Discus — 1, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 148-5; 2, James Morgen, Bonners Ferry, 126-8; 3, Grady Atkins, Bonners Ferry, 114-11. Javelin — 1, Daric Vincent, Bonners Ferry, 114-0; 2, Ben Powers, Troy, 103-1; 3, Peyton Whitehead, Priest River, 95-2. Pole vault — 1, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 14-7; 2, Logan Archibald, Bonners Ferry, 13-0; 3, Gunnar Pettit, Priest River, 9-6. Long jump — 1, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 21-2; 2, Riley Beggerly, Bonners Ferry, 20-10.5; 3, Gunnar Pettit, Priest River, 19-2.25. High jump — 1, Riley Beggerly, Bonners Ferry, 5-10; 2, Logan Archibald, Bonners Ferry, 5-8; 3, Shane Rice, Bonners Ferry, 5-8. Triple jump — 1, Michael Gillespie, Troy, 38-7.25.

GIRLS

DUAL SCORES — Bonners Ferry 99, Troy 28; Priest River 49, Troy 43; Bonners Ferry 97, Priest River 34.

(top three individuals, winning relay)

100 — 1, Eva Willis, Bonners Ferry, 13.67; 2, Ashlyn Korff, Priest River, 14.19; 3, Haylee Jepson, Priest River, 14.51. 200 — 1, Aspen Orr, Troy, 28.16; 2, Ashlyn Korff, Priest River, 29.66; 3, Ruby Law, Bonners Ferry, 30.32. 400 — 1, Olivia Lammers, Bonners Ferry, 1:09.73; 2, Kylie Calderone, Bonners Ferry, 1:11.38; 3, Lydia Hartley, Bonners Ferry, 1:11.88. 800 — 1, Jaycee Bateman, Bonners Ferry, 2:46.41; 2, Jaylee Meyers, Troy, 2:52.66; 3, Emile Bourassa, Bonners Ferry, 3:03.19. 1600 — 1, Kylie Calderone, Bonners Ferry, 5:56.10; 2, Jaylee Meyers, Troy, 6:54.30; 3, Emile Bourassa, Bonners Ferry, 7:37.87. 3200 — 1, Kylie Calderone, Bonners Ferry, 13:29.55;

100 hurdles — 1, Ireland Grady, Bonners Ferry, 17.70; 2, Haylee Jepson, Priest River, 19.07; 3, Olivia Lammers, Bonners Ferry, 19.10. 300 hurdles — 1, Haylee Jepson, Priest River, 56.88. 4x100 relay — 1, Bonners Ferry (Avah Archibald, Ireland Grady, Jaycee Bateman, Eva Willis), 53.61. 4x200 relay — 1, Bonners Ferry (Jayden Rennie, Lydia Hartley, Ruby Law, Marley Pauls), 2:01.02. SMR 800 — no teams.

Shot put — 1, Aspen Graham, Bonners Ferry, 30-0; 2, Farrah Hollett, Priest River, 26-3; 3, Edna Abraham, Bonners Ferry, 25-5. Discus — 1, Aspen Graham, Bonners Ferry, 90-1; 2, Trinity Meyers, Priest River, 75-0; 3, Averii Meek, Priest River, 74-0. Javelin — 1, Aspen Orr, Troy, 96-5; 2, Aspen Graham, Bonners Ferry, 75-4; 3, Farrah Hollett, Priest River, 67-0. Pole vault — 1, Ireland Grady, Bonners Ferry, 8-6; 2, Rachel Roberts, Priest River, 6-6. Long jump — 1, Eva Willis, Bonners Ferry, 16-1; 2, Aspen Orr, Troy, 15-9.5; 3, Ashlyn Korff, Priest River, 13-9.25. High jump — 1, Eva Willis, Bonners Ferry, 4-10; 2, Avah Archibald, Bonners Ferry, 4-4; 3, Phoenix Lakey, Bonners Ferry, 4-4. Triple jump — 1, Aspen Orr, Troy, 33-3; 2, Jaycee Bateman, Bonners Ferry, 27-6.75; 3, Jessie Heileson, Troy, 27-6.25.

BASEBALL

Priest River 15, Kellogg 11

PRIEST RIVER — Senior Brady Hatten went 2-for-3 with an RBI single, sophomore P.J. Paschetag hit the go-ahead two-run single during Priest River's six-run sixth inning, and the Spartans pulled off another 3A Central Idaho League win over the Wildcats on Tuesday at the fields at Priest River Junior High.

Junior Broden Collins contributed an RBI double, as did junior Karsen Garvin, and sophomore Layton Goins smacked an RBI triple all during the Spartans' eight-run second inning. Collins struck out seven batters in his start on the mound, but it was sophomore Jacob Best who was credited with the save and the win as he struck out two batters over the final two innings of the contest for Priest River, which rallied from down 11-9 at one point and outhit Kellogg by a margin of 9-5.

Preston Graaskamp had two hits, including an RBI double, and Alex Cassidy recorded three RBIs in total for Kellogg, which is now 2-15 on the season.

Best drew two walks and juniors Dave Findley, Colton Kuprienko and Brayden Elder all singled in the victory for Priest River (11-3), which will travel to St. Maries for a 3A Central Idaho League doubleheader today for their final two games of the regular season.

Kellogg 0 0 2 5 1 3 0 — 11 5 4

Priest River 1 8 0 0 0 6 X — 15 9 4

PITCHING

PR — Collins: 4IP, 2H, 7R (0ER), 4BB, 7K. Findley: 1IP, 1H, 3R (3ER), 1K. Best (W, S): 2IP, 2H, 1R (1ER), 2BB, 2K. KLG — Fox: 1.1IP, 5H, 8R (7ER), 3BB, 2K. Keller (L): 3.2IP, 3H, 5R (5ER), 4BB, 2K. Cassidy: 0.1IP, 1H, 2R (1ER), 2BB, 0K. Brown: 0.1IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 0K. Larson: 0.1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Hatten 2, Findley 1, Garvin 1, Paschetag 1, Collins 1, Kuprienko 1, Elder 1, Goins 1. KLG — Graaskamp 2, Liddicoat 1, Rose 1, Cassidy 1. 2B — Collins, Garvin, Graaskamp. 3B — Goins. RBI: PR — Hatten 2, Collins 1, Best 1, Elder 1, Goins 1, Paschetag 1, Findley 1, Garvin 1. KLG — Cassidy 3, Larson 1, Graaskamp 1, Rose 1.

GOLF

MOSCOW — Junior Nate Fegert fired in a 15-over-par 87, senior Dawson Strange followed with an 89, and the Spartans placed second out of nine scoring teams with a total gross of 366 at the Potlatch Invitational held Monday at the University of Idaho Golf Course.

Bonners Ferry High Patrick Young placed second overall with a 5-over-par 77 for the Badgers, which were just two strokes behind Priest River, but three strokes ahead of Logos and four ahead of Kellogg as they placed third as a team.

Priest River will host their annual home invitational at the Stoneridge Resort Golf Course on Thursday. Both Bonners Ferry and Clark Fork are expected to be in attendance.

BOYS 

TEAM SCORES — 1, Ambrose 345. 2, Priest River 366. 3, Bonners Ferry 368. 4, Logos 371. 5, Kellogg 372. 6, Wallace 385. 7, St. Maries 391. 8, Timberlake 395. 9, Lakeside 410. 

MEDALIST — Chase Lovell, Potlatch, 76.  

PRIEST RIVER — Nate Fegert 87, Dawson Strange 89, Parker Bradbury 95, Mason Crump 95, Mason Fenderson 101. BONNERS FERRY — Patrick Young 77, Gabe Warren 96, Tyler Cordle 92, Marvin Michaels 103, Zack Homan 109. KELLOGG — Johnny Stovern 84, Mason Bailey 93, Boden Glindeman 99, Chevy Sharp 96, Dalton Colburn 103. 

WALLACE — Rossi Korasick 99, Cooper Miller 82, Marley Pearce 87, Landon Therrian 117. ST. MARIES — Zeke Watts 89, Colin DeGravio 119, Xavier Sloper 101, Allan Wise 103, Trace Chatigny 98. TIMBERLAKE — Carter Hilliard 103, Caleb Ortiz 93, Harry Hunter 107, Wade Van Gundy 94, Titan Leard 105. LAKESIDE — Dre’don Sines 88, Tyson Charley WD, Santino Aldrich 105, Deondre Thomas 103, Jayden Wilson 114. 

GIRLS 

TEAM SCORES — 1, Ambrose 385. 2, Logos 424. 3, Kellogg 448. 4, St. Maries 460. 5, Lapwai 480.

MEDALIST — Ella McNicholas, Ambrose, 85. 

KELLOGG — Rylee Jarvey 96, Destiny Hurd WD, Kyncie Evans 112, Kendyl Bircher 109, Gemma Miller 131. ST. MARIES — Addie Crane 110, Layla Pooley 119, Nova Newton 117, MaKenna Phillips 114, Isabella Wise 141. WALLACE — Kayden Stutzke 113, Irie Korasick 116, Brook Patterson 126. BONNERS FERRY — Eleanor Sheets 119, Lilly Bremer 120, Sondra Fairchild 112.