BASEBALL

Sandpoint 8, Coeur d'Alene 1

SANDPOINT — Senior Mason Little hit a pair of doubles, including an RBI double during Sandpoint's five-run second frame, senior Sage Medeiros allowed just two hits and no walks as he fanned 10 batters on the mound, and the Bulldogs bested the Vikings in a 6A/5A Inland Empire League showdown held Thursday at War Memorial Field.

Medeiros added a pair of RBI singles and junior Brennan Shaw, senior Parker Reichart, and senior Caprio also had multi-hit efforts and an RBI single each for Sandpoint, which limited Coeur d'Alene to just three hits and reached base seven consecutive times at one point in the bottom of the second.

Junior Carson Resso singled, as did Jack Schriber, who also knocked home a run via sacrifice fly in the seventh. Reichart struck out two batters in his one-hit inning in relief for Sandpoint, which last beat Coeur d'Alene by a score of 13-5 in their 2024 season opener.

Coeur d'Alene 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — 1 3 1

Sandpoint 1 5 0 0 0 2 X — 8 12 1

PITCHING

SPT — Medeiros (W): 6IP, 2H, 1R (0ER), 0BB, 10K. Reichart: 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K. CDA — Ackerman (L): 3IP, 7H, 6R (6ER), 2BB, 0K. Cook: 3IP, 5H, 2R (0ER), 3BB, 2K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Shaw 2, Caprio 2, Little 2, Reichart 2, Medeiros 2, Schriber 1, Resso 1. CDA — Fenter, Helms, Stevens. 2B — Little 2.  RBI: SPT — Reichart 2, Medeiros 2, Caprio 1, Little 1, Schriber 1. CDA — Fenter 1.

Post Falls 10, Sandpoint 2

SANDPOINT — Senior Dallen Williams knocked home an RBI double in the fourth inning, junior Carson Resso had an RBI groundout in the seventh, and the Bulldogs came up short of the Trojans in the second game of Thursday's 6A/5A Inland Empire League doubleheader at War Memorial Field.

Junior Brennan Shaw got the start on the rubber and struck out three batters across three innings while junior Parker Reichart logged 2.2 innings and struck out six batters of his own for Sandpoint, which was outhit 9-2 in the contest. Junior Landon Day struck out one batter over a clean inning in relief in his varsity debut.

Bryce Berger went 2-for-3 with a double and four RBIs for Post Falls, which picked up their first win of the season.

Sandpoint (5-1) will return to action on Tuesday, April 7 for a home doubleheader against 6A Lake City.

Post Falls 0 1 1 2 1 5 0 — 10 9 1

Sandpoint 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 — 2 2 2

PITCHING

SPT — Shaw (L): 3IP, 4H, 4R (3ER), 3BB, 3K. Reichart: 2.2IP, 4H, 3R (2ER), 2BB, 6K. Little: 0.1IP, 1H, 3R (3ER), 2BB, 0K. Day: 1IP, 0H, 0ER, 0BB, 1K. PF — Wienker (W): 5IP, 2H, 1R (1ER), 4BB, 2K. Perkins: 2IP, 0H, 1R (0ER), 0BB, 2K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Williams 1, Schriber 1. PF — Berger 2, Tomlinson 2, O'Connor 1, Wienker 1, Carrasco 1, Reese 1, Felix 1. 2B — Williams, Berger, Carrasco, Tomlinson.  RBI: SPT — Williams 1, Resso 1. PF — Berger 4, Carrasco 2, Davis 1, Felix 1.

Priest River 18, Grangeville 6 (6)

GRANGEVILLE — Junior Brayden Elder went 4-for-5 with a two-run single in the fourth and an RBI single in the sixth, junior Dave Findley got the win on the mound as he struck out six batters across three one-hit innings on the bump, and the Spartans downed the Bulldogs to kick off 3A Central Idaho League play on Friday afternoon at Grangeville High.

Sophomore P.J. Paschetag was 2-for-2 with a pair of singles and fellow sophomore Jacob Best chipped in an RBI single and struck out three batters across 1.2 one-hit innings in relief for Priest River, which chalked up 10 hits and eight walks in the win. The Spartans scored 10 runs in the fourth frame and six in the sixth inning to take a commanding lead.

Junior Donovan Baldwin doubled, junior Broden Collins and sophomore Karsen Garvin singled, and Collins bagged a game-high four stolen bases for Priest River (3-0), which had lost eight consecutive games against Grangeville over the last two years before yesterday's victory. The Spartans will look to keep things rolling today at Grangeville as they face the Bulldogs again for 3A CIL doubleheader.

Priest River 0 1 1 10 0 6 — 18 10 1

Grangeville 1 2 0 3 0 0 — 6 2 5

PITCHING

PR — Findley (W): 3IP, 1H, 3R (1ER), 3BB, 6K. Elder: 0.1IP, 0H, 3R (3ER), 3BB, 0K. Best: 1.2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 3K. Collins: 1IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 2K. GRA — Sickels (L): 3.1IP, 4H, 9R (2ER), 3BB, 4K. Barger: 2.2IP, 6H, 9R (3ER), 5BB, 5K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Elder 4, Paschetag 2, Best 1, Collins 1, Garvin 1, Baldwin 1. GRA — Sickels 1, Whiteside 1. 2B — Baldwin. RBI: PR — Elder 3, Goins 1, Kuprienko 1, Best 1, Hatten 1, Collins 1. GRA — Sickels 2, Stark 1.

SOFTBALL

Coeur d'Alene 10, Sandpoint 0 (5)

COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore Bailey Wilson and senior Arah Stevens drew a walk each as the Lady Bulldogs were on the receiving end of a five-inning no-hitter from the Lady Vikings during Thursday's 6A/5A Inland Empire League opener at Larry Schwenke Field.

Sophomore Marlee Stevens struck out four batters across four innings in the circle for Sandpoint, which had four errors in the loss.

Freshman Savannah Stevens pitched the no-hitter to go along with 13 strikeouts for Coeur d'Alene, which plated five of their 10 runs in the fourth inning and had 12 hits in total.

Sandpoint 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 4

Coeur d'Alene 3 0 2 5 X — 10 12 1

PITCHING

SPT — M. Stevens (L): 4IP, 12H, 10R (4ER), 3BB, 4K. CDA — Stevens (W): 5IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 13K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — None. CDA — Nelson 2, Linder 2, Pratt 2, Dudley 2, Bridge 1, Stevens 1, Henderson 1, Wengilkowski 1. No extra-base hits. RBI: SPT — None. CDA — Nelson 2, Pratt 2, Bridge 1, Stevens 1, Henderson 1, Dudley 1, Wengilkowski 1.

Coeur d'Alene 11, Sandpoint 0 (5)

COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Arah Stevens and sophomore Taylor Bannick singled in the second inning, junior Arianna Turnbull and sophomore Avery Inge singled in the fifth, and the Lady Bulldogs were defeated by the Lady Vikings in the nightcap of Thursday's 6A/5A Inland Empire League doubleheader at Larry Schwenke Field.

Sophomore Bailey Wilson got the nod and struck out two batters across four innings of work for Sandpoint (1-5), which will look to get back in the win column today when they host Thompson Falls for a non-league doubleheader at War Memorial Field.

Abbey Linder went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs for Coeur d'Alene (5-0), which is undefeated and is outscoring opponents 49-7 so far this season.

Sandpoint 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 4 5

Coeur d'Alene 4 3 2 2 X — 11 11 1

PITCHING

SPT — Wilson (L): 4IP, 1H, 11R (6ER), 2BB, 2K. CDA — Stevens (W): 5IP, 4H, 0R, 1BB, 9K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Inge 1, A. Stevens 1, Bannick 1, Turnbull 1. CDA — Nelson 2, Bridge 2, Linder 2, Henderson 1, Olmsted 1, Piekarski 1, Dudley 1, Wengilkowski 1. 2B — Piekarski. RBI: SPT — None. CDA — Linder 3, Henderson 2, Piekarski 2, Olmsted 1, Bridge 1, Nelson 1.

Grangeville 18, Priest River 5 (5)

GRANGEVILLE — Eila Smith batted in a two-run single during the first inning, Rylee Dixon chipped in an RBI single in the second frame, and the Lady Spartans were downed by the Lady Bulldogs in their 3A Central Idaho League opener held Friday afternoon at Grangeville High.

Toni Marinelllo drew three walks and Heather Stumm drew two walks of her own for Priest River, which scored four of their five runs between the first two innings. Callie Stanger and Maycie Olmo singled for the Lady Spartans in the loss.

Addisyn Vanderwall went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and three RBIs and Alyson Green was 3-for-3 with a triple, three RBIs and three runs scored for Grangeville, which had 15 hits in total and used a 9-spot in the fourth inning to pull ahead.

Priest River (1-3), which captured their first win of the season on March 21 with a 20-4 win over Timberlake JV, will play at Grangeville again today for a 3A CIL doubleheader. 

Grangeville 2 3 4 9 0 —18 15 3

Priest River 2 2 0 0 1 — 5 4 1

PITCHING

PR — Marinello (L): 3IP, 9H, 9R (9ER), 5BB, 2K. Burgess-Duquette: 2IP, 6H, 9R (6ER), 4BB, 2K. GRA — MacGregor (W): 5IP, 4H, 5R (3ER), 8BB, 7K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Dixon 1, Smith 1, Stanger 1, Olmo 1. GRA — Vanderwall 3, Green 3, Harris 2, Klement 2, Maschmitter 2, Fogleman 1, Brown 1, MacGregor 1. 2B — Vanderwall 2. 3B — Green. RBI: PR — Dixon 2, Smith 2. GRA — Vanderwall 3, Klement 3, Green 3, Harris 2, Klement 2, Fogleman 1, MacGregor 1.

TENNIS

Sandpoint 6, Lake City 6

SANDPOINT — Nathan Duke, Umbi Petito, and Joey Allen all posted two-set wins as the Bulldogs swept the boys singles category and settled for a tie with the Timberwolves on Thursday afternoon at the James. E. Russell Sports Center.

Pepper Rickert won her fourth consecutive 6-0, 6-0 match at No. 1 girls singles, Brayden Western and Caden Martz picked up a two-set win at No. 1 boys doubles, and Lily Evans and Amelia Poulsen cruised to a dominant win at No. 1 girls doubles.

Sandpoint (2-1-1) hosts Coeur d'Alene this afternoon for another 6A/5A Inland Empire League showdown.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Nathan Duke, Sandpoint, d. Reece Carron, Lake City, 6-2, 6-1. No. 2. Umbi Petito, Sandpoint, d. Masen Bates, Lake City, 6-0, 6-2. No. 2, Joey Allen, Sandpoint, d. Dylan DeBerard, Lake City, 6-0, 6-2. 

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Pepper Rickert, Sandpoint, d. Emily Walker, Lake City, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2, Whitlee Sudol, Lake City, d. Avery Thornton, Sandpoint, 6-2, 6-4. No. 3, Greta Nace, Lake City, d. Morgan Harris, Sandpoint, 6-2, 6-1. 

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Brayden Western/Caden Martz, Sandpoint, d. Noah Rodriguez/Jerry Soto, Lake City, 6-4, 6-4. No. 2, Matthew Samms/Camden Taylor, Lake City, d. Austin Leonard/McCoy Jensen, Sandpoint, 6-4, 6-0. 

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Lily Evans/Amelia Poulsen, Sandpoint, d. Roxanne Profumo/Madelynn Penn, Lake City, 6-1, 6-1. No. 2, Chloe Fitzgerald/Keira Gannon, Lake City, d. Veronica Kramer/Donna Tutin, Sandpoint, 7-6, 6-4. 

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Trey Lambert/Elizabeth Montgomery, Lake City, d. Tanner Western/Morgan Dail, Sandpoint, 6-4, 2-6, 10-6. No. 2, Jaden Ross/Drew Merk, Lake City, d. Zayda Ambauen/Porter Jensen, Sandpoint, 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.

GOLF

LEWISTON — Bonners Ferry High freshman Patrick Young shot a 3-over-par-74 to capture medalist honors by a 7-stroke margin at the St. Maries Invitational held Thursday at the Bryden Canyon Golf Course.

Junior Gabe Warren carded an 89 for the Badgers, which finished second out of eight scoring teams. Priest River finished tied for fifth, but no names or scores were reported.

Bonners Ferry High junior Callie Bateman shot a 97 and finished second while junior Nollie Hiatt fired in an 98 and was third for the Lady Badgers, which did not compile a team score.

Priest River and Bonners Ferry will tee off again on Monday, April 6 at the Mirror Lake Golf Course in Boundary County.

BOYS 

Par 71 

MEDALIST — Patrick Young, Bonners Ferry, 74. 

TEAM SCORES — 1, Kellogg 342. 2, Bonners Ferry 354. 3, Lapwai 370. 4, St. Maries 376. 5, Wallace 377. t-5 Priest River, Timberlake 383. 7, Genesis Prep 448. 8, Lakeside 456.  

KELLOGG — Johnny Stovern 81, Mason Bailey 82, Boden Glindeman 93, Chevy Ward 86. BONNERS FERRY — Patrick Young 74, Gabriel Warren 89, Tyler Cordle 94, Marvin Michaels 97. ST. MARIES — Zeke Watts 84, Xavier Sloper 100, Allan Wise 108, Collin Degravio 95, Trace Chatigny 97. WALLACE — Cooper Miller 95, Marley Pearce 92, Rossi Korasick 87, Landon Therrian 103.  

TIMBERLAKE — Caleb Ortiz 93, Carter Hilliard 88, Harry Hunter 99, Wade Van Gundy 103. PRIEST RIVER — No names or scores reported. GENESIS PREP — Dane Richard 98, Will Hernas 114, Ty Van Meeteren 105, Ethan Skiles 131, Trevor Walsh 131. LAKESIDE — Dre’don Sines 94, Santino Aldrich 96, Jayden Wilson 137, Johnny Mahoney 129. 

GIRLS 

Par 71

MEDALIST — Kendyl Bircher, Kellogg, 96.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Lapwai 438. 2, Wallace 453. 3, Kellogg 455. 4, St. Maries 486. 5, Logos 498. 

WALLACE — Kayden Stutzke 102, Addison Paul 115, Irie Korasick 111, Brooke Patterson 125, Mia Stutzke 128. KELLOGG — Rylee Jarvey 116, Kyncie Evans 103, Kendyl Bircher 96, Gemma Miller 131. ST. MARIES — Addie Crane 104, Nova Newton 127, Isabella Wise 132, Makenna Phillips 123. GENESIS PREP — Layla Grimmett 129, Ellie Clermont 124. BONNERS FERRY — No team score compiled.