PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeland falls on walk-off hit at districts

• BASEBALL

SANDPOINT — Sophomore Landon Puzio hit a sacrifice fly to score senior Jace Taylor to tie the game at 6-6 in the top of the seventh inning for Lakeland, but a walk-off single by Guy Krasselt in the bottom of the inning lifted the second-seeded Lewiston Bengals past the Hawks in a semifinal game in the 5A Region 1 tournament at Memorial Field on Friday. 

Lakeland (9-12) is 12th in the latest 5A MaxPreps.com rankings, which are used to determine at-large bids to one of four three-team state 5A qualifying tournaments. Lewiston (18-8), fifth in the latest rankings, fell 8-2 in Friday’s championship game to Sandpoint (20-2), which will host one of the four qualifiers next week. The Bulldogs, which defeated Moscow in the other semifinal, are ranked second in the state. 

Matchups are expected to be announced this weekend. 

Lakeland took a 3-0 lead in the second inning on RBIs from senior Jake Larcher, junior Parker Byrd and senior Dre Smith. 

Jackson Casey and Keatan Phillips had two RBIs each for Lewiston against Lakeland. 

Lakeland    030    001    2    —    6    8    1 

Sandpoint    022    200    1    —    7    11    0 

One out when winning run scored. 

Jace Taylor, Landon Puzio (5) and Nate Bevacqua; Grady Peterson, Jayden Estlund (5), Zavier McFee (7) and Peyton Bonebrake. 

HITS: LL — Tamagni, Taylor, Bevacqua, Puzio, Smith, Avriett, Lund, Byrd. Lew — Krasselt, Bambacigno 2, Robbins, Phillips 2, Peterson, Collins 2, Casey. 2B — Puzio. 3B — Robbins. 

St. Maries 3 

Kellogg 2 

OROFINO — William Durham struck out seven and had an RBI single in the third inning for the fourth-seeded Lumberjacks, who eliminated the third-seeded Wildcats in a loser-out game in the 3A District 1 tournament at Orofino High. 

Harlen Baker also had an RBI single for St. Maries in the win. 

Kellogg finished 4-18. 

In the second-place game, Priest River (14-5) — which fell to Orofino in the title game 19-0 earlier on Friday — defeated St. Maries 6-2. The Spartans are fifth in the latest MaxPreps.com rankings, which are used to determine the top 12 teams to the state 3A qualifying tournaments next weekend. 

Baker had two RBIs for the Lumberjacks (5-13) against Priest River. 

ST. MARIES 3, KELLOGG 2 

St. Maries    011    001    0    —    3    8    1 

Kellogg        001    000    1    —    2    6    1 

William Durham and Santana Jensen; Henry Larson and Maddux Allen. 

HITS: SM — Lingo, Nantell, Durham 2, Baker 2, Stewart, Mitchell. Kell — Allen, Liddicoat, Cassidy, Keller, Brown, McDonald. 2B — Keller. 3B — Durham.  

PRIEST RIVER 6, ST. MARIES 2 

St. Maries    100    001    0    —    2    4    4 

Priest River    013    200    x    —    6    7    1 

Daniel Jensen, Peyton Lingo (5) and William Durham; Jacob Best and Colton Kuprienko. 

HITS: SM — Durham, Baker 2, Siron. PR — Elder, Best 2, Collins, Garvin, Paschetag, Findley. 2B — Best. 3B — Durham. 

• TENNIS

Coeur d’Alene 7 

Lewiston 5 

COEUR d’ALENE — The Vikings swept in boys singles and girls doubles to capture the match from the Bengals at Coeur d’Alene High. 

“Even after losing three of four tiebreaks, we were able to sweep the boys singles and girls doubles to cement the win and send our seniors out on a positive note for their last home match of the season,” Coeur d’Alene girls coach Tim Qualls said. 

Coeur d’Alene is scheduled to travel to Sandpoint on Tuesday to conclude the regular season. 

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Grant Johnson, Coeur d’Alene, d. Caleb Potratz, 6-3, 6-4. No. 2, Samuel Mandel, Coeur d’Alene, d. Dylan Smith, 3-6, 6-3, 10-6. No. 3, Brody Raber, Coeur d’Alene, d. Isaac Dover, 6-0, 6-0. 

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Maddie Hunt, Coeur d’Alene, d. Eliza Pfaff, 7-5, 6-0. No. 2, River Hoover, Lewiston, d. Krysten Moore, 3-6, 6-2, 10-3. No. 3, Frieda Doerner, Lewiston, d. Morgan Knutson, 4-6, 6-1, 13-11. 

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Beau Beehler/Joe Hartwig, Lewiston, d. Kohl Morin/Ryan Smith, 6-2, 6-1. No. 2, JJ Pacheco/Treyton Burke, Lewiston, d. Ryker Frank/Logan Contant, 6-3, 6-4. 

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Natalie Knutson/Gabby Knutson, Coeur d’Alene, d. Malley Geary/Grace Klein, 6-2, 6-0. No. 2, Ava Jaeger/Libby Morrisroe, Coeur d’Alene, d. Sophie Penney/Emma Wassmuth, 6-4, 6-3. 

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Alexis Keller/Brennan Rice, Lewiston, d. Molly Jaeger/Alexander Pulsipher, 4-6, 6-0, 10-8. No. 2, William Watkins/Emily Stillert, Coeur d’Alene, d. Isaac Dover/Taylor Musser, 6-1, 6-2.