Cardinals Hammer Prairie 21-9

Jeremy Mort, Paul Wilson and Ryan Tarasoff all homered, and were a combined 10 for 13 with 14 runs batted in as North Idaho College hammered visiting Prairie Baseball Academy 21-9 Wednesday in a non-conference game.

The Cardinals’ 22-hit attack supported reliever Tim Ayers (2-2), who entered in the third inning.

The eye-opening numbers included: Mort, 3 for 5 with five RBIs; Tarasoff, 4 of 4 with four RBIs; and Wilson, 3 of 4 with five RBIs.

NIC 21, Prairie 9

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NIC 341 443 11x 21 22 1

Zulyniak, Hale (2), Whipple (5), Smith (6) and Kubicek; Hawkins, Ayers (3), Neville (7) and Guenter, Anderson (6). W-Ayers (2-2). L-Zulyniak.

HITS: Prairie Baseball Academy - Wolstenholme 3, Kubicek, Toker 2, Samuel 2, Gukert, Yushchyshyn, Card, Howe 2. NIC Schock 3, Mort 3, Wilson 3, Novak 2, Gorham, Tarasoff 4, Bartell 2, Nelson 3, Neville. 2B-Gukert, Howe; Schock, Mort, Novak, Gorham, Bartell 2, Nelson 2, Neville. 3B-Wilson. HR-Mort, Wilson, Tarasoff.

GSL boys soccer

Goalkeeper Spencer Jewell stopped seven shots in regulation and visiting North Central (6-3, 2-1) won a shootout to edge Gonzaga Prep 1-0 in the day’s top Greater Spokane League match. NC won the shootout 4-3.

Prep (7-2, 1-1), which has been scored on just twice this year, had three shots hit the post in the second half. NC managed just one shot on goal during the final 60 wins of regulation, but sealed the shootout win on Cody Smith’s goal.

NC’s win left just one unbeaten team in league - Mead (7-1, 2-0), which edged visiting Ferris 1-0. Mead scored early in the second half when J.J. Klaus sent an indirect free kick to the top of the penalty box. Keeper Tommy Servine of Ferris (3-5, 1-2) came out for the ball, but Ben Brodsky beat him and headed in the goal.

Ryan Spidahl and Nick Stucky controlled Ferris’ forwards.

At Shadle, Ryan Vane scored twice in the first half, the second on a free kick, and freshman Jake Person set up Peter Raber for a late goal as the Highlanders (4-4, 2-1) took a 3-0 win over Central Valley (3-6, 1-2).

At Hart Field, Aaron Sweatt, the Tigers’ leading scorer last year, scored his first two goals of the season to lead Lewis and Clark (3-5, 2-1) over visiting Rogers 6-0. Sweatt also hit the post twice. The Pirates (0-9, 0-3) missed two early scoring chances.

GSL baseball

Joe Walters’ third hit, a seventh-inning RBI double, completed a rally as visiting Shadle Park (3-0) beat Central Valley 3-2 in a makeup game.

The Bears (1-2) led 2-0 until the sixth inning on an RBI single by Raif Jochim and a run-scoring double by Nate Lynch.

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