For A Team Said To Be In Ruin, Post Falls Doesn’t Act The Part

Post Falls High track coach Wade Quesnell had been hearing the rumors of his team’s demise, and he wasn’t pleased.

“Not bad for a disintegrating team, huh?” Quesnell said after watching his Trojans take both the boys and girls team titles at the Lakeland Relays on Friday evening.

The event comprises field events that combine the four best individual scores into a team score and a variety of relay races on the track.

Post Falls sprinter Jennifer Swanstrom anchored a pair of winning relays to lead the girls to a winning total of 84 points. The girls’ 400 relay set a team best time of 52.25 seconds, in part because of what Swanstrom said was their best handoffs this year.

The Post Falls boys scored 97 points to win despite not having their best sprinter and thrower healthy.

Austin Lee had the second-best discus throw of the day, without using a spin move because of an injured shoulder. Josh Mort helped the Trojans to a win in the long jump and ran in the relays, where the Trojans were without anchor Shawn Michaels.

“We’re glad to get through the week healthy and gear up for regionals next week,” Quesnell said.

Lakeland High’s Amber Jamison had the best marks in the girls triple and long jumps, events in which the Hawks won the team title. She echoed the sentiments of many of the athletes who felt the event was mainly to have a good time.

“We’re getting toward the end when it gets stressful, so it’s nice to have this laid-back meet before districts,” Jamison said.

Lake City coach Donna Messenger said she was happy with her girls’ second-place finish and was glad the athletes had a chance to finally run on a nice day.

“We had some nice things happen, but most of all it was nice to have the sun come out so we could have a good workout,” Messenger said.

Softball

Coeur d’Alene 8-12, Post Falls 0-2

Blake Hoorelbeke threw a no-hitter in the opener and Tara Lenz was 5 for 5 for the day as the Vikings swept the visiting Trojans to finish 13-0 in the Inland Empire League.

Hoorelbeke struck out 13, including 11 of the first 12. Her perfect game ended on a walk with one out in the seventh.

CdA’s Sarah Ballinger pitched a two-hitter and fanned six in the second game.

Post Falls 000 000 0 - 0 0 5

CdA 302 111 x - 8 11 0

Reed and Juhlin; Hoorelbeke and K. Babcock. W-Hoorelbeke (9-2). L-Reed (2-14).

HITS: Coeur d’Alene-Dodds 2, K.Babcock 2, Lenz 2, P.Stranger, Orr, Hoorelbeke, A.Stranger, Weber. 2B-Orr, Hoorelbeke, K.Babcock. 3B-Dodds.

Post Falls 000 11 - 2 2 4

CdA 225 12 - 12 15 2

Foster and Buffington, Smith (4); Ballinger and K.Babcock, Kuntz (4). W-Ballinger (5-1). L-Foster. HITS: Post Falls-Thompson, Mills. Coeur d’Alene-Lenz 3, Orr 2, Dodds 2, Hoorelbeke 2, Mitchell, K.Babcock, Kuntz, Tatum, A.Stranger, Latiti. 2B-Tatum, Hoorelbeke. 3B-Latiti.

Lake City 2-3, Moscow 1-4

Amber Barnes won the opener, but the Timberwolves settled for a non-league split with the visiting Bears because of a baserunning mistake in the second game.

Shelby McIntosh had two hits to support Barnes, who threw a six-hitter. LC, trailing 4-1 after 6-1/2 innings, appeared to have tied the game on Kim Budvarson’s triple. But Kim Koll was called out for missing third base on the way home.

Moscow 000 010 0 - 1 6 4

Lake City 100 000 x - 2 7 2

Griggs and M.Shwank; Barnes and Koll. W-Barnes (5-4). L- Griggs. HITS: Moscow-Thornton, Kinziger, Er.Makus 2, Em.Makus, Shwank. Lakes City-McIntosh 2, Herbert, Gerzina, Hatrock, Ashkinos, Barnes. 3B-Em.Makus.

Moscow 011 001 1 - 4 11 1

Lake City 100 000 2 - 3 10 3

Griggs and M.Shwank; Zimmerman and Koll. W-Griggs. L- Zimmerman (4-6). HITS: Moscow- Shupe, Thorton, Kinziger, Em.Makus, M.Shwank, Sorbel, Er.Makus. K.Shwank. Barnes 1. Lakecity- Koll,Budvarson 2, Hatrock, Johnson, Baker, Ashkinos 2, Zimmerman. 3B- Sorbel, Er?.Makus, Budvarson.

Baseball

Bonners Ferry 4, Priest River 0

Jacob Wages’ RBI triple in the fifth helped the visiting Badgers beat the Spartans in the Intermountain League.

Bonners 100 021 0 - 4 6 2

PR 000 000 0 - 0 2 4

Anderson and Johnson; Johnson, Mason (6) and Nelson. W-Anderson. L-Johnson (2-5). HITS: Bonners Ferry-Bateman, Stanley 2, Johnson, Wages, Barnhart. Priest River-Connolly, Kawamoto. 2B-Barnhart. 3B-Bateman, Wages.

Boys soccer

Coeur d’Alene 8, Lakeland 1

Ty Kovatch and Joel Grabenstein scored twice apiece to guide the Vikings over the visiting Hawks.

Grabenstein, normally a sweeper, scored twice in a span of 5 minutes. His first score came on a penalty kick after a defender tackled him on a breakaway.

SCORING: First half - 1, CdA, Kovatch (D.Baune), 6:00. 2, CdA, Richards, 11:00. 3, CdA, D.Baune, 42:00. Second half - 4, CdA, Kovatch (Grabenstein) 54:00. 5, M, own goal, 64:00. 6, CdA, Grabenstein, (penalty kick) 78:00. 7, CdA, Grabenstein, (Baune) 83:00. 8, CdA, Owen, (Davis) 87:00. 9, CdA, Davis, 88:00.

Shots on goal-Lakeland 7. Coeur d’Alene 23. Saves-Lakeland, Schaeffer 13. Coeur d’Alene, Schwerin 5.