Lakeland Has A Clear Shot At Iml Title

The Intermountain League softball title is there for Lakeland’s taking.

Jessica McBride’s two-run double highlighted a four-run fourth inning Tuesday as the Hawks (13-3, 9-2) took a 4-2 IML win over visiting Moscow (16-5, 10-2) at Rathdrum.

Moscow has completed its league schedule. By virtue of its two victories in three games with Moscow, Lakeland can finish No. 1 if it beats Priest River in its final game.

Tuesday, winning pitcher Tiffany Hall allowed five hits, struck out four and walked one.

Lakeland 4, Moscow 2

Moscow 200 000 0 - 2 5 1

Lakeland 000 400 x - 4 9 1

Griggs and Er.Makus; T.Hall and Tweedy. W-T.Hall (7-2). L-Griggs.

HITS: Moscow-Swink, Kinziger, Em.Makus 2, Er.Makus. Lakeland-Tweedy 2, M.Hall, Carhart, Huber, Foster, McBride, T.Hall, Nicklas. 2B-Foster, McBride.

St. Maries 5, Bonners Ferry 3

A walk, Shasta Schwartz’s RBI single, and an error in the seventh inning allowed the visiting Lumberjacks (7-9, 7-5) to beat the Badgers in the IML despite Tammy Blanford’s one-hitter.

Winning pitcher Brianne Badgett struck out seven and walked five. Blanford struck out five and issued four walks.

St. Maries 002 010 2 - 5 1 1

Bonners Ferry 100 200 0 - 3 3 2

Badgett and K.Reid; Blanford and Erickson. W-Badgett. L-Blanford (3-8).

HITS: St. Maries-Schwartz. Bonners Ferry-Blanford, Merefield, Erickson.

Coeur d’Alene 6, Sandpoint 1

Kelly Babcock and Katelyn Tatum had RBI singles to help the visiting Vikings (14-4, 11-0) over the Bulldogs (7-6, 5-4) in the Inland Empire League.

Winner Blake Hoorelbeke struck out four and walked none.

The scheduled second game was suspended because of darkness after four innings. It probably won’t be completed.

Coeur d’Alene 020 103 0 - 6 5 0

Sandpoint 000 010 0 - 1 5 7

Hoorelbeke and K.Babcock; Smith and Jensen. W-Hoorelbeke (8-2). L-Smith (8-5).

HITS: Coeur d’Alene-Orr 2, K.Babcock, Tatum, A.Stranger. Sandpoint-Hartman, Free, Sanders, Staglund, Pinch. 2B-Staglund.

Baseball

Lewiston 16-7, Post Falls 0-2

Sennett Pierce had five RBIs in the opener and the visiting Bengals went on to sweep the Trojans in the IEL.

Lewiston’s Jack Maurer drove in three runs in the nightcap. Second-game starter James Ownbey of PF struck out seven.

Lewiston 014 119 - 16 19 0

Post Falls 000 000 - 0 2 6

Heitman and Frary; Heston, Schenfield (3), Sharon (6) and Mann. W-Heitman. L-Heston (2-4).

HITS: Lewiston-Mayton 2, Piccone 2, Pierce 3, Squires 2, Maurer, Frary 2, Stout 2, Chrisinger 3, Jackson. Post Falls-Curlee, Mann. 2B-Mayton, Squires, Chrisinger, Curlee. HR-Squires, Maurer.

Lewiston 110 410 0 - 7 11 1

Post Falls 001 001 0 - 2 6 5

Morlock and Weimer; Ownby and Mann, Eazey (4). W-Morlock. L-Ownbey (2-4).

HITS: Lewiston-Mayton, Squires, Stout 2, Maurer 4, Weimer 2, Jackson. Post Falls-Curlee, Mann, Fish, Schenfield, Way, McKeown. 2B-Stout, Maurer 2, Weimer. HR-Maurer.

Priest River 4-5, Lakeside 0-4

Larry Johnson struck out 13 to win the opener, then homered in the bottom of the seventh inning to decide the nightcap as the Spartans swept the visiting Knights in a pair of non-league games.

Zack Wood, Priest River’s first batter of the day, homered. Spartans second-game starter Clark Kawamoto struck out six and walked five.

Lakeside 000 000 0 - 0 2 3

Priest River 111 100 x - 4 5 0

Pluff and Latchnit; Johnson and Nelson. W-Johnson. L-Pluff.

HITS: Lakeside-Colley, Latchnit. Priest River-Wood 2, Connolly, Hester, Lake. 2B-Lake. 3B-Connolly, Hester. HR-Wood.

Lakeside 010 003 0 - 4 5 1

Priest River 002 011 1 - 5 8 4

Harding and Latchnit; Kawamoto and Lake. W-Kawamoto. L-Harding.

HITS: Lakeside-Harding 2, Nelson, Morris, Larkins. Priest River-Wood, Connolly, Kawamoto 2, Johnson 2, Scott, Kershaw. 3B-Nelson. HR-Johnson.

Boys soccer

Moscow 6, Coeur d’Alene 0

Jason Kuska started and ended the scoring as the Bears (10-3-1) overcame the loss of goalkeeper Brian Vandegrift to beat the visiting Vikings in the North Idaho League.

Vandegrift took an unintentional kick to the head, delaying the match nearly one-half hour. His status was unknown.

Tony Gagon scored on a penalty kick and set up Kuska’s first score with a long set kick. Mike Beard fed Dana Sorbel for a 15-yard score in the 50th minute.

SCORING: First half - 1, Kuska (Gagon) 5:00. 2, Gagon (pen.kick), 29:00. Second half - 3, Rose (Meyer), 49:00. 4, Sorbel (Beard), 50:00. 5, Beard, (Meyer), 67:00. 6, Kuska, 77:00.

Shots on goal-Coeur d’Alene 14, Moscow 25. Saves-Coeur d’Alene, Schwerin 6, Gomes 2. Moscow, Vandegrift 1, Harrison 8.

Track and field

At Priest River

Kenny Benjamin (800- and 1,600-meter runs) and Drew Owen (discus, shot put) were double winners as Moscow’s boys outscored Bonners Ferry and the host Spartans.

Adam Hiatt won the long jump and triple jump for Bonners Ferry.

Moscow also won both girls meets, although Missy Ennis of Priest River topped the 100, 200, 400 and high jump. Lany Dowell (1,600 and 3,200) and Kim Carey (discus, shot put) were double winners for Bonners Ferry.

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