Cda Trips Rival For Title

Coeur d’Alene and Lake City dueled all spring as cross-town rivals eager to win the State A-1 softball championship.

They split four regular-season games with Lake City capturing the Inland Empire League title and Coeur d’Alene rebounding to claim the regional championship.

Saturday, at Quad Park in Post Falls, they settled the issue for good. CdA edged Lake City 3-2 to defend the state championship the Vikings won a year ago.

With Lake City’s Timberwolves leading 2-1, CdA tied the score on Patti Stranger’s single in the third inning. Moments later, Stranger scored on a fielder’s choice grounder by winning pitcher Blake Hoorelbeke.

Coeur d’Alene finished the season with a 25-4 record. Hoorelbeke went 20-3. Lake City wound up 24-8.

Lakeland, second a year ago, had to settle for third place in the State A-2 tournament at Post Falls.

Lakeland, which has earned a trophy in four consecutive state tournaments, finished the season 20-5.

Bear Lake eliminated the Hawks 9-2 before Bishop Kelly knocked off Bear Lake 7-6 in the title game.

Golf

Brad Arnn shot a six-under 66 to lead Coeur d’Alene to its second consecutive State A-1 boys championship.

It was the third state title in four years for Coeur d’Alene.

The Vikings shot a combined two-day team score of 585 at the par-72, 6,035-yard Jerome Country Club course. CdA defeated runner-up Idaho Falls by eight strokes. Lewiston finished third with a 594.

Arnn opened the tournament with a 76, but finished strong with his 66 for a two-day total of 142. Teammate Jarrod Batchedler and Lewiston’s Jason Huff shot 145.

Lewiston won the girls title.

Wallace finished third in the A-3 girls competition. No team results were available for A-3 boys.

Track and Field

Sandpoint High’s Stacy Bolstad won four medals in the State A-1 meet at Boise, placing second in the 100 hurdles and fourth in the 100 and 400 Saturday after anchoring a third-place medley relay team on Friday.

Moscow’s Jenny Liou won the 800 in 2:16.86.

Jerome, stepping up from A-2 a year ago, won the team title with 77 points. Bolstad, a junior, helped Sandpoint take fifth with 34.

Rigby scored 75.5 points for the boys championship. Lewiston, the top North Idaho team, shared fifth place with Meridian and Highland.

Also at Boise, Grangeville’s boys advanced from A-3 to A-2, but won another state championship by scoring 70.5 points, half a point better than Payette. Bishop Kelly (74) swept past Grangeville (69) in the girls competition.

Heather Hoeck of Kellogg won the 200 meters with a school-record time of 25.63 seconds.

Baseball

Coeur d’Alene defeated Centennial 8-4 to place third at the State A-1 tournament in Meridian.

Blake Whiteman (4-0) picked up the win as the Vikings finished the season 21-6.

Timberline thumped Lewiston 14-4 for the title.

Chris Jeppsen (3-0) scattered seven hits and allowed no earned runs, helping Lakeland (22-7) defeat Sugar-Salem 7-2 for the consolation championship of the State A-2 tournament at Ontario, Ore.