Spartans split twin bill with LadyTigers

PRIEST RIVER—The Lady Spartans shared the glory with the visiting Timberlake Tigers in Intermountain League action on Saturday. The Tigers won the opener 4-2, and the Spartans came back in the second game to squeak past 5-4. The Spartans will host the Lakeland Hawks at home on May 4 at 4 p.m. The Kellogg Wildcats will play on the Spartan turf on May 7 at 2 p.m.

Timberlake 4, Priest River 2

The Tigers started off with a run in the first inning to lead the Spartans until the sixth inning. The Spartan's Jessica Curry had a homerun for the Spartans and Ashley Sturgill and Lesa Barber had doubles to lead the team.

Timberlake 100 000 3—4 8 0

Priest River 000 001 1—2 9 0

Piephoff and Bilfette; Yount and Henderson. W—Piephoff. L—Yount.

HITS: Timberlake—Allred, Piephoff, McDaniel, Wells 2, Materson, Belfette, Galloway. Priest River—Barber, Henderson 2, Bryant, Sturgill 2, Curry 2, Karkowski. 2B—Allred, Barber, Sturgill. 3B—Wells, Galloway. HR—Curry.

Priest River 5, Timberlake 4

The Spartans and Tigers were evenly matched with good defensive performances until the fourth inning when the Spartans exploded with four runs. Lesa Barber had a triple and three singles for the Spartans and Kristin Yount had three singles to lead the Spartans lucky 13 hits for the game.

Priest River 000 410 x—5 13 2

Timberlake 000 030 1—4 7 1

Allred and Brown, Bilfette (4); Sturgill and Henderson. W—Sturgill. L—Allred.

HITS: Timberlake—Allred 2, Scheu, Piephoff 2, Wells, Materson. Priest River—Barber 3, Bryant, Yount 3, Sturgill 2, Curry, Campbell, Karkowski, Jepson. 2B—Scheu, Piephoff, Campbell. 3B—Barber.