Mire, Lovell sizzle at Lake City Invitational
COEUR d'ALENE — Senior Ashleigh Mire shot 90 and won medalist at the Lake City Invitational on Monday, keeping her ball straight and avoiding the trouble that lies among the huge pine trees lining every fairway at Cd'A Public.
"She was great off the tee, her approach play was good and she hit every fairway," said coach Jim Alsager, who noted Mire's putter wasn't hot or she could have gone even lower.
Ashley Burke had a solid round for the girls' team, shooting 97 on a very windy day where trouble was easy to find.
Joey Lovell scorched a 74 to lead a balanced boys' team, and missed medaling by one stroke after two three putts on the back nine offset a one-under par front nine. All four scorers on the Bulldogs were under 90, consistency that should pay dividends as they head toward state.
"To have the top four guys in the 80s or better is exactly what we need," said boys' coach Mike Keough. "The guys are pretty pumped up right now, it's starting to look like we might qualify for state."
At Coeur d'Alene Public Golf Club
BOYS
Par 72
TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d'Alene 303. 2, Lewiston 325. 3, Lake City 331. 4, Sandpoint 335. 5, Moscow 336. 6, Post Falls 348.
MEDALIST — Taylor Lowe, Coeur d'Alene, 73.
SANDPOINT — Joey Lovell 74, Nick Hawkins 88, Colin Slaughter 87, Wyatt Pearson 86, Bryan Keough 101.
GIRLS
Par 74
TEAM SCORES — 1, Lewiston 377. 2, Coeur d'Alene 389. 3, Moscow 393. 4, Post Falls 396. 5, Lake City 419. 6, Sandpoint 443.
MEDALIST — Ashleigh Mire, Sandpoint, 90.
SANDPOINT — Mire 90, Ashley Burke 97, Bonnie Snow 127, Libby Sommerfeld 129.
? Trojans 14, 21; Bulldogs 2, 5
POST FALLS — Junior Nichole Booth went 3 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored in the opener for the Trojans (17-3, 13-2 IEL).
"She was the catalyst of our offense today; she got us out of our doldrums," Post Falls coach Phil Hayes said.
For Sandpoint (2-17, 1-15), Macaela Brady singled in a run and scored on an error in the first inning of the opener. Kim Guercio homered and had a triple in the second game, and Caitlin Nusbaum hit a two-run single in the fourth. The Bulldogs had 10 hits and five runs in the second game.
Sandpoint travels to Priest River today.
FIRST GAME
Sandpoint 200 00 — 2 1 6
Post Falls 454 1x — 14 13 2
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Sara Murphy, Kyra Crabb (1) and Macaela Brady; Lisa Steinbach and Lauran Nagrone. W — Steinbach (4-0). L — Murphy. HITS: Spt — Brady. PF — Schoening 3, Meredith, Topp 2, Nagrone 2, McAlpin, Booth 3, Baker. 2B — Schoening, Meredith, Topp, Nagrone, Baker.
SECOND GAME
Sandpoint 010 40 — 5 10 4
Post Falls 32(10) 6x — 21 19 4
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Nicole Burrato, Kyra Crabb (4) and Macaela Brady; Jaleesa Baker and Lauran Nagrone. W — Baker (3-0). L — Burrato.
HITS: Spt — Nusbaum, Brady 2, Ferguson 2, Owens, Guercio 2, Bunn 2. PF — Schoening 3, Meredith 3, Topp 4, Nagrone, Musch, McAlpin, Steinbach 2, Sarah Johnson 3. 2B — Schoening, Meredith 2, Topp, S. Johnson. 3B — Guercio, Steinbach. HR — Guercio, Musch (1), Steinbach. (1).