Vikings shut down Bulldogs in softball season opener

COEUR d’ALENE — The Sandpoint softball team faced the unenviable task of opening their season on the road against a state power, falling 10-0 and 11-0 to Coeur d’Alene Thursday in a doubleheader at Larry Schwenke Field.

Nikki Ragsdale and Amanda Brown teamed for a no-hitter in the first game for the Vikings (5-1).

Jessica Ball went 3 for 3 with three runs for the Vikings.

Maggie Kirscher went the distance in the first game for the Bulldogs (0-2), who had hoped to be well into their season by now.

“I wish we wouldn’t have had to open in Coeur d’Alene,” said Bulldogs head coach Derek Dickinson, whose team had all of its previously scheduled games canceled. “This was supposed to be our sixth game. Defensively, we played pretty good. It was the first time playing on grass and you could tell.”

In the second game, Lindsie Scholwinski struck out six and gave up one hit in four innings. Kayanna Quigley had the long hit for the Bulldogs, who struggled to get any offense going.

Sandpoint is at Priest River on Tuesday.

FIRST GAME

Sandpoint        000 000 — 0  0    1

Coeur d’Alene 302 302 — 10 14  0

Maggie Kirscher and Jessica Strickland; Nikki Ragsdale, Amanda Brown (6) and Tiegan Lockwood. W — Ragsdale (2-0). L — Kirscher (0-1).

HITS: Spt — none. Cd’A — Parker 2, Tindall 2, Ball 3, Scholwinski, Petit 2, Shaffer, Lockwood, Tindall, Rasmussen. 2B — Scholwinski, Ball, Petit.

SECOND GAME

Sandpoint        000 00 — 0    1    4

Coeur d’Alene 154 1x — 11  12  2

Kirscher, Brittany Johnson (3) and Strickland; Lindsie Scholwinski, Amanda Brown (5) and Tiegan Lockwood, Shaffer (3). W — Scholwinski (3-1). L — Kirscher (0-2).

HITS: Spt — Quigley. Cd’A — Parker, Tindall 3, Petit 2, Lockwood 2, Spencer, Scholwinski 2, Shaffer. 2B — Tindall. 3B — Scholwinski, Shaffer, Lockwood, Petit.