PREP SOFTBALL: Lancaster hits grand slam as Bulldogs fall to Lakeland
Baylie Hindle of Sandpoint dives back to first base as Mia Kesner of Lakeland applies the tag on Saturday in Rathdrum.
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RATHDRUM — Junior Bailey Lancaster hit a grand slam and four other Bulldogs homered as Sandpoint fell to Lakeland 17-2 and 25-12 on Saturday.
In the first game, Cadence Skibitsky hit a two-run home run to right field in the first inning, scoring Hali Smotherman, who singled to lead things off. The Hawks would respond with three big innings, eventually taking the victory. However, in the second game, head coach Leah Platt said the Bulldogs’ bats really started to come alive.
In game two, Sandpoint struck again in the first inning, this time, it was freshman Teagan Newsom who hit a deep three-run blast to center field. Later in the third, Peyton Cessna, who was a perfect 3-for-3 in the contest, hit an RBI single. Down 13-4 at this point, Sandpoint needed a boost to stay in the game, which they got a couple of at-bats later when Lancaster hit a grand slam to left field to bring the Bulldogs within five runs. Although unable to avoid the 10-run rule, Sandpoint would tack on more runs in the fourth and fifth when Cessna and Ainsley Hull both hit two-run home runs.
Sandpoint (3-21) will face off against Lakeland in a loser-out game at Moscow High on Tuesday as part of the 4A Inland Empire League district tournament.
GAME ONE
Sandpoint 200 00X X — 2 4 5
Lakeland 575 0XX X — 17 16 0
Game called after fifth due to 10-run rule.
W — Helmhok. L — Hull.
HITS: SPT — Smotherman 1, Skibitsky 1, Nesom 1. LAK — Sterling 3, Blakeore 2, Helmhok 2, Drake 2, Zimmerman 2, Hanna 2, Frank 1, Kesner 1. Dewey 1.
2B — Zimmerman. HR — Skibitsky, Blakeore, Frank, Zimmerman, Sterling.
RBI: SPT – Skibitsky 2. LAK — Zimmerman 2, Drake 2, Sterling 2, Blakeore 2, Dewey 1, Helmhok 1, Frank 1.
SB: SPT — Skibitsky 1. LAK — Frank 1, Zimmerman 2, Dewey 1, Holte 1.
GAME TWO
Sandpoint 305 22X X — 12 11 8
Lakeland 765 7XX X — 25 13 0
Game called after fifth due to 10-run rule.
W — Williams. L — Newsom.
HITS: SPT — Skibitsky 3, Cessna 3, Lancaster 2, Newsom 1, Hindle 1, Hull 1. LAK — Hanna 3, Zimmerman 3, Sterling 2, Kesner 2, Frank 1, Drake 1, Dewey 1.
2B — Zimmerman 2, Sterling 2, Hindle, Skibitsky, Hanna, Dewey, Kesner.
RBI: SPT — Lancaster 4, Newsom 3, Cessna 3, Hull 2. LAK — Zimmerman 5, Kesner 4, Dewey 4, Hanna 3, Sterling 2, Drake 1, Briggs 1.
SB: SPT — Lancaster 1. LAK — Hanna 1, Banard 1, Drake 1, Byrne 1, Corbey 1, Sterling 1.