PREP ROUNDUP: Aexel, Fisher net four goals apiece in Sandpoint boys lacrosse's first win

- Extended recap from Sunday's paper

BOYS LACROSSE

Sandpoint 16, Chesterton of Notre Dame 4

SANDPOINT — Senior Jacob Aexel and sophomore Kohta Fisher both scored four times as the host Bulldogs defeated the league newcomer Knights in an IHSLL North Division game held Saturday at War Memorial Field.

Freshman Liam Bowen added two goals, two assists and controlled four faceoffs while freshman Coen Houtrouw netted his first and second career varsity goals for Sandpoint, which led 13-1 at halftime.

Sophomore Keagan Cole chipped in a goal and two assists, junior Tanyon Sprinkle a goal, a team-high five groundballs and two caused turnovers.

Junior Riley Doko won a team-high eight faceoffs for Sandpoint (1-2, 1-2), which will host Logos at the Field of Dreams on Wednesday for their next official conference game.

Chesterton (N.D.) 1 0 2 1 — 4

Sandpoint 5 8 2 1 — 16

GOALS: SPT — Aexel 4, Fisher 4, Bowen 2, Houtrouw 2, Cole 1, Anthony 1, Sprinkle 1, G. McElroy 1. CND — Mahallan 3, Lucas 1.

ASSISTS: SPT — Cole 2, Bowen 2, Cross 1, Peck 1, Anthony 1, Manske 1, Adam 1. CND — Ly. Houck 1.

SAVES: SPT — Gaffney 2, J. McElroy 1. CND — N/A.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Sandpoint 10, Richland 6

Kamiakin 9, Sandpoint 6

SANDPOINT — Senior Marin Browne combined to score six goals, three in each game, as the host Lady Bulldogs split a pair of WSLA East Division contests Saturday at War Memorial Field.

In the win over Richland, Liv Alt and Kat Argrabrite scored twice, Grace Gavin added a goal and won a team-high seven faceoffs, and Josie Cox and Molly Sloan chipped in one goal each. Reina Montecchi tallied two assists.

Against Kamiakin, Alt, Sloan and Clara Sherman scored once each in addition to Browne's second hat trick. Medea Moon had 19 saves overall on the day, 11 in the nightcap for the Lady Bulldogs.

Sandpoint (1-3, 1-3) will host Big Cats (Mead) on Wednesday at the Field of Dreams in Ponderay.

GAME ONE

Quarter-by-quarter scoring not available.

GOALS: SPT — Browne 3, Alt 2, Argabrite 2, M. Sloan 1, Cox 1, Gavin 1. RH — West 2, Judge 1, Cleary 1, Marlowe 1, Douglas 1.

ASSISTS: SPT — Montecchi 2. RH — None.

SAVES: SPT — Moon 8. RH — N/A.

GAME TWO

Kamiakin 1 3 2 3 — 9

Sandpoint 1 1 2 2 — 6

GOALS: SPT — Browne 3, Alt 1, M. Sloan 1, Sherman 1. KAM —  Meek 5, Andrews 3, Leavitt 1.

ASSISTS: SPT — Browne 2. KAM — Andrews 2.

SAVES: SPT — Moon 11. KAM — Holtfreter 8.

TRACK & FIELD

BONNERS FERRY — Four different Priest River High field athletes won events as the Spartans took third on the boys side at the Bonners Ferry Invite on Saturday.

Senior Carter Korff won the long jump (20 feet 0.75 inches), junior Ian Lamanna (10 feet 6 inches) won the pole vault, senior Ryan Bell won the javelin (121 feet 0.5 inches) and Niki Porinchok won the shotput (41 feet 6.5 inches) and the discus (140 feet 0 inches) to round out Priest River's top finishes.

Junior Jetta Thaete won the javelin (87 feet 10 inches) and sophomore Samantha Barich tied for first in the pole vault (7 feet 0 inches) for Sandpoint's girls.

Priest River, along with Clark Fork, will return to action Saturday at the Ezra Gordon Invitational hosted by Colville. Sandpoint will dual Lakeland at home today.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Bonners Ferry 172. 2, Timberlake 163. 3, Priest River 113.5. 4, Newport 67. 5, Sandpoint 59. 6, Troy 32. 7, Stillwater Christian 31.5. 8, Coeur d'Alene Charter 12. t-9, Clark Fork, Wallace 10. 11, Kootenai Classical Academy 8. 12, Lakeside 5.

(Winner, locals in top 5)

100 — 1, Conner Miller, Stillwater Christian, 12.09; 3, Carter Korff, Priest River, 12.37. 200 — 1, Ben Middleton, Bonners Ferry, 24.36; 3, Luccas Simcox, Priest River, 25.23; t-4, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 25.57. 400 — 1, Noah Curtis, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 55.09. 800 — 1, Cody Clemons, Timberlake, 2:08.87; 3, Kai Budensiek, Sandpoint, 2:12.33; 5, Julian Knight, Sandpoint, 2:16.12. 1600 — 1, Caleb Royce, Timberlake, 4:52.57; 3, Kai Budensiek, Sandpoint, 5:04.57; 5, Wyatt Lemon, Sandpoint, 5:07.30. 3200 — 1, Ethan Cowell, Bonners Ferry, 10:50.70. 

110 hurdles — 1, Lucas Croswhite, Newport, 16.96. 300 hurdles — 1, Noah Tebbe, Timberlake, 45.23; 4, Westin Caven, Clark Fork, 47.34. 4x100 relay — 1, Bonners Ferry (Gio Faroni, Ben Middleton, Spiro Petras, Conrad Hiatt) 46.67. 4x200 relay — 1, Bonners Ferry (Gio Faroni, Ben Middleton, Spiro Petras, Conrad Hiatt), 1:37.48. 4x400 relay — 1, Timberlake (Cody Clemons, Ethan Applegate, Josh Yeager, Nicholas Rostege), 3:46.94. SMR 1600 — 1, Timberlake (Nickiah Lucas, Peyton McCluskie, Cody Clemons, Caleb Royce), 4:06.98.

Shotput — 1, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 41-6.5; 3, Anden Griesemer, Priest River, 40-6. Discus — 1, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 140-0; t-4, Damian Porter, Sandpoint, 118-11; 5, Ryan Bell, Priest River, 110-3.5. Javelin — 1, Ryan Bell, Priest River, 121-5. Pole vault — 1, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 10-6; 4, Gunnar Pettit, Priest River, 8-6. High jump — 1, Asher Williams, Bonners Ferry, 5-10. Long jump — 1, Carter Korff, Priest River, 20-0.75; 2, Luccas Simcox, Priest River; 20-0.75. Triple jump — 1, Noah Tebbe, Timberlake, 39-11.75.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Timberlake 181. 2, Bonners Ferry 152. 3, Coeur d'Alene Charter 85. 4, Sandpoint 68. 5, Priest River 51. 6, Newport 49.5. 7, Stillwater Christian 45. 8, Wallace 16. 9, Kootenai Classical Academy 10. 10, Troy 8. 11, Clark Fork 7.5. 12, Lakeside 1.

(Winner, locals in top 5)

100 — 1, Adelynn Archer, Timberlake, 13.39. 200 — 1, Adelynn Archer, Timberlake, 27.52. 400 — 1, Annabelle Carr, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 59.99. 800 — 1, Helen Oyler, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 2:29.72; 3, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 2:31.59; 5, Ruthie Laughridge, Sandpoint, 2:39.36. 1600 — 1, Annabelle Carr, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 5:17.43. 3200 — 1, Olivia Collins, Newport, 12:18.80; 5, Abigail Eldore, Sandpoint, 13:48.60.

100 hurdles — 1, Reagan Meine, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 16.80. 300 hurdles — 1, Reagan Meine, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 48.16; 5, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 56.49. 4x100 relay — 1, Timberlake (Emily Wright, Maicie Archer, Rhylee Yetter, Adelynn Archer), 52.99. 4x200 relay — 1, Timberlake (Adelynn Archer, Malia Miller, Maicie Archer, Jozee MacArthur), 1:52.10. 4x400 relay — 1, Timberlake (Jozee MacArthur, Emily Wright, Malia Miller, Maicie Archer), 4:25.34. SMR 800 — 1, Timberlake (Kalleelah Davis, Rhylee Yetter, Malia Miller, Addisen Berg), 2:03.65. 

Shotput — 1, Hallie Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 42-2; 5, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 31-3.5. Discus — 1, Helene Rae, Bonners Ferry, 114-11; 5, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 97-9. Javelin — 1, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 87-10; 3, Chase Smith, Priest River, 79-4. Pole vault — t-1, Samantha Barich, Sandpoint, 7-0; t-3, Jasmine Stark, Priest River, 7-0. t-5, Rachel Weymouth, Clark Fork, 6-0. High jump — 1, Diana Nelson, Timberlake, 5-0; 3, Kylee Swoboda, Priest River, 4-10. Long jump — 1, Taren Bateman, Bonners Ferry, 14-11; 5, Leah Kerfoot, Sandpoint, 14-4. Triple jump — 1, Joelle Brandtner, Newport, 31-7.5.

BASEBALL

Ridgevue 4, Sandpoint 2

BOISE — At Ridgevue High, junior Sage Medeiros hit an RBI single to left in the top of the second as the Bulldogs fell short of the Warhawks on Saturday — the final day of the Buck's Bags Tournament.

Senior Jesse Turner got the nod and struck out three batters across three innings. Fellow senior Tommy Ott also pitched well, striking out one batter over 1.1 innings in relief.

Sandpoint (2-4, 1-1) will travel to Lakeland for a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader today.

Sandpoint 0 1 0 0 0 1 — 2 5 4

Ridgevue 1 0 0 3 0 X — 4 4 2

Six-inning game.

PITCHING

SPT — Turner: 3IP, 2H, 1ER, 0BB, 3K. Williams: 0.2IP, 1H, 2ER, 2BB, OK. Ott: 1.1IP, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 0K. RDG — Wade: 5IP, 4H, 1ER, 3BB, 5K. Brinegar: 0.1IP, 1H, 1ER, 3BB, 1K. Dance: 0.2IP, 0H, 0ER, 0BB, 0K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Day 1, Turner 1, Reichart 1, Shaw 1, Medeiros 1. RDG — Johnson 1, Hill 1, Wonderlich 1, Forster 1; 3B — Forster; RBI: SPT — Medeiros 1. RDG — Johnson 1.

Priest River game postponed

PRIEST RIVER — The Spartans' 3A Central Idaho League doubleheader scheduled for Monday against Kellogg has been moved to today.

TENNIS

Sandpoint 9, Post Falls 3

SANDPOINT — Sophomore Pepper Rickert won her third straight 6-0, 6-0 game, senior Jacob Dawson won his second straight, and the host Bulldogs downed the Trojans in a match held Saturday at James E. Russell Sports Center.

Also posting perfect 6-0, 6-0 victories were Nathan Duke and Caden Martz as Sandpoint pulled off a flawless sweep in boys singles. Bella Bailey was dominant in girls singles, winning 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles pairs Aubrey Knowles and Amelia Poulson and Hannah Fisher and Lily Evans each won their third straight matches in girls doubles by scores of 6-2, 6-2 and 6-0, 6-1, respectively.

In mixed doubles, Avery Thornton and Joey Allen won by a score of 6-4, 5-7, 10-3 while Mason Blaser and Morgan Harris, who was playing in her first ever high school match, won a shortened game by a score of 6-3, 4-5, (7-5) (10-6) to pull of the sweep.

Sandpoint (3-0) will host Moscow for a 5A Inland Empire League match Thursday.

Full box score not available.

SOFTBALL

Century 12, Sandpoint 2

Boise 19, Sandpoint 5

MERIDIAN — Junior Cadence Skibitsky hit a two-run homerun to center in the first game against the Diamondbacks as the Lady Bulldogs dropped a pair of contests on the final day of the Win the Pitch Classic held Saturday at Meridian High.

In the second game against the Brave, junior Arah Stevens was 2-for-2 and hit an RBI double in the bottom of the first inning, sophomore Teagan Newsom, who had hits in both games, chipped in an RBI single in that same inning.

Senior Abi Miller also had a hit on the day for Sandpoint (0-6, 0-2), which will host Lakeland for a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader today.

GAME ONE

Sandpoint 0 0 2 0 0 — 2 2 4

Century 4 5 3 0 X — 12 8 0

Five-inning game.

PITCHING

SPT — Hull: 1IP, 2H, 1ER, 2BB, 1K. M. Stevens: 3IP, 6H, 8ER, 2BB, 3K. CEN — Evans: 5IP, 2H, 2ER, 3BB, 10K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — Skibitsky 1, Newsom 1. CEN — Ramirez 2, Ozburn 1, Evans 1, Weinhiemer 1, Ferguson 1, Jones 1, Brow 1; 2B — Brow, Weinhiemer. 3B — Jones, Ozburn. HR — Skibitsky; RBI: SPT — Skibitsky 2. CEN — Jones 3, Ferguson 2, Weinhiemer 2, Brow 1, Ramirez 1, Castorena 1.

GAME TWO

Boise 5 0 7 7 — 19 14 2

Sandpoint 3 2 0 X — 5 4 5

Game called in fourth inning.

PITCHING

SPT — Wilson: 2.1IP, 11H, 11ER, 3BB, 0K. Newsom: 0.2IP, 0H, 3ER, 3BB, 0K. M. Stevens: 1IP, 3H, 4ER, 2BB, 1K. BOI — Anderson: 3IP, 4H, 2ER, 4BB, 2K.

BATTING

HITS: SPT — A. Stevens 2, Newsom 1, Miller 1. BOI — Dapsauski 3, Lu. Hopstad 3, Binford 2, Anderson 2, Gore 1, Walsh 1, Newberry 1, Li. Hopstad 1; 2B — A. Stevens, Gore, Binford, Anderson; RBI: SPT — A. Stevens 1, Newsom 1. BOI — Anderson 4, Gore 4, Hopstad 2, Walsh 1, Newberry 1, Bindford 1.

Orofino 24, Priest River 7

Orofino 13, Priest River 2

OROFINO — Senior Rylie Hansen had a hit each game as the visiting Lady Spartans dropped both of their season-opening 3A Central Idaho League games to the Maniacs on Saturday.

Senior Adyson Kreager had an RBI single in the nightcap for Priest River (0-2, 0-2), whose home doubleheader against Kellogg scheduled for yesterday was postponed until Wednesday, April 9.

The Lady Spartans are scheduled to travel to Lakeland today to play their junior varsity squad.

GAME ONE

Priest River 0 1 4 1 1 — 7 3 7

Orofino 9 14 0 1 X — 24 15 1

Game called in fifth inning due to 10-run rule.

PITCHING

PR — Leitch: 3IP, 15H, 14ER, 7BB, 1K. B. Hansen: 1IP, 0H, 0ER, 0BB, 0K. ORO — Olive: 2IP, 2H, 1ER, 2BB, 5K. A. Johnson: 3IP, 1H, 6ER, 7BB, 4K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Humphrey 1, R. Hansen 1, Sparrow-Lovette 1. ORO — Waters 3, L. Johnson 3, Diffin 2, Pederson 2, Tondevold 2, Olive 1, Hanna 1, Province 1; 2B — Diffin 2; RBI: PR — Sparrow-Lovette 2, B. Hansen 1, Leitch 1, Humphrey 1, Whitaker 1, Dunnington 1. ORO — Diffin 6, L. Johnson 4, Olive 1, Hanna 1, Tondevold 1, Pederson 1, Waters 1, Province 1.

GAME TWO

Priest River 1 0 1 0 0 — 2 3 5

Orofino 3 6 2 2 X — 13 2 0

Game called in fifth inning due to 10-run rule.

PITCHING

PR — Sparrow-Lovette: 3IP, 1H, 3ER, 9BB, 1K. Burgess-Duquette: 1IP, 1H, 0ER, 2BB, 1K. ORO — Hanna: 5IP, 3H, 2ER, 1BB, 8K.

BATTING

HITS: PR — Kreager 1, R. Hansen 1, B. Hansen 1. ORO — Burrows 1, Pederson 1; No extra-base hits; RBI: PR — Kreager 1, B. Hansen 1. ORO — Pederson 3, L. Johnson 2, Tondevold 1.