PULLMAN — Brayden Randall completed the lone run of the day and top-seeded Pullman baseball team edged out Clarkston 1-0 in a Washington Class 2A district tournament semifinal game on the Greyhounds’ home field Thursday.
Starting pitcher Caleb Northcroft threw 12 strikeouts and held the Bantams (6-16) to three hits in the shutout, gaining credit for the win from the mound. Calvin Heusser stepped in for the final strikeout of the seventh inning to pick up the save.
Randall had a game-high two hits for the Hounds (17-4), while Heusser notched a double. Hayden Line provided the highlight moment of the game for Clarkston, hitting a triple.
Pullman advances to the title round, where it will face West Valley of Spokane Valley at 1 p.m. on Saturday back at home.
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Pullman 000 010 x—1 4 1
Trace Green and Emmett Slagg; Caleb Northcroft, Calvin Heusser (7) and Kris Schroeder, Brayden Randall. W—Northcroft; L—Green. S—Heusser.
Clarkston hits — Hayden Line (3B), J. Cometto, W. White.
Pullman hits — Randall 2, Heusser (2B), Joey Hecker.
Coeur d’Alene 4, Lewiston 2
COEUR D’ALENE — In an Idaho Class 5A district tournament second-place game, Lewiston saw its season come to an end at the hands of the host Vikings.
Guy Krasselt made a team-high two hits with one RBI for the Bengals (14-11), who scored both of their runs in the top of the third inning before conceding the last two scores of the game to Coeur d’Alene (16-10).
I’m just really proud of our players and the culture that we’rebuilding in the program and just excited to have a bunhc of guys back next year and get it going again.
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Coeur d’Alene 021 100 x—4 7 3
A. Topp and B. Balmer; H. Trunkey and C. Saunders. W—Trunkey; L—Topp.
Lewiston hits — G. Krasselt 2, T. Green, Topp, B. Schumacher.
Coeur d’Alene hits — O. Field 2 (2B), B. Fenter (2B), N. Christ (2B), T. Voorhees (2B), B. Fenter, B. Foulk.
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD
Bear jumpers excel at Districts
COEUR D’ALENE — Moscow produced individual event winners, but trailed in overall team scoring through Day 1 in the Idaho Class 4A district meet held at Viking Stadium.
The Bears specialized in jumping events, getting first-place performances in the boys long jump from Keaton Frei (18 feet, 6 3/4 inches) and the girls high jump courtesy of Mattea Nuhn (5-2). Moscow also enjoyed a girls 800 medley relay victory by Jasmine Carr, Addie Lassen, Ashlyn Fakhouri and Jessika Lassen, who combined for a time of 1 minute, 52.31 seconds.
The district meet concludes today at the same site.
CLASS 4A
BOYS
Team standings — 1. Lakeland, 37; 2. Sandpoint, 31; 3. Moscow, 22.
3,200 — 1. Paul Kent, Sand, 9:49.44; 2. Daniel Ricks, Sand, 9:52.08; 3. Kieran Long, Mos, 10:10.71.
800 relay — 1. Lakeland (Apolo Gratzinger, Scott Glass, Jaron Yager, Weston Saputski), 1:31.85; 2. Moscow, 1:31.91; 3. Sandpoint, 1:32.86.
1,600 medley relay — 1. Sandpoint (Isaach Schmit, Van Lee, Ryder Haynes, Jett Longanecker), 3:38.26; 2. Moscow, 3:43.51; 3. Lakeland, 3:53.77.
Shot put — 1. Brayden Carrel, Lak, 47-6; 2. Isaac Vermeer, Sand, 42-4 1/2; 3. Tristan Tomco, Sand, 40-8 1/2.
Discus — 1. Kenai Munyer, Lak, 115-3; 2. Matthew Kunde, Sand, 114-11; 3. Isaac Vermeer, Sand, 113-3.
High jump — 1. Ben Roth, Lak, 5-10; 2. Kayden Karle, Lak, 5-0.
Pole vault — 1. Kros O’Brien, Lak, 12-0; 2. Van Lee, Sand, 11-6; 3. Sayer Latta, Mos, 10-6.
Long jump — 1. Keaton Frei, Mos, 18-6 3/4; 2. Bryant Scruggs, Mos, 18-3; 3. Garret Gall, Lak, 17-9.
Triple jump — 1. Garret Hall, Lak, 39-2 1/4; 2. Bryant Scruggs, Mos, 36-10; 3. Weston Smith, Sand, 36-2 1/2.
GIRLS
Team standings — 1. Sandpoint, 39; 2. Lakeland, 29.5; 3. Moscow, 24.5.
3,200 — 1. Cora Crawford, Mos, 11:59.28; 2. Geneva McClory, Mos, 12:20.09; 3. Indigo Wulfhorst, Mos, 12:47.31.
800 relay — 1. Lakeland (Natalee Rose, Melia Gilbert, Karstyn Kiefer, Sapphire Ruelle), 1:46.11; 2. Sandpoint, 1:47.18; 3. Moscow, 1:54.62.
800 medley relay — 1. Moscow (Jasmine Carr, Addie Lassen, Ashlyn Fakhouri, Jessika Lassen), 1:52.31; 2. Sandpoint, 1:56.38; 3. Lakeland, 2:00.55.
Shot put — 1. Ivy Smith, Sand, 42-1 1/2; 2. Jackie Robbins, Lak, 35-6; 3. Leyna Venzke, Mos, 34-9 1/4.
Discus — 1. Smith, Sand, 117-9; 2. Robbins, Lak, 114-9; 3. Jetta Thaete, Sand, 114-9.
High jump — 1. Mattea Nuhn, Mos, 5-2; 2. Macy Bretveld, Lak, 4-8; 3. Noah Roark, Sand, 4-8.
Pole vault — 1. Alana Hinkle, Lak, 10-0; 2. Izzy Davidson, Sand, 9-6; 3. Hope Barnes, Sand, 8-6.
Long jump — 1. Gracie Amick, Sand, 16-1 1/2; 2. Ziya Munyer, Lak, 15-4; 3. Elia Howard, Sand, 15-4.
Triple jump — 1. Ziya Munyer, Lak, 34-4; 2. Saige Smith, Sand, 33-5; 3. Bailey Chadwell, Lak, 32-8.
CLASS 5A
BOYS
Team standings — 1. Post Falls, 57; 2. Coeur d’Alene, 40; 3. Lake City, 22; 4. Lewiston, 17.
3,200 — 1. Maximus Cervi-Skinner, Cda, 9:25.65; 2. Zackery Cervi-Skinner, Cda, 9:27.55; 3. Wyatt Carr, Cda, 9:28.04.
800 relay — 1. Post Falls (Gio Carlino, Dylan Wolfe, Tallan McCracken, Cobe Cameron), 1:29.89; 2. Lake City, 1:33.84; 3. Coeur d’Alene, 1:34.39.
3,200 relay — 1. Coeur d’Alene (M. Cervi-Skinner, Jacob King, Z. Cervi-Skinner, Lachlan May), 7:49.96; 2. Lake City, 8:19.62; 3. Post Falls, 8:28.12.
Shot put — 1. Jackson Kiehn, PF, 46-9; 2. Aidan Hendricks, LC, 46-5 1/4; 3. Brent Ludiker, PF, 43-6 1/4.
Discus — 1. Jackson Kiehn, PF, 138-9; 2. Dillon Throckmorton, LC, 137-0; 3. Jackson Sims, Cda, 135-7 1/2.
High jump — 1. Trenton McLean, PF, 6-4; 2. Alex Shields, PF, 6-4; 3. Austin Rutherford, PF, 5-8.
Pole vault — 1. Jakan Lawrence, Cda, 14-0; 2. Brandon Decker, LC, 13-6; 3. Deegan Everett, Lew, 13-0.
Long jump — 1. Taycen Genatone, PF, 21-10 3/4; 2. Deegan Everett, Lew, 21-2 1/2; 3. Alexander Haakinson, PF, 19-10 1/2.
Triple jump — 1. Everett, Lew, 41-11 3/4; 2. Shields, PF, 41-7 1/2; 3. Austin Rutherford, PF, 40-6.
GIRLS
Team standings — 1. Coeur d’Alene, 55; 2. Post Falls, 38; 3. Lake City, 21; 4. Lewiston, 20.
3,200 — 1. Kaylynn Misner, PF, 11:16.37; 2. Dakota Keyworth, Cda, 11:35.75; 3. Olivia May, Cda, 12:06.08.
800 relay — 1. Post Falls (Reagan Hutchison, Chloe Van Volkinburg, Millie Cosper, Kinlee McLean), 1:45.23; 2. Coeur d’Alene, 1:51.28; 3. Lake City, 1:54.33.
3,200 relay — 1. Post Falls (Millie Cosper, Lindsey Davis, Brooklynn Brennan, Kaylynn Misner), 9:55.30; 2. Coeur d’Alene, 9:57.02.
Shot put — 1. Kelsey Carroll, Cda, 40-1; 2. Gabby Zichko, PF, 34-10 1/4; 3. Kayleigh Dunlap, PF, 34-1 1/4.
Discus — 1. Mara Kessinger, Lew, 117-6 1/2; 2. Carroll, Cda, 114-11 1/2; 3. Courtney Johnson, LC, 105-10.
High jump — 1. Kimberlee Priebe, Cda, 5-4; 2. Karisa Wallis, Cda, 4-10; 3. Lola Baine, LC, 4-8.
Pole vault — 1. Rihanna Legler, PF, 10-0; 2. Ellie Reardon, PF, 9-6; 3. Kenzie Thompson, Cda, 9-0.
Long jump — 1. Avery Lathen, Lew, 16-7; 2. Lola Baine, LC, 16-6; 3. Madison Mitchell, Cda, 16-2.
Triple jump — 1. Evey McGraw, Cda, 34-9; 2. Makaela Randall, LC, 33-5; 3. Aliah Winterbottom, Lew, 33-1 1/2.
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD
UI’s Tait wins Big Sky title in women’s heptathlon
BOZEMAN, Mont. — The Vandals’ Hanna Tait rallied from more than 50 points down to claim the Big Sky conference title in the women’s heptathlon with a total score of 5,347.
Tait, who had trailed Montana State’s Shelby Schweyen through Wednesday’s competition, won two of the three heptathlon events on Thursday to claim the title. She was first in the long jump with a length cleared of 19 feet, 1.25 inches, and won the javelin with a throw of 141-2. Tait wrapped up her heptathlon triumph with a fourth-place finish in the 800-meter run, clocking 2 minutes, 27.57 seconds.
