MERIDIAN - Absorbing a rare no-hit loss in the opener, the Lewiston Bengals were dealt a doubleheader sweep at the hands of undefeated Rocky Mountain in prep baseball action Saturday.
The Bengals lost 12-2 and 8-0, going hitless in the first game against two pitchers despite scoring two first-inning runs.
"We didn't play especially bad - they're one of the better high-school teams I've seen in my 19 years of coaching," the Bengals' Tom Grunenfelder said. "Up and down the lineup, they really swing the bat, they play great defense and they throw strikes. And we saw the bottom part of their rotation."
Mike McAllister and Johnny McNerney of Rocky Mountain (9-0) teamed up for the no-hitter despite combining for five first-inning walks. McNerney settled down and walked only one in the second through fifth innings.
"They probably saved three or four base hits by getting good jumps on the ball and making nice plays," said Grunenfelder, who watched a Bengal team get no-hit for perhaps the second time in his long tenure.
The Bengals (6-3) got solid relief efforts from two left-handed pitchers making their season debuts: Vinnie Agueda, who has been serving a suspension for an incident last season, and Aaron Kracke, recovered from a collarbone fracture.
Mason Smith and Bryce Fiest laced three doubles apiece for Rocky Mountain, coached by former Lewis-Clark State player Jake Taylor.
FIRST GAME
Lewiston 200 00- 2 0 1
Rocky Mountain 281 01-12 12 0
Kyler Brooks, Vinnie Agueda (4) and Tyler Charlo. Mike McAllister, Johnny McNerney (1) and Luke Holloway.
Lewiston hits - none
Rocky Mountain hits - Isaac Anderson (3B), Holloway, Bryce Fiest 3 (2-2B), Mason Smith (2B), Stephan Zanoni 2, Michael Abraham 3, Richie Kyro.
SECOND GAME
Lewiston 000 000 0-8 6 3
Rocky Mountain 321 110 x-8 10 0
Charlo, Aaron Kracke (5) and Brooks. Christian McConnell, Hunter Moir (5) and Nick Dally.
Lewiston hits - Charlo, Ryan Roth 2 (2B), Jarod Damato, Sawyer Meacham (2B), Brooks.
Rocky Mountain hits - Anderson 2, Blake Thoren, Fiest (2B), Mason Smith 3 (3-2B), Abraham 2, Landry Batis.
Asotin 9-20, WP 3-3
PRESCOTT - Varsity newcomer Neil Landrus came up with five hits and five RBI to help Asotin roll over Waitsburg-Prescott in a Southeast 2B League doubleheader.
The Panthers won 9-3 and 20-3.
Landrus, a sophomore, was playing at the varsity level for the first time.
"He got it done for us," Asotin coach Jim Holman said.
The Panthers (4-0, 2-0) also got six RBI from Jackson Webb and a 5-for-8 showing with five RBI from Robert McIntosh.
Asotin pitchers Webb and Seth Morton kept WP largely in check. Through four games, the Panthers have allowed just one earned run.
FIRST GAME
Asotin 102 050 1-9 13 2
Waitsburg-Prescott 000 000 3-3 8 1
Jackson Webb, Robert McIntosh (7) and Grant Parsons. Zach Bartlow, Dalton Estes (5) and Trevor Alleman.
Asotin hits - McIntosh 3, Parsons 2 (3B), Webb 3 (3B), Avery Hurst 2, Aaron Trimmell (2B), Neil Landrus, Ryan Schaefer.
Waitsburg-Prescott hits - Estes, David Herzog 3 (3B), Chris Manzano 2, Brice Paxson.
SECOND GAME
Asotin 028 28-20 14 5
Waitsburg-Prescott 100 02- 3 2 4
Seth Morton and Schaefer. Herzog, Paxson (3B), Manzano (3) and Alleman.
Asotin hits - McIntosh 2 (2B), Parsons, Morton 2, Hurst, A.Trimmell 2 (2B), Landrus 4 (2-2B), Jeff Prior 2 (2B).
Waitsburg-Prescott hits - Herzog, Devon Acevedo.
Pullman 6-10, WV 2-17
SPOKANE - Pullman split a pair of Great Northern League contests with West Valley to move to 3-2 overall and 3-1 in league.
The Greyhounds scored three runs in the final inning of the first game to blow open a 6-2 win, but fell in a wild second contest 17-10 in a game with 11 errors.
West Valley (4-3, 4-2) scored seven runs in the sixth inning of the second game.
For Pullman, Zach Druffel and Matt Peterson had three RBI each in the second game.
FIRST GAME
Pullman 200 010 3-6 7 2
West Valley 100 100 0-2 6 3
Justin Cillay and Tyler Nestergard. Frank Terhar and Jason Thompson.
Pullman hits - Jeremy Druffel, Matt Peterson (3B), Justin Cillay, Tyler Nestergard, Steven Nealey 2, Tanner Therien.
West Valley hits - Steve Fitca, Harry Wells, Taylor Van Leck, Hunter Wells 2, Jason Thompson.
SECOND GAME
Pullman 001 720 0-10 5 7
West Valley 510 227 x-17 9 4
Matt Peterson, Steven McAleer (4), Zach Druffel (6) and Tyler Nestergard. Thomas Dedera, Taylor Van Leck (4), Harry Wells (6) and Jason Thompson.
Pullman hits - Jeremy Druffel, Zach Druffel (2B), Matt Peterson (3B), Justin Cillay, Tanner Therien.
West Valley hits - Derek Lane 2, Brandon Davis, Harry Wells (2B), Taylor Van Leck, Hunter Wells (3B), Jason Thompson, Brady Brgman, Michael Taylor (2B).
Orofino 10-12, SM 5-9
OROFINO - Orofino used two productive innings to score two wins, sweeping St. Maries in a nonleague doubleheader.
In the first game, Orofino committed no errors and broke away early for five first-inning runs.
"In each game, we had one big inning where we were the beneficiary of a lot of walks and had some hit batsmen, and some timely hits mixed in with that," Maniacs coach Jeff Wilson said of his team, now 2-3 on the season.
In the second game, Orofino scored 10 of its 12 runs in the fifth inning.
The Maniacs, who had trailed by as many as six runs in the second game until their breakout inning, kept themselves in that contest with zero errors.
The Maniacs got strong pitching from first-game starter Damon Isbelle and second-game reliever Tanner Schwartz.
FIRST GAME
St. Maries 102 010 1- 5 6 4
Orofino 502 030 x-10 7 1
Ryan Sullivan, David Barbour (3) and Ray Flowers. Damon Isbelle, Karl Vaage (7) and Cannon Lainer.
Orofino hits - Cannon Lainer, Tanner Schwartz (2B), Jesse McAllister, Scotty Lee, Karl Vaage, Matt Brink (2B), Damon Isbelle.
St. Maries hits - DJ Turner, Ashton Stepenson 3 (2B), Tyson Truscott 2.
SECOND GAME
St. Maries 512 001 0- 9 7 3
Orofino 110 0(10)0 x-12 5 0
Ashton Stepenson, Matt Smith (3), Jordan Stapeton (5), Tyson Truscott (8) and DJ Turner. Tanner Gilliam, Vaage (1), Tanner Schwartz (4) and Cannon Lainer.
St. Maries hits - Stepenson (2B) Turner, Truscott 3 (2-2B), Barbour.
Orofino hits - Bryce Pippenger, Tanner Gilliam (2B), Scotty Lee, Jesse Adams.
Colton 3-3, Touchet 0-1
TOUCHET - Brothers Jake and Josh Straughan crafted back-to-back pitching gems to lead Colton to a sweep of Touchet in a Southeast 1B League doubleheader.
The scores were 3-0 and 3-1.
Jake Straughan, a sophomore, scattered five hits, struck out five and walked two in the opener. Josh Straughan, a senior, permitted two hits and an unearned run while striking out 10.
The Wildcats (2-2, 2-0) scored all three of their first-game runs in the third inning, with the Straughan boys both driving in runs.
In the second game, Justin Meyer, Bricyn Abdul and Josh Straughan all provided run-scoring hits.
Colton's infielders notched 18 groundball outs without committing an error.
"Our guys did a really nice job considering we were in the gym all week," Wildcats coach Pat Doumit said. "Their focus was great all day."
FIRST GAME
Colton 003 000 0-3 5 0
Touchet 000 000 0-0 5 1
Jake Straughan and Jake Riedner. Nate Ortiz and Colton Goble.
Colton hits - Austin Meyer, Ja.Straughan, Josh Straughan, Bricyn Abdul 2 (2B).
Touchet hits - Eric Hines 2 (2B), Taylor Schack 2 (2-2B), Goble.
SECOND GAME
Colton 101 000 1-3 5 1
Touchet 000 001 0-1 2 2
Jo.Straughan and Riedner. Cori Ochoa, Octovi Parcido (7) and Colter McKown.
Colton hits - Ja.Straughan 2, Jo.Straughan, Justin Meyer, Abdul (2B).
Touchet hits - Hines (2B), Ortiz.
Pomeroy 10-19, G-P 9-18
POMEROY - Pomeroy scored its first two wins of the year, coming from behind twice to narrowly knock off Southeast 1B League foe Garfield-Palouse.
The Pirates (2-2, 2-0) were behind in both games as late as the seventh inning. Gar-Pal moved to 0-2 and 0-2.
Ryan Smith led the Pirates in the second game with four RBI, and Kyle Hyer added four of his own on the day.
Eighth-grader Havin Heytvelt of Pomeroy earned two saves and was a key cog offensively.
In the second game, Heytvelt got to base in each of his six at-bats and scored every time. On the day, he was 4-for-7 and scored seven runs to complement six stolen bases.
The second game was a walkathon - with 30 walks combined for both teams - but Pomeroy scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to edge the Vikings.
FIRST GAME
Gar-Pal 100 003 5- 9 3 6
Pomeroy 000 510 4-10 6 6
Lopez, Waltering (6) and Parsons. Nick Tewalt, Ryan Smith (7), Havin Heytvelt (7) and Kyle Hyer.
Gar-Pal hits - Hodges, Parkins (2B), Cocking.
Pomeroy hits - Heytvelt 2, Tewalt 2 (2B), Taylor Lewis, Eric Wade.
SECOND GAME
GarPal 423 504 0-18 7 4
Pomeroy 341 413 3-19 12 3
Mitchell, Jamison (6), Herbey (6) and Lopez. Bryan McGreevy, Matt FitzGerald (3), Kyle Hyer (5), Havin Heytvelt (6) and Heytvelt, Hyer (6).
Gar-Pal hits - Parkins 2, Lopez 2, Hervey, Sanderson, Thurman.
Pomeroy hits - Heytfelt 2, McGreevy 2, Ryan Smith 4 (2-2B, 3B), Nick Tewalt, Hyer 2 (2B), Kheigan Bott.
SOFTBALL
Cent. JV 14-3, Prairie 13-13
MERIDIAN - Sure, Prairie was taking on Centennial's junior varsity, but Centennial is a 5A school and Prairie is 1A. And still the doubleheader turned out to be competitive as Centennial took the first game 14-13 and the Pirates took the second 13-3.
"The first game was a slugfest," Prairie coach Jeff Martin said. "Both teams were hitting the ball real well."
There were 25 hits in the first game, with many lead changes.
In the second game, Tanna Schlader broke out for four hits, including a home run and a double. She finished with six RBI in that game.
Prairie (5-3) belted out 12 hits in the second game.
FIRST GAME
Prairie 604 030 0-13 9 5
Centennial JV 442 002 2-14 16 4
Leah Holthaus and MeShel Rad. E. Little and M. Barney.
Prairie hits - Megan Sigler 3 (3B), Savannah Prigge 2, Monica Lustig, Leah Holthaus, McKenzie Reiman (3B), Taylor Nuxoll.
Centennial hits - M. Mart 2, J. Ketchum, M. Barney (HR), E. Hanousek 4, E. Little 3 (2-2B), K. Wallis 2, A. Olson 2 (2B, 3B), D. Parker.
SECOND GAME
Prairie 307 30-13 12 2
Centennial JV 102 00- 3 3 3
Megan Sigler and MeShel Rad. M. Mart and M. Barney.
Prairie hits - Megan Sigler (3B), Tanna Schlader 4 (2B, HR), Savannah Prigge, Leah Holthaus 2 (2B), McKenzie Rieman 2 (2B) Jessica Kaschmitter, Andrea Kaschmitter.
Centennial JV hits - M. Mart, M. Barney (2B), K. Frandson.
Touchet 13-2, Colton 10-20
TOUCHET - In a Southeast 1B League contest, Colton split with Touchet to move to 2-1 on the season and 1-1 in league.
The Wildcats lost the first game 13-10 despite homers from Haley Moser and Erin Weber. The Wildcats were done in by a disastrous first inning when they gave up 10 runs.
But the Wildcats recovered and gave up just five runs the rest of the day.
Colton pitcher Taylor Nilson gave up just three hits and two runs in the second game, and Erin Weber added two more homers, giving her three for the day.
FIRST GAME
Colton 103 204 0-10 10 1
Touchet (10)03 000 x-13 9 2
Jenna Moser and Carrie Hennigar. Brown and Sewell.
Colton hits - Jenna Moser 2 (3B), Haley Moser (HR), Erin Weber 2 (HR), Meghan Heitstuman, Hannah Kramer (2B), Winnie Schultheis 2.
Touchet hits - Greek, Sasser 2, Bishop, Brown, Sewell 3 (2B), Warner.
SECOND GAME
Colton 540 92- 20 13 0
Touchet 010 10- 2 3 5
Taylor Nilson and Carrie Hennnigar. Bishop, Brown (2), Schaeffe (4) and Sewell.
Colton hits - Jenna Moser 2, Kaitlin Druffel 3 (2-2B), Haley Moser (2B), Erin Weber 3 (2-HR), Meghan Heitstuman 2, Kaden Dahmen, Carrie Hennnigar.
Touchet hits - Sewell, Cardwell, Downing.
Colfax 15-22, LRS 8-4
RitzVILLE - Colfax walked its way to a win against Lind-Ritzville/Sprague in the Northeast 2B League.
The Bulldogs won by scores of 15-8 and 22-4.
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague gave up 14 walks in the first game and 17 in the second. Colfax's Amy Hickman gave up just one walk in the first game and two in the second.
"Yeah that was the difference in the games," Colfax coach Terry Eng said of the walks. "We hit the ball fairly well, for the first couple games I was pleased that we hit the ball well."
Hickman had three hits and drove in five runs in the first game. Lauren Moore had one hit and five RBI. Taylor Larsen went 5-for-5 in the second game with a triple.
It was the first time that Colfax (2-0) had played on an all-dirt infield this season.
FIRST GAME
LRS 032 201 0- 8 12 0
Colfax 107 321 2x-15 10 2
Hickman and Robinson. Bolin, Bennett (4) and Chavez.
LRS hits - St. Marie 3 (2-3B), Bennett (2-2B, 3B), Bolin, Blaske, Tichette (2B), Chavez 2, Gimmaka.
Colfax hits - Moore, Pearson 2 (3B), Robinson 2 (2B, 3B), Hickman 3 (2B), Lyman (2B), Hahn (2B).
SECOND GAME
LRS 400 00- 4 8 3
Colfax 644 8x-22 13 1
White, Bennett (2) and Bolin. Hickman and Robinson.
LRS hits - St. Marie 2, Bennett 2, Bolin 2 (2B), Whittaker, Blaske, White.
Colfax hits - Moore (2B), Pearson, Robinson 2 (2B), Hickman, Larsen 5 (3B), Hardie, Cox 2.
G-P 22-39, Pomeroy 3-8
POMEROY - The Garfield-Palouse Vikings clubbed Pomeroy in a Southeast 1B League doubleheader, winning 22-3 and 39-8.
"It was our first time outdoors," Gar-Pal coach Steve Witthuhn said.
The Pirate pitchers struggled to get the ball over the plate as they walked 16 batters in the first game and 26 batters in the second. In the fifth inning in the second game, the Vikings scored 20 runs.
Chandler Pfaff of Gar-Pal (2-0) struck out eight batters in the first game and six in the second.
FIRST GAME
Gar-Pal 175 27-22 9 1
Pomeroy 100 20- 3 3 3
Pfaff and Johnson. Smith and Woodland.
Gar-Pal hits - Pfaff 3 (2B), Wilson 1, Taylor 2 (3B), Rodriguez, Jamison, Bielenberg.
Pomeroy hits - Shub, Monahan, Cloud.
SECOND GAME
Gar-Pal 394 3(20)-39 7 4
Pomeroy 121 13- 8 3 3
Pfaff, Taylor (5), Johnson and Rogriguez (5). Monahan and Cloud.
Gar-Pal hits - Wilson 2, Taylor 2 (2B), Rodriguez, Cochran, Shay.
Pomeroy hits - Schub, Minor, Monahan.
Orofino 12-11, SM 1-2
OROFINO - Orofino freshman Courtney Adams led off the first game with a triple and set the tone early as the Maniacs from Orofino belted their way to a 2-0 nonleague start to the season.
"(We) came out hitting really well," Orofino coach Justin Haag said of his team, which tallied nine hits in the first game and 12 in the second.
Pitching for Orofino, Tabby Hasket rang up six strikeouts in the first contest, and Adams, who hit triples in both games, added a homer in the second contest.
FIRST GAME
St. Maries 001 00- 1 7 2
Orofino 344 1x-12 9 1
Grosverner, Huddleston and Thomas.Tabby Haskett and Megan Gilmer.
St. Maries hits - Grosverner 2, Huddleston, Masterson 2 (2B), Cook 2 (2B).
Orofino hits - Courtney Adams 2 (3B), Taylor Erbst 3 (2B), Megan Gilmer 2 (2B), Tabby Haskett, Kelli Rice.
SECOND GAME
St. Maries 000 200 0-2 1 3
Orofino 410 033 x-11 12 1
Huddleston to Thomas. Tabby Hasket to Megan Gilmer.
St. Maries hits - Masterson (2B)
Orofino hits - Courtney Adams 2 (3B, HR), Taylor Erbst 2, Megan Gilmer 2 (2B), Madison Parks 2 (2B, 3B), Tabby Haskett 2 (2B), Chloe Gehring (2B).
W-P 8-8, Asotin 2-11
PRESCOTT - Asotin came out cold and split a doubleheader with Waitsburg-Prescott in the Southeast 2B League, losing the first game 8-2 but winning the second 11-8.
JaLisa Jose hit for the cycle in the second game.
Mickenzie Mullins hit home runs on two consecutive at-bats as Asotin (2-2, 1-1) amassed 20 hits in the second game. Mullins has four homers this season.
FIRST GAME
Asotin 000 100 1-2 6 1
Waitsburg-Prescott 100 250 x-8 9 1
Mullins and Ambroson. Nichols and Baker.
Asotin hits - Storey, Mullins, Nelson, Jose, Martin (2B), Hedding.
WP hits - Moss 2, Baker 2, Gonen 2 (2B), Hofer, Chapman (2B), Miller (3B).
SECOND GAME
Asotin 330 120 2-11 20 2
Waitsburg-Prescott 303 002 0- 8 12 1
Mullins and Ambroson. Nichols and Baker.
Asotin hits - Heitstuman, Mullins 3 (2-HR), Nelson 3 (3B), Jose 4 (2B, 3B, HR), Martin 2, Ambroson (2B), Borland, Alexander 2, Macy 3 (2B).
WV 10-19, Pullman 0-0
SPOKANE - Pullman got no-hit in two Great Northern League games. West Valley lit up Pullman for 11 hits in the first game and 14 in the second
FIRST GAME
Pullman 000 00- 0 0 3
West Valley 241 12-10 11 0
Cakarison, Baugh (3) and Wickard. Robinson and Sage.
Pullman hits - none.
West Valley hits - Robinson 2, Noble 2, Sage, Finn, Mitchell 2, Castor, Francisco 2 (2B), Robinson, Sage, Castor.
SECOND GAME
Pullman 000 00- 0 0 3
West Valley 33(10) 3x -19 14 1
Cakarison, Merlakis (3) and Wickard. Peckham and Francisco.
Pullman hits - none.
West Valley hits -Robinson, Noble 3, Sage 3, Farnworth, Espindola, Castor 2, Peckham 2, Fouts (2B), Sage, Peckham 2 (3B), Sage, Castor (HR), Sage.