Chatfield Commits To Nic

Lake City High School’s Jon Chatfield has orally committed to play basketball for North Idaho College.

Chatfield averaged 22.5 points and 8 rebounds last season and was first team all-state and Inland Empire League. He transferred to Lake City after playing at A-4 Kootenai.

Baseball

North Idaho College swept host College of Southern Idaho 8-3 and 4-3 in a Region 18 doubleheader on Friday.

In the first game, NIC’s Jeff Anstine struck out four and scattered six hits as he moved his record to 3-5. Also in game one, NIC’s Mike Schock drove in two runs without getting a hit.

The second game saw NIC’s Paul Decelle scatter seven hits while striking out six. NIC moved its record to 14-18, 4-10.

NIC 8-4, Southern Idaho 3-3

NIC 100 520 0 - 8 9 1

CSI 200 000 1 - 3 6 2

Anstine and Guenter; Duckworth, Lampshire (5), Howell (7) and Florence. W-Anstine (3-5). L-Duckworth.

HITS: North Idaho - Mort, Wilson, McGregor 2, Gorham, Guenter 2, Bartell 2. Southern Idaho - Gillette, Starbuck 2, Duckworth, Schow 2. 2B-Schow.

NIC 200 010 001 - 4 11 4

CSI 003 000 000 - 3 7 1

Decelle and Guenter; Young, Gallagher (6) and Forbush. W-Decelle (2-1). L-Gallagher.

HITS: North Idaho - Mort, Tarasoff, Wilson 2, McGregor 2, Guenter 2, Bartell, Nelson, Schock. Southern Idaho - Gillette 2, Starbuck, Schow 2, Duckworth, Kimball. 2B-Schow 2, Kimball, Mort, McGregor.

Washington St. 9, Oregon St. 5

Washington State catcher Jason Hairston drove home three runs with a triple and a home run to lead the Cougars past the Beavers in a Pacific-10 Conference North game.

OSU (24-12-1, 7-6) took a 3-0 lead before the Cougars (18-30, 5-8) rallied for eight runs in the fourth inning. Washington State collected seven hits in the rally, including a triple by Hairston that drove home two runs and a single by Mark Bowman that brought in two.

The Cougars scored a single run on Hairston’s homer in the seventh inning. The Beavers answered with single runs in the eighth and ninth to close out the scoring.

Starter Todd Belitz (4-3) was credited with the victory while Oregon State starter Eric Lovinger took the loss (7-2).

WSU 9, Oregon State 5

OSU 002 100 011 -5 10 0

WSU 000 800 10x -9 12 0

Lovinger, Ranstad (4), Swinburnson (7) and Schmidt. Belitz, Wheeler (8), Fowler (9) and Hairston. W-Belitz (4-3). L-Lovinger (7-2).

HITS: OSUHageman 2, McDonald, Leone, Wakeland 2, Lipe, Bailie, Stranburg. WSURyan, Bowman, Hamik, Horner, Fischer, Fowler, Kaleikilo, Hairston 2, Solomon, Vigeland 2. 2B-Wakeland, Fowler, Horner, Vigeland. 3B-Hairston. HR-Hairston (7).

Gonzaga 17, St. Mary’s 4

After pre-game ceremonies officially christened Gonzaga University’s refurbished baseball facility August/A.R.T. Stadium, the Bulldogs battered three Saint Mary’s College pitchers for 20 hits in a West Coast Conference game halted after six innings due to rain. The Bulldogs (15-23, 3-14 WCC) sent 12 men to the plate and scored eight runs in the third inning, then erased any doubt about the outcome as 11 men went to bat in a five-run fifth.

Two-run doubles by Tory Wulf and Donnie Murrell highlighted the third-inning as Gonzaga chased Gaels’ (11-26, 6-11) starter and loser Kevin Lowry, Murrell’s blow the knockout punch as the 10th man to the plate.

Saint Mary’s 201 010 -4 6 2

Gonzaga 108 251 -17 20 1

Lowry, Podesta (3), Newport (6) and Kermode. Alexander and Asan. W-Alexander (3-2). L-Lowry (1-5). HITS: SMC - Fuller, Waugh, Cohan, Hurlbut, Williams, Kermode. GU - Murrell 4, Knight, Pearsall 3, Wong 2, Hare 3, Uberuaga 3, Wulf 2, Asan, Canny. 2B-Williams, Murrell, Wulf. 3B-Wong. HR-Waugh (1), Uberuaga (4).

CC Spokane 4, Blue Mountain 2

CCS’ Rudy Zafras went 3 for 5 on the day to help the Sasquatch defeat Blue Mountain, 4-2.

Pitcher Adam Flohr threw a complete game, scattered four hits, struck out six while walking just two batters.

CCS moved its overall record to 11-11 and 7-6 in the NWAACC East.

CCS 001 000 300 - 4 10 2

BMCC 000 200 000 - 2 4 1

Flohr and Zarfas; Pratt, Procter (7) and Garton. W - Flohr (4-2). L - Proctor.

HITS: Spokane - Ripke 2, Davis 2, Best, Zarfas 3, Coulson, Gillispie. Blue Mountain Community College - Macomb, Clark, Garden, Klein. 2B-Garden. HR-Ripke (1), Clark.

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