ASA: Lake City Ladies ousted

The Lake City Ladies, the lone local entrant, were eliminated in their first game Saturday at the Idaho ASA girls 18-and-under class A Region 15 softball tournament at Ramsey Park.

The Diamond Dusters of Tacoma, Wash., beat the Ladies 11-6, as Jordan Tapp hit two doubles, scored two runs and drove in four. MacKenzie Brown went 3 for 4 with a triple and a solo homer for Lake City.

The Oregon Young Guns won once on Saturday to advance to today's championship game at 10:15 a.m. They will play the winner of the 8:30 a.m. game between the Diamond Dusters and Billings (Mont.) Blue.

The Young Guns beat the Billings Blue 4-1 in the semifinal game. Katy Wilson hit a solo homer for the Guns, who scored all four runs in the second inning. Alex Hellmick pitched a three-hitter and struck out seven.

Earlier, Billings Blue scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to beat the Washington Explosion (Richland) 3-2. Julia Gutierrez doubled in Heidi Riley to tie the game, then scored the winning run on Jenny Pehler's two-out single.

In other losers bracket games:

Danaika Walker went 4 for 4 and scored three runs as the Washington Explosin beat the Washington Thunder (Seattle) 11-3 ... Maddie Jones was 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs, and Sara Goodman was 4 for 4 with two RBIs, as the Big Sky Blast (Missoula) beat the Diamond Dusters 7-2 ... Brie Clifford was 2 for 2 with two runs as the Big Sky Blast beat the Washington Thunder 11-4 ... Naomi Stocks was 3 for 4 and scored two runs, and Kim Chase pitched a two-hitter as the Diamond Dusters beat the Washington Explosion 5-1 ... Stocks went 3 for 4, Jenna Bartlett was 3 for 4 with three runs and three RBIs, and Megan Ranser was 3 for 4 as the Diamond Dusters beat the Big Sky Blast 10-2. The Blast finished fourth.