Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden Red teams earn trips to state playoffs

Coeur d'Alene won the Majors (age 11-12) championship, Post Falls took the age 10-11 title and Hayden Red captured the age 9-10 division as the Idaho District 1 Little League baseball championship games took place Sunday at Canfield Middle School.

All three winners advance to the best-of-3 state playoffs vs. the District 2 champions starting Friday in the Boise area.

Idaho District 1

baseball tournaments

Championship games

MAJORS (age 11-12)

Coeur d'Alene 8, Post Falls 3: Michael Hicks and Kyle Shuey combined on a three-hitter for Coeur d'Alene. Shuey pitched the final two innings, striking out six. Cody Garza and Devin Kluss each went 3 for 4 in the win. Drew Harris delivered a two-run double in the first inning for Post Falls.

AGE 10-11

Post Falls 10, Coeur d'Alene 3: Cameron Mckeown had two hits and scored two runs for Post Falls, and winning pitcher Jake Pfennigs struck out four.

AGE 9-10

Hayden Red 8, Coeur d'Alene Black 7: Hayden Red scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull out the victory, after Coeur d'Alene had scored six runs in the top of the sixth to take a 7-6 lead. Mikey Kelley scored the winning run for Hayden Red on an error with no outs in the bottom of the sixth. Jackson Sumner homered and struck out eight for Hayden Red. Anton Watson fanned eight for Coeur d'Alene Black.