Prairie upends Lewis-Clark, to face Lums for berth to state
TRAIL, British Columbia - Cody Vandever hit a grand slam in a six-run fifth inning as the third-seeded Prairie Cardinals defeated the No. 2 seed Lewis-Clark Twins 14-10 in a Class AA Area A (district) tournament at Butler Field.
"They're a good team and swing the bat really well," Prairie coach Dustin Frank said. "For us, when we can do all three things (hit, field and pitch well), we're a tough team to beat. Today, we had 17 hits and struck out Lewis-Clark nine times. We did what we had to do and played good defense."
Kurt South had three RBIs and Joe Schwalbach went 3 for 4 for Prairie (23-21), which faces Coeur d'Alene today at 11 a.m., with the winner advancing to the state tournament in Twin Falls next weekend.
"It's a big game," Frank said. "It should be a good game. Both of us are playing really good baseball right now. I'm looking forward to it."
Prairie 110 260 040 - 14 17 0
Lewis-Clark 104 401 000 - 10 14 2
Riley Denney, Luke Howell (4), Cody Vandever (5), Derek Tymesen (6), Tony Davidson (7), Zach Reeder (9) and Darnell Metcalf; Luke Olson, Kyle Knigge (5), Randy Fuller (8) and Beau Kerns. W - Davidson. L - Fuller.
HITS: Pra - Reeder 3, Tymesen, Metcalf, Mobeck, Cooper 3, South 2, Burnett 2, Vandever, Schwalbach 3. LC - Kerns 3, Presby 2, Roth, Knigge 2, Fuller 2, Bush 2, Wiley, Olson. 2B - Reeder, Cooper, Tymesen, Presby, Knigge, Fuller. HR - Kerns, Knigge, Vandever, Fuller.
Coeur d'Alene 9
Trail 3
TRAIL, British Columbia - Jason Pattis hit a two-run home run with two outs in the sixth inning as the Lumbermen broke open a close game to beat the host Trail Jays in the Class AA Area A (district) tournament at Butler Park.
Trail opened the scoring on a two-run home run by Dallas Calvin and added another run on a double by Tanner Rotschy to take a 3-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning.
Colin Comack singled to tie the game at 3 in the fourth for Coeur d'Alene (37-19), which took the lead for good in the fourth on an RBI single by Pete Hoffman. Comack hit a two-run double and finished with three RBIs.
Hoffman struck out eight and had three hits for Coeur d'Alene, which faces Prairie today at 11 a.m. in a semifinal game.
"Pete pitched an excellent game and had great control," Coeur d'Alene coach Lloyd Duman said.
Trail 020 100 000 - 3 6 0
Coeur d'Alene 000 312 30x - 9 9 3
Dallas Calvin, Jeff Hayes (7) and Kyle Paulson; Pete Hoffman, Jason Pattis (9) and Kaleb DeHaas. W - Hoffman. L - Calvin.
HITS: Tra - Glover, Calvin, Rypien, Rotschy 2, Hayes. Cd'A - Comack 2, Pattis 2, Curtis, Hoffman 3, Cabeza. 2B - Rotschy, Comack. HR - Calvin, Pattis.
CLASS AA AREA A (DISTRICT) TOURNAMENT
At Butler Park, Trail
Friday
Prairie 14, Lewis-Clark 10
Coeur d’Alene 9, Trail 3
Lewis-Clark 13, Cranbrook 5, loser out
Game 6 — Sandpoint (7-15) vs. Trail (21-25), 7:30 (loser out)
Saturday
Game 7 — Prairie (23-21) vs. Coeur d’Alene (37-19), 11 a.m., winner to state
Game 8 — Lewis-Clark (28-18) vs. Winner Game 6, 2:30 p.m., loser out
Game 9 — Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 6 p.m., winner to state, loser out
Sunday
Game 10 — Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 11 a.m., championship
Game 11 — If-necessary championship game if Winner Game 9 wins Game 10
Loggers 20
St. Maries 2
OSBURN — Nick Nyquist went 4 for 4 with three RBIs as the Coeur d’Alene Loggers defeated St. Maries in five innings in a loser-out game in the Class A Area A (district) tournament at Morehouse Field.
Jake Gonzalez had six strikeouts for Coeur d’Alene (29-21), which faces Prairie today at 2 p.m. in another loser-out game. Prairie defeated Silver Valley 13-8 in another loser-out game Friday.
“We couldn’t ask for more coming out of the gate than 10 hits in the first inning,” said Coeur d’Alene coach Tom Barlow, whose team led 15-0 after the first inning. “It was the exact opposite of our game yesterday. Jake did a great job and settled down after giving up a leadoff home run.”
Coeur d’Alene allowed nine runs to Moscow in the first inning of a 15-5 loss on Thursday.
Dillon Michael led off the game with a homer for St. Maries.
Kolby DeHaas, Sean Sutton, D.J. Sutton and Sam Fortis had two RBIs apiece for Coeur d’Alene.
St. Maries 200 00 — 2 4 3
Coeur d’Alene (15)00 5x — 20 16 0
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
David Barbour, Dillon Michael (1) and Ashton Stephenson; Gonzales and Kolby DeHaas, Siron (2). W — Gonzales. L — Barbour.
HITS: SM — Michael, Barbour, Turner, Raabs. Cd’A — Robbins, O’Hagen, DeHaas, Siron, Se. Sutton 2, D. Sutton, Krapas, Fortis, Burgess, Montee, Osmanski, Nyquist. 2B — Siron, S. Sutton, Nyquist. HR — Michael.
CLASS A AREA A (DISTRICT) TOURNAMENT
At Morehouse Field, Osburn
Friday
Coeur d’Alene 20, St. Maries 2, five innings, loser out
Prairie 13, Silver Valley 8, loser out
Lewis-Clark 2, Moscow 1
Saturday
Game 8 — Coeur d’Alene vs. Prairie, 2 p.m. (loser out)
Game 9 — Moscow vs. Winner Game 8, 5 p.m. (loser out)
Sunday
Game 10 — Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 1 p.m. (winner to state if unbeaten, loser also as second seed)
Game 11 — Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 10, 4 p.m. (if necessary)
Lumberjacks 8
Mead 4
COEUR d’ALENE — Jacob Knight and Logan Brastrup had two RBIs apiece as the Coeur d’Alene Lumberjacks defeated the Mead Panthers in a semifinal game of the Spokane American Legion “A” district tournament at Coeur d’Alene High.
The Lumberjacks (24-11) will face the Coeur d’Alene Lakers tonight at 7 at McEuen Field. The winner will face the loser of the championship game between Cheney and Mt. Spokane on Monday at 5:30 p.m. to determine the second-seed to the state tournament in Lacey, Wash., July 30-Aug. 3.
Mead 002 002 0 — 4 8 2
Lumberjacks 010 340 x — 8 11 5
Olson, Young (5) and Kies; Wingham, Shawn White (6), Derrick Griffin (6) and Colton Gray. W — Wingham. L — Olson.
HITS: Mead — Ozellette 2, Anderson, Kies, Olson, Castro 2, Young. Cd’A — White 2, Brastrup 3, Wingham, Gray, Bailey 3, Kennedy. 2B — Brastrup.