Timberlake, St. Maries to play for title

SPIRIT LAKE - Ashlei Jerome and Sydnie Malloy each had RBI singles with two outs in the sixth inning to lift the top-seeded Timberlake Tigers past the fifth-seeded Bonners Ferry Badgers 3-2 in the semifinals of the 3A District 1 tournament Friday at Timberlake High.

Nicole Cameron had nine strikeouts for Timberlake (17-5), which faces St. Maries in the championship game today at noon for a berth to state.

"Both pitchers threw great today," Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. "Chelsea (Taggart) and Nicole both had nine strikeouts. Chelsea did a great job of not letting us get on a roll. We got some hits, but couldn't bunch anything together."

Kodi Kuykendall had three hits for Timberlake.

Bonners Ferry defeated Kellogg 10-0 in a play-in game earlier on Friday and will face Priest River in a loser-out game today at 10 a.m. The two remaining teams play at 2 p.m. for the district's second berth to state.

Bonners Ferry 000 000 2 - 2 2 1

Timberlake 001 002 x - 3 9 2

Chelsea Taggart and Amanda Riley; Nicole Cameron and Ashlei Jerome. W - Cameron (17-5). L - Taggart.

HITS: BF - Bertling, Wasmer. TL - Jerome, Malloy 2, Neal, Edelblute, Cameron, Kuykendall 3. 2B - Edelblute.

St. Maries 14

Priest River 2

SPIRIT LAKE - Dusti Huddleston and Morgan Cummings had three RBIs apiece as the third-seeded Lumberjacks defeated the second-seeded Spartans in the 3A District 1 tournament at Timberlake High.

"We started to string some hits together and put together a game offensively and defensively," St. Maries coach Todd Bitterman said. "Tia (Asbury) had really good command today. It's a good thing when those things come together."

Chelsea Grosvenor hit a two-run home run in the second inning for St. Maries (9-8), which faces Timberlake in the championship game today at noon.

Priest River will face Bonners Ferry in a loser-out game today at 10 a.m.

St. Maries 242 60 - 14 12 2

Priest River 020 00 - 2 4 6

Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.

Tia Asbury and Brittany Nelson; Brittany Krampert, Kelsey Bradbury (4) and Ayonna Lentz. W - Asbury (5-5). L - Krampert.

HITS: SM - Asbury 2, Huddleston 3, Cummings 2, Masterson 2, Nelson, Grosvenor, Ghramm. PR - Reed, Barber, Deal, Krampert. HR - Grosvenor (1), Cummings (1).