Wildfire (Guindon) lone local team left at state 14U tourney

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Ariel Smith struck out six and went 3 for 3 with two RBIs as the Northwest Wildfire (Guindon) beat the Coeur d'Alene Crush '98 13-8 in a consolation bracket game at the Idaho ASA 14-and-under softball tournament at Ramsey Park in Coeur d'Alene.

The Wildfire will face the Idaho Heat of Eagle today at 8 a.m. in another loser-out game.

Six teams are remaining in the 14-team tournament.

The loss eliminated the Crush.

After going 1-1 on Friday, the Coeur d'Alene Crush '99 defeated the LC Bombers of Lewiston 6-5 before being eliminated in a 9-3 loss to Northwest Wildfire (Guindon).

The Northwest Wildfire (Comack) went 0-2.

The Southern Idaho Ice of Twin Falls will face the Idaho Sliders of Eagle in the semifinals today at 9:45 a.m.

The championship game is scheduled for today at 1:30 p.m. at Ramsey Park, with an if-necessary game at 3:15.

WINNERS BRACKET

Idaho Ricochet (Meridian) 16, Coeur d'Alene Crush '98 4: Alicia Curry hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs and Jillian Long went 2 for 4 with two RBIs for Ricochet.

Idaho Heat (Eagle) 12, Idaho Racers (Boise) 0: Rylee Newman went 3 for 3 with two doubles, a triple and two RBIs for the Heat.

Idaho Sliders (Eagle) 7, Idaho Ricochet (Meridian) 3: Megan Brown struck out six and Jordyn Marguez went 3 for 4 with three runs scored for the Sliders in a quarterfinal game.

Southern Idaho Ice (Twin Falls) 4, Idaho Heat (Eagle) 0: Kassidy Brooks went 3 for 4 with two runs scored and Rosie Cantu allowed two hits for the Ice in a quarterfinal game. Kayla Von Fossen went 2 for 3 for the Heat.

CONSOLATION BRACKET

Idaho Impact (Pocatello) 11, Northwest Wildfire (Comack) 5: Taylor Ferguson went 3 for 4 with five RBIs, including a second inning grand slam, and Hailey Huelsman struck out six for the Impact. Betty Comack went 2 for 2 with an RBI and run scored for the Wildfire.

Idaho Crossfire (Idaho Falls) 9, LC Bombers (Lewiston) 7: B.D. Martinez went 3 for 4 for the Crossfire. Morgan Connerly went 2 for 4 with two RBIs for the Bombers.

Coeur d'Alene Crush '99 6, LC Bombers (Lewiston) 5: Bailey Cavanaugh had a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning for the Crush. Morgan Connerly went 2 for 3 with two RBIs for the Bombers.

Boise Blast 5, Nampa Red Hots 4: Megan Madden allowed six hits for the Blast. Hailee Ackerman homered for the Red Hots.

Coeur d'Alene Crush '98 6, Northwest Wildfire (Comack) 3: Kayla Patton struck out six and Missy Huddleston went 3 for 3 with two triples and two RBIs for the Crush. Alyssa Cross went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and Tristen Amundsen went 2 for 2 for the Wildfire, which was eliminated with the loss.

Idaho Crossfire (Idaho Falls) 2, Idaho Racers (Boise) 1: Del Waite struck out four, Des Kimper went 2 for 3 and Meghan Yette went 2 for 3 with an RBI for the Crossfire in a loser-out game.

Coeur d'Alene Crush '98 9, Nampa Red Hots 1: Kayla Patton struck out five and Missy Huddleston went 2 for 4 with two RBI and two runs scored for the Crush. Amanda Trenkle went 2 for 2 with a run scored for the Red Hots, which was eliminated with the loss.

Northwest Wildfire (Guindon) 9, Coeur d'Alene Crush '99 3: Ariel Smith struck out five and went 2 for 4 with an RBI and Emma Rofili went 2 for 3 with two runs scored for the Wildfire in a loser-out game.

Idaho Impact (Pocatello) 5, Boise Blast 2: Bailey Harris struck out seven and Hailey Huelsman went 2 for 3 with two doubles and an RBI for the Impact in a loser-out game.

Northwest Wildfire (Guindon) 9, Idaho Crossfire (Idaho Falls) 1: Haley Loffer went 3 for 3 with two RBIs and Ariel Smith struck out nine for the Wildfire in a loser-out game.

Northwest Wildfire (Guindon) 13, Coeur d'Alene Crush '98 8: Missy Huddleston went 2 for 2 with three runs scored and two RBIs for the Crush, which was eliminated.

Idaho Crossfire (Idaho Falls) 18, Idaho Impact (Pocatello) 3: Meghan Yette went 4 for 4 with three singles and a double for the Crossfire in a loser-out game.

Abby Howard hit a two-run home run and Bryce Catt had a two-run triple as the North Idaho Extreme beat the Idaho Explosion 4-0 to advance to the semifinals of the Idaho ASA 16-and-under tournament at the Willow Lane Athletic Facility in Boise.

The Extreme will play either the Boise Sliders or Idaho Crossfire of Emmett today at 10:30 a.m. PDT.

Breana Burke allowed five hits for the Extreme against the Explosion.

Earlier, Burke went 2 for 2 and allowed five hits as the Extreme beat the Boise Crush 4-1.