State 3A baseball: St. Maries falls in third-place game

NAMPA - Three New Plymouth pitchers combined to strike out 11 as the Pilgrams defeated the St. Maries Lumberjacks 10-2 in the state 2A tournament third place game on Saturday at Rodeo Park.

St. Maries took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI single by D.J. Turner to score Jordan Stapleton and later an RBI single by Tyson Truscott to score Isaac Walters.

New Plymouth scored eight in the bottom of the inning and added runs in the third and sixth inning for the win.

"We put our No. 3 pitcher out there and knew they were explosive offensively," St. Maries coach Craig Tefft said. "I thought we had a chance and he didn't make it out of the first inning. Dylan Wilson pitched well in relief, but getting out of that big of a hole was too tough to do."

Truscott had two hits for St. Maries, which finishes 17-4.

Central Idaho League rival Grangeville defeated Nampa Christian 9-8 in the state championship game.

"Overall, we had a great season," Tefft said. "We got better as the season went on. A lot of these kids were pitching at the varsity level for the first time this year and we were one out from playing for a state title."

St. Maries 200 000 0 - 2 4 5

New Plymoth 801 001 x - 10 14 1

Jenks Maier, Dylan Wilson (1), Casey Nelson (6) and Isaac Walters, Chase Truscott (6); Kyler Harris, Joey Schlett (4), Johnny Phillps (7) and Tyler Powell. W - Harris. L - Maier (4-1).

HITS: SM - Stapleton, Turner, Truscott 2. NP - Sobralski, Hensen, Harris 2, Phillips, Powell 3, Wheeler 3, Paulsen, Stallions. 2B - Truscott, Phillips, Powell.

Timberlake 6

Bear Lake 5 (13 inn.)

FRUITLAND - The Tigers bounced back from a loss in the opening round to beat the Bears for the state 3A tournament consolation championship at Fruitland High.

Timberlake finishes the season 16-8.

In other action at the 3A tournament, Priest River defeated Kimberly 12-11 in the third-place game.