Lumbermen fall in opener

MISSOULA, Mont. - Shawn Montee hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning to score Colton Gray for the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen, which lost their season opener to the Kalispell Lakers 9-1 in the Dale Dahlgren Memorial Tournament on Saturday.

Joe Roletto had two hits and Gray, Brett Robbins and Carter Chaffin all doubled for Coeur d'Alene, which committed seven errors.

"We're kind of using this tournament to see where we need to build," Coeur d'Alene coach Lloyd Duman said. "We made some errors that were expected, but some of the mental errors that led to runs showed us that's where we need to work. It was a good kind of outing to see what we've got to work on."

* In other action in Missoula, Stephen Vaudreuil went 3 for 4 as the Coeur d'Alene "A" Loggers defeated the Kalispell Lakers 15-5 in their tournament.

Both teams are back in action today, with the Lumbermen playing the Helena Senators and Bozeman Bucks and the Loggers playing the Bozeman Spikes and Missoula Mavericks.