STATE ASA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS: Local teams ousted at state tourneys at Ramsey
COEUR d'ALENE - The Idaho Sliders of Boise will face the South Idaho Ice of Twin Falls today at 10 a.m. in the semifinal game of the state ASA 12-and-under softball tournament at Ramsey Park.
The winner advances to the title game at 1:45 p.m.
Still alive in the losers bracket are the Spokane Stealth Tibbits, the Spokane Diamonds Cushner, the Idaho Flash and the Spokane Stealth Palmer.
Local teams Northwest Wildfire and Dry Ice were eliminated on Saturday.
In the 10U tourney, also at Ramsey Park, the Spokane Mudhens advanced to today's 11:45 a.m. title game. The Lewis-Clark Warriors play the Idaho Sliders at 8 a.m., with that winner playing the Boise Blast at 9:45, with that winner needing to beat the Mudhens twice for the title.
Winners bracket
Stealth Tibbits 11, Boise Blast 7:
Idaho Sliders 13, Idaho Crossfire 2: Riley McGrath went 4 for 4 with three RBIs, and Oakleigh Kearby pitched a two-hitter.
Idaho Flash 5, Spokane Crash 2000 2: Naomi Butterfield pitched a two-hitter in the win.
South Idaho Ice (Twin Falls) 12, Meridian Ruckus 0: Hannah Holcomb pitched a no-hitter, and Sophia Bartholomeu was 3 for 3 with a homer and four RBIs.
Idaho Sliders 7, Spokane Stealth Tibbits 0: Oakleigh Kearby pitched a shutout, and also went 2 for 3
South Idaho Ice 9, Idaho Flash 8: Mercedes Bell went 3 for 4 for the Ice, who scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to win it.
Losers bracket
Spokane Diamonds W 5, Northwest Wildfire 2:
Spokane Diamonds Cushner 4, Diamond Bandits (Nampa) 0: Peyton Cushner pitched a no-hitter and went 2 for 4.
Boise Blast Cox 2, Vallivue Nitros 1: Megan Dobrex pitched a one-hitter for the Blast.
Spokane Stealth Palmer 6, Lewiston All-Stars 2:
Dry Ice d. Wildfire:
Vallivue Nitros 7, Diamond Bandits 3: Nicole Jacobi went 3 for 4 and drove in two runs in the win.
Spokane Diamonds W 10, Lewiston All-Stars 3: Haley Juntenen tripled and went 2 for 3 in the win.
Spokane Diamonds Cushner 6, Boise Blast Cox 3:
Stealth Palmer 9, Northwest Wildfire 1: Tori Vetter went 3 for 3 and pitched a one-hitter in the win.
Vallivue Nitros 15, Dry Ice 0: Britney Henderson pitched a one-hitter, and Reiss McIntyre was 4 for 4 with two triples and three runs.
Spokane Crash 2000 3, Spokane Diamonds W 0:
Spokane Diamonds Cushner 14, Boise Blast Lamb 3:
Stealth Palmer 7, Idaho Crossfire 1:
Vallivue Nitros 15, Meridian Ruckus 6: Emma Hofhive was 4 for 4 and scored three runs.
Spokane Diamonds Cushner 12, Spokane Crash 2008 8: Sydney Wiyrick was 3 for 5 and scored four runs.
Stealth Palmer 8, Vallivue Nitros 0:
Winners bracket
Boise Blast 13, Spokane Stealth 1: Liz Marshall pitched a no-hitter and went 2 for 3 with three RBIs.
Spokane Mudhens 8, Coeur d'Alene Crush 6:
Spokane Mudhens 10, Boise Blast 3: Isabella Bay went 4 for 4 in the win.
Losers bracket
Northwest Wildfire 13, Dry Ice 1:
Idaho Sliders 12, L-C Warriors 10:
L-C Warriors 9, Northwest Wildfire 5:
Idaho Sliders (Boise) 17, Dry Ice 1:
L-C Warriors 13, Coeur d'Alene Crush 8: The Warriors rallied with nine runs in the sixth inning.
Idaho Sliders 18, Spokane Stealth 1: Ysabella Villegas had three hits, drove in three and scored two, and Jorja Crider was 3 for 3 with three runs and six RBIs.