Lums U16 suffer first loss at Washington 'A' districts

SPOKANE — Brandon Filler drove two runs for the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen U16 team, but Whitman County got a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh and beat the Lums 7-6 at the Washington class A American Legion district tournament on Tuesday at Al K. Jackson Field.

Coeur d’Alene (30-10) will face Shadle Park in a loser-out game today at 11:30 a.m. at Al K. Jackson Field.

Alex Karns had three hits with an RBI and a run scored for Coeur d’Alene.

Earlier Tuesday, the Coeur d’Alene 14U squad, playing up, was eliminated by a 10-6 loss to Shadle Park.

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Coeur d’Alene, Prairie to

open AA Area A tourney Thursday

POST FALLS — The Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen (13-20) will face the tournament host Prairie Cardinals (12-17) in the opening round of the Class AA Area A tournament starting at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Post Falls High.

Lewis-Clark (30-9), the league champion, will face the winner on Thursday at 5 p.m.

Games will be 9 innings.

The top two teams from the tournament advance to the state tournament July 26-30 in Twin Falls.

CLASS AA AREA A

(district) TOURNAMENT

at Post Falls High

Thursday

Game 1 — No. 2 Coeur d’Alene (13-20) vs. No. 3 Prairie (12-17), 2 p.m.

Game 2 — No. 1 Lewis-Clark (30-9) vs. Winner Game 1, 5

Friday

Game 3 — Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 1, 2 p.m. (loser out)

Game 4 — Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 5

Saturday

Game 5 — Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 4, 10 a.m. (if necessary)

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Class A Area A

tourney begins Thursday

at Thorco

COEUR d’ALENE — Northern Lakes is the No. 1 seed for the seven-team Idaho class A Area A (district) tournament, which begins Thursday at Thorco Field.

The top two teams advance to state next week in Nampa.

CLASS A AREA A TOURNAMENT

At Thorco Field

Thursday

Game 1 — No. 4 Lewis-Clark vs. No. 5 Orofino, 2 p.m.

Game 2 — No. 3 Sandpoint vs. No. 6 Moscow, 4:30 p.m.

Game 3 — No. 2 Coeur d’Alene vs. No. 7 St. Maries, 7 p.m.

Friday

Game 4 — No. 1 Northern Lakes vs. Winner Game 1, 9 a.m.

Game 5 — Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 11:30 a.m.

Game 6 — Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3, 2 p.m.

Game 7 — Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 5, 4:30 p.m.

Game 8 — Loser Game 4 vs. Winner Game 6, 7 p.m.

Saturday

Game 9 — Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 2 p.m.

Game 10 — Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 4:30 p.m.

Game 11 — Loser Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 7 p.m.

Sunday

Game 12 — Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11, noon (championship game)

Game 13 — If-necessary title game, 2:30 p.m.