Coeur d'Alene to play for state berth

COEUR d’ALENE — Dylan Brum went 3 for 5 with three RBIs and three runs scored as the second-seeded Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen beat sixth-seeded Moscow 14-4 in six innings Friday in the second round of the American Legion Class A Area A (district) baseball tournament at Thorco Field.

Coeur d’Alene (41-11) will play for a state berth today at 2 p.m. vs. fifth-seeded Orofino, which upset No. 1 seed Northern Lakes 9-4.

Brum hit an RBI double in the second inning and a two-run homer in the fourth for Coeur d’Alene. Quinton Bunch went 2 for 4 with an RBI and three runs scored for the Lumbermen.

Earlier, Orofino scored six runs in the fifth inning to build a 9-1 lead against Northern Lakes. Logan McDonald went 2 for 4 with an RBI single in the fifth for the Mountaineers.

Later Friday, Dylan Bradbury drove in a pair of runs and got the win on the mound, and Ryan Pote had two hits and scored twice as Northern Lakes eliminated Sandpoint 5-2.

- Late Thursday, Carter Friesz went 2 for 3 and drove in three runs, and Dylan Brum hit a three-run triple as Coeur d’Alene beat St. Maries 15-3 in five innings.

CLASS A AREA A TOURNAMENT

At Thorco Field

Thursday

Orofino 8, Lewis-Clark 7

Moscow 7, Sandpoint 5

Coeur d’Alene 15, St. Maries 3, 5 inn.

Friday

Orofino 9, Coeur d’Alene 4

Coeur d’Alene 14, Moscow 4, 6 inn.

Sandpoint 8, St. Maries 1, loser out

Moscow 1, Lewis-Clark 0, loser out

Northern Lakes 5, Sandpoint 2, loser out

Saturday

Game 9 — Orofino vs. Coeur d’Alene (41-11), 2 p.m.

Game 10 — Northern Lakes (27-20) vs. Moscow, 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.