Prairie falls short in deciding game
ERIC PLUMMER/Bonner County Daily Bee Thomas Riley threw four solid innings of long relief for the North Idaho Lakers against the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen in the class A Area A (district) tournament Saturday at Memorial Field in Sandpoint. The Lums won 5-4.
ERIC PLUMMER/Bonner County Daily Bee Quinn Conces of the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen hits a double against the North Idaho Lakers on Saturday at Memorial Field in Sandpoint.
- AA
LEWISTON — Matt Fleming hit a three-run home run in the first inning, then did it again in the fifth inning for Prairie, but the Cardinals lost to the Lewis-Clark Twins 13-6 in the deciding game of the Class AA Area A (district) tournament best-of-3 series Saturday at Harris Field.
Prairie finishes 8-25.
Lewis-Clark (15-19) advances to state starting on Friday at Stampede Park in Nampa.
Prairie 300 030 0 — 6 9 3
Lewis-Clark 237 001 x — 13 9 0
Seth Villanpando, Trevor Vandever (3), Paul Keating (4) and Derek Pearce; Chris Powell and Nate Savolainen. W — Powell. L — Villanpando.
HITS: Pra — B. Zeller, Villanpando, Fleming 3, Reid 2, Keating 2. L-C — Powell 2, Woods 2, Bonfield 2, Savolainen, Skinner 2. HR — Fleming 2.
• A
Coeur d’Alene advances to
championship game
SANDPOINT — Marcus Manzardo scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning to send the top-seeded Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen to a 5-4 win over the second-seeded North Idaho Lakers of Sandpoint in the semifinal game of the class A Area A (district) tournament at War Memorial Field.
Alex Karns hit a two-run single and scored on a double by Landen Thompson to give Coeur d’Alene a 3-2 lead in the first inning.
North Idaho tied the game at 4 in the top of the fifth as Caleb Edlund doubled to score Thomas Riley, who scored three runs in the game and pitched four solid innings of long relief.
Edlund went 3 for 3 with two doubles and two RBIs for the Lakers.
Later, North Idaho (15-8) eliminated Orofino 10-0 in Saturday’s evening game. Earlier Saturday, Orofino eliminated Moscow 13-11.
Coeur d’Alene (34-14) faces North Idaho again today in the championship game at noon. An if-necessary championship game is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
- WASHINGTON A
Northern Lakes falls in title game,
still on to state
SPOKANE VALLEY — Cam Harris went 2 for 3 for the Mountaineers in a loss to Sandpoint in the Washington class A tournament at University High.
Northern Lakes (20-16) advances to the Washington state tournament — the program’s first appearance — as the district’s second seed, opening the 16-team tournament next Saturday in Seattle. The tournament will be played at Rainier Beach High and Southwest Athletic Complex in Seattle.
“It was our fourth game in five days, and I think we were getting a little worn down,” Northern Lakes coach Cameron Knigge said. “Hats off to Sandpoint for winning the district title. We’ll regroup and get ready for state next week.”