Tourney ups and downs

5A

CHUBBUCK — With two at-bats remaining, Lake City was unable to rally from a four-run deficit, and was elimininated by a 5-1 loss to Rocky Mountain of Meridian on Saturday morning at the state 5A softball tournament at Capell Park.

The game was suspended Friday night due to rain and lightning with the Timberwolves trailing 5-1 and coming to bat in the bottom of the sixth.

Lake City, last year’s state runners-up which went 1-2 and tied for fifth in the tourney, finished 21-6.

Ashlyn Allen went 3 for 3 for Lake City.

Rocky went on to lose 5-4 to Mountain View of Meridian and finished fourth. Boise beat Eagle 6-5 in eight innings in the championship game. Mountain View was third.

It was the third straight year Lake City was interrupted by rain at state. Two years ago, after the Timberwolves lost on the first day, rain caused organizers to cancel the losers bracket, sending Lake City home without a chance to play its way back into the championship round.

“Although this state tournament did not go as planned, I would like to thank the IHSAA for allowing us to finish the rain delayed/suspended game to completion,” fourth-year Lake City coach Jesse Lenz said. “I would also like to thank my athletic director, Jim Winger, for fighting for my team, and especially my seniors, to end their season the right way and not by the rain. Lastly, I would like to thank my seniors for their hard work and dedication to Lake City softball. It is hard to believe this is my first group of players we have seen through our program, and we know they are going to be successful at whatever they choose to do.”

Rocky Mtn. 210 002 0 — 5 8 0

Lake City 000 100 0 — 1 7 2

Emma Shiflet and Jaidyn Ahl; Ashley Kaufman, Amanda Curry (3) and Jalyssa Beamer. W — Shiflet. L — Kaufman.

HITS: RM — Lamont, K. Walker 2, L. Walker, Murray, Wilfert, M. Taylor, MacDonald. LC — Chapman, Allen 3, Williams, Beamer, Zufelt. 2B — Wilfert, L. Walker, Murray, K. Walker, Allen, Chapman, Zufelt. 3B — Taylor.

3A

Homedale tops

Bonners for title

RIGBY — The defending state 3A champion Badgers won three times in the losers bracket to fight their way back to the championship round, before falling to the Homedale Trojans 8-3 in the title game.

Bonners opened the day Saturday by finishing off a 4-3 victory over Marsh Valley, a game suspended Friday due to lightning and rain. The Badgers then ousted South Fremont 8-3, then sent Filer home with a 10-6 loss, before falling to Homedale.

Filer handed Bonners a 3-2 loss in the second round on Friday.

The Badgers finished 18-3.

Saturday’s games were moved to Rigby after fields at Bonneville High in Idaho Falls, site of Friday’s games, were deemed unplayable.

2A

St. Maries third for

first trophy since ’05

RUPERT — St. Maries has now been to state eight times in Todd Bitterman’s 11 years as head coach, but brought home something Saturday for the first time since 2005.

A trophy.

The Lumberjacks finished third at state after going 3-2, and 1-1 on Saturday, bringing home hardware for the first time as a 2A school. St. Maries was in 3A in ’05.

St. Maries whipped Declo 14-4 in the fourth-place game on Saturday, before losing 5-2 to Melba to finish third. Both Lumberjack losses in the tourney were to the Mustangs, who went on to finish second to New Plymouth. St. Maries finished 18-3.

Saturday’s games were moved to Minico High after rain on Friday made fields at O.K. Ward Park in Pocatello unplayable.

Against Declo, Devyn Wilson went 4 for 5, drove in four runs and scored three. Paige Sines was 3 for 4 and scored three runs, Elizabeth Ragan was 3 for 5 and drove in two, Kaylee Auer was 3 for 4, and Lauryn Hill was 2 for 5 with two RBIs and two runs.

Against Melba, St. Maries had a little more success against Sammi Runkle, who struck out 15 in a one-hitter against the Lumberjacks on Friday. On Saturday, St. Maries scratched out five hits, two by Elizabeth Ragan, and pushed in a pair of runs against Runkle, who fanned 10 and walked none.

Runkle also went 3 for 4 for Melba, and Georgia Berrett had two hits and drove in three runs.

ST. MARIES 14, DECLO 4

St. Maries 030 031 4 — 14 18 4

Declo 002 200 0 — 4 8 6

Paige Sines, Devyn Wilson (5) and N/A; Amanda Bott and Carlyn Osterhout. W — Sines. L — Bott.

HITS: SM — Walrod, Sines 3, Wilson 4, Auer 3, Hill 2, Ragan 3, Wilks, Borgman. Dec — Bott 3, Koyle, Mallory 2, Williams. 2B — Hill, Ragan, Bott, Williams.

MELBA 5, ST. MARIES 2

Melba 202 001 0 — 5 9 0

St. Maries 000 001 1 — 2 5 3

Sammi Runkle and Andrina Webster; Devyn Wilson, Paige Sines (6) and Madison Cordell. W — Runkle. L — Wilson.

HITS: Mel — Runkle 3, Read, Berrett 2, Webster, Mickelson 2. SM — Walrod, Sines, Hill, Ragan 2. 2B — Berrett, Runkle.