Coeur d'Alene is San Bernardino-bound ... again!
Courtesy photo Coeur d’Alene’s Little League 12U (Majors) All-Stars celebrate after winning the state championship Sunday at Croffoot Park in Hayden. In the front row from left are Mark Holecek, Owen Mangini and Travis Usdrowski; second row from left, Hudson Kramer, Tanner Franklin, Kyle Johnson, Cason Miller, Tyler Voorhees, Braden Meredith, Owen Field, Zach Bell, Lars Bazler and Jason Ross; and back row from left, coach Tony Voorhees, coach Thor Bazler and manager Robin Franklin.
12U (MAJORS)
Coeur d’Alene is one step away from a return trip to Williamsport.
Cason Miller hit a three-run home run and earned the win on the mound as Coeur d’Alene defeated Southwest Ada of Boise 8-4 on Sunday at Croffoot Park in Hayden in the deciding game of the best-of-3 series for the state championship.
The win advances Coeur d’Alene to the Northwest Regional Aug. 4-10 in San Bernardino, Calif. Last year, a Coeur d’Alene All-Star team won the Northwest Regional and advanced to the Little League World Series for the first time.
Miller struck out six in a complete-game victory for Coeur d’Alene, which dropped Game 1 on Friday before winning the last two games. Tyler Voorhees drove in two runs, Owen Field one for Coeur d’Alene, which scored five runs in the first inning and three more in the second.
Hudson Fizer hit a two-run double for Southwest Ada. Cam Olson added an RBI single and Colton Deatherage pitched three scoreless, hitless innings of relief.
Coeur d’Alene’s first game at the Northwest Regional will be Aug. 5 at 9 a.m. vs. the winner of the Aug. 4 game between Washington and Wyoming.
Coeur d’Alene also advanced to regionals in 2001, ’02 and ’13. Coeur d’Alene’s win Sunday marks the eighth time in the last 11 years the Idaho representative to regionals has come from the North.
11U
Whyatt Russinger hit a two-run double and West Valley of Eagle, Star and Middleton beat Coeur d’Alene 8-3 at Croffoot Park in the deciding game of a best-of-3 series for the state title.
Oliver Allen added an RBI double for West Valley, which totaled 12 hits.
Kolbie Wilson tripled and Blake Foulk went 2 for 2 for Coeur d’Alene.
The state tourney is the end of the line for 11Us.