STATE AA LEGION BASEBALL: Lums bow out one step short of championship round

TWIN FALLS — Coeur d’Alene’s bid to battle back into the championship round of the state AA American Legion baseball tournament fell short Sunday when the Lumbermen were eliminated by a 9-1 loss to the Twin Falls Cowboys at the College of Idaho’s Skip Walker Field.

The Lums, who went 2-2 in the tournament, finished 28-10.

Coeur d’Alene was held to four hits, two by shortstop Marcus Manzardo. The Lums’ lone run came in the fourth, trailing 9-0, when Jackson Scherr led off with a walk and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by Liam Paddack.

Otho Savage struck out five, walked three and scattered four hits in a complete game for Twin Falls. He also went 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Magnum Hofstetter went 2 for 5 with a double and three RBIs for the Cowboys.

The Lums were bidding for their first state title in program history, and second trip to regionals. Coeur d’Alene made its only trip to regionals in 1979, when first-year Coeur d’Alene coach Darren Taylor played for the Lums.

Twin Falls Cowboys 030 600 0 — 9 11 0

Cd’A Lumbermen 000 100 0 — 1 4 2

Otho Savage and Tyler Horner; Ryan Schneider, Owen Benson (4), Zach Garza (4) and Joe DuCoeur.

HITS: TF — Hofstetter 2, Walker, Horner, Mahlke 2, Savage 2, Tarchione 3. Cd’A — Zeller, Manzardo 2, DuCoeur. 2B — Hofstetter.

STATE AA AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

At Skip Walker Field, Twin Falls

Thursday’s Games

Idaho Falls Bandits 11, Blackfoot Broncos 1

Pocatello Runnin’ Rebels 17, Nampa Chiefs 0

Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen 10, Twin Falls Blackhawks 0

Twin Falls Cowboys 12, Upper Valley Bulldogs 5

Friday’s Games

Twin Falls Blackhawks 2, Blackfoot Broncos 1 (loser out)

Nampa Chiefs 8, Upper Valley Bulldogs 1 (loser out)

Idaho Falls Bandits 9, Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen 1

Twin Falls Cowboys 9, Pocatello Runnin’ Rebels 4

Saturday’s Games

Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen 9, Nampa Chiefs 2 (loser out)

Twin Falls Blackhawks 6, Pocatello Runnin’ Rebels 3 (loser out)

Idaho Falls Bandits 7, Twin Falls Cowboys 3

Sunday’s Games

Twin Falls Cowboys 9, Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen 1, loser out

Idaho Falls Bandits 2, Twin Falls Blackhawks 0, Twin Falls eliminated

Monday’s Games

Game 14 — Twin Falls Cowboys (26-12) vs. Idaho Falls Bandits (35-9-1), 3 p.m., championship game

Game 15 — If-necessary title game if Twin Falls Cowboys win Game 14, 6 p.m.