PREP BASEBALL: Bonners Ferry holds off Timberlake for berth to state
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Timberlake's Ty Gallimore runs down the first base line to beat a throw from the Bonners Ferry shortstop during Wednesday's 3A District 1 baseball championship game at Timberlake High.
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Timberlake centerfielder Andrew Horn runs down a fly ball during the first inning of Wednesday's 3A District 1 baseball championship game at Timberlake High.
SPIRIT LAKE — Caden Robinett delivered a two-run single with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut the deficit to 5-4 for top-seeded Timberlake, which was unable to get any closer in a loss to the second-seeded Bonners Ferry Badgers in the 3A District 1 baseball championship game on Wednesday at Timberlake High.
Timberlake (14-7), seeking its first district title since 2019, hosts Kellogg today in the second-place game, with that winner advancing to a state play-in game on Saturday.
Kellogg (10-9) eliminated Priest River (2-18) 2-0 in a loser-out game at Morehouse Field in Osburn.
Today’s winner will face Homedale in the play-in game.
Bonners Ferry (13-11), which has won the previous two district titles, advances to state next Thursday to Saturday at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa.
Porter Schulte put Bonners Ferry ahead 4-0 on a two-run triple in the third inning. Wilson Newell also had two RBIs for the Badgers, which split games with Timberlake in the regular season.
Bonners Ferry 103 100 0 — 5 10 2
Timberlake 000 130 0 — 4 6 0
Trey Bateman, Teigan Banning and Teigan Banning, Trey Bateman; Caden Robinett, Andrew Horn (7) and Joseph Borges.
HITS: BF — B. Bateman, T. Bateman 2, Rice, Banning 2, Newell 2, Schlute 2. TL — Wells, Horn, Robinett, Allaway 2, Gallimore. 2B — Horn. 3B — Schulte.
