LEGION BASEBALL: Lums drop opener at Northwest Regionals

HAVRE, Mont. — Mark Holecek had the lone hit for the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen, a two-out single in the bottom of the fourth inning, in a 4-0 loss to the Service Cougars in the opening game of the Northwest ‘A’ American Legion Regional baseball tournament on Friday at the Havre Legion Field.

Charlie Dixon had eight strikeouts for Coeur d’Alene (32-10), which also committed three errors.

Coeur d’Alene will face JNS Baseball of Idaho Falls in a loser-out game today at 9 a.m.

Coeur d’Alene beat JNS Baseball in the state championship game last Sunday at Rodeo Park in Nampa.

Service Cougars 001 021 0 — 4 6 1

Coeur d’Alene 000 000 0 — 0 1 3

H. Christian, J. Rafferty (6) and L. Martindale; Charlie Dixon, Hudson Kramer (6) and Tanner Franklin.

HITS: SC — Mascelli, Christian, Fournier 2, Jensen, Maltby. Cd’A — Holecek. 2B — none. 3B — none.

NORTHWEST ‘A’ AMERICAN LEGION REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

At Havre, Mont.

Friday’s Games

Service Cougars (Alaska) 4, Coeur d’Alene 0

Powell (Wyo.) Pioneers 2, Redmond (Ore.) SunWest 1

Belgrade (Mont.) Bandits 5, Idaho Falls JNS Baseball 0

Havre (Mont.) Northstars 1, Ridgeline Wolverines 0

Saturday’s Games

Game 5 — Coeur d’Alene (32-10) vs. Idaho Falls JNS Baseball (25-17), 9 a.m. (loser out)

Game 6 — Redmond (Ore.) SunWest (26-8-1) vs. Ridgeline (Utah) Wolverines (22-8), noon (loser out)

Game 7 — Service (Alaska) Cougars (24-6) vs. Belgrade (Mont.) Bandits (32-11), 3 p.m.

Game 8 — Powell (Wyo.) Pioneers (47-18) vs. Havre (Mont.) Northstars (44-18-1), 6 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Game 9 — Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7, noon (loser out)

Game 10 — Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 8, 3 p.m. (loser out)

Game 11 — Winner Game 7 vs Winner Game 8, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Game 12 — Winner Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11, 3 p.m.

Game 13 — Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 11, 6 p.m. (unless teams have already played)

Tuesday’s Games

Game 14 — Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 13, 11 a.m. (championship game)

Game 15 — if necessary championship game, 30 minutes after conclusion of previous game