LEGION BASEBALL: Lums third at Northwest Regionals

HAVRE, Mont. — The Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen 17U team's bid to play for a regional championship came up one game short Tuesday.

The Lums built a 7-1 lead after three innings, but SunWest Legion of Redmond, Ore., scored nine runs in the third inning to take the lead for good and Coeur d'Alene fell 12-7 in a semifinal game in the Northwest ‘A’ American Legion baseball tournament.

Tanner Franklin hit a three-run triple in the bottom of the second inning for Lums, who scored five times in the inning to build a 5-1 lead.

Will Robson had a two-run double in the third inning for Coeur d’Alene, which finished 35-11.

Later Tuesday, the Redmond team beat the Service Cougars of Anchorage, Alaska 8-6 to win the tournament title.

Regionals are the end of the road for Legion teams in class A.

SunWest 100 902 0 — 12 7 1

Coeur d’Alene 052 000 0 — 7 6 1

Gibson, Horner (3) and Aeschliman; Tanner Franklin, Kolbe Coey (4), Hudson Kramer (4), Nathan Doud (7) and Lane Moglia.

HITS: SW — Whitfield, C. Horner, Gebhard, W. Horner 2, Oyloe, Cooley. Cd’A — Hawkins, Dixon, Hunter, Franklin 2, Robson. 2B — Robson, Dixon. 3B — Gebhard, Franklin.

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

Coeur d'Alene 6, Idaho Falls JNS Baseball 0 (Idaho Falls eliminated)

Redmond SunWest 12, Ridgeline 2 (Ridgeline eliminated)

Service 2, Belgrade 1

Powell 4, Havre 3

Sunday’s Games

Redmond 8, Belgrade 6, Belgrade eliminated

Coeur d’Alene 15, Havre 8, Havre eliminated

Service 8, Powell 4

Monday’s Games

Coeur d’Alene 2, Powell (Wyo.) Pioneers 1, Powell (48-20) eliminated

Redmond (Ore.) SunWest 13, Service (Alaska) Cougars 6

Tuesday’s Games

Redmond (Ore.) SunWest 12, Coeur d’Alene 7, Coeur d’Alene (35-11) eliminated

Redmont (Ore.) SunWest (31-8-1) 8, Service (Alaska) Cougars (26-8) 6, championship game