LEGION BASEBALL: Lums 17U advances to Area A title game

SANDPOINT — Kolbe Coey went 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored as the top-seeded Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen 17U team beat the second-seeded Northern Lakes Mountaineers 5-3 in the semifinal game of the Class A Area A (district) tournament Sunday at War Memorial Field.

Northern Lakes came back later Sunday to eliminate the third-seeded North Idaho Lakers 9-1 to remain in the title hunt.

Coeur d’Alene will play Northern Lakes (26-10) in the championship game today at noon. If the Lums lose, an if-necessary title game would follow.

Earlier, the Lakers edged the fourth-seeded Orofino Merchants 8-7 in a loser-out game.

In the semifinal, Coey hit an RBI triple in the fourth inning to increase the Lums’ lead to 4-2.

Caleb Mason’s RBI single with two out in the seventh pulled Northern Lakes within 5-3. But with runners on first and third, reliever Hudson Kramer got the next batter to pop out to second to end the game.

Later Sunday, Sam Pemberton struck out five, walked none and allowed three hits for Northern Lakes. The lone run he allowed was unearned.

Tadhg Ellwood went 3 for 4 with four RBIs and two runs scored for the Mountaineers. He had an RBI single in the first inning, a two-run double in the second, and an RBI triple in the sixth.

Andrew Horn was 3 for 4 and scored three runs.

LUMS 17U 5, NORTHERN LAKES 3

N. Lakes 000 200 1 — 3 5 2

Lums 17U 210 101 x — 5 9 0

Kenny Wells, Andrew Horn (6) and Jace Cooksey; Charlie Dixon, Hudson Kramer (7) and Tanner Franklin.

HITS: NL — R. Ellwood, Mason, Allaway, T. Ellwood 2. Cd’A — Coey 3, Hawkins, Dixon, Robson 2, Beckenhauer 2. 2B — Beckenhauer. 3B — Coey.

N. LAKES 9, N.I. LAKERS 1

N. Idaho 001 000 0 — 1 3 2

N. Lakes 340 002 x — 9 9 2

Brent Campbell, Soren Caprio (1) and Coleman Inge; Sam Pemberton and Jace Cooksey.

HITS: NI — Reichart 2, Caprio. NL — R. Ellwood, Mason, Horn 3, T. Ellwood, Lenz. 2B — Caprio, Horn, T. Ellwood. 3B — T. Ellwood.

EForce 18U-Proudfoot 11

Coeur d’Alene 9

BELLEVUE, Wash. — After winning its first four games, the Lumbermen AA team’s time at the Northwest Club Championships came to an end with a loss in the semifinals of the 18U Elite bracket at Bannerwood Park.

Coeur d’Alene trailed 10-0 after 3 1/2 innings before scoring nine runs in its final three at-bats, before the game ended after six innings due to a tourney time limit.

Nolan Christ drove in four runs for the Lums, two on a fourth-inning single that pulled Coeur d’Alene within 10-4.

Cooper Erickson had two hits, including an RBI single in the fifth.

In the sixth, Christ tripled in a pair of runs, then scored on a sacrifice fly by Bryce Hall, who finished 3 for 3. Bumbaugh’s RBI single pulled the Lums within two, and Coeur d’Alene had runners on first and second before a groundout ended the game.

Joe DuCoeur tripled twice and scored a run for the Lums.

Coeur d'Alene went 4-1 in the tourney, winning three pool play games and a quarterfinal game.

Coeur d’Alene (20-14) wraps up the regular season with a doubleheader Wednesday at Lewis-Clark at 4 p.m. at Harris Field in Lewiston.

The Lums and Lewis-Clark will both play at the state AA tournament at Thorco Field in Coeur d’Alene, beginning July 24.

EFORCE EXPOS 18U 11, LUMS 9

EForce 117 101 — 11 12 0

Lums 000 414 — 9 14 3

Game called after 6 innings due to tourney time limit.

R. Rogers, W. Schroedel (6) and J. Randall; AJ Currie, Kyle Seman (3), Travis Usdrowski (3) and Jared Taylor.

HITS: EF — C. Schmokel, Coltman 3, Rommel, Ott 2, G. Schmokel 2, Randall 2, Orta. Cd’A — Hall 3, Bridge, DuCoeur 2, Bumbaugh, Erickson 2, Usdrowski, Robinett, Brown, Christ 2. 2B — Orta, Rommel, Randall. 3B — Christ, DuCoeur 2.