LEGION BASEBALL:Lums to play for title in Whitefish

WHITEFISH, Mont. — Nate Weatherhead allowed two hits and struck out eight for the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen "AA" team in an 8-0 win over the Missoula Impact 18U in the Ed Gallo Memorial Tournament on Saturday at Memorial Park.

Ty Shepard opened the scoring for Coeur d’Alene with an RBI double in the first inning to score Travis Usdrowski, who extended the advantage to 3-0 with an RBI triple in the third inning.

Kolbe Coey hit a two-run triple in the third to give Coeur d’Alene a 7-0 lead.

Coeur d’Alene, which finished 3-1 in its pool, will face the Glacier Twins "A" in the championship game today at 3:30 p.m. PDT.

COEUR d’ALENE LUMBERMEN 8, MISSOULA IMPACT 0

Missoula    000    00    —    0    2    1

Coeur d’Alene    115    01    —    8    8    1

Game called with two outs in bottom of 5th inning due to 8-run rule.

Sawyer Tackett, Nicholas Karvandi (4) and Marek Hall; Nate Weatherhead and Chase Saunders.

HITS: MI — Johns, Evans. Cd’A — Christ 2, Saunders, Usdrowski, Shepard, Coey 2, Ziegler. 2B — Shepard. 3B — Coey, Usdrowski.

Northern Lakes 8

Spokane Expos 6

MISSOULA, Mont. — Jace Taylor struck out 12 over 5.2 innings for the Mountaineers, who held off the Expos-Norden 18U in the Missoula Mavs Invitational. 

Caleb Mason, Grant Allaway and Jace Cooksey had three hits each for Northern Lakes (26-9), which led 8-1 in the seventh before the Expos rallied with five runs in the bottom of the seventh. Mason struck out a Spokane hitter with runners on second and third to end the game.

Northern Lakes, 2-2 in the tourney, faces the Missoula Mavericks today at Lindborg-Cregg Field today at 1:30 p.m. PDT. The championship game is scheduled for 4.

Northern Lakes    112    011    2    —    8    16    6

Spokane Expos    100    000    5    —    6    7    2

Jace Taylor, Caleb Mason (6) and Jace Cooksey; Jamie Allen, Alex King (7) and Dillon Lopez.

HITS: NL — Lenz 2, Mason 3, Taylor 2, Allaway 3, Cooksey 3, Shanley 2, Wylie. SE — Hamilton, Blake, Allen, Keaton, Holloway, Pounder, Talley. 2B — Cooksey 2.

North Idaho Lakers 15-17

Camas Prairie 8-0

SANDPOINT — Gavin Day went 3 for 3 with an RBI single in the first inning of the first game of a doubleheader sweep of the Camas Prairie Zephyrs at War Memorial Field.

Jorden Tyler and Chase Sanroman each had an RBI double in the sixth inning of the opener.

In the second game, Mason Little threw 2.1 innings of no-hit baseball as the Lakers (16-11, 11-3 NIL) completed the sweep.

With the win, North Idaho clinched the second seed to the class A Area A Tournament starting Tuesday at the Moscow School District Community Playfields.

FIRST GAME

Camas Prairie    003    400    1    —    8    10    2

North Idaho    100    365    x    —    15    13    1

J.T. Jackson, Talum Brown (6) and Thayn Williams; Parker Reichart, Coleman Inge (4), Chase Sanroman (6) and Gavin Day.

HITS: CP — Hinds 3, Williams 2, Holes 1, Shears 1, Jackson 1, Behler 1, Schumacher 1. NI — Day 3, Mellander 2, Caprio 2, Medeiros 1, Tyler 1, Johnson 1, Williams 1, Inge 1, Ch. Sanroman. 2B — Ch. Sanroman, Mellander, Tyler, Hinds. 3B — Medeiros, Hinds, Holes, Williams.

SECOND GAME

North Idaho    350    63    —    17    11    1

Camas Prairie    000    00    —    0    1    3

Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.

Mason Little, Finn Mellander (3), Dallen Williams (5) and Coleman Inge; Thayn Williams, Talum Brown (5) and Tavon Ebert.

HITS: NI — Caprio 3, Little 3, Jansen 2, Johnson 1, Ch. Sanroman 1, Inge 1. CP — Hinds 1. 2B — Little, Hinds. 3B — Hansen. HR — Caprio.