Legion baseball: Lums win Whitefish tourney

| July 15, 2024 1:15 AM

WHITEFISH, Mont. — Travis Usdrowski’s two-run homer highlighted a seven-run fourth inning that broke the game open, and the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen “AA” team went on to beat the host Glacier Twins “A” 11-3 in the championship game of the Ed Gallo Memorial Tournament on Sunday at Memorial Park.

Nolan Christ added a two-run single, and Chase Saunders had a run-scoring single in the fourth for the Lums (20-13), which went 4-1 and won their third tournament of the summer. Saunders finished 3 for 3 with an RBI and two runs scored.

Coeur d’Alene plays host to the Missoula Mavericks on Tuesday in a single game at noon, then is off until the state “AA” tournament in Pocatello beginning July 25.

Glacier 210 00 — 3 4 2

Coeur d’Alene 211 7x — 11 9 2

Game called in 5th inning due to tourney 8-run rule.

Reed Boyer, Nolan Amerman (4) and Trenton Derosa; Braeden Newby and Chase Saunders.

HITS: Gla — Kroger 2, Amerman, Derosa. Cd’A — Christ, Saunders 3, Usdrowski, Shepard, Dixon, Newby, Holecek. 2B — Kroger, Newby. 3B — Amerman. HR — Usdrowski.

Northern Lakes “A” 11

Missoula “A” 4

MISSOULA, Mont. — Jace Cooksey drove in four runs, two on a seventh-inning single, and the Mountaineers wrapped up the regular season with a victory over the host team in their last game at the Missoula Mavs Invitational.

James Moore hit a two-run homer in the fifth for Northern Lakes (27-9). Cooper Lenz went 3 for 3 and scored three runs, and Jace Taylor was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored.

Next up for Northern Lakes is the Class A Area A Tournament at the Moscow School District Community Playfields starting Thursday.

N.Lakes 101 420 3 — 11 14 3

Missoula 200 010 1 — 4 5 1

Parker Holly, Cole Killian (5), Ethan Pecor (7) and Jace Cooksey; Ethan Paugh, Owen Felton (5), Tait Ramsay (7) and Gabe Gibbs.

HITS: NL — Lenz 3, Mason 2, Taylor 2, Allaway 2, Holly, Cooksey, Shanley 2, Moore. Mis — Richardson, Howard, Miculka 2, Ramsay. 2B — Shanley. HR — Moore.