LEGION BASEBALL: Lums advance to semifinals at A districts

| July 20, 2024 1:10 AM

MOSCOW — Tanner Franklin went 3 for 5 with three RBIs as the third-seeded Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen beat the second-seeded North Idaho Lakers 9-6 on Friday at Bear Field to advance to the semifinal round of the Class A Area A (district) tournament.

Coeur d’Alene (20-14) will play the fifth-seeded Orofino Merchants (19-13), who knocked off the top-seeded Northern Lakes Mountaineers 4-3, today at 2 p.m. at Bear Field.

Northern Lakes came back to beat the sixth-seeded Camas Prairie Zephyrs 15-5 in a loser-out game. The Mountaineers (29-10) will play the North Idaho Lakers today at 11 a.m. at Bear Field in a loser-out game. The Lakers (16-8) came back to oust the fourth-seeded Lewis-Clark Cubs 20-10.

Earlier, the Prairie Cardinals Black 16U team was eliminated by a 5-4 loss to Camas Prairie.

Franklin’s RBI single in the top of the sixth broke a 3-3 tie for the Lums. Will Robson followed with an RBI single, and Baden VanLinge had a two-run single to make it 7-3.

After the Lakers scored three times to pull within a run, Jack Pierce tripled in a run, then scored on a groundout in the top of the seventh for Coeur d’Alene.

Cooper Lenz had two hits, including a triple, and drove in two runs for Northern Lakes against Orofino.

Jaeger Tondevold’s two-run single in the sixth broke a 2-2 tie for Orofino.

Against Camas Prairie, Parker Holly drove in four runs for Northern Lakes. He hit a two-run single in the second inning and a two-run double in the third.

Caden Perkins had two hits for Prairie, and his sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth put the Cardinals up 4-3. But Thayn Williams hit a two-out, two-run triple to win it for the Zephyrs.

COEUR d’ALENE 9, N.I. LAKERS 6

Cd’A 200 014 2 — 9 11 5

Lakers 110 103 0 — 6 9 2

Andy Everson, Vinny LaPresta (6) and Tanner Franklin; Dallen Williams, C. Sanroman (5), Sage Medeiros (7) and Gavin Day.

HITS: Cd’A — Everson 2, Pierce, Foulk 2, Franklin 3, Robson, VanLinge. NI —Little, Caprio, Day, Mellander 3, Tyler, Hansen 2. 2B — Everson, Mellander, Hansen. 3B — Pierce, Franklin.

OROFINO 4, N. LAKES 3

Orofino 001 003 0 — 4 5 1

N. Lakes 010 101 0 — 3 5 1

Aiden Olive, Ethan Gilmore (7) and Keatan Phillips; Eric Wylie, Jace Taylor (6) and Jace Cooksey.

HITS: Oro — Tondevold, Barlow, Phillips, Gilmore, Schneider. NL — Lenz 2, Taylor, Cooksey, Shanley. 2B — Phillips, Schneider. 3B — Lenz.

N.LAKES 15, CAMAS PRAIRIE 5

Camas Prairie 004 10 — 5 12 3

N. Lakes 392 1x — 15 11 0

Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.

Levi McElroy, Talum Brown (2) and Thayn Williams; Parker Holly, Ethan Pecor (3), Evan Shanley (4), Cooper Lenz (5) and Jace Cooksey.

HITS: CP — Holes, Ray, Hinds 2, Ebert, Behler 2, Williams 2, McElroy, Gardner 2. NL — Lenz 2, Mason, Shanley 2, Holly 2, Cooksey, Wylie 2, Moore. 2B — Hinds, Holes, Holly.

CAMAS PRAIRIE 5, PRAIRIE 4

Prairie 001 000 21 — 4 7 1

Camas Prairie 002 001 02 — 5 8 2

2 out when winning run scored.

Caden Perkins, Timothy Howard (6) and Mason Perkins; Noah Behler, Levi McElroy (8) and Thayn Williams.

HITS: Pra — Kearney, Wienker, C. Perkins 2, Morton, Begalman, Finn. CP — Holes 2, Jackson 2, Behler 2, Williams 2. 2B — Finn, Wienker, Begalman, Jackson. 3B — Williams.

CLASS A AREA A TOURNAMENT

Thursday’s Games

At Bear Field, Moscow

Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen14, Camas Prairie Zephyrs 9

North Idaho Lakers 8, Prairie Cardinals Black 16U 4

Orofino Merchants 15, Lewis-Clark Cubs 6

Northern Lakes Mountaineers 10, Moscow Blue Devils 0

Friday’s Games

Camas Prairie Zephyrs 5, Prairie Cardinals 4, loser out

Lewis-Clark Cubs 11, Moscow Blue Devils 9, loser out

Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen 9, North Idaho Lakers 6

Orofino Merchants 4, Northern Lakes Mountaineers 3

Northern Lakes Mountaineers 15, Camas Prairie Zephyrs 5, loser out

North Idaho Lakers 20, Lewis-Clark Cubs 10, loser out

Saturday’s Games

At Bear Field, Moscow

Game 11 — No. 3 Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen (20-14) vs. No. 5 Orofino Merchants (19-13) 2 p.m. (semifinal)

Game 12 — No. 1 Northern Lakes Mountaineers (29-10) vs. No. 2 North Idaho Lakers (16-8), 11 a.m. (loser out)

Game 13 — Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 5 p.m. (loser out)

Sunday’s Games

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

Game 15 — Loser Game 14 vs. Winner Game 14, 2 p.m. (if necessary)