Glacier, Kalispell, Kootenai Valley fall into losers' bracket
The Daily Inter Lake
POLSON - The Libby and Mission Valley American Legion baseball teams advanced to the second round of the Western A District Tournament on Saturday.
Libby beat Missoula, 9-5, and Mission Valley beat Kootenai Valley, 13-3. The Loggers and Mariners face off against each other today at 6 p.m. for a berth into the undefeated semifinals.
Complete statistics were not reported.
Both Bitterroot teams beat the Flathead Valley teams in the first round.
Kalispell was upset by No. 4 seed, the Bitterroot Red Sox, 9-6. The Bitterroot Bucs beat Glacier, 16-0.
Bitterroot 9, Kalispell 6
Bitterroot 105 001 002 - 9 11 NA
Kalispell 000 122 001 - 6 12 NA
Jack Hannah, Luke Root and Brady Anderson. Ben Sansaver and Zach Brosten.
HR - Brosten.
Libby 13, Missoula 6
Libby banged out nine extra base hits, led by Kelly Brumbaugh's home run in the fifth inning to left field with one runner on, as the Loggers rolled in their district tournament opener.
Brumbaugh's shot put Libby up 11-1.
"We got on the stick early and often," Libby coach Kelly Morford said.
"We played good defense to back it up."
Brumbaugh added two doubles and finished the day going 3-for-4. Steve Bertelsen, 3-for-5, also had two doubles.
Zach Rowan and Rory Hendrickson had three hits each for the Loggers.
Sam Sopko hit a grand slam home run for Missoula in the sixth inning.
Libby out-hit Missoula, 18-9.
Missoula 000 104 001 - 6 9 4
Libby 351 022 00x - 13 18 1
Steven Koski, Shawn Griffith (2) and Andy Freeman; Steve Bertelsen, Kody Foote (6), Colt Cannon (7) and Kasey Basso. W - Bertelsen, 6-5 (5 hits, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks). L - Koski.
Missoula - Matt McMann 1-5, Robby King 1-4, Kendal Maier 1-4, Sam Sopko 2-4, Brady Miller 1-4, Anthony Maes 0-3, Lincoln Mansch 0-1, Jake Schilling 2-4, Freeman 0-3, Wes Martens 1-1.
Libby - Zack Rowan 3-4, Bertelsen 3-5, Richard Brumbaugh 3-4, Matt Schad 1-5, Derek Benefield 1-4, Ryan Stapley 0-1, Rory Hendrickson 3-5, Basso 2-5, Chris Herbig 1-5, Nate Peltier 1-4, Foote 0-1.
2B-Weis, Freeman; Rowan, Bertelsen (2), Brumbaugh (2), Basso, Herbig, Peltier; HRs-Sopko; Brumbaugh; RBIs-Sopko (5); Rowan, Bertelsen, Brumbaugh (2), Schad, Benefield, Basso (2), Herbig.