Mariners perfect in Arthur Tourney

| June 18, 2007 1:00 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

DILLOn - Nick Fell ripped a three-run homer in the top of the seventh to cap off a perfect four-day session for Mission Valley on Sunday at the Maybelle Arthur Tournament as the Mariners defeated Billings Cardinals 10-5 in the championship game.

Fell's shot went to left field and it was his first career homer.

Mission Valley and Billings also played a Sunday pool play contest in the morning, with the Mariners taking that contest, 16-3.

Mission Valley's Eric Locke was named the tournament MVP on offense. He went 9-for-16 and drove in 12 runs. He had five doubles and one home run.

Locke's homer came in pool play Sunday in the second inning with two runners on. It was his sixth of the season.

Cubby Pierre homered in the first inning of the first game with Billings. The three-run shot was his second of the season.

Mission Valley finished 6-0 in tournament play and improves to 25-5. The Mariners play at Deer Lodge today, 3 p.m.

Championship

Mission Valley 101 031 4 - 10 12 2

Billings 103 100 0 - 5 8 1

Brandon Roy and John Rausch; Eric Nell, Joe Varda (4), Wyatt Milliron (7) and Kyle Miron. W - Roy, 4-0 (8 hits, 4 strikeouts, 5 walks). L - Varda.

Mission Valley - Kyle Brown 1-3, Eric Locke 1-3, T. Rausch 2-4, Brandon Thompson 1-2, Will Gordon 1-4, Tyler Linse 1-4, Cubby Pierre 0-2, Nick Fell 2-4, John Rausch 3-3.

Billings - Ty Gilmore 0-0, Varda 1-2, Jordy Roberts 1-4, Tyson Shrieber 2-3, Nell 2-3, Milliron 1-4, Miron 0-4, Jake Dukart 1-3, Justin Black 0-3.

2B-Brown, T. Rausch (2), Thompson, J. Rausch; Dukart; 3B-Gordon; HRs-Fell; Shrieber; RBIs-Shrieber, Nell; Locke (2), T. Rausch (2), Thompson, Linse, Fell (3), J. Rausch.

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Pool Play

Billings 210 00 - 3 6 2

Mission Valley 770 2x - 16 16 1

Cummins, Monson (3) and Dukart; Spencer Trawick and Gordon. W - Trawick, 2-0 (6 hits, 4 strikeouts, 4 walks). L - Cummins.

Billings - Dukart 0-1, Jirard 1-2, Muller 2-3, Milliron 0-2, Monson 1-1, Saroie 2-3, Black 0-3, Schrotenboer 0-1, Kuntz 0-1.

Mission Valley - Brown 3-3, Locke 1-2, Thompson 1-2, Mike Fisher 1-2, Gordon 2-3, Joe Andrews 1-1, Linse 1-3, Pierre 2-3, Roy 1-3, Fell 2-2, Austin Moran 1-1, Joe McCarthy 0-2.

2B-Thompson, Gordon; HRs-Locke, Pierre; RBIs-Milliron; Brown (2), Locke (3), Gordon (3), Linse, Pierre (3)