Rangers take 2 from Cranbrook

EUREKA — The Kootenai Valley Rangers opened American Legion baseball play on Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of Cranbrook, British Columbia.

Ryan Holder threw a no-hitter and struck out 14 batters on the mound and went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs as Kootenai Valley won the first game 10-0.

Bryton Guckenberg and Dalton Smith also had two hits each for the Rangers.

It was more of the same in the second game as Kootenai Valley blanked Cranbrook again, 10-0.

Both contests were called after six innings on the 10-run rule.

Holder led the offense in the second game, going 3-for-4. Kade Davis and Guckenberg were next with two hits each.

The Rangers host Mission Valley Senior Babe Ruth for a doubleheader today starting at noon.

Cranbrook 000 000 — 0 0 5

Kootenai Valley 150 211 — 10 7 1

Masaki, Devon (5) and Curtis; Ryan Holder and Kade Davis. W — Holder. L — Masaki.

CRANBROOK — Brandin 0-3, Devon 0-2, Masaki 0-2, Ryan 0-2, Blaze 0-2, Kaden 0-2, Curtis 0-2, Levi 0-2, Jake 0-1, Jack 0-1.

EUREKA — Davis 1-3, C.J. Henrie 0-3, Bryton Guckenberg 2-4, Holder 2-4, Dalton Smith 2-3, R.J. Glover 0-4, Nick Rackley 0-1, Austin Perez 0-2, Gallen Sullivan 0-1, Tyler Cummings 0-1.

2B—Davis; RBIs—Davis, Holder (2).

Cranbrook 000 000 — 0 2 5

Kootenai Valley 205 102 — 10 13 2

Ryan, Brandin (5) and Mesaki; Smith, Perez (4), Glover (6) and Sullivan. W — Perez. L — Ryan.

CRANBROOK — Brandin 1-3, Devon 0-2, Masaki 0-2, Ryan 0-2, Blaze 1-3, Kaden 0-1, Jake 0-2, Jack 0-1, Serena 0-0, Curtis 0-2, Levi 0-1.

EUREKA — Davis 2-4, Henrie 1-2, Guckenberg 2-3, Holder 3-4, Smith 1-3, Glover 1-3, Rackley 1-4, Cummings 1-2, Sullivan 1-3, Brandon Conard 0-2, Perez 0-1.

2B—Henrie, Holder (2); RBIs—Guckenberg, Smith (2), Glover, Rackley.