Kootenai Valley drops Lakers; moves to 5-0

EUREKA — Ryan Holder, RJ Glover and Dalton Smith combined on a two-hitter as Kootenai Valley blanked the Kalispell Lakers A 2-0 on Friday in the Earl Russell Round Robin American Legion baseball tournament.

Holder tripled with two outs to score Smith from first in the first inning. Smith had reached on a single.

Eureka’s other run crossed home plate in the bottom half of third when Gallen Siullivan scored on an error.

Eureka (5-0) will face Mission Valley B at 5:30 tonight in tournament play.

There was just one tournament game on Friday.

Thursday’s tournament opener — Kootenai Valley vs. Glacier Twins — was rained out and is rescheduled for Sunday.

Today’s other tournament games are: 8:30 a.m. — Glacier vs. Libby; 10:45 a.m. — Missoula Pioneers vs. Mission Valley; 1 p.m. — Mission Valley vs. Libby; and 3:15 p.m. — Mission B vs. Kalispell Lakers.

Kalispell Lakers 000 000 0 — 0 2 1

Kootenai Valley 101 000 x — 2 5 1

J. Wallace, Luke LaFontaine (5) and Tucker Ramthe; Ryan Holder, RJ Glover (5), Dalton Smith (7) and Gallen Sullivan. W — Holder, 2-0. L — Wallace. S. — Smith.

KALISPELL — Ramthe 1-4, J. Barslow 0-3, Wallace 0-2, S. Brown 0-3, B. Windauer 0-3, Z. Riviere 0-1, LaFontaine 0-3, D. Meredith 1-1, N. Brown 0-1, C. Sibley 0-1, C. Gove 0-0, D. Satlerfield 0-0.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — CJ Henrie 1-3, Nick Rackley 0-2, Smith 1-3, Holder 1-2, Glover 0-3, Austin Perez 0-2, Tyler Cummings 0-3, Brandon Conard 0-2, Sullivan 1-2.

2B—Sullivan; 3B—Holder; RBIs—Holder.