Mission Valley rolls by Libby; Glacier out
MISSOULA — Top-seeded Mission Valley pushed eight runs across the plate in the second inning and followed with three-run innings in the fourth and sixth to roll over Libby 14-1 on Saturday at the Western A District American Legion baseball tournament.
Libby, the No. 3 seed, and Mission Valley were both undefeated in tournament play.
Mission Valley banged out 14 hits in the win, led by Chris Clary, 3 for 4, and Jacob Young, Jack Humphreys and Dalton Molzhon, who were all 2 for 4.
Justin Evertz threw a 1-hitter. He totaled 11 strikeouts and walked four.
Libby advanced to Saturday’s winners’ bracket contest with an 11-7 late Friday night victory over the Missoula Mavs.
Libby 000 001 0 — 1 1 5
Mission Valley 080 303 x — 14 14 2
Micah Germany, Andrew Haggerty (3) and Nic Robertson (5) and Oliver Gruphenhoff; Justin Evertz and Jack Humphreys. W — Evertz. L — Germany.
LIBBY — Luke Haggerty 0-3, Will Reichel 0-2, Jared Winslow 0-3, Germany 1-2, Gruphenhoff 0-3, Robertson 0-3, A. Haggerty 0-1, Josh Foote 0-2, Cameron Burkes 0-1.
MISSION VALLEY — Evertz 0-3, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 1-4, Robbie Gauthier 2-4, Chris Clary 3-4, Jacob Young 2-4, Jack Humphreys 2-4, Cole McArthur 1-3, Bradley Pichler 1-4, Dalton Molzhon 2-4.
RBIs—Webster-Yaqui (2), Gauthier , Clary (2), Young, Humphreys (2), Pichler (2), Molhzon.
Libby 103 031 210 — 11 16 1
Missoula 000 002 005 — 7 6 5
Winslow, Gruphenhoff (8), A. Haggerty (8), L. Haggerty (9) and Germany; Kiel Stephens, Austin Bohnsack (6) and Kip Vetos. W — Winslow. L — Stephens.
LIBBY — L. Haggerty 3-3, Reichel 0-5, Winslow 3-5, Germany 3-6, Gruphenhoff 2-5, Robertson 2-4, A. Haggerty 2-4, Foote 1-5, Burkes 0-4.
MISSOULA — Jakob Bierig 1-3, Ben Tabaracci 0-0, Ryan Anderson 0-3, Jacob Jewett 0-3, Stephens 0-2, Bohnsack 1-3, Trevor Dickey 1-4, Conner Mckillop 1-2, Vetos 0-1, Walker Kay 1-3, Zanon Fulbright 0-1, Ian Descamps 1-2, Jackson King 0-2, Josh Taber 0-1.
RBIs—Winslow (2), Germany (4), Gruphenhoff (3), A. Haggerty; Anderson, Jewett, bohnsack, Dickey, Mckillop, Kay, Descamps.
Bucs 22, Rangers 1
A grand slam home run and five RBIs by Sage Hansen carried the second-seeded Bitterroot Bucs to a lopsided victory over Kootenai Valley in loser-out action.
Tommy Shepard and Noah Baney held Kootenai Valley (31-23) to three hits.
Tyler Thorson, 4 for 5, drove in four runs. He doubled and tripled.
Kootenai Valley 0 00 001 0 — 1 3 6
Bitterroot (14)62 000 x — 22 13 3
Bryton Guckenberg, R.J. Glover (1), Austin Perez (2) and Kade Davis, Galen Sullivan (2). Noah Baney, Tommy Shepard (3) and Kadin Beller. W – Shepard (5-2). L – Guckenberg.
Bucs 15, Glacier 2
Glacier nearly matched the Bitterroot Bucs in the hit column, but runs were another issue in this loser-out contest.
Riley Phillips had three hits to go with three RBIs in leading the Bucs offense.
Noah Baney picked up the win, improving to 10-3.
Jayce Fagerland had three hits in three plate appearances for the Glacier Twins.
Glacier 101 000 0 — 2 10 3
Bucs 408 300 x — 15 11 3
Brandon Maason, Bret Almos (3), Austin Robbins (4) and Zach Darling. Noah Baney, Tommy Shepard (5) and Kadin Beller. W – Baney (10-3). L – Maason.