Legion baseball: Mavs whip Lakers; Mariners Harp champs
The Missoula Mavericks rolled by the Kalispell Lakers (24-21 overall, 7-7 league) 17-6 in the first game of a Class AA American Legion baseball doubleheader at Griffin Field Sunday evening.
The second game ran past press deadline.
First game
Missoula 17, Kalispell 6
Missoula 360 017 — 17 16 0
Kalispell 310 200 — 6 12 4
Anthony Contonio, Anthony Hilliard (6) and Slade Heggen. Robert Reaser, Luke LaFontaine (2), Colten Wiley (6) and Dillon Matteson. W – Contonio. L – Reaser.
MISSOULA – Heggen 2-4, Tres Cunningham 1-3, Shane Olson 4-5, Nathan Jewett 1-4, Josh Meader 1-3, Alec Bouchee 1-4, Jesson Preston 3-3, Matt McHugh 2-4, Hilliard 0-1, Tanner Rheinschmidt 1-4.
KALISPELL – Chris Combs 2-3, Charlie Obermiller 4-4, Dillon Eaves 2-4, Dillon Matteson 0-3, Reaser 1-4, Chris Sibley 0-1, Justin Wallace 0-1, Jake Barstow 1-2, Hank McLeod 0-3, LaFontaine 2-3.
2B – Jewett, Olson, Bouchee, Preston, McHugh. 3B – Heggen, Combs. RBIs – Heggen 2, Cunningham, Olson, Jewett, Meader 2, Bouchee 2, Preston 3, McHugh 3, Combs, Obermiller 2, Eaves, Matteson, Reaser.
John R. Harp
Tournament
Mission Valley 16,
Fort McLeod 3
Jeremiah Crawford drove in four runs, Ryan Pablo and TJ Olson both doubled twice as Mission Valley coasted to an easy victory in the championship game at Griffin Field.
Crawford pitched the first three innings, allowing four hits. He fanned two batters and walked three in picking up the victory.
Pablo and Olson both went 3 for 4. Alex Killian, Crawford and Quinn Harlan all had two hits each.
Mission Valley banged out 17 hits in the finale.
The Mariners scored 60 runs in four tournament games.
“He hit the heck out of the ball and threw well,” Mission Valley coach Jami Hanson said of Crawford.
“It was a good tournament for us ... kind of prepping us for district.”
Mission Valley (43-16) is back in action Tuesday for two conference games at Salmon, Idaho. Today’s game with Dillon in Polson was canceled.
Sunday’s other tournament scores: Medicine Hat 7, Cranbrook 6; Vauxhall 11, Asotin 2; Glacier B 10, Calgary 9; and Edmonton 12, Kalispell 4.
Mission Valley 076 120 — 16 17 2
Fort McLeod 102 00x — 3 8 5
Jeremiah Crawford, Chris Drebes (4) and Alex Killian; Josh Foster, Aiden Kidd (3) and TJ Tornquist. W — Crawford. L — Foster.
MISSION VALLEY — Ryan Pablo 3-4, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 0-2, Aaron Rasmussen 0-2, Killian 2-3, Kellen Hoyt 0-1, Crawford 2-4, Bradley Pichler 1-2, Keith Woodward 1-2, Bransen Krebs 1-4, TJ Olson 3-4, Quinn Harlan 2-2, Brennan Andrews 1-2, Jared Young 1-1.
FORT MCLEOD — Garret Buryon 1-3, Ryan Cook 0-2, Jack Sheperd 0-1, Ryden Atwood 0-1, Tyson Goodrim 1-1, Donny Shepherd 1-3, Foster 0-1, Kidd 2-3, Tornquist 2-2, Kelten Jensen 1-3, Ty Odney 0-2.
2B—Pablo (2), Olson (2), Crawford, Killian; Shepherd, Tornquist; RBIs—Pablo (3), Webster-Yaqui, Killian, Crawford (4), Olson (2), Harlan (2), Andrews, Young; Shepherd.
Lewiston Tournament
Moscow 3, Libby 2
LEWISTON, Idaho — The Moscow Blue Devils rallied past Libby, scoring once in the bottom of the fifth to tie it at 1-all and then scoring twice in the sixth to claim the victory.
Libby scored in the top of the sixth to retake the lead at 2-1.
Luke Haggerty had two hits for Libby and drove in a run.
Micah Germany doubled for the Loggers, who finished the tournament with a 2-2 record. Both losses were by one run and on the final two days.
Libby’s next action is Tueday with a 5 p.m. doubleheader at the Bitterroot Red Sox.
Libby 001 001 0 — 2 6 0
Moscow 000 012 x — 3 5 2
Luke Haggerty and Oliver Grupenhoff; Kellen Martin and Karter Krasselt. W — Martin. L — Haggerty.
LIBBY — Will Reichel 0-4, L. Haggerty 2-3, Jared Winslow 1-3, Micah Germany 1-3, Grupenhoff 0-2, Andrew Haggerty 0-2, Dylon Lane 0-2, Collin Johnson 0-0, Isaak Jones 1-2, Dylan Berget 0-0, Cameron Burkes 0-0.
MOSCOW — K. Martin 0-3, Alec Martin 1-2, Chad Robertson 1-1, Pat O’Sullivan 0-2, Mark Amos 1-3, Joey Reintjes 0-3, Krasselt 1-3, TJ Lewis 1-2, Garrett Jones 0-2.
2B—Germany; Robertson; RBIs—L. Haggerty, A. Haggerty; A. Martin, Reintjes.