Legion baseball: Loggers, Mariners finish on high notes

by The Daily Inter Lake
| July 21, 2013 10:52 PM

LIBBY — Oliver Grupenhoff singled in the third and went back-to-back with doubles in the fourth and six to power Libby to a 10-3 Class A American Legion baseball victory over the Glacier Twins on Sunday in the first game of a doubleheader.

Grupenhoff had five RBIs.

Will Reichel pitched seven innings and held Glacier to three singles. He struck out three and walked three.

In the second game, Jared Winslow went 3 for 3 and drove in two runs in Libby’s 9-2 victory.

Grupenhoff doubled twice while Reichel and Winslow both had a double.

Peter Seymor hit two doubles for Glacier and Austin Robbins had one.

It was the regular-season finale for both teams.

Up next is the double-elimination District Tournament, which begins Thursday and runs through next Monday in Eureka. The top two teams move on to state.

Mission Valley and Libby finished 1-2 at district last year.

Thursday’s District Tournament pairings (seeds in parenthesis) are: 8 a.m. — Missoula Mavs (3) vs. Bitterroot Red Sox (6); 11 a.m. — Kalispell Lakers (7) vs. Bitterroot Bucs (2); 2 p.m. — Libby Loggers (4) vs. Glacier Twins (5); 5 p.m. — Mission Valley Mariners (1) vs. Kootenai Valley Rangers (8).

Libby is 32-20 overall and finished 15-7 in league.

Glacier 002 001 0 — 3 3 1

Libby 202 402 x — 10 8 3

Brandon Maassen, Austin Robbins (3) and Zac Darling; Will Reichel and Oliver Grupenhoff. W — Reichel. L — Maassen.

GLACIER — Jayce Fagerland 0-3, Shane Marcial 1-3, Jake Slaybaugh 0-2, Peter Seymor 0-2, Kyler Howke 0-2, Colton Gove 1-3, Robert Simmons 0-2, Darling 1-3, Maassen 0-2, Robbins 0-1.

LIBBY — Reichel 0-1, Luke Haggerty 0-3, Jared Winslow 2-3, Micah Germany 1-2, Grupenhoff 3-3, Andrew Haggerty 1-3, Josh Foote 0-3, Collin Johnson 0-4, Cameron Burkes 1-2, Dylan Berget 0-0.

2B—Germany, Grupenhoff (2); RBIs—Slaybaugh, Howke, Simmons; Winslow, Germany (2), Grupenhoff (5), Foote.

Glacier 101 000 0 — 2 7 2

Libby 401 040 x — 9 12 3

Bret Almos, Howke (5) and Simmons; Micah Germany and Grupenhoff, Dylon Lane (7). W — Germany. L — Almos.

GLACIER — Fagerland 1-4, Gove 1-2, Jason Neuberg 0-1, Howke 1-3, Logan Blades 0-0, Seymor 2-3, Dan Satterfield 0-1, James Ratzlaff 0-3, Maassen 1-2, Simmons 0-3, Robbins 1-2, Almos 0-2.

LIBBY — Reichel 2-3, L. Haggerty 1-3, Winslow 3-3, Germany 1-4, Grupenhoff 2-4, A. Haggerty 0-3, Foote 2-3, Austin Marshall 0-1, Lane 0-1, Isaak Jones 1-2, Dylan Berget 0-1.

2B—Seymor (2), Robbins; Reichel, Winslow, Grupenhoff (2); RBIs—Seymor; Reichel (3), Winslow (2), Germany, A. Haggerty (2), Jones.

Mariners 11, Savages 1

POLSON — Alex Killian threw a 2-hitter to pick up the victory on the mound in the opener and drove in two runs, along with Jeremiah Crawford, in Game 2 as the Mariners (49-18, 19-5) won both contests with Salmon, Idaho, by the same score.

Killian, normally the Mariners catcher, struck out five and walked just two in six innings.

Salmon 001 000 — 1 2 4

Mission Valley 200 405 — 11 12 2

Caleb Peets, Justin Sharp (6) and Kyle Torgerson; Alex Killian and Kellen Hoyt. W — Killian. L — Peets.

SALMON — Sharp 0-3, Thomas Benedict 1-2, Peets 0-3, Matt edgerton 0-3, Trason Province 0-2, Torgerson 0-3, Tanner Tinsley 0-2, Logan Stringham 1-2, Will Millik 0-2.

MISSION VALLEY — Brennan Andrews 2-3, Jared Young 0-1, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 2-3, Quinn Harlan 2-3, Chris Drebes 0-1, Jeremiah Crawford 0-2, Nick Crawford 1-1, Bradley Pichler 1-3, Bransen Krebs 1-2, TJ Olson 1-2, Hoyt 0-3, Keith Woodward 2-3.

2B—Krebs; 3B—Webster-Yaqui; RBIs—Sharp; Andrews, Webster-Yaqui (2), Drebes, J. Crawford, Krebs, Olson, Woodward (2).

Salmon 000 01 — 1 6 6

Mission Valley 820 01 — 11 10 0

Sharp, Province (2) and Torgerson; Hoyt and Killian. W — Hoyt. L — Sharp.

SALMON — Sharp 0-3, Benedict 2-3, Peets 2-3, Edgerton 0-3, Province 1-2, Torgerson 0-2, Tinsley 1-2, Stringham 0-1, Millik 0-1.

MISSION VALLEY — Ryan Pablo 2-2, Harlan 0-2, Webster-Yaqui 1-1, Killian 1-3, J. Crawford 1-4, Pichler 0-2, Krebs 1-2, Young 0-1, Olson 1-3, Woodward 1-1, Andrews 1-1, Aaron Rasmussen 1-1.

2B—Province, Peets; Woodward; RBIs—Peets; Pablo, Killian (2), J. Crawford (2), Krebs, Olson, Andrews.

Mavs 12, Lakers 0

Mavs 7, Lakers 1

MISSOULA — The Missoula Mavericks swept a doubleheader from the Kalispell Lakers in the regular-season finale for both teams.

Brandon Purdy led the Lakers in hitting, going 2-2 in the first game and 2-4 in the second.

Kalispell 000 00 — 0 4 2

Missoula 352 2x — 12 9 0

Justin Rich, Brandon Purdy (4) and Walker Malmin; Nick Yovetich and Aiden Collins. W — Yovetich. L — Rich.

KALISPELL — Malmin 1-2, Levi Brennanmen 0-2, Purdy 2-2, Rich 0-2, Chandler Eaves 0-2, Chasen Eaves 0-1, Sam Compton 0-1, Stephen Zorn 0-1, Andy Bemus 0-2, Jordan Engle 1-2.

MISSOULA — Jackson King 0-2, Tyler Jewett 0-1, Jakob Bierig 1-2, Josh Harrington 0-2, Trevor Dickey 3-3, Zannon Fulbright 2-2, Austin Kominek 0-1, Josh Tabor 2-2, Connor McKillop 0-1, Aiden Collins 0-1, Travis Zander 1-2, Walker Kay 0-2.

2B—Fulbright, Zander, Bierig; 3B—Fulbright; RBIs—King, Dickey (2), Fulbright (2), Tabor (3), Collins, Kay.

Kalispell 000 001 0 — 1 5 1

Missoula 011 005 x — 7 10 2

Chasen Eaves and Brennanmen; Kominek, McKillop (7) and Ian Descamps. W — Kominek. L — Eaves.

KALISPELL — Malmin 1-4, Brennanmen 0-4, Purdy 2-4, Rich 0-3, Compton 0-3, Brooks Krause 1-3, Stephen Zorn 1-3, Engle 0-0, Jayson Combs 0-0, Jeff Bengston 0-1, Eaves 0-3.

MISSOULA — King 1-2, Kaaden Wilson 1-1, Bierig 0-4, Dickey 1-3, Yovetich 1-4, Tabor 1-2, Bohnsack 4-4, Cunningham 0-2, Tabaracci 1-4, Descamps 0-2.

2B—King; RBIs—Krause; Wilson, Dickey, Bohnsack, Cunningham, Tabaracci (2).

Bucs 10, Rangers 6

Bucs 14, Rangers 0

FLORENCE — The Kootenai Valley Rangers closed out regular-season play by dropping a doubleheader to the Bitterroot Bucs.

Coltin Henrie led the Rangers offensively. He was 3 for 3 with a double and four RBIs in the first game, and was 2 for 3 in the second game.

Kootenai Valley 120 210 0 — 6 11 3

Bitterroot Bucs 030 016 x — 10 8 2

Branden Conard, Sam Hannay (5), Dalton Smith (6) and Steven Eash; Brad Schaff, Kadin Beller (5) and Beller, Patrick Pape (5); W — Beller. L — Hannay.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Colton Henrie 3-3, James Dunn 0-4, Smith 1-3, RJ Glover 2-4, Nick Rackley 1-4, Austin Perez 2-2, Joe Schlarman 1-4, Eash 1-3, Conard 0-2, Hannay 0-1.

BITTERROOT — Dylan Reed 2-5, Tyler Thorson 0-3, Beller 2-3, Sage Hansen 0-2, Austin Nogle 3-4, Noah Baney 0-2, Tommy Shepard 0-2, Chance Sage 0-1, Pape 1-1, Cody Rolshoven 0-3, Logan Lueck 0-0.

2B—Henrie, Perez, Glover; Pape, Beller, Nogle; RBIs—Henrie (4); Reed, Thorson (2), Beller, Nogle (2), Sage.

Kootenai Valley 000 00 — 0 6 3

Bitterroot 21(11) 0x — 14 7 0

Perez, Conard (3) and Galen Sullivan; Nogle and Beller, Kevin McGee (4). W — Nogle. L — Perez.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Henrie 2-3, Sullivan 0-2, Eash 0-1, Smith 2-3, Glover 0-1, Perez 1-2, Rackley 1-2, Christian Langston 0-2, Schlarman 0-2, Conard 0-1.

BITTERROOT — Reed 1-3, Jade Chimo 0-0, T. Thorson 2-3, Braxton McCullough 0-1, Beller 1-2, McGee 0-0, Hansen 0-1, Shane Thorson 0-1, Nogle 1-3, Lueck 0-1, Jake Finley 0-1, Baney 1-1, Shepard 0-1, Rolshoven 1-2.

2B—Smith; HR—T. Thorson; RBIs—Reed, T. Thorson (2), Beller, Hansen, Lueck (2), Baney (3), Rolshoven (2).