Legion baseball: Lakers A split opening games at Wood Bat tourney

SPOKANE, Wash. — The Kalispell Lakers A beat the Calgary Blues 8-4, but lost to Ferndale, Wash., 7-5 during opening-day action at the Spokane Wood Bat Classic American Legion baseball tournament on Thursday.

Micah Benson went the distance on the mound in the opener for the Lakers.

Offensively for Kalispell in that contest, Tiler Whiteaker, 2 for 3, belted a triple and drove in a run.

Keaton Mohl went 2 for 3 while Leif Ericksen had one RBI, scored two runs and stole a base.

Defensively, Whiteaker threw two base runners out on attempted steals. Quinn Barber had multiple stops on hard hit balls to third.

In the second outing, Ferndale capitalized on two key hits and two Kalispell errors to score three runs after trailing 5-4 going into the sixth inning.

For the Lakers, Quinn Barber went 2 for 2 with triple and one run scored.

Brooks Krause, 2 for 3, doubled, had one RBI and stole a base.

Tournament action continues today for the Lakers A.

First Game

Kalispell 8 8 NA

Calgary 5 7 NA

Micah Benson and Tiler Whiteaker, Calgary - James Stuckey, Joseph Paul (5), Zach Warden (6) and Seth Hewitt. WP—Benson; LP—Stuckey.

KALISPELL — Micah Benson 1-4, Keaton Mohl 2-3, Leif Ericksen 1-2, Tiler Whiteaker 2-3, Robert McCarvel 1-3, Jason Combs 0-3, Brooks Krause 1-4, Lukas DeCock 0-3, Quinn Barber 0-1.

CALGARY — Jansen 0-2, Fader 2-4, Bui 0-4, Hanson 2-3, Marren 0-1, Hewitt 1-4, Worden 0-3, Pelletier 0-2, Watwood 0-3, Krupa 2-2

3B—Whiteaker RBIs—Ericksen, Whiteaker (2), McCarvel, Krause; Hanson.

Second Game

Kalispell 5 8 NA

Ferndale 7 8 NA

Logan DeCock, Keaton Mohl (6) and Lukas DeCock. N. Carlson and Cory Slaughter. WP Carlson, LP DeCock.

KALISPELL — Micah Benson 1-4, Keaton Mohl 1-3 Leif Ericksen 0-3, Tiler Whiteaker 1-4, Pat O’Connell 1-3, Robert McCarvel 0-1, Jason Combs 1-2, Brooks Krause 2-3, Lukas DeCock 0-3, Quinn Barber 1-2.

FERNALE — Kyle Sandstrom 2-4, Sam Cleary 0-4, Kyler Brudwick 2-3, Kyler Schemstad 1-3, Kole Weidkamp 0-3, Nate Carlson 1-4, Jacob Leavitt 2-4, Cory Slaughter 0-2, Ian Barnes 0-1, Corbin 0-1.

2B—Krause; Sandstrom; 3B—Combs, Barber; RBIs—Benson, Mohl, Ericksen, Krause, DeCock; Brudwick, Carlson.

Fourth of July

Firecracker Tournament

Mission Valley B 9,

Glacier Twins B 7

POLSON — Mission Valley picked up the victory during a wild finish that saw Glacier tallied five runs in the final innings to seven for the victors.

Raymond Matt, 3 for 4, drove in three runs for Mission Valley.

Walter Wood doubled twice in four trips to the plate and had two RBIs.

Nyqolas Gillingham, 2 for 4, also doubled along with Warren Wood, Micah McClure and Raymond Matt. Chris Park and Zach Flickinger had two RBIs each for Glacier.

Glacier Twins B 002 041 — 7 6 4

Mission Valley B 200 25x — 9 10 4

WP—Noah McDonald; LP—Trevor Houston.

GLACIER — Greyson Bistodeau 1-1, Chris Park 2-3, Sean Hoerner 1-3, Chris Joy 0-3, Trevor Turgeon 0-3, Houston 0-3, Hugh Ramlow 0-0, Kaleb Veneman 0-1, Zach Flickinger 2-3.

MISSION VALLEY — Raymond Matt 3-4, Walter Wood 2-4, Jonah Burke 0-3, Nyqolas Gillingham 2-4, Brenen Abromeit 0-1, Justin Young 1-3, Micah McClure 1-2, Noah McDonald 1-2, Warren Wood 0-3.

2B—Gillingham, Walter Wood (2), Warren Wood, McClure, Matt; RBIs—Bistodeau (2), Park, Hoerner, Veneman, Flickinger; Matt (3), Walter Wood (2), Gillingham, Young.

Helena Reps 12,

Kootenai Valley 5

POLSON — The Helena Reps scored 11 of their 12 runs in the final two innings to pull away from the Kootenai Valley Rangers.

Tyler Simonson and Eamonn Byrne both went 2 for 4 and drove in four runs. Simonson doubled and tripled while Byrne doubled twice.

Colton Henrie had two hits for Kootenai Valley in four trips to the plate. Dalton Smith and Galen Sullivan had two RBIs each for the Rangers.

Kootenai Valley 300 020 0 — 5 6 4

Helena 010 065 — 12 7 1

WP—Payton Pappas; LP—Dalton Smith.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Colton Henrie 2-4, Nick Rackley 1-4, Smith 1-4, Austin Perez 0-1, Garrett McNeil 1-1, Galen Sullivan 1-3, Dawson Henrie 0-3, Joe Schlarman 0-3, James Dunn 0-2, Sam Hannay 0-1.

HELENA — Ryan Arntson 1-4, Henry Bowers 1-3, P. Pappas 0-2, Carter Pappas 1-3, Ray Moore 0-2, Kienan Stief 0-2, Ryan Dorvall 0-2, Tyler Simonson 2-4, Eamonn Byrne 2-4, Reilley Leary 0-0, Talon Buchard 0-0.

2B—C. Henrie, McNeil; Simonson, Byrne (2); 3B—Simonson; RBIs—Smith (2), Sullivan (2); Arntson, Moore, Simonson (4), Byrne (4).

Mission ValleyA 16,

Deer Lodge 2

POLSON — TJ Olson homered and drove in six runs and Bradley Pichler also ripped a home run to power the Mission Valley Mariners A to an easy victory over Deer Lodge in the final game of their tournament on opening day.

Olson, 4 for 4, also doubled.

Zeke Webster-Yaqui, 3-3, doubled, drove in two runs and scored four times. Alex Killian, 2 for 4, doubled twice and finished with two RBIs. Jacob Harrod, 2 for 3, had the Mariners other double and Trevor Paro tripled.

Deer Lodge 001 01 — 2 4 2

Mission Valley 266 2x — 16 17 1

WP—Bransen Krebs; LP—Jessee Vasquez.

DEER LODGE — Derek Walker 2-3, Logan Danforth 0-1, Dakota Crowe 0-3, Vasquez 0-2, Logan Doiran 0-1, Kenny Stryker 0-2, Kaehl Lowery 0-2, Taylor Stone 1-2, Chase Steyh 0-1, Porter Struble 1-1.

MISSION VALLEY — Ryan Pablo 1-3, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 3-3, Alex Killian 2-4, TJ Olson 4-4, Bradley Pichler 1-3, Derek Peel 2-4, Jacob Harrod 2-3, Jared Young 1-3, Trevor Paro 1-2, Raymond Matt 0-0.

2B—Olson, Killian (2), Harrod, Webster-Yaqui; 3B—Paro; HRs—Olson, Pichler; RBIs—Walker, Crowe; Pablo, Webster-Yaqui (2), Killian (2), Olson (6), Pichler (2), Harrod, Young, Paro.

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Thursday’s Other Scores

Missoula Pioneers 7, Dillon Cubs 6

Livingston Braves 6, Cranbrook Bandits 1

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Today’s Schedule

8:30 a.m. — Kootenai Valley vs. Glacier Twins B

11 a.m. — Cranbrook Bandits v s. Helena Reps

1:30 p.m. — Libby Loggers vs. Butte Muckers

4 p.m. — Mission Valley Mariners B vs. Livingston Braves

6:30 p.m. — Mission Valley Mariners A vs. Dillon Cubs