Glacier All-Stars rout Calgary
<p>Glacier short stop Max Smyley fields a ground ball Thursday evening during the Glacier All-Stars game in the Pacific Northwest Regional U14 Babe Ruth baseball tournament at Sapa-Johnsrud Field in Columbia Falls. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>All-Stars pitcher Austin Green (10) checks if his foot is on the bag as he gets the force out against Longhorns runner Jackson Bagshaw (32) at first base Thursday evening during the Glacier All-Stars game in the Pacific Northwest Regional U14 Babe Ruth baseball tournament at Sapa-Johnsrud Field in Columbia Falls. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
COLUMBIA FALLS — The Glacier All-Stars took another step closer to capturing the Pacific Northwest Regional U14 Babe Ruth baseball tournament on Thursday with an emphatic 13-0 win over Calgary.
David Brown and Logan Kolodejchuk had doubles for Glacier to lead the charge offensively.
“Everybody hit really well. It was a good team win” Glacier head coach Chad Green said.
13 runs were more than enough for Austin Green, who threw a complete game one-hitter. Glacier didn’t commit an error while winning the game by mercy-rule in six innings.
A win today should put the host team in the championship round with a chance to go to the U14 World Series in Ocala, Fla., Aug 15-22.
The Kalispell All-Stars were off to a fast start after Wednesday’s 2-0 day, but they were humbled during their only contest on Thursday.
Kalispell lost to Spokane Inland Select 12-0 and now have an identical 2-1 record as Glacier.
Pivotal games take place today with Glacier facing Moses Lake (Wash.) at Memorial Stadium in Whitefish while Kalispell will play Klamath Falls (Ore.) at Sapa-Johnsrud Field in Columbia Falls. Both games are scheduled for 5 p.m.
Pacific Northwest Regional
U14 Babe Ruth Tournament
American Division
Glacier; Twins Cities, Wash.; Moses Lake, Wash; Calgary, Alberta; West Linn, Ore.
National Division
Kalispell; Wood River, Idaho; Klamath Falls, Ore.; Spokane Inland Select, Wash.; Riverton, Wyo.
Schedule
Wednesday
Pool Play
At Whitefish
9 a.m. — Klamath Falls 15, Riverton 2
Noon — Kalispell 3, Wood River 1
3 p.m. — Spokane Inland Select 8, Klamath Falls 6
6 p.m. — West Linn 11, Glacier 4
At Columbia Falls
9 a.m. — West Linn 9, Moses Lake 1
Noon — Glacier 5, Twin Cities 4
3 p.m. — Moses Lake 10, Calgary 9
6 p.m. — Kalispell 11, Riverton 0
Thursday
At Whitefish
Noon — West Linn 8, Calgary 1
4 p.m. — Twin Cities 11, Moses Lake 4
7 p.m. — Spokane Inland Select 12, Kalispell 0
At Columbia Falls
Noon — Riverton 2, Spokane Inland Select 1
4 p.m. — Klamath Falls 12, Wood River 0
7 p.m. — Glacier 13, Calgary 0
Today
At Whitefish
2 p.m. — Twin Cities vs. Calgary
5 p.m. — Glacier vs. Moses Lake
8 p.m. — Wood River vs. Riverton
At Columbia Falls
2 p.m. — Moses Lake vs. Wood River
5 p.m. — Kalispell vs. Klamath Falls
8 p.m. — Twin Cities vs. West Linn
Saturday
Championship Play
Noon — National Division No. 1 vs. American Division No. 2
3 p.m. — American Division No. 1 vs. National Division No. 2
7 p.m. — Championship game