Baseball: Twins drop final contest at Prairie Cardinal Tourney

POST FALLS, Idaho — The Glacier Twins wrapped up action at the Prairie Cardinal Tournament on Sunday by dropping an 8-3 decision to the Columbia Basin Bandits.

The Twins went 2-2 in American Legion baseball tournament play.

Glacier could muster just three hits in the final — singles by Jayce Fagerland and Colten Parker and a double by Vinny Smith. The Twins went down swinging 11 times.

Glacier (16-10 overall) is back in action Tuesday at the Mission Valley Mariners for a conference doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m.

Columbia Basin 113 210 0 — 8 10 1

Glacier Twins 101 010 0 — 3 3 1

WP—NA; LP—Austin Robins.

COLUMBIA BASIN — NA.

GLACIER — Jayce Fagerland 1-3, Colten Parker 1-3, Jesse Walburn 0-2, Kyler Howke 0-4, Vinny Smith 1-3, Derek Kastella 0-2, A.J. Wetsch 0-3, Greyson Bistodeau 0-2, James Sampson-Keck 0-1, Tyler Murphy 0-1.

2B—Smith; RBI—Howke.

Reps 9,

Mariners 3

HELENA — The Helena Reps jumped in front early and never trailed in beating the Mission Valley Mariners in the third-place game at the Cloninger Tournament.

Helena led 7-1 after three innings and matched Mission Valley in scoring over the next 3 1/2.

Helena outhit Mission Valley 14-5.

Noah McDonald went 2 for 2 for the Mariners.

Mission Valley is back in action Tuesday hosting the Glacier Twins A for a conference doubleheader starting at 4 p.m.

Mission 001 101 0 — 3 5 6

Helena 034 101 x — 9 14 1

WP—Caleb Jackson, LP—Kade Schutzmann.

MISSION VALLEY — Schutzmann 0-1, Noah McDonald 2-2, Bransen Krebs 1-3, Warren Wood 0-3, Micah McClure 1-2, Russ Matt 0-1, Anthony Jones 0-3, Jonah Burke 0-2, Justin Young 1-3, Nygolas Gillingham 0-2, Karsen Krebs 0-2.

HELENA — Eamonn Byrne 2-5, Colin Sassano 2-3, Ray Moore 2-3, Talon Burchard 1-3, Tanner McMahon 1-4, Austin Whitehouse 1-3, Carter Wald 2-3, Andrew Rosston 0-1, Seth Schneider 2-4, Kellan Elder 1-3, Tristan Siegers 0-0, Caleb Jackson 0-0,

2B—Byrne, Sassano, Schneider; RBIs - Byrne 3, Schneider 3, Sassano, B. Krebs, Jones, K. Krebs.

Bucs 8, Lakers 2

Bucs 19, Lakers 8

It was a long afternoon for the Kalispell Lakers A squad as the visiting Bitterroot Bucs swept the conference doubleheader.

Kalispell (3-5 league) was held to three hits in the opener, an 8-2 setback, but totaled eight in the 19-8 loss in Game 2.

Brooks Krause and Jackson Pepe had two hits each in the second game. Pepe doubled twice and had four RBI. Jonas Nyman, 1 for 2, had two RBI for the Lakers.

Bo Zeiler went 4 for 5 for the Bucs in the second game and drove in seven runs.

“We’re a little banged- up,” Lakers coach Jesse McFarland said.

“We ran out of pitching toward the end, but the kids played hard.”

The Lakers continue with conference play, at the Libby Loggers A on Wednesday for a doubleheader. The first game begins at 5 p.m.

Game 1

Bitterroot Bucs 101 200 4 — 8 7 4

Kalispell Lakers 001 001 0 — 2 3 5

WP—Dylan Gavlak; LP—Dawson Smith.

BITTERROOT — Thorson 1-5, B. Zeiler 1-3, Chimo 0-4, Sage 1-2, McCawley 2-3, M. Zeiler 0-2, McCullough 0-3, A. Gavlak 1-4, D. Gavlak 1-3.

KALISPELL — Brooks Krause 0-4, Gunnar Marsh 0-4, Jackson Pepe 0-4, Spencer Pisk 0-2, Haydn Schlepp 1-3, Jonas Nyman 1-3, Eric Seaman 0-3, Jaycob Serrano 1-3, Kaeden Morisaki 0-3.

RBI—Thorson, B. Zeiler, Sage, McCawley, McCullough, A. Gavlak.

Game 2

Bitterroot Bucs 154 414 — 19 12 2

Kalispell Lakers 151 001 — 8 8 6

WP—Loveless; LP—Morisaki.

BITTERROOT — Thorson 2-4, B. Zeiler 4-5, Chimo 1-5, Sage 1-4, McCawley 2-5, M. Zeiler 1-4, McCullough 0-1, Loveless 0-3, D. Gavlak 1-1.

KALISPELL — Krause 2-4, Marsh 0-2, Pepe 2-3, Pisk 0-2, Schlepp 1-4, Cade White 0-2, Nyman 1-2, Seaman 0-3, Serrano 1-3, Taylor Cady 1-1.

2B—Thorson; Pepe (2); 3B—B. Zeiler; RBI—Thorson (3), B. Zeiler (7), Sage, McCawley 1, M. Zeiler; Pepe (4), Nyman (2).