Legion Baseball: Lakers A win Canadian Days Tournament
The Kalispell Lakers defeated the Ferris Saxons 16-3 on Sunday to claim the A championship of the Canadian Days Tournament at Griffin Field.
The Lakers went 4-0 in American Legion baseball tournament play over the weekend.
The title game ended after five innings on the 10-run rule.
Kalispell put the game out of reach by scoring 11 runs in the fourth inning.
Kalispell outhit Ferris 9-2.
Torin Bowden tripled, singled and drove in three runs for the Lakers.
Lakers pitcher Cade White went the distance on the mound, allowing just two hits.
“Pitching really settled in as the weekend went on,” Lakers A coach Jesse McFarland said.
“The pitchers gave us a chance to win all weeekend.
“We hit like we have all year — a lot,” McFarland added.
“Offensively we scored a lot of runs.
“I like the mentality of our team. The kids are working hard and it’s paying off so far.”
A complete boxscore from the title game was not available.
The Kalispell Lakers and Sherwood Park Dukes played in the AA championship game on Sunday afternoon. No results were available from that matchup.
The Lakers AA host the Libby Loggers A on Wednesday for a single game starting at 6:30 p.m.
The next outing for Lakers A (10-6) is the Memorial Day Tournament in Missoula, which begins Saturday. The Lakers AA will also play in that tournament.
Mavericks 10, Twins 1
Mavericks 14, Twins 0
MISSOULA — The Glacier Twins A eight-game winning streak came to a halt as the Missoula Mavericks AA swept a doubleheader.
Josh Harrington and Trevor Cunningham held Glacier to three hits in the opening win.
Nick Yovetich went the distance for Missoula in the second game, holding Glacier (9-3) to four hits and no runs.
Jesse Walburn went 2 for 3 for the Twins in the first game.
Kyler Howke was 2 for 2 for the Twins in the second game.
Glacier swept the Mavericks on May 2 in Whitefish.
The Twins have a nine-inning outing on Wednesday at Memorial Park at 7 p.m. versus the Glacier Outlaws of the Mountain Rainier Professional Baseball League.
The Twins follow that by playing in the Memorial Day Tournament in Missoula, which begins Saturday.
Game 1
Glacier 010 000 0 — 1 3 4
Missoula 201 610 x — 10 12 0
Jonny Sapa, Bryce Fagerland (5) and Tyler Murphy; Josh Harrington, Trevor Cunningham (6) and Kellen Round. W - Harrington; L - Sapa.
GLACIER - Kyler Howke 0-3, Jayce Fagerland 0-3, Colten Parker 1-3, Vinny Smith 0-3, Jesse Walburn 2-3, Austin Robins 0-1, Murphy 0-2, Sean Hoerner 0-3, Bryce Fagerland 0-1.
MISSOULA - Nick Yovetich 2-4, Jonathan Mitchell 0-3, Zanon Fulbright 1-3, Ben Tabaracci 1-4, Josh Tabor 3-4, Travis Zander 1-3, Walker Kay 1-4, Round 0-4, Jakob Bierig 3-4.
2B - Parker; Bierig 3. 3B - Tabaracci, Yovetich. HR - Tabor. RBIs - Howke; Yovetich, Fulbright, Tabaracci 2, Tabor 4, Zander.
Game 2
Glacier 000 00 — 0 4 4
Missoula 160 7x — 14 10 4
Walburn, Smith (4) and Hoerner; Yovetich and Kip Vetos. W - Yovetich; L - Walburn.
GLACIER - Howke 2-2, Sapa 0-1, J. Fagerland 1-3, Walburn 0-3, Smith 0-3, AJ Wetsch 0-2, Greyson Bistodeau 1-1, Robins 0-2, B. Fagerland 0-2, Hoerner 0-2.
MISSOULA - Mitchell 2-3, Fulbright 2-4, Tabaracci 1-1, Tabor 0-2, Zander 1-3, Vetos 1-3, Austin Kominek 1-2, Round 0-2, Bierig 2-2.
2B - Howke; Bierig, Fulbright.
Mariners 17, Loggers 5
Mariners 10, Loggers 2
POLSON — Mission Valley’s Mariners rolled to pair of easy wins over the Libby Loggers in doubleheader action.
Warren Wood, 2 for 3, had five RBI and Micah McClure, 2 for 4, homered and drove in three runs to power the Mariners in the first game.
TJ Olson, 2 for 3, and Nyqolas Gillingham, 1 for 3, also had three RBI.
Eric Lauer had two of Libby’s three hits.
In the other contest, Gillingham went 3 for 3 and Walter Wood was 3 for 4 to pace the Mariners. Gillingham had two RBI.
Libby could muster just four hits — all singles — in that outing.
Libby plays at the Kalispell Lakers AA on Wednesday.
Game 1
Libby 300 20 — 5 3 5
Mission Valley 542 6x — 17 11 2
Erik Lauer, Luke Haggerty (4) and Oliver Grupenhof; Walter Wood, Justin Young (4) and Warren Wood. W - Walter Wood. L - Lauer.
LIBBY — Haggerty 0-2, Collin Johnson 0-2, Jared Winslow 0-2, Grupenhoff 0-2, Braydan Thom 0-1, Lauer 2-3, Bandon Sadewasser 1-2, Mason Chapel 0-1, Kolton Winebark 0-2, Taylor Wisdom 0-2.
MISSION VALLEY — Bransen Krebs 1-3, Derek Peel 1-1, TJ Olson 2-3, Walter Wood 0-0, Young 0-1, Warren Wood 2-3, Nyqolas Gillingham 1-3, Jacob Harrod 2-3, Micah McClure 2-4, Jonah Burke 0-3.
2B—Lauer; Krebs, Olson, Wood; HR—McClure; RBIs—Haggerty, Wisdom; Olson (3), Young, Warren Wood (5), Gillingham (3), Harrod (2), McClure (3).
Game 2
Libby 020 000 0 — 2 4 2
Mission Valley 213 130 x — 10 16 4
Thom, Winebark (6) and Grupenhoff. Harrod, Noah McDonald (4), Tyson Petticrew (5) and Burke, Warren Wood (4). W - Harrod. L - Thom.
LIBBY — Haggerty 0-2, Johnson 1-2, Winslow 1-3, Grupenhoff 1-3, Thom 0-4, Lauer 0-2, Winebark 0-2, Wisdom 1-2, Sadewasser 0-1, Chapel 0-3.
MISSION VALLEY — Bransen Krebs 1-3, Kade Schutzmann 1-1, Peel 2-4, Olson 1-4, Walter Wood 3-4, Burke 1-1, Warren Wood 1-2, Gillingham 3-3, Harrod 1-2, McDonald 0-1, Petticrew 0-1, McClure 1-3, Russ Matt 0-1, Karsen Krebs 1-4.
2B—Schutzmann; 3B—Warren Wood; RBIs—Johnson, Chapel; Peel (2), Walter Wood, Burke, Warren Wood, Gillingham (2), Harrod, McClure.