Legion Baseball: Lane, Loggers take down Rangers, 8-3

EUREKA — The Libby Loggers, supported by a five-run eighth inning, topped the Kootenai Valley Rangers for an 8-3 American legion baseball victory on Friday night.

It was a back and forth contest early in the game. The Loggers pushed a run across in both the first and third innings to take and early 2-0 lead.

The Rangers, who scored a run in the bottom of the fifth, added two runs in the sixth for a 3-2 advantage.

But the Loggers rallied.

The five-spot in the top of the eighth was more than enough for Libby pitcher Dylan Lane, who shut out the Rangers the rest of the way for the complete-game victory.

Lane scattered eight hits in nine innings of work while striking out six batters.

Libby’s Jared Winslow finished 4 for 5 with an RBI and two runs scored, and the Loggers combined for 12 hits in the game.

Oliver Grupenhoff went 2 for 5 with an RBI for Libby, while teammates Luke Haggerty and Collin Johnson scored two runs each.

Colton Henrie was 2 for 3 for Kootenai Valley, and teammate James Dunn hit an RBI double.

Jacob Nowakowski tripled for the Rangers.

The Loggers are home for a double-header against the Cranbrook Bandits on Sunday. First pitch for Game 1 is scheduled for 1:05 p.m.

Libby    101    000    051    —    8    12    2

Kootenai Valley    000    012    000    —    3    8    5

W — Dylan Lane. L — Sam Hannay

LIBBY — C Johnson 1-4, Luke Haggerty 1-4, Jared Winslow 4-5, Oliver Grupenhoff 2-5, Lane 0-4, Erik Lauer 1-4, Bandon Sadewasser, Braydan Thom 1-3, Mason Chapel 1-3.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Connor Harmon 0-2, Tim Carvey 0-5, Colton Henrie 2-3, RJ Glover 2-5, James Dunn 1-4, Garret McNeil 2-5, B Stern 0-1, Hannay 0-2, Moe Henderson 0-2, Jacob Nowakowski 1-2.

2B — Dunn. 3B — Nowakowski. RBIs — Haggerty, Winslow, Grupenhoff, Sadewasser, Thom; Dunn.