BASEBALL: Glacier Twins keep rolling at Ed Gallo tournament

WHITEFISH — The defending Ed Gallo Memorial Wood Bat tournament champions are in good shape to do it again.

The Glacier Twins A won twice on Friday, improving to 3-0 halfway through the four-day tournament with a 9-3 win over the Havre Northstars and shutting out Volkswagen of Olympia (Washington) 8-0.

Jonny Sapa was on the mound in game two and followed up a no-hitter last week with a three-hit complete game shutout. Sapa struck out three and did not walk a batter in a game that was called after six innings because of the tournament’s two hour per game time limit.

Glacier’s offense in game two came from Tristin Steinwand who went 3 for 4 with a game-high three RBIs. The Twins had 13 hits, including two each for James Sampson-Keck, A.J. Wetsch and Tyler Murphy.

In their first game of the day, Glacier scored five times in the bottom of the fourth inning to break a 3-3 tie. Steinwand went 2 for 4 with a triple in that game.

In other tournament action, West Valley (Washington) blanked the Kootenai Valley Rangers 8-0. James Dunn had of the Rangers’ four hits.

Ed Gallo Memorial Wood Bat tournament

Olympia 000 000 — 0 3 3

Glacier A 000 314 — 8 13 1

Jacob Loose and Zach Robbins. Jonny Sapa and Tyler Murphy. W — Sapa. L — Loose

OLYMPIA — Sam Condon 0-3, Peyton Greene 0-3, Tanner Johnson 1-3, Aiden Short 0-2, Zach Cusack 1-2, Kayle Fry 0-2, Robbins 0-2, Brett Stock 0-2, Loose 1-2.

GLACIER — Colten Parker 1-4, Tristin Steinwand 3-4, James Sampson-Keck 2-4, Vinny Smith 1-2, Jesse Walburn 1-3, Max Smyley 0-3, Ryan Veneman 1-3, A.J. Wetsch 2-3, Murphy 2-3.

2B — Wetsch. 3B — Veneman. RBIs — Steinwand 3, Veneman 2, Parker, Smith, Wetsch.

Havre 000 300 0 — 3 4 5

Glacier A 201 501 x — 9 9 1

Dylan Carpenter and Jake Sedahl. Jesse Walburn, Ryan Veneman (4) and Tyler Murphy. W — Veneman. L — Carpenter.

HAVRE — Brenden Danielson 0-4, Brenden Garden 0-3, Sedahl 1-3, Jeff Miller 1-3, Carpenter 0-2, Trey Murphy 0-3, Kennedy McKay 1-2, Ethan Roberts 0-3, Jerod Boles 1-3.

GLACIER — Colten Parker 1-3, Tristin Steinwand 2-4, James Sampson-Keck 1-4, Vinny Smith 1-3, Walburn 1-3, Max Smyley 1-3, Derek Kastella 0-1, Veneman 1-2, A.J. Wetsch 1-3, Murphy 0-2.

3B — Steinwand. RBIs — Boles 2, McKay; Parker 2, Smith 2, Sampson-Keck, Smyley.

W. Valley 401 03 — 8 6 2

K. Valley 000 00 — 0 4 2

Froula and Towsley. Hank Dunn, Colton Cooper (4) and James Dunn. W — Froula. L — H. Dunn.

WEST VALLEY — Bailey 1-3, Tatro 1-3, Towsley 1-2, Gress 0-0, Lublin 1-3, Arnold 1-2, Klein 1-2, Rodriguez 0-2, Jenft 0-1, Callahan 0-3.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Dawson Henrie 0-2, H. Dunn 0-2, Sam Hannay 0-2, J. Dunn 2-2, Daymond Baney 0-0, Mo Henderson 1-2, Quade Anderson 0-2, Donovan Fornall 0-2, Colton Cooper 0-2, Connor Harmon 1-2.

2B — Arnold; J. Dunn. RBIs — Tatro, Lublin, Klein, Rodriguez, Jenft.

Lakers A win twice

BOZEMAN — The Kalispell Lakers A improved to 3-0 at the Howard Rein Memorial Classic, piling up 29 hits over two games in a pair of comfortable wins.

The Lakers (22-11) beat Richland County Patriots 7-1 in the afternoon before taking apart the Bozeman Spikes 12-4 in the evening. Kalispell has one more game today at 3 p.m. against the Butte Muckers, and with a win they would advance to Sunday’s championship game at 2 p.m.

In Friday’s games the Lakers were overwhelming with the bats, scoring in each of the final five innings against the Patriots. Sam Elliott was 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles and Ryan Symmes went 2 for 4 with two RBIs to pace a 15-hit attack. Randy Stultz, Keaden Morisaki, Jaryon Venturini and Tyler Kitch also had two hits.

Drew Scherrer went the distance on the mound to earn the win, scattering seven hits and striking out four without allowing a walk.

In their second game, the Spikes rallied out of an early hole to tie the Lakers at four in the second game when Kalispell scratched across a run in the fourth and exploded for six more in the fifth. Stultz went 3 for 5 and Elliott drove in three runs to lead the offense.

Kalispell A 002 211 1 — 7 15 2

Richland 000 001 0 — 1 7 3

Drew Scherrer and Keaden Morisaki. Kory Halvorsen, Kyle Mueller (6) and Brett Norby.

KALISPELL — Ryan Symmes 2-4, Randy Stultz 2-4, Morisaki 2-3, Jaycob Serrano 1-4, Clayton Jaques 1-4, Sam Elliott 2-4, Nathan Vanderbeek 1-4, Jaryon Venturini 2-3, Tyler Kitch 2-3.

RICHLAND — Taylor Searer 0-3, Norby 2-3, Kory Halvorsen 2-3, Hunter Severson 0-3, Max Peters 1-3, Braxten Larson 0-3, Adam Wentz 1-3, Trustin Holcomb 1-3, Bridger Coffman 0-3.

2B — Elliott 2, Stultz. RBIs — Symmes 2, Stultz, Elliott, Kitch; Peters.

Kalispell A 310 160 1 — 12 14 2

Bozeman 121 000 0 — 4 6 9

Brady Peiffer, Drew Flink (7) and Clayton Jaques. Aiden Jarrett, Hunter Fliehman (5) and Garrett Nash. W — Peiffer. L — Jarrett.

KALISPELL — Ryan Symmes 1-5, Jaycob Serrano 0-4, Randy Stultz 3-5, Sam Elliott 2-5, Jaques 2-5, Nathan Vanderbeek 2-4, Flink 1-3, Adam Joy 2-3, Kyle Calles 1-3.

BOZEMAN — Ben Hubley 0-4, Fliehman 0-3, Koby Scala 1-3, Jackson Wade 1-4, Michael Freund 1-3, Jarrett 2-3, Nash 1-2, Willy Leep 0-0, Ian Hodges 0-2.

2B — Jaques; Wade. 3B — Joy, Stultz. RBIs — Elliott 3, Calles 2, Symmes, Stultz, Vanderbeek; Freund, Hodges.

Late Thursday

Loggers fall short

LIBBY — The Loggers scored three times in the bottom of the seventh inning but could not scratch across the tying run, falling 7-6 to the Moscow Blue Devils late Thursday night at the annual Big Buck$ tournament.

Moscow bounded in front 5-0 before Libby scored twice in the bottom of the third inning to begin the comeback. It was 7-2 into the fifth inning before the Loggers scored once in the bottom of that inning and three more times in their last at bat.

Tim Carvey went 2 for 4 with three RBIs to lead Libby’s offense. Brady Bateman added two hits.

Moscow 032 020 0 — 7 12 1

Libby 002 010 3 — 6 10 2

Devin Casscallen, Charlie Lidean (5), Jack Dunn (7) and Cade Knott. Dylon Lane, Collin Johnson (7) and Brady Bateman. W — Casscallen. L — Lane. S — Dunn.

MOSCOW — Jacob Gray 2-3, Chad Robertson 1-3, Mat Shears 3-4, Casscallen 1-4, Duke Richardson 1-4, Lidean 1-4, Eric Redinger 0-3, Theo Howard 2-3, Knott 1-2.

LIBBY — Tim Carvey 2-4, Seth Bateman 1-4, B. Bateman 2-3, Joe Reynolds 0-0, Lane 1-3, Erik Lauer 1-4, Shayne Walker 1-4, Braydan Thom 0-4, Taylor Wisdom 1-2, Tanner Wood 0-0, Johnson 1-2.

2B — Robertson, Shears; Carvey, S. Bateman. RBIs — Shears, Knott; Carvey 3, S. Bateman, Walker.