LEGION ROUNDUP: Glacier B squeezes victory in Ed Gallo opener

WHITEFISH — Trey Gates bunted in Caleb Meehan on a squeeze play in the seventh inning to lift the Glacier Twins B squad over Havre at Memorial Park on Thursday at the Ed Gallo tournament.

The Twins took an early lead but found themselves knotted at 3-3 and staring down extra innings entering the final frame. Quintin Schriver wore a pitch to lead off the inning and was hit to third base on a single and the Twins loaded the bases two batters later on a single from Tom Hellwig. With three chances to hit in the winning run, Terek Bistodeau’s attempt saw Northstars second baseman Trey Murphy throw out Schriver at home.

The next try worked though, as Gates’ bunt gave Meehan enough time to get home.

Nathan Hader picked up the win in relief for the Twins.

Havre 002 001 0 — 3 6 5

Glacier B 300 000 1 — 4 6 3

Kennedy McKay and Jake Sedahl. Trey Gates, Nathan Hader (6) and Quintin Schriver.

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

GLACIER B — Caleb Meehan 1-3, Tom Hellwig 2-4, Terek Bistodeau 1-3, Gates 0-4, Matt Morrison 0-3, Jared Reynolds 1-3, Brandon Thomas 1-3, Hader 0-3, Schriver 0-2.

2B—Miller. RBIs—Sedahl, Mosbrucker. Gates, Morrison, Reynolds.

Glacier A 5, West Valley 1

WHITEFISH — Glacier’s A team scored two runs in the first inning and rode the brilliant pitching of A.J. Wetsch for a commanding win in the nightcap at the Ed Gallo tournament.

Jesse Walburn was 1 for 3 and knocked in two runs with a double in the first to help the Twins win their first game of the weekend and Wetsch struck out six and allowed only one hit in five innings.

Colten Parker was 1 for 4 with an RBI double in the sixth to add a pair of insurance runs.

W. Valley 000 001 0 — 1 2 7

Glacier 200 102 x — 5 4 1

Riley Lublin, Roby McNightis and Eric Townsley. A.J. Wetsch, Vinny Smith (6) and Tyler Murphy.

WEST VALLEY — Spencer Froula 0-3, Townsley 1-3, Spencer Bailey 1-3, Colton Moen 0-3, Jarot Gress 0-3, Colton Moultray 0-3, Jake Hanses 0-2, Bryce Parsley 0-2, Sammy Hitchcock 0-1.

GLACIER A — Colten Parker 1-4, Tristin Steinwand 0-3, James Sampson-Keck 0-5, Vinny Smith 0-1, Jesse Walburn 1-3, Max Smyley 0-3, Derek Kastella 1-2, A.J. Wetsch 0-3, Tyler Murphy 1-3.

2B—Townsley. Walburn, Parker. RBIs—Townsley. Kastella, Murphy, Walburn 2, Parker 2.

Glacier All-Stars 5,

Kootenai Valley 2

WHITEFISH — The Glacier All-Stars put runners on base, which was enough to take advantage of an error prone Kootenai Valley squad for a victory.

The All-Stars scored on an error in the first inning and after the Rangers tied the score in the top of the fourth, scored two runs on a single from Coby Clark-Dickenson to take the lead for good. Reaching their first two batters in the fifth inning on an error and a walk, the All-Stars added a pair of insurance runs on a single from Tanner Gove and a passed ball.

Clark-Dickenson struck out five batters in the win for Glacier and had two hits and two RBIs at the plate.

Dawson Henrie was 2 for 4 with a double for Kootenai Valley.

K. Valley 000 100 1 — 2 5 3

Glacier AS 100 220 x — 5 4 2

James Dunn, Colton Cooper (6) and Quade Anderson. Coby Clark-Dickenson and Lane Sapa.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Dawson Henrie 2-4, Hank Dunn 0-4, Sam Hannay 0-3, Dunn 0-2, Mo Henderson 0-3, Anderson 0-3, Donovan Fornall 1-3, Cooper 1-3, Connor Harmon 1-3.

GLACIER ALL-STARS — Austin Varner 0-4, Colten McPhee 0-2, Clark-Dickenson 2-4, Lee Walburn 0-4, Bill Barrett 0-3, Forrest Kobelt 0-4, Sapa 1-2, Jack Eisenbarth 0-0, Mark Anderson 0-0, Tanner Gove 1-2.

2B—Henrie, Harmon. RBIs—Harmon. Clark-Dickenson 2, Gove.

Olympia 11,

Kootenai Valley 1

WHITEFISH — Kootenai Valley had nine groundouts in a loss to Olympia (Washington), unable to get its offense going as the ball struggled to leave the infield.

Olympia scored on three passed balls in the second inning to pull out to a 4-0 lead, all it would need as Aidan Short held the Rangers to four hits in the game.

Sam Hannay led the Rangers at the plate, going 2 for 3 and scoring the only run in the sixth inning.

K. Valley 000 001 — 1 4 6

Olympia 132 302 — 11 8 1

Dawson Henrie, Colton Cooper (5) and Quade Anderson. Aidan Short and Zach Robbins.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Henrie 0-2, Hank Dunn 1-3, Sam Hannay 2-3, James Dunn 1-2, Mo Henderson 0-1, Connor Harmon 0-1, Anderson 0-3, Cooper 0-3, Daymond Baney 0-1, Chet McCully 0-2.

OLYMPIA (Wash.) — Sam Condon 1-3, Peyton Greene 0-4, Tanner Johnson 1-3, Zach Cusack 0-3, Kayle Fry 3-3, Jacob Loose 1-2, Robbins 1-4, Tavin Dawson 0-2, Brett Stock 1-3.

RBIs—Harmon. Fry, Robbins 4, Dawson, Stock.

Kalispell Lakers A 12,

Livingston 11

BOZEMAN — The Kalispell Lakers A scored eight runs in the fifth inning to vault past Livingston in the opener of the Howard Reins tournament.

The Lakers fell behind 5-0 and cut their deficit to 8-4 by the fifth inning when Keaden Morisaki led off with a triple. The team followed by reaching six batters in a row, taking advantage of a pair of errors and walks, Ryan Symmes capping the run with a single to score Adam Joy and give the Lakers a 9-8 lead. Morisaki picked up his second hit of the inning and Jaycob Serrano doubled in two more runs to put Kalispell up 12-8.

Livingston scored one in the bottom of the fifth and had the tying run on base in the sixth before Lakers reliever Sam Elliott shut down the side with a pair of strikeouts.

Symmes, Morisaki and starting pitcher Clayton Jaques all had two hits for the Lakers in the win. Jaques picked up the win on the mound.

Kalispell 000 480 0 — 12 10 1

Livingston 401 312 0 — 11 13 7

Clayton Jaques, Drew Flink (5), Sam Elliott (6) and Keaden Morisaki. John Becker, Brock Peterson (6) and Zander Petrich.

KALISPELL A — Ryan Symmes 2-5, Randy Stultz 0-3, Keaden Morisaki 2-4, Jaycob Serrano 1-3, Elliott 0-4, Jaryon Venturini 1-4, Jaques 2-3, Flink 1-1, Adam Joy 0-2, Tyler Kitch 1-2, Kyle Calles 0-1.

LIVINGSTON — Zander Petrich 2-4, Sage McMinn 1-4, Peterson 2-3, Becker 3-3, Tristen Jenkins 4-4, Rydel Floyd 0-2, Clayton Busby 0-3, Bryce Dorvall 0-4, Ethan Bullock 1-3.

2B—Serrano. Bullock, Jenkins. 3B—Morisaki. Becker. RBIs—Symmes 2, Morisaki, Serrano 2, Jaques, Joy, Kitch 2. Petrich, Peterson 2, Becker 3, Jenkins 2, Bullock.