A Legion: Northstars oust Twins

BELGRADE — Eli Cloninger’s RBI double gave Havre the lead for good, and the Northstars went on to down the Glacier Twins in a State A Legion loser-out game Friday.

The Twins, coming off a tough extra-inning loss Thursday to host Belgrade, built a 3-1 lead in this one. It held up until the fourth inning, when a pair of errors and Cloninger’s double fueled a five-run outburst. Glacier finished its season 34-12.

Kale Vancampen hit an RBI triple and scored on Cloninger’s single to push the Northstars’ lead to 8-3 in the fifth. Kale Reno pitched into the seventh inning for Havre (33-20-1), allowing six hits and two walks. He fanned one.

Josiah Ruther hit an RBI single and Jake McIntyre and Mason Peters provided run-scoring grounders in the second inning, when the Twins took their lead.

Havre is set to play the Butte Miners on Saturday, with a game time to be determined. The Miners and Belgrade Bandits squared off in Friday’s nightcap.

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Northstars 100 521 x - 9 12 1

Kellen Kroger, Hayden Meehan (4) and AC Chilson. Kale Reno, Trenton Maloughney (7) and Eli Cloninger.

GLACIER TWINS — Mason Peers 0-4, Stevyn Andrachick 0-3, Meehan 2-3, Kroger 0-4, Mikey Glass 1-4, Owen Shilling 1-2, Josiah Ruther 1-2, Maddox Muller 1-1, Jake McIntyre 0-3, Chilson 1-2, Dayne Tu.

HAVRE NORTHSTARS — Cloninger 3-4, Drake Berreth 0-4, Brody Nanini 1-4, Maloughney 2-4, Theron Peterson 1-4, Jevin Jenkins 2-3, Terek Shipp 0-4, Ezra Pyle 2-2, Kale Vancampen 1-2.

2B — Cloninger 2, Pyle. 3B — Vancampen. RBIs — Peters, Meehan, McIntyre, Cloninger 2, Berreth 2, Nanini, Jenkins, Pyle, Vancampen.