The Daily Inter Lake

POLSON - The Mission Valley Mariners had to settle for a split Thursday in Class A American Legion baseball play.

The Kootenai Valley Rangers won the first game of a doubleheader 5-2 while the Mariners came back to take the second contest 7-3.

Mission Valley is now 21-5 in league games and 43-14 overall.

The Mariners wrap up regular season play this weekend, hosting Sanders County on Saturday at 1 p.m. and traveling to Deer Lodge on Sunday for a 1 p.m. outing.

The district tournament begins July 20 in Kalispell.

RANGERS 5, MARINERS 2

Kootenai Valley 101 001 2 - 5 6 0

Mission Valley 020 000 0 - 2 8 4

Zack Nieuwsma and J.D. Belstad; Jake Bosley and Jake Whetzel. W - Nieuwsma. L - Bosley, 5-4 (6 hits, 2 strikeouts, 1 walk, 1 hit batsman).

Kootenai Valley - Belstad 1-3, Kris Chupp 1-4, Nieuwsma 1-4, Jordan Lundberg 1-3, Kraig Chupp 0-3, Justin Cummings 1-3, Pat Broom 1-3, Gram Cook 1-3, Clete DeShazer 0-1, Ryan Jurgans 0-1.

Mission Valley - John Rausch 1-4, Eric Locke 1-4, Bosley 1-4, Brandon Thompson 1-2, Chris Brown 1-3, Tyler Trudeau 0-3, Will Gordon 2-2, Tim Rausch 0-2, Whetzel 1-3.

2B-Belstad; RBIs- Kris Chupp (2); Locke.

MARINERS 7, RANGERS 3

Kootenai Valley 000 020 1 - 3 3 9

Mission Valley 033 100 x - 7 11 0

Lundberg and Belstad; Thompson and Whetzel. W - Thompson, 9-2 (3 hits, 5 strikeouts, 8 walks, 1 hit batsman). L - Lundberg.

Kootenai Valley - Belstad 0-2, Kris Chupp 0-2, Nieuwsma 1-3, Lundberg 1-2, Kraig Chupp 0-2, Broom 0-1, DeShazer 0-3, Cook 1-2, Jurgans 0-3.

Mission Valley - J. Rausch 1-4, Locke 1-3, Bosley 2-4, Thompson 3-4, Brown 2-4, Trudeau 1-3, Gordon 0-2, Robert Wallace 1-2, Whetzel 0-3.

RBIs-Nieuwsma, Lundberg, Kraig Chupp; Brown, Trudeau, Wallace, Whetzel.