TRAIL, British Columbia - Tyler Shaffer struck out 12 in a complete-game win as the Prairie Cardinals defeated the Sandpoint Lakers 8-2 in the opening round of the Class AA Area A (district) tournament on Thursday at Butler Park.

Zack Reeder led off the third inning with a solo home run and Eric Cooper hit a two-run double as the Cardinals opened a 4-0 lead. Cooper finished with three RBIs and two runs scored and Daniel Mobeck went 2 for 3 with three RBIs for Prairie (22-21), which faces second-seeded Lewis-Clark (27-17) today at 9 a.m.

"Zack kind of sparked us on offense in the third," Prairie coach Dustin Frank said. "Tyler really did a good job on the mound. The difference in the game was our defense. We gave up some hits, but they weren't able to string anything together."

Kyle Bradbury had nine strikeouts for Sandpoint (7-15).

Top-seeded Coeur d'Alene (36-19) will face the winner of Thursday's late game between Trail and Cranbrook today at 12:30 p.m.

All district and state tourney games are scheduled for nine innings.

Sandpoint 000 100 010 - 2 11 2

Prairie 004 000 22x - 8 10 1

Kyle Bradbury and Eddo Feyen; Tyler Shaffer and Zack Reeder. W - Shaffer. L - Bradbury.

HITS: Spt - Nitcy, Lopez, Snow 2, Moore, Gordon 3, Colin, Feyen, Hamilton. Pra - Reeder 2, Tymesen 2, Metcalf, Givens, Mobeck 2, Cooper 2. 2B - Snow 2, Reeder, Tymesen, Cooper. HR - Reeder.

CLASS AA AREA A (DISTRICT) TOURNAMENT

At Butler Park, Trail

Thursday

Prairie 8, Sandpoint 2

Trail 10, Cranbrook 0, 7 inn.

Friday

Game 3 - No. 2 Lewis-Clark (27-17) vs. Prairie (21-20), 9 a.m.

Game 4 - No. 1 Coeur d'Alene (36-19) vs. Trail (21-24), 12:30 p.m.

Game 5 - Loser Game 3 vs. Cranbrook (6-39), 4 (loser out)

Game 6 - Sandpoint (7-15) vs. Loser Game 4, 7:30 (loser out)

Saturday

Game 7 - Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 11 a.m., winner to state

Game 8 - Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 2:30 p.m., loser out

Game 9 - Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 6 p.m., winner to state, loser out

Sunday

Game 10 - Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 11 a.m., championship

Game 11 - If-necessary championship game if Winner Game 9 wins Game 10

Moscow 15

Loggers 5

OSBURN - Kyle Lavin hit a three-run home run as the Moscow Blue Devils scored nine runs in the first inning on the way to a win over the Coeur d'Alene Loggers in the second round of the Class A Area A (district) tournament at Morehouse Field.

"Giving up nine runs in the first isn't what you hope for," Coeur d'Alene coach Tom Barlow said. "Right after that, we started swinging the bats a lot better. Moscow kind of has our number right now."

Coeur d'Alene answered with five runs in the second inning as Nick Nyquist and John Howard had RBIs singles and the Loggers scored two runs on a fielding error.

Coeur d'Alene (28-21) will face St. Maries today at 11 a.m. in a loser-out game. With a win, Coeur d'Alene advances to play in the 2 p.m. game on Saturday.

Coeur d'Alene 050 00 - 5 8 4

Moscow 902 13 - 15 11 1

Game called in fifth inning due to 10-run rule.

Sean Sutton, Mark Nuttleman (1), Jesse O'Hagen (5), D.J. Sutton (5) and Kolby DeHaas; Ryan Snyder, Garrett Payne (3) and Drew Papineau. W - Snyder. L - Sutton.

HITS: Cd'A - Robbins, DeHaas 2, Fortis, D. Sutton, Howard, Krapas, Nyquist. Mos - Payne 3, Papineau 2, Redinger 2, Kyle Lavin, Johnson, Todish, Paul. 2B - Payne, Papineau. HR - Lavin.

CLASS A AREA A (DISTRICT) TOURNAMENT

At Morehouse Field, Osburn

Thursday

Moscow 15, Coeur d'Alene 5, 5 innings

Lewis-Clark 8, Silver Valley 2

Friday

Game 5 - Coeur d'Alene vs. St. Maries, 11 a.m. (loser out)

Game 6 - Prairie vs. Silver Valley, 2 p.m. (loser out)

Game 7 - Moscow vs. Lewis-Clark, 5 p.m.

Saturday

Game 8 - Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 2 p.m. (loser out)

Game 9 - Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 5 p.m. (loser out)

Sunday

Game 10 - Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 1 p.m. (winner to state if unbeaten, loser also as second seed)

Game 11 - Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 10, 4 p.m. (if necessary)