POST FALLS - Dalton Lozier went 2 for 4 and hit a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to help seal the Prairie Cardinals' 8-3 victory over the Wenatchee Packers on the opening day of the Best of the Northwest wood-bat tournament Friday at Post Falls High.

"This game was a good, solid team win," Prairie coach Brian Fowler said. "We got a great complete-game effort by Jacob Elliott on the mound, had some great defensive plays including a great diving catch from Corbin Buck, and some big hits from our offense."

Earlier Thursday, Prairie lost to the Spokane Crew 11-3. Chris Kirkeby went 2 for 2 with an RBI and a stolen base for the Cardinals (6-14).

"The big story for this game was errors," Fowler said. "We made way too many errors that ended up costing us a lot of runs. Against a good team like that we need to play much better defense if we want to be competitive."

Today, Prairie plays the Billings Royals at 1 p.m. and the Spokane Expos at 6, both at Post Falls High.

SPOKANE CREW 11, PRAIRIE 3

Spokane Crew 051 14 - 11 5 1

Prairie 020 01 - 3 7 5

Eskridge and Schneider; Jared Porter, Brock Zeller (5) and Jerritt Plunkett. W - Eskridge. L - Porter.

HITS: Spo - Pena, Fritts, Bergdahl 2, English. Pra - Lebsock, Bailey, Benson, Plunkett, Lozier, Kirkeby 2. 2B - Bergdahl, Benson, Plunkett, Lozier. HR - Fritts.

PRAIRIE 8, WENATCHEE 3

Prairie 140 000 3 - 8 8 3

Wenatchee 001 101 0 - 3 6 2

Jacob Elliott and Jerritt Plunkett; Hurst and Van Gogh. W - Elliott. L - Hurst.

HITS: Pra - Benson, Lozier 2, Porter, Schulze 2, McCliment-Call 2. Wen - McKay 2, Van Laar, Harmi, Prewitt, Van Gogh. 2B - Schulze, Harmi. HR - Lozier.

Lums open tourney

with two victories

COEUR d'ALENE - The Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen won both of their games to open up the Best of the Northwest tournament Thursday at Thorco Field. In the first game, Coeur d'Alene beat the Spokane Expos Red 7-1 and in the second game, it beat the Northwest Blaze 10-2.

Devin Kluss went 6 for 8 on the day with four RBIs.

"He's on another level," Coeur d'Alene coach Zach Clanton said. "It's easy for me to write him down in the three spot in the lineup."

Coeur d'Alene (18-4) will resume its play in the tournament today at Thorco Field against the Missoula Prospects at 2 and the Spokane Crew at 7.

LUMBERMEN 7, EXPOS 1

Coeur d'Alene 003 004 0 - 7 11 1

Spokane 001 000 0 - 1 8 2

Steven Vaudreuil and Reilly Cherry. Gunnderson, Lease (5) and Warren. W - Vaudreuil. L - Gunnderson.

HITS: Cd'A - Vaudreuil, Garza, Kluss 3, Hall 2, Conigliaro 2, Slusser, Cherry. Spo - Warren, Jacobs, Dakine 2, Smith 2, Luthrow, Man. 2B - Kluss, Slusser. 3B - Kluss.

LUMBERMEN 10, BLAZE 2

Northwest 200 000 - 2 4 5

Coeur d'Alene 201 241 - 10 15 1

Game called after 6 innings due to the tourney's eight-run rule.

Palau, Clacivich (4) and Johnson. Elliott Sparks and Grant Wade. W - Sparks, L - Palau.

HITS: Cd'A - Vaudreuil 2, Garza 2, Kluss 3, Hall, Carter, Conigliaro 3, Criswell, Wade, Gabrielson. NW - Zurbrugg, Pereira, Palau, Tomkewicz. 2B - Garza, Conigliaro, Wade. 3B - Brugg. HR - Palau.