BOISE - Bidding for their first trophy from state since 2008, the Lake City Timberwolves came up just short on Saturday, losing 11-3 to Meridian in the consolation championship game of the state 5A baseball tournament Saturday.

Lake City (19-12) finished sixth.

Earlier Saturday, after Friday's consolation games were rained out, Lake City beat Highland of Pocatello 8-3 in a consolation round game.

Reilly Cherry of Lake City was 3 for 5 with a fourth-inning homer and finished with three RBIs vs. Highland. Cody Kolden went 3 for 5 and drove in two runs for the T-Wolves, whose top four in the lineup went 10 for 18.

In the second game, Meridian had five extra-base hits, including four doubles, and took advantage of nine walks.

Kolden, Jordan Ross, Cody Garza and Stephen Vaudreuil each had two hits for Lake City.

LAKE CITY 8, HIGHLAND 3

Lake City 111 311 0 - 8 14 0

Highland 100 110 0 - 3 11 1

Sam Slusser, Cody Garza (7) and Reilly Cherry; Chandler and catcher unavailable.

HITS: LC - Ross 2, Kolden 3, Garza 2, Cherry 3, Conigliaro, Hall 2, Manzardo. High - Hunt, Gwinn 2, Norby 2, Farnsworth 2, Burrup, Sweat, Boyer. 2B - Ross, Kolden, Hunt. 3B - Burrup, Sweat. HR - Cherry.

MERIDIAN 11, LAKE CITY 3

Lake City 000 021 0 - 3 11 2

Meridian 127 100 x - 11 8 1

Dom Conigliaro, Cody Garza (2), Cody Kolden (4) and Reilly Cherry; Rudd and catcher unavailable.

HITS: LC - Ross 2, Kolden 2, Garza 2, Conigliaro, Hall, Manzardo, Vaudreuil 2. Mer - Hollingsworth, Pena, Labbe, Redford, Borton, Harris, Winkler, Simons. 2B - Hollingsworth, Redford, Borton, Simons. 3B - Harris.

Timberlake lost 14-4 to eventual champion Fruitland in the semifinals earlier Saturday, then fell 5-4 to Marsh Valley in the third-place game in Ontario, Ore. Timberlake finished 16-11.

St. Maries lost 3-1 to New Plymouth in the third-place game at Rodeo Park in Nampa. The Lumberjacks finished 13-7.