WHITEFISH — Ryan Veneman tossed a 2-hitter to power the Glacier Twins A to a 9-0 victory in the opener of an American Legion baseball doubleheader with the Missoula Mavs A on Sunday at Memorial Field.

Veneman struck out six batters and walked none.

Tristin Steinwand, 2 for 4, and James Sampson-Keck, 1 for 4, keyed the Twins offense. Sampson-Keck drove in two runs.

A.J. Wetsch, 1 for 2, doubled and drove in a run.

In the second game, every Twins batter managed to get a hit, led by Sampson-Keck, 3 for 4, and Greyson Bistodeau, 3 for 3, in a 13-3 romp.

Max Smyley and Derek Kastella had two hits each.

Kastella and Vinny Smith doubled while Colten Parker belted a triple.

Kastella shared mound duties with Smyley, holding the Mavs to three hits.

The Twins host the Kalispell Lakers A on Tuesday for a single game at 7 p.m.

The same two teams play a single game in Kalispell on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

First Game

Missoula 000 000 0 — 0 2 5

Glacier A 500 310 x — 9 7 1

WP—Ryan Veneman; LP—Asher Zimmerman.

MISSOULA — Will Larson 0-3, Beau King 1-3, Sam Bucy 0-3, Dan Fraser 0-3, Brenden Buchanan 0-3, Jarren Grahm 0-3, Reilly Vetos 0-2, Connor Daniels 0-2, Matthew Claussin 1-2.

GLACIER A — Colten Parker 1-4, Tristin Steinwand 2-4, James Sampson-Keck 1-4, Vinny Smith 1-4, Max Smyley 1-3, A.J. Wetsch 1-2, Derek Kastella 0-2, Terek Bistodeau 0-2, Tyler Murphy 0-3.

2B—Wetsch; RBIs—Parker, Sampson-Keck (2), Smith, Wetsch, Kastella, Murphy.

Second Game

Missoula 003 00 — 3 6 5

Glacier A 552 1x — 13 15 1

WP—Kastella; LP—Grahm.

MISSOULA — Asher Zimmerman 0-2, Buchanan 0-2, Parker Stevens 2-3, Andrew Leonard 1-3, Kellen Johnson 1-2, Jayce Denman1-3, Claussin 1-2, Daniels 0-2.

GLACIER A — Parker 1-4, Steinwand 1-3, Sampson-Keck 3-4, Smith 1-2, Smyley 2-3, Wetsch 1-3, Greyson Bistodeau 3-3, Kastella 2-3, Murphy 1-3.

2B—Stevens, Leonard; Kastella, Smith; 3B—Parker; RBI—Leonard, Johnson, Denman; Steinwand, Smith, Smyley, Wetsch, Bistodeau (2), Kastella, Murphy.

Firecracker Tournament

Mariners A 6, Vipers 5

Mariners A 4, Cubs 2

POLSON — The Mission Valley Mariners A did all of their scoring in the third inning and held off a late rally by the Clark Fork Vipers in their annual tournament, which winds up four days of play today.

Bransen Krebs, 3 for 3, led the Mariners attack. Jacob Harrod had two hits in four trips to the plate.

Krebs, Walter Wood and Nyqolas Gillingham had one RBI each.

Tyler Kelsch, Warren Wood and Micah McClure shared mound duties and held the Vipers to four singles.

In the Mariners second outing of the day, McClure went the distance on the mound in a 4-2 win over the Dillon Cubs.

McClure allowed eight hits, struck out eight and walked no batters.

Clark Fork 110 001 2 — 5 4 6

Mission Valley A 006 000 x — 6 8 3

WP—Tyler Kelsch; LP—Ryan Ovitt; S—Micah McClure.

CLARK FORK — Jase Sorenson 0-4, R. Ovitt 2-4, Tanner Ovitt 0-3, Kyle Milner 1-2, Josh Connolly 0-2, Logan Benson 0-1, Brock Cantrell-Field 0-2, Aaren Von heeder 1-3, Wyatt Weyers 0-1, Kyle Weeks 0-3, Tyler Subatch 0-0.

MISSION VALLEY A — Jacob Harrod 2-4, Anthony Jones 0-4, Bransen Krebs 3-3, Walter Wood 1-3, Karsen Krebs 0-3, Kade Schutzmann 0-2, Nyqolas Gillingham 1-2, Micah McClure 0-3, Tyson Petticrew 1-3.

Dillon 002 000 0 — 2 8 2

Mission Valley A 011 011 x — 4 6 2

WP—McClure; LP—Nate Simkins.

DILLON — Jamey Richardson 3-4, Gabe Hupp 1-4, Simkins 1-2, R.J. Fitzgerald 1-3, Colby Minert 0-3, Nick Huber 1-3, Logan Wilson 0-1, Hunter Wentworth 0-2, Jace Fitzgerald 0-3, Kohlton Starkel 1-3.

MISSION VALLEY A — Harrod 0-3, Jones 0-2, B. Krebs 1-3, Walter Wood 2-3, Warren Wood 0-1, Schutzmann 0-2, Gillingham 1-2, McClure 0-3, Petticrew 2-2, K. Krebs 0-0.

2B—Starkel; RBIs—Simkins, R.J. Fitzgerald; B. Krebs, Walter Wood, Gillingham, Petticrew.

Livingston 6, Mariners B 5

POLSON — The Mission Valley Mariners B late rally fell a run short, pushing three runs across the plate in the bottom of the seventh to make it close.

Corbin Davis, 1 for 2, Trevor Lake, 1 for 1, and Izyk Gillingham, 1 for 3, all drove in a run.

Livingston outhit the Mariners 10-3.

Livingston 001 120 2 — 6 10 2

Mission Valley B 000 110 3 — 5 3 2

WP—Rydell Floyd; LP—Izyk Gillingham.

LIVINGSTON — Zander Petrich 1-4, Brock Peterson 1-3, Buck Spallone 3-3, Jordan Darr 2-4, Ethan Bullock 0-3, Conner Busby 0-1, Tristen Jenkins 0-4, Bryce Dorvall 1-4, John Becker 1-3, Clayton Busby 0-1, Rydell Floyd 1-2.

MISSION VALLEY B — Bryant Hales 0-2, James Bennett 0-1, Eric Dolence 0-0, Gabe Mergenthaler 0-2, Moe Hoyt 0-2, Brendan Blood 0-1, Preston Walbeck 0-1, Ryan Burland 0-1, Zach Evertz 0-0, Corbin Davis 1-2, Logan Erickson 0-2, Xavier Fisher 0-1, Conner Donohue 0-0, Braydon Williams 0-0, Keyan Dalbey 0-1, Trevor Lake 1-1, Gillingham 1-3, Dylan Wisniewski 0-0.

2B—Beck, Spallone; RBI—Spallone (2), Darr, Busby, Becker; Davis, Lake, Gillingham.

Bandits 11, Rangers 10

POLSON — The Cranbrook Bandits scored four times in the bottom of the fifth inning to edge the Kootenai Valley Rangers.

The Rangers held a 8-0 lead before the Bandits tallied five runs in the bottom of the third inning.

Brad Stein led the Rangers offense, going 3 for 4 and scoring twice.

Dawson Henrie, 2 for 2, doubled for Kootenai Valley and drove in one run.

Quade Anderson, 1 for 4, had two RBIs for the Rangers.

Kootenai Valley 215 11 — 10 10 2

Cranbrook 005 24 — 11 8 6

WP—NA; LP—Connor Harmon.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Connor Harmon 1-3, Colton Cooper 0-2, Dawson Henrie 2-2, Sam Hannay 1-4, Quade Anderson 1-4, Mo Henderson 2-4, Brad Stein 3-4, Donovan Fornall 0-3, Daymond Baney 0-3.

CRANBROOK — NA.

2B—Henrie; RBIs—Cooper, Henrie, Anderson (2), Henderson, Fornall.

Late Saturday

Mariners A 12, Rangers A 4

POLSON — Marquise Askan held Kootenai Valley to four singles and Kade Schutzmann, 2 for 3, drove in two runs as the Mission Valley Mariners A rolled by Kootenai Valley Rangers A.

Askan went the distance on the mound. He walked four batters and struck out two.

Jacob Harrod, 2 for 3, also drove in a run for the victors.

Donovan Fornall, 1 for 3, had two RBIs for Kootenai Valley.

Kootenai Valley 020 02 — 4 4 3

Mission Valley A 504 12 — 12 10 4

WP—Marquise Askan; LP—Sam Hannay.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Connor Harmon 0-3, Colton Cooper 0-3, Dawson Henrie 1-3, Sam Hannay 0-2, Quade Anderson 1-2, Mo Henderson 0-1, Brat Stein 0-3, Donovan Fornall 1-3, Taylor Sherwood 1-2.

MISSION VALLEY A— Jacob Harrod 2-3, Anthony Jones 0-3, Bransen Krebs 1-3, Walter Wood 1-2, Warren Wood 1-1, Kade Schutzmann 2-3, Nyqolas Gillingham 1-1, Micah McClure 1-1, Tyson Petticrew 1-3, Bryant Hales 0-0.

RBIs—Anderson, Fornall (2); Harrod, Jones, Walter Wood, Schutzmann (2), Gillingham, McClure, Petticrew.

Pioneers 3, Mariners B 2

POLSON — The Missoula Pioneers did all of their scoring in the first three innings and then had to hold off a late charge by the Mission Valley Mariners B.

Brendan Blood, 2 for 4, scored for Mission Valley as did Izyk Gillingham, 1 for 2.

Gabe Mergenthaler, 1 for 3, had the Mariners lone RBI.

Missoula 111 000 0 — 3 6 4

Mission Valley B 000 001 1 — 2 7 5

WP—Tony Lennamann; LP—Zach Evertz.

MISSOULA — Carter Baughman 1-4, Eathan Pyron 2-4, Gage Haran 0-4, Thomas Reichenburg 3-3, Ceaton Oliver 0-4, Ty Hoppie 0-3, Mason Pyron 0-3, Isaac Warren 0-1, Lennemann 0-2, Hunter Jiminez 0-2, Cody Weaver 0-0.

MISSION VALLEY B — Bryant Hales 1-3, Eric Dolence 0-3, Ryan Burland 0-1, Brendan Blood 2-4, Gabe Mergenthaler 1-3, Logan Erickson 0-4, Jach Evertz 1-2, Corbin Davis 1-1, Xavier Fisher 0-1, Braydon Williams 0-2, Keyan Dalbey 0-1, Conner Donohue 0-2, Izyk Gillingham 1-1.

Late Saturday

Lakers AA 6, Posse 4

Lakers AA 7, Stars 5

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Kalispell Lakers AA improved to 3-1 in tournament play by defeating the Pullman Posse and the Seattle Stars.

Tiler Whiteaker, 2 for 3, homered, drove in a run and scored twice to power the Lakers in the win over the Posse.

Leif Ericksen, 1 for 4, doubled and also drove in a run for the Lakers.

Logan DeCock, 2 for 3, scored once.

Against the Seattle Stars, Andrew Schleusner, 1 for 4, scored twice and drove in two runs.

Patrick O’Connell, 2 for 3, had one RBI and scored twice.

Micah Benson was the other top hitter for the Lakers, going 2 for 4.

Schleusner and O’Connell both tripled.

Jayson Combs stole three bases for the Lakers.

No results were available from Sunday’s tournament action.

The Lakers return to regular season play on Tuesday hosting Medicine Hat for a conference doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m.

Pullman 000 020 2 — 4 8 3

Kalispell 103 002 x — 6 7 5

WP—Micah Benson; LP—Parks; S—Jonas Nyman.

PULLMAN — Walker 0-4, Kinkade 0-3, Yarnell 0-3, Parks 1-4, Wilson 1-3, Gingerich 1-4, Akesson 1-3, Marlow 1-1, Benton 2-4, Mosebar 1-4.

KALISPELL — Tiler Whiteaker 2-3, Andrew Schleusner 1-4, Patrick O’Connell 0-3, Leif Ericksen 1-4, Haydn Schlepp 1-3, Spencer Pisk 0-3, Dawson Smith 0-2, Logan DeCock 2-3, Sam Elliott 0-2.

2B—Parks; Ericksen; HR—Whiteaker; RBIs—Parks (2), Marlow; Whiteaker, Schleusner, O’Connell, Ericksen.

R H E

Kalispell 7 9 1

Seattle 5 8 NA

KALISPELL — Whiteaker 1-3, Smith 0-1, Schleusner 1-4, O’Connell 2-3, Ericksen 1-3, Schlepp 1-3, Joe Broughton 0-2, Nyman 0-3, Micah Benson 2-4, Jayson Combs 1-3.

SEATTLE — NA.

3B—Schleusner, O’Connell; RBIs—Schleusner (2), O’Connell, Schlepp, Broughton.