CLASS AA

LEWISTON — Dominic Conigliaro went 6 for 6 with a homer, three doubles and five runs batted in as the No. 3 seed Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen defeated the No. 2 seed Northern Lakes Mountaineers 11-2 in the first round of the class AA Area A (district) tournament Thursday at Lewis-Clark State College’s Harris Field.

Coeur d’Alene (12-22) advances to the semifinal round tonight at 5, where the Lums will face the top-seeded Lewis-Clark Twins (32-9), who beat the No. 4 Prairie Cardinals (13-30) 35-2 in seven innings. Northern Lakes (14-19) will play Prairie today at 1 in a loser-out game.

“Dominic Conigliaro showed why he was named player of the year in the IEL this year,” Lums coach Zach Clanton said. “He dominated and looked like a man amongst boys out there. He has been on an absolute tear.”

Conigliaro hit RBI doubles in the third and fourth innings, and added a solo homer in the eighth.

Leadoff hitter Nathan Phillips went 4 for 4 and scored three runs for the lums, and Reegan Jacobson was 3 for 5 with two runs and two RBIs.

“Nathan Phillips continued hitting everything he saw since moving the top of the lineup,” Clanton said. “He has been a spark plug and I think has done a great job of setting the tone since the move.”

Thomas Robinson struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings for Coeur d’Alene.

“Overall just a great team win. Best we have played all year and Tom Robinson did a great job of extending and helping us save some arms.”

Coeur d’Alene 003 302 012 — 11 20 1

Northern Lakes 000 000 200 — 2 7 2

Thomas Robinson, Brett Stapleton (7) and Reegan Jacobson; Dylan Bradbury, Tyler Blood (6) and Jared McDaniel. W — Robinson. L — Bradbury.

HITS: Cd’A — Phillips 4, Jacobson 3, Conigliaro 6, Hall, Gunnerson, Criswell 2, Sensel 2, Reid. NL — Pote, McDaniel, Strong, Mackesy, Bradbury 2, Strietzel. 2B — Conigliaro 3, Strong, Mackesy, McDaniel. 3B — Phillips, Reid. HR — Conigliaro.

CLASS A

Lums 17U 10

Lewiston 1

OROFINO — Bridger Rinaldi’s two-run single keyed a six-run sixth inning for the Lumbermen, who defeated the Cubs in the first round of the class A Area A (district) tournament.

Coeur d’Alene plays Moscow in the semifinal round today at 1.

Bennett Cunningham went 3 for 4 and scored two runs for the Lums. Justin Bates pitched a four-hitter with three strikeouts for Cd’A, and Riley Alley homered and drove in a pair of runs.

Lewis-Clark 010 000 0 — 1 4 1

Coeur d’Alene 300 106 x — 10 11 0

W — Bates. L — Baldwin.

HITS: L-C — Shoults 2, Woods, Beckman. Cd’A — Keesee, Rinaldi 2, Cunningham 3, Conigliaro, Haen, Bloom, Gjevre, Alley. 2B — Shoults, Keesee, Rinaldi, Gjevre. HR — Alley.