Kalispell Lakers AA never trailed in the opening game, but had to hang on for a 4-3 victory over the Helena Senators AA at Griffin Field on Sunday in nonconference American Legion baseball play.

Helena scored three times in the top of the seventh to make it close.

The Lakers trailed 6-0 in the second before storming back to pull out a 7-6 victory in the doubleheader. Helena walked in the game-winning run.

The Lakers scored three times in the bottom of the fifth and sixth to tie it.

Dawson Smith pitched six innings in the opener, allowing just four hits, striking out three and walking one batter to get the win for Kalispell.

Joe Broughton doubled, Haydn Schlepp tripled and Andrew Schleusner went 2 for 2 and Spencer Pisk was 2 for 3 to power the Lakers.

Schlepp and Micah Benson were both 2 for 3 in the second game. Schlepp had three RBIs.

Logan DeCock and Schlepp hit doubles in that outing.

DeCock picked up the win in the second game, pitching the final two innings. He gave up two hits and fanned two batters.

“Our pitchers have done a pretty good job pitching to contact,” Lakers coach Ryan Malmin said.

“Offensively, we did really well with runners in scoring position. Down 6-0, the kids responded, kept chipping away.”

The Lakers (9-2 overall) host the Mission Valley Mariners for a doubleheader on Saturday.

Helena Senators AA 000 000 3 — 3 6 1

Kalispell Lakers AA 210 010 x — 4 9 0

WP—Dawson Smith; LP—Payton Pappas.

HELENA — Danny Burton 0-4, Colin Sassano 0-4, Koby Griffin 0-3, Keinan Stief 0-3, Jackson Thennis 1-2, Ray Moore 0-2, Tanner McMahon 0-2, Talon Burchard 0-1, Jackson Maynard 3-3, Eamonn Byrne 2-3.

KALISPELL — Haydn Schlepp 1-4, Micah Benson 1-3, Joe Broughton 1-3, Patrick O’Connell 1-3, Leif Ericksen 0-1, Andrew Schleusner 2-2, Spencer Pisk 2-3, Eric Seaman 0-3, Jayson Combs 1-3.

2B—Maynard; Broughton; 3B—Schlepp; RBI—Burton, Maynard, Byrne; Benson (2),Schleusner, Pisk.

Helena Senators AA 130 020 0 — 6 8 1

Kalispell Lakers AA 000 033 1 — 7 8 3

WP—Logan DeCock; LP—Tanner McMahon.

HELENA — Koby Griffin 2-4, Danny Burton 0-3, Colin Sassano 1-2, Payton Pappas 2-3, Henry Bowers 1-4, Jackson Thennis 2-4, Robert McCarvel 0-3, Carter Pappas 0-2, Talon Burchard 0-3.

KALISPELL — Haydn Schlepp 2-4, Micah Benson 2-4, Joe Broughton 1-4, Patrick O’Connell 0-2, Leif Ericksen 0-3, Andrew Schleusner 0-2, Jonas Nyman 0-2, DeCock 1-1, Eric Seaman 1-2, Jayson Combs 0-2, Clay Prosser 1-1, Spencer Pisk 0-0.

2B—Griffin, P. Pappas (2); DeCock, Schlepp; RBI—Griffin, Sassano, P. Pappas, Bowers (2); Schlepp (3), Benson, DeCock, Seaman.

Reps A 5, Lakers A 4 (8)

Reps A 3, Lakers A 3

HELENA — The Helena Reps A rallied in both games to take the nonconference doubleheader from the Kalispell Lakers A (1-3).

The Lakers led 4-0 after three before falling in extra innings in the first game.

The Lakers took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the fourth inning, when Helena scored three times to win the other contest.

Nathan Vanderbeek tripled for the Lakers in the first game while Jaycob Serrano went 2 for 3.

Sam Elliot pitched the final four innings.

In the second contest, Randy Stultz went 2 for 4 and Serrano was again 2 for 3.

Elliot doubled in that game.

The Lakers host the Missoula Mavericks A on Saturday for a doubleheader.

Kalispell Lakers A 031 000 00 — 4 8 0

Helena Reps A 000 110 21 — 5 14 1

WP—Carter Wald; LP—Sam Elliot.

KALISPELL — Randy Stultz 1-5, Keaden Morisaki 1-4, Jaycob Serrano 2-3, Jaryon Venturini 1-2, Kyle Calles 0-1, Tyler Kitch 0-4, Brady Peiffer 0-1, Nathan Vanderbeek 1-4, Drew Scherrer 1-3, Ryan Symmes 1-3.

HELENA — Ty McGurran 1-4, Wald 1-4, Andrew Rosston 2-4, Caeden Suero 1-4, Kellan Elder 2-4, Tayler Carlson 3-4, Riley Chisholm 2-3, Grady Koenig 1-3, Gabe Dolbec 1-2.

2B—Dolbec, Carlson, Chisholm; 3B—Vanderbeek; RBI—Vanderbeek, Symmes; Suero, Carlson, Chisholm, Dolbec.

Kalispell Lakers A 200 000 0 — 2 10 3

Helena Reps A 000 300 x — 3 5 0

WP—Nik Jemmings; LP—Drew Scherrer.

KALISPELL — Ryan Symmes 1-4, Randy Stultz 2-4, Sam Elliot 1-4, Keaden Morisaki 1-3, Jaycob Serrano 2-3, Clayton Jaques 0-2, Jaryon Venturini 1-3, Brady Peiffer 1-3, Adam Joy 1-2.

HELENA — Ty McGurran 0-1, Carter Wald 0-2, Andrew Rosston 1-3, Kellan Elder 1-3, Tayler Carlson 2-3 Kienan Horne 0-1, Keaten Rolston 1-3, Jacob Howell 0-3, Grady Koenig 0-2, Nike Jemmings 0-2.

2B—Elliot; 3B—Rolston; RBI—Elliot; Rolston (3).

Mariners A 8, Rangers A 6

EUREKA — Jacob Harrod went 3 for 4 and drove in a run as the Mission Valley Mariners A slipped by the Kootenai Valley Rangers A.

Mission Valley had two big innings, scoring four runs in the second and three times in the fourth.

Hank Dunn, 2 for 5, doubled for Kootenai Valley.

Mission Valley A 040 301 0 — 8 13 4

Kootenai Valley A 003 300 0 — 6 7 4

WP—Zach Evertz; LP—Mo Henderson.

MISSION VALLEY — Kade Schutzman 2-4, Jacob Harrod 3-4, Warren Wood 1-2, Karsen Krebs 1-2, Anthony Jones 0-3, Brendon Blood 1-4, Tyson Petherew 2-2, Marquise Aska 0-2, Tyler Kaisch 0-4, Bryant Hake 3-3, Izyk Gillingham 0-2.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Connor Harmon 0-3, Hank Dunn 2-5, Dawson Henrie 1-5, James Dunn 1-3, Sam Hannay 1-2, Donovan Fornall 1-2, Henderson 0-1, Quade Anderson 1-2, Daymond Baney 0-1, Tayler Sherwood 0-1, Austin Sherwood 0-3.

2B—Wood; J. Dunn, H. Dunn, Anderson; RBI—Schutzman, Harrod, Krebs, Hake; H. Dunn, Henrie, J. Dunn, Fornall, Anderson.

Rangers A 5, Twins B 2

EUREKA — A three-run second inning helped carry the Kootenai Valley Rangers A to a victory over the Glacier Twins B (4-2).

Dawson Henrie, 1 for 3, drove in two runs for the Rangers.

Hank Dunn, 1 for 3, had the other RBI for Kootenai Valley.

Jared Reynolds, 2 for 3, was the leading hitter for Glacier.

Sam Hannay pitched 4 2/3 innings for the Rangers to pick up the win. He allowed four hits, walked two batters and struck out six.

Glacier Twins B 100 010 0 — 2 5 3

Kootenai Valley A 030 110 x — 5 3 3

WP—Sam Hannay; LP— Trey Gates.

GLACIER — Nathan Hader 0-4, Caleb Meehan 0-4, Tom Hellwig 1-3, Jared Reynolds 2-3, Gates 1-3, Tucker Blake 0-1, Cody Campbell 0-2, Matthew Morrison 1-1, Brandon Thomas 0-2, Eli Taylor 0-3.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Connor Harmon 0-2, Hank Dunn 1-3, Dawson Henrie 1-3, James Dunn 1-4, Donovan Fornall 0-1, Hannay 0-1, Quade Anderson 0-1, Colton Cooper 0-2, Mo Henderson 0-3, Tayler Sherwood 0-2, Chet McCully 0-0.

RBI—H. Dunn,Henrie (2).

Twins A 13, Rangers A 3

EUREKA — Glacier Twins A totaled 14 hits, led by Ryan Veneman’s 3 for 4 performance, in rolling past the Mission Valley Rangers A.

Veneman drove in two runs along with A.J Wetsch, who was 2 for 2.

Colten Parker went 2 for 2 along with Tom Hellwig for Glacier.

Derek Kastella, Parker and Wetsch all doubled once.

Parker also tripled.

Anthony Jones had a double and Walter Wood tripled for Mission Valley.

Glacier plays the Bitterroot Red Sox on Saturday in Hamilton.

Mission Valley A 000 120 — 3 6 4

Glacier Twins A 141 025 — 13 14 3

WP—A.J. Wetsch; LP—Walter Wood.

MISSION VALLEY — Kade Schutzmann 1-3, Jacob Harrod 1-1, Wood 1-2, Anthony Jones 1-3, Brendon Blood 0-3, Tyson Pettierew 2-3, Tyler Keisch 0-3, Conner Donohue 0-2, Karsen Krebs 0-1.

GLACIER — Colten Parker 2-2, Tristin Steinwand 0-2, James Sampson-Keck 1-3, Derek Kastella 1-2, Jesse Walburn 1-3, Max Smyley 0-2, Tom Hellwig 2-2, Ryan Veneman 3-4, Tyler Murphy 1-2, Wetsch 2-2, Skylar Warner 1-1.

2B—Jones; Kastella, Parker, Wetsch; 3B—Wood; Parker; RBI—Wood, Pettierew; Parker, Steinwand, Sampson-Keck, Kastella, Walburn, Hellwig, Veneman (2), Murphy, Wetsch (2).