LEGION BASEBALL: Hessing powers Northern Lakes to league win

GRANGEVILLE — Jacob Hessing hit a grand slam in the third inning, then a three-run shot in the eighth for the Northern Lakes Mountaineers in a 14-8 win over Camas Prairie in a class A North Idaho League game at Grangeville High on Tuesday.

Wyatt Kitchin, who had three hits and three runs scored in the opener, hit a solo home run in the seven-run eighth for Northern Lakes.

In the nonleague nightcap, Camas Prairie scored seven runs in the bottom of the second inning and held off the Mountaineers 11-7.

Payden Wysong had two hits, walked twice and scored three runs in the second game for Northern Lakes (11-10, 5-1 NIL).

Northern Lakes hosts St. Maries in a doubleheader today at Gorton Field in Rathdrum at 3 p.m.

FIRST GAME

Northern Lakes 005 000 27 — 14 9 3

Camas-Prairie 001 132 01 — 8 10 4

Kenny Wells, Scott Pote (5) and Sam Pemberton; Schoo, Buhler (7), McElroy (8), Ebert (8) and Goicoa.

HITS: NL — Wysong 2, Pote, Hessing 2, Kitchin 3, Lenz. C-P — Goicoa, Klement 2, Lockart, Lindsley 2, Buhler 2, McElroy 2. 2B — Kitchin, Lenz, Klement 2. HR — Kitchin, Hessing 2, Buhler.

SECOND GAME

Northern Lakes 132 010 — 7 10 3

Camas-Prairie 071 21x — 11 8 2

Tim Sheppard, Cooper Lenz (2), Andrew Horn (3) and Joseph Borges; C. McElroy, Goicoa (3) and Klement.

HITS: NL — Wysong 2, Wells, Robinett 2, Hessing, Horn, Pemberton, Borges, Schaffner. C-P — Goicoa, Lockart 2, C. McElroy, Sickels 2, Davidson, Bransford. 2B — Wells, Robinett, Sickels, Lockart, Bransford, Goicoa.