LEGION BASEBALL: Lums win title at Whitefish tourney
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 4 years, 3 months AGO
WHITEFISH, Mont. — Troy Shepard struck out 10 and allowed two hits in five innings as the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen “AA” team won its fourth tournament in five tries, beating the host Glacier Twins “A” 8-0 in the championship game of the Sapa-Johnsrud Memorial Tournament on Sunday night at Memorial Field.
Joe DuCoeur had two hits and drove in two runs for Coeur d’Alene (28-7), which has now won 12 straight games, and 17 of its last 18. Ryan Schneider went 2 for 3 and scored two runs for the Lums, and Kyle Bridge went 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored.
“That’s a good team,” Coeur d’Alene coach Darren Taylor said of Glacier. “That’s a good pitcher; we wore him down. Troy got out of a couple of messes, and then we started manufacturing some runs.
“We got some bunts down, ran some first-and-third plays, with good execution — stuff that wins in the postseason.”
Coeur d’Alene wraps up the regular season Wednesday in Lewiston with a 5 p.m. doubleheader vs. the Lewis-Clark Twins at Harris Field.
Lewis-Clark and Coeur d’Alene then meet in a best-of-3 series at Thorco Field in Coeur d’Alene for the Area A (district) title, with the first two games on Saturday starting at 3 p.m., with Sunday’s game, if necessary, at noon.
The tourney is for seeding purposes, as both teams will advance to state the following weekend in Nampa.
Glacier 000 00 — 0 2 2
Coeur d’Alene 101 24 — 8 8 0
Game called in 5th inning due to 8-run rule.
Mikey Glass, Maddox Muller (5) and Dayne Tu; Troy Shepard and Joe DuCoeur.
HITS: Gla — Andrachick, Peters. Cd’A — Bumbaugh, Schneider 2, DuCoeur 2, C. Erickson, Bridge 2. 2B — DuCoeur, Schneider.
Northern Lakes 7
Palouse Patriots 6
WHITEFISH, Mont. — Cooper Lenz singled in Caden Robinett with the winning run with one out to cap a three-run seventh inning, lifting the Mountaineers past the Patriots in their finale at the Sapa-Johnsrud Memorial Tournament at Memorial Field.
Walks to Jabob Hessing and Andrew Horn, and a single one out later by Robinett loaded the bases in the seventh for Northern Lakes (15-12), which finished 2-2 in the tourney.
Wyatt Kitchin walked to score Hessing, and Horn scored on a balk to tie the game. Lenz singled to center field to win the game.
Lenz finished 2 for 4 with two RBIs and a run scored for the Mountaineers. He also singled in a run in the fourth inning.
Northern Lakes travels to Sandpoint on Tuesday for a 4 p.m. doubleheader.
Palouse 100 103 1 — 6 8 0
N. Lakes 100 300 3 — 7 8 5
1 out when winning run scored.
Joey Hecker, Alex Bickelhaupt (6) and Isaac Pagels; Cooper Lenz, Andrew Horn (6) and Joseph Borges.
HITS: Pal — Peterson, Doumit, Hecker, Coulter, Heusser 2, Hathaway, Pagels. NL — Wysong, Wells, Pote, Hessing, Pemberton, Robinett, Lenz 2. 2B — Peterson, Coulter, Pote, Wells, Wysong.