LEGION BASEBALL: Lums 17U, Northern Lakes advance to district championship game
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 2 years, 1 month AGO
MOSCOW — Aven Adams had a two-run single in a five-run bottom of the first inning for the third-seeded Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen 17U in an 11-4 win over the fifth-seeded Orofino Merchants in a semifinal game in the class A Area A tournament on Saturday at Bear Field.
Coeur d’Alene (22-14) advances to today’s championship game at 11 a.m. against Northern Lakes (31-10). Northern Lakes must beat Coeur d’Alene twice to advance to state beginning Thursday at Harris Field in Lewiston.
The Lewis-Clark Cubs qualified to state as the tournament host.
Tanner Franklin allowed four runs and struck out seven in 6.2 innings for Coeur d’Alene.
Later, Jace Taylor drove in four runs for top-seeded Northern Lakes, which eliminated the Orofino Merchants 17-7 in six innings. Orofino defeated Northern Lakes 4-3 on Friday.
Eric Wylie went 4 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs scored against Orofino (17-15).
In an elimination game, Jace Taylor singled to score James Moore in the second inning to give Northern Lakes a 2-1 lead, and the Mountaineers (30-10) went on to beat the second-seeded North Idaho Lakers (18-13) 7-5.
Grant Allaway had a two-run single to score Cooper Lenz and Caleb Mason to make it 4-1 in the third.
Mason Little went 2 for 3 with two runs scored and a stolen base for the Lakers, who rallied with three runs in the top of the seventh to make it 7-5 before falling.
COEUR d’ALENE LUMBERMEN 11, OROFINO 4
Orofino 011 010 1 — 4 5 5
Coeur d’Alene 510 410 x — 11 10 3
Blake Barlow, Keatan Phillips (5) and Lane Turcott; Tanner Franklin, Sean Jimenez (7) and Vinny LaPresta.
HITS: Oro — Tondevold, D. Barlow, Phillips, B. Barlow, Zumpe. Cd’A — Everson 2, Pierce, Foulk, Ray, Franklin, Robson, LaPresta, Adams 2. 3B — Foulk.
NORTHERN LAKES 7, NORTH IDAHO LAKERS 5
North Idaho 100 001 3 — 5 5 6
Northern Lakes 005 200 x — 7 9 1
Saige Medeiros, Parker Reichart (5), Jordan Tyler (6) and Gavin Day; Grant Allaway, Caleb Mason (7) and Jace Cooksey.
HITS: NIL — Little 2, Tyler, Day, Mellander. NL — Lenz 2, Allaway 2, Cooksey, Shanley 2, Wylie, Moore. 2B — Tyler, Day, Allaway.
NORTHERN LAKES 17, OROFINO 7, 6 INN.
Orofino 000 601 — 7 6 5
Northern Lakes 026 207 — 17 13 4
Game called with 1 out in bottom of 6th inning due to 10-run rule.
Ethan Gilmore, Jaeger Tondevold (5) and Lane Turcott; Jace Taylor, Cooper Lenz (5) and Jace Cooksey.
HITS: Oro — Tondevold, D. Barlow, Olive, Gilmore 2, B. Barlow. NL — Lenz, Mason, Taylor 2, Shanley, Cooksey 2, Pecor, Wylie 4, Moore. 2B — D. Barlow. 3B — Wylie, Taylor.
CLASS A AREA A TOURNAMENT
Thursday’s Games
At Bear Field, Moscow
Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen14, Camas Prairie Zephyrs 9
North Idaho Lakers 8, Prairie Cardinals Black 16U 4
Orofino Merchants 15, Lewis-Clark Cubs 6
Northern Lakes Mountaineers 10, Moscow Blue Devils 0
Friday’s Games
Camas Prairie Zephyrs 5, Prairie Cardinals 4, loser out
Lewis-Clark Cubs 11, Moscow Blue Devils 9, loser out
Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen 9, North Idaho Lakers 6
Orofino Merchants 4, Northern Lakes Mountaineers 3
Northern Lakes Mountaineers 15, Camas Prairie Zephyrs 5, loser out
North Idaho Lakers 20, Lewis-Clark Cubs 10, loser out
Saturday’s Games
At Bear Field, Moscow
No. 3 Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen 11, No. 5 Orofino Merchants 4 (semifinal)
No. 1 Northern Lakes Mountaineers 7, No. 2 North Idaho Lakers 5 (loser out)
No. 1 Northern Lakes Mountaineers 17, No. 5 Orofino Merchants 7, 6 innings (loser out)
Sunday’s Games
At Bear Field, Moscow
Game 14 — No. 3 Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen (21-14) vs. No. 1 Northern Lakes Mountaineers (31-10), 11 a.m. (championship game)
Game 15 — Loser Game 14 vs. Winner Game 14, 2 p.m. (if necessary)