TRAVEL BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Sasquatch 17U fourth at Whitworth University tourney
MAX OSWALD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 months, 1 week AGO
I grew up in the small town of Orwigsburg, Pa., where I resided all of my life before moving to Sandpoint. I attended Blue Mountain High School, where I participated in cross country and track and field, a sport that I ended up falling in love with. I went on to attend and run for DeSales University (with other brief stints at Susquehanna University and Elizabethtown College) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport communication with a minor in sport management. I remember just how great it made me feel when I was mentioned in my hometown newspaper. I want to be able to give that feeling to every athlete in Bonner County, no matter how big or small their accomplishments are. As an athlete myself, I know how many hours of work are put in on a daily basis, and that hard work deserves to be recognized. It is my goal to cover as much of the Bulldogs, Spartans and Wampus Cats as I can. I want to work with every athlete, parent, coach, administrator and the community to ensure the best stories are published. | July 10, 2025 1:00 AM
SASQUATCH 17U
Sandpoint 9, Spokane 5
SPOKANE — Sandpoint High rising senior Sage Medeiros went a perfect 3-for-3 with a double and a two-run single during a three-run final frame as the Sasquatch opened up the 18U Whitworth Prospect Series on Thursday, July 3, with a four-run victory over the Rawlings Tigers at Merkel Field.
Medeiros' single was the cherry on top, lifting the lead to 8-5 as Sandpoint scored seven unanswered runs to close out the game after trailing 5-1 early. Sandpoint High rising senior Mason Little started off the scoring in the first inning with an RBI double while Sandpoint High rising senior Coleman Inge mashed an RBI double in the fourth and the go-ahead RBI single in fifth.
Quincy High (Quincy, Wash.) rising junior Conner Galloway had an RBI single of his own in the fourth and earned the win on the mound, allowing just two hits and a walk over three solid innings in relief. Sandpoint High rising junior Landon Day was also impressive, striking out three batters over 2.2 no-hit innings.
Sandpoint High rising senior Hayden Miller, 2025 Sandpoint High graduate Jayden Kurpienko, Galloway and Inge all had multi-efforts on the day.
Sandpoint 1 0 0 3 2 3 — 9 13 1
Spokane 5 0 0 0 0 0 — 5 5 3
PITCHING
SPT — Medeiros: 0.1IP, 3H, 5ER, 2BB, 0K. Day: 2.2IP, 0H, 0ER, 4BB, 3K. Galloway: 3IP, 2H, 0ER, 1BB, 0K. SPO — Dahl: 3IP, 4H, 1ER, 2BB, 1K. Carlson: 1.2IP, 6H, 4ER, 1BB, 1K. Hiebert: 1.1IP, 3H, 2ER, 2BB, 1K.
BATTING
HITS: SPT — Medeiros 3, Miller 2, Inge 2, Kuprienko 2, Galloway 2, Little 1, Reichart 1. SPO — Buie 2, Holloway 1, Brookshire 1, Woods 1. 2B — Galloway 2, Little, Medeiros, Buie, Brookshire. RBI: SPT — Medeiros 2, Galloway 2, Reichart 1, Little 1. SPO — Brookshire 2, Dennis 1, Thompson 1, Hiebert 1.
Sandpoint 1, Kennewick 0
SPOKANE — Sandpoint High rising senior Dallen Williams and rising junior Brennan Shaw combined for a seven-inning shutout on the rubber as the Sasquatch downed River City Athletics (Green) in their second game of the 18U Whitworth Prospect Series on Friday at Merkel Field.
Williams, in his start on the mound, struck out six batters over five innings while Shaw, who doubled at the plate, fanned three batters across two no-hit innings in relief.
Sandpoint High rising junior Landon Day, rising senior Hayden Miller, and Williams all had two hits each in the contest. Williams plated the Sasquatch's lone run in the third with an RBI single to left field.
Sandpoint 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 — 1 8 2
Kennewick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 4 1
PITCHING
SPT — Williams: 5IP, 4H, 0ER, 1BB, 6K. Shaw: 2IP, 0H, 0ER, 2BB, 3K. KEN — Salazar: 7IP, 6H, 0ER, 2BB, 6K.
BATTING
HITS: SPT — Day 2, Miller 2, Williams 2, Inge 1, Shaw 1. KEN — Logsdon 1, Twaites 1, Salazar 1, Howard 1. 2B — Shaw. RBI: SPT — None. KEN — None.
Sandpoint 5, Pasco 5
SPOKANE — Sandpoint High rising senior Coleman Inge continued to produce at the plate Saturday, tallying two hits, including an RBI single during a three-run sixth frame as the Sasquatch settled for a tie with the Maniacs (Cuello) of Pasco in their third game of the 18U Whitworth Prospect Series at Merkel Field.
Sandpoint High rising senior Dallen Williams contributed an RBI single in third to tie the game 2-2. Sandpoint High rising senior Parker Reichart recorded a sacrifice fly while Quincy High rising junior Conner Galloway registered two base hits of his own for the Sasquatch.
Sandpoint High rising Mason Little pitched a clean inning in relief to close out the contest.
Pasco 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 — 5 7 3
Sandpoint 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 — 5 9 0
PITCHING
SPT — Reichart: 4.1IP, 4H, 2ER, 7BB, 4K. Kuprienko: 1.2IP, 2H, 3ER, 4BB, 3K. Little: 1.0IP, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 0K. PAS — Ham: 4IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 1K. Forsness: 3IP, 5H ,2ER, 0BB, 2K.
BATTING
HITS: SPT — Galloway 2, Inge 2, Little 1, Williams 1, Shaw 1, Resso 1, Day 1. PAS — Mendoza 2, Ham 1, Cartmel 1, Lane 1, Forsness 1, Koch 1. No extra-base hits. RBI: SPT — Williams 1, Inge 1, Reichart 1. PAS — Manzo 2, Cartmel 1, Lane 1, Forsness 1.
Pasco 10, Sandpoint 2
SPOKANE — Sandpoint High rising senior Coleman Inge smashed an RBI double as the Sasquatch were defeated by the Reign Sports Performance Royals in their final game of the 18U Whitworth Prospect Series on Sunday at Merkel Field.
Quincy High rising junior Conner Galloway followed Inge's fourth-inning RBI double with an RBI single of his own.
Sandpoint High rising senior Dallen Williams and rising junior Brennan Shaw both singled in the loss, which marked the end of the team's summer season. With their 2-1-1 record at the tournament, they finished fourth of out 12 total teams.
Sandpoint 0 0 0 2 0 0 — 2 4 3
Pasco 1 3 0 0 3 3 — 10 12 1
PITCHING
SPT — Little: 1.1IP, 3H, 3ER, 4BB, 1K. Shaw: 4IP, 8H, 6ER, 2BB, 0K. Galloway: 0.0IP, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 0K. PAS — Carlson: 4.1IP, 3H, 2ER, 3BB, 7K. Quesenberry: 1.2IP, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 1K.
BATTING
HITS: SPT — Shaw 1, Williams 1, Inge 1, Galloway 1. PAS — Lamb 2, Ozuna 2, Lee 2, Upmeyer 1, Vega 1, Quesenberry 1, Woodhouse 1, Gonzalez 1, Taylor 1. 2B — Inge, Gonzalez, Lamb. RBI: SPT — Inge 1, Galloway 1. PAS — Lam 2, Upmeyer 2, Ozuna 2, Gonzales 1, Quesenberry 1, Woodhouse 1.
SASQUATCH 16U
Sandpoint 7, Trail 6
SPOKANE VALLEY — Sandpoint High rising sophomore Daniel Holman went a perfect 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, and a run scored as the Sasquatch held off the Orioles of British Columbia to open Spokane Wood Bat Classic "Junior Division" pool play Thursday, July 3, at the East Valley High Sports Complex.
Holman hit an RBI double in the first frame and an RBI single in the fourth to put Sandpoint in front 5-3. Sandpoint High rising sophomore Blake Bogadi recorded an RBI single of his own in the fifth, Timberlake High rising junior Nathan Beardsall an RBI groundout in the sixth to push the lead to four runs, 7-3.
On the mound, Sandpoint High rising junior Bode Eacret held off a late Trail rally as he tossed a seven-inning complete game, striking out two batters in the process.
Sandpoint High rising junior Austyn Young helped the Sasquatch's cause at the plate, producing a 3-for-4 effort with three singles and a run scored.
Sandpoint 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 — 7 9 3
Trail 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 — 6 7 8
PITCHING
SPT — Eacret: 7IP, 7H, 5ER, 4BB, 2K. TRA — I. Perepolkin: 3.1IP, 6H, 3ER, 2BB, 6K. W. Perepolkin: 3.2IP, 3H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K.
BATTING
HITS: SPT — D. Holman 3, Young 3, Beardsall 1, Aexel 1, Bogadi 1. TRA — Giroux 2, I. Perepolkin 2, Spencer 1, Robinson 1, Christensen 1. 2B — D. Holman 2, Young, Giroux. RBI: SPT — D. Holman 2, J. Holman 1, Bogadi 1. TRA — Giroux 1, Ortman 1, W. Perepolkin 1, Robinson 1, I. Perepolkin 1.
Walla Walla 9, Sandpoint 8
SPOKANE VALLEY — Sandpoint High rising sophomore Chase Miller, playing in his first tournament since remission from a Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage 4 cancer diagnosis in December, went 2-for-3 with two singles and a run scored as the Sasquatch were defeated by the Griz in their second game of Spokane Wood Bat Classic "Junior Division" pool play held Thursday, July 3, at the East Valley High Sports Complex.
Sandpoint scored all eight of their runs across the first two innings before Walla Walla made a comeback. Sandpoint High rising sophomores John Holman and Blake Bogadi, Timberlake High rising junior Nathan Beardsall, who had a team-high three RBI, and Sandpoint High rising junior Andrew Aexel smacked back-to-back-to-back-to-back RBI singles in the first frame. Those four plate appearances were followed by sacrifice flies from Priest River High rising junior Broden Collins and Sandpoint High rising junior Austyn Young.
In the second, Beardsall was able to reach on an error, which scored the Sasquatch's final two runs.
On the bump, Sandpoint High rising junior Jacob Alexander got the nod and fanned two batters over 3.1 innings of work.
Walla Walla 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 — 9 12 2
Sandpoint 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 8 10 3
PITCHING
SPT — Alexander: 3.1IP, 6H, 4ER, 7BB, 2K. Aexel: 3.2IP, 6H, 0ER, 1BB, 0K. WW — Reed: 6.2IP, 10H, 6ER, 1BB, 5K. James: 0.1IP, 0H, 0ER, 0BB, 0K.
BATTING
HITS: SPT — Lee 2, Miller 2, C. Brown 1, J. Holman 1, Beardsall 1, Aexel 1, Bodagi 1, Crateau 1. WW — Hobbs 3, James 2, Hutchens 2, Capps 1, Reed 1, VanDyke 1, Strickland 1, Parsons 1. 2B — C. Brown, Crateau, Hutchens. RBI: SPT — Beardsall 3, J. Holman 1, Aexel 1, Bogadi 1, Collins 1, Young 1. WW — Parsons 2, Strickland 1, Hutchens 1, Hobbs 1, Capps 1.
Sandpoint 5, Frenchtown 4
SPOKANE VALLEY — Sandpoint High rising sophomore Conner Brown registered a 3-for-4 effort with three singles and a run scored as the Sasquatch used a three-run sixth inning to complete a comeback win over the Broncos in their third game of Spokane Wood Bat Classic "Junior Division" pool play held Friday at the East Valley High Sports Complex.
The Sasquatch were the beneficiary of numerous Frenchtown errors in both the fifth and sixth innings. In the fifth, Sandpoint High rising junior Andrew Aexel reached on an error, which scored two runs. In the sixth, in three straight plate appearances, Sandpoint High rising sophomore John Holman recorded a sacrifice fly, Timberlake High rising junior Nathan Beardsall reached on error and brought home a run to tie the game 4-4, and Sandpoint High rising sophomore Chase Miller reached on an error to plate the go-ahead run.
Down the stretch, Blake Bogadi fired in a 1-2-3 seventh inning and needed just nine pitches to secure the save. Bryce Lee earned the win on the mound, striking out four batters and allowing just one earned run across six quality innings. The rising junior, who is a lefty and played for Riverside High in Chattaroy this past spring, was effective from start to finish with 67 of his 98 pitches going for strikes.
Lee and John Holman both recorded two hits apiece at the plate in the winning effort.
Frenchtown 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 4 7 4
Sandpoint 0 0 0 0 2 3 X — 5 10 5
PITCHING
SPT — Lee: 6IP, 7H, 1ER, 2BB, 4K. Bogadi: 1IP, 0H, 0ER, 0BB, 0K. FRE — Mitchell: 4.1IP, 8H, 0ER, 3BB, 1K. Scheffer: 1.2IP, 2H, 0ER, 0BB, 1K.
BATTING
HITS: SPT — C. Brown 3, Lee 2, J. Holman 2, Crateau 1, Collins 1, Young 1. FRE — Blowers 2, Reynolds 2, Day 1, Rodoni 1, Schriver 1. 2B — J. Holman. RBI: SPT — J. Holman 1, Beardsall 1, Aexel 1. FRE — Acosta 2, Rodoni 1.
Sandpoint 20, East Valley 6
SPOKANE VALLEY — Sandpoint High rising junior Austyn Young put on a clinic at the dish, producing a 4-for-5 effort with two runs scored and an RBI as the Sasquatch finished off Spokane Wood Bat Classic "Junior Division" pool play with a 14-run victory over the Knights on Friday at the East Valley High Sports Complex.
Sandpoint High rising junior Jacob Alexander, who went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI, highlighted a three-run first frame with an RBI single. The Sasquatch produced 19 hits overall and continued to pour on the runs, scoring six in both the third and fourth innings and five in the fifth to take total control after trailing 5-3 entering the third frame. Sandpoint High rising sophomores Brennen Wyman, Blake Bogadi and Chase Miller, Priest River High rising junior Broden Collins, and Timberlake High rising junior Nathan Beardsall all tallied multi-hit efforts in what was tied for the largest win of Sandpoint's summer season.
On the mound, Bogadi was credited with the win as he kept East Valley hitters at bay all night. The right-hander allowed just two hits, two walks and two runs (zero earned) and whiffed five batters in the Sasquatch's all-around team performance.
Sandpoint 3 0 6 6 5 — 20 19 2
East Valley 0 5 1 0 0 — 6 2 5
PITCHING
SPT — Miller: 1IP, 0H, 4ER, 4BB, 0K. Bogadi: 4IP, 2H, 0ER, 2BB, 5K. EV — Gonwick: 2.2IP, 7H, 7ER, 6BB, 1K. Darden: 1.1IP, 11H, 6ER, 2BB, 0K. Armellino: 1IP, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 1K.
BATTING
HITS: SPT — Young 4, Alexander 3, Wyman 2, Bogadi 2, Collins 2, Miller 2, Beardsall 2, Crateau 1, Aexel 1. EV — Watt 1, Long 1. 2B — Beardsall, Long. RBI: SPT — Beardsall 4, Bogadi 3, Alexander 2, Wyman 2, Aexel 2, Young 1, Collins 1, Miller 1. EV — Watt 1, Chissus 1, Gonwick 1, Erickson 1, Armellino 1.
Mt. Spokane 6, Sandpoint 4
SPOKANE VALLEY — Priest River High rising junior Broden Collins was dealing Saturday, striking out 10 batters and allowing just one earned run over 5.2 innings in his start on the mound as the Sasquatch fell to the Wild in the first round of Spokane Wood Bat Classic "Junior Division" bracket play at the East Valley High Sports Complex.
Sandpoint scored all four of their runs in the first frame. Sandpoint High rising sophomore John Holman knocked an RBI triple and Timberlake High rising junior Nathan Beardsall, Sandpoint High rising junior Andrew Aexel, and Post Falls rising eighth grader Cash Crateau all hit RBI singles during the rally which saw six straight Sasquatch reach base.
Crateau, John Holman, and Bryce Lee all recorded two hits each for the Sasquatch 16U, which will compete next at the Big Bend Summer Finale tournament set to be held at Big Bend Community College and at surrounding high schools in Moses Lake, Wash. today through Sunday. They'll open play against the Missoula Impact today and against the Lake Stevens Riptide on Friday.
Mt. Spokane 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 — 6 3 2
Sandpoint 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 10 3
PITCHING
SPT — Collins: 5.2IP, 2H, 1ER, 3BB, 10K. C. Brown: 1.1IP, 1H, 2ER, 1BB, 1K. MS — Norby: 0.1IP, 1H, 1ER, 0BB, 0K. Zandt: 3.2IP, 7H, 3ER, 0BB, 0K. Andrew: 3IP, 2H, 0ER, 0BB, 3K.
BATTING
HITS: SPT — Lee 2, J. Holman 2, Crateau 2, C. Brown 1, Beardsall 1, Miller 1, Aexel 1. MS — Paladino 1, Busch 1, Davis 1. 2B — Crateau, Paladino. 3B — J. Holman. RBI: SPT — J. Holman 1, Beardsall 1, Crateau 1, Aexel 1. MS — Davis 1, Soukup 1.
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