LEGION BASEBALL: Lums fall to Missoula; Prairie 'A' sweeps

COEUR d’ALENE — The Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen “AA” team led after the first inning, but it was all Missoula after that as the Mavericks won 11-4 on Thursday afternoon at Thorco Field. 

After Missoula scored three runs in the top of the first, Coeur d’Alene (20-18) answered with four in the bottom of the inning.  

Andy Everson led off with a single, and moved up to third on a double by Mark Holecek, who finished 3 for 4. 

One out later, Everson scored on an error, Aven Adams singled in Holecek, Cash Lund singled in Vinny Lapresta, and Adams scored on a steal of home for a 4-3 lead. 

Coeur d’Alene returns to action Monday at home vs. the Spokane Expos Williamson 18U at 6 p.m. at Thorco Field. 

MISSOULA 11, COEUR d’ALENE 4 

Missoula    310    520    0    —    11    13    1 

Coeur d’Alene     400    000    0    —    4    8    2 

Devin Leary, Rowan Miculka (4), Colter Nicolarsen (5), Andrew Richardson (7) and Kaden Thennis; Kasen Noffke, Aven Adams (1), Asa Morton (3), Andy Everson (5), Tyler Voorhees (7) and Hunter Avriett. 

HITS: Miss — Davis 4, Thennis 2, Richardson, Nicolarsen 2, Fairchild, Miculka, Ostrom, Howard. Cd’A — Everson, Voorhees, Holecek 3, Lapresta, Adams, Lund. 2B — Richardson, Nicolarsen, Ostrom, Thennis, Voorhees, Holecek. 

Northern Lakes drops opener at tourney 

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Northern Lakes Mountaineers were held to four hits in a 7-2 loss to the Bitterroot Bucs in their first game at the Missoula Mavericks Invitational on Thursday. 

Ethan Pecor hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning for Northern Lakes (23-5), and Jace Taylor added an RBI single in the seventh. 

Today, Northern Lakes plays the Tri-County Cardinals at 11:45 a.m. PDT, and the Bitterroot Red Sox at 2:30 p.m., as round-robin play continues.  

Northern Lakes     000    001    1    —    2    4    3 

Bitterroot    002    212    x    —    7    9    2 

Tadhg Ellwood, Ethan Pecor (6) and Jace Cooksey; Mason Arlington, Jordan Vigil (7) and Joey Wheeler. 

HITS: NL — Brennan, Taylor, Ellwood, Cooksey. Bit — Endres, D. Wagner, C. Wagner, C. Katen, Arlington, Wheeler 2, Testerman 2. 2B — Cooksey, Wagner. 3B — Katen. 

Lewis-Clark 6-3 

Prairie 5-7 

POST FALLS — The Cardinals and Cubs split a class A North Idaho League doubleheader at Brett James Memorial Field. 

In the first game, Isaiah Kearney reached on an error and scored on a wild pitch to cap a three-run sixth inning that pulled the Prairie Cardinals within a run in a 6-5 loss. 

Gavin Wienker had two hits for Prairie. 

In the second game, Prairie had just three hits, but took advantage of 11 walks and five hit-by-pitches in a 7-3 victory. 

James Morast struck out 10 in a complete game and Alec Finn drove in a pair of runs for the Cardinals (17-12-1, 8-3 NIL), who broke a tie with four runs in the sixth.  

Prairie wraps up the regular season Monday at home vs. St. Maries at 6 p.m. at Brett James Memorial Field. 

FIRST GAME 

Lewis-Clark    002    130    0    —    6    7    1 

Prairie    020    003    0    —    5    8    2 

Jaxon Holthaus, Landon Ortiz (6) and Cody Blackwell; Gavin Wienker, Timothy Howard (5) and Mason Perkins. 

HITS: LC — Kuther, Jones, Kelley 2, Collins 2, Blackwell. Pra — Merkins, Wienker 2, Finn, Stinson, Olson, Hoskinson, Kearney. 2B — Blackwell, Hoskinson, Finn, Kearney. HR — Kelley. 

SECOND GAME 

Lewis-Clark    300    000    0    —    3    9    3 

Prairie    210    004    x    —    7    3    1 

Grady Peterson, Cody Blackwell (2), Slater Kuther (4), Karston Eilers (6) and Cade Cameron; James Morast and Mason Perkins. 

HITS: LC — Casey 2, Kelley 2, Ortiz, Holthaus 2, Henson, Sevy. Pra — Howard, Finn, Kearney. 3B — Kelley.