LEGION BASEBALL: Northern Lakes to face Prairie in semifinal of Class A Area A tourney

COEUR d’ALENE — Jake Larcher hit a two-run single to highlight a six-run second inning, and the Northern Lakes Mountaineers went on to beat the Lewis-Clark Cubs 11-2 in the second round of the Class A Area A (district) tournament Friday at Thorco Field. 

Ryker Brennan and Eric Wylie each went 3 for 4 with two runs scored for Northern Lakes, and Tadhg Ellwood scattered four hits in a complete game, striking out five and walking two. 

Northern Lakes (30-5) plays the Prairie Cardinals today at 10 a.m. in the semifinal game, with the winner advancing to the championship game Sunday at 10 a.m. 

Meanwhile, the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen stayed alive in the losers bracket, beating the St. Maries Savages 12-2 and the Moscow Blue Devils 14-11. 

Coeur d’Alene (17-18-2) will face Lewis-Clark today at 1 p.m. in a loser-out game, with the winner playing the Prairie-Northern Lakes loser at 4. 

Against St. Maries, Justin Fagan went 4 for 4 with three RBIs and three runs scored for Coeur d’Alene. Tristen Martin went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. 

Milo Marsh had two of St. Maries’ three hits. 

Against Moscow, Jackson Davenport went 4 for 5 and scored three runs for Coeur d’Alene.  

Northern Lakes     060    002    3    —    11    15    1 

Lewis-Clark     100    010    0    —    2    4    3 

Tadhg Ellwood and Jace Cooksey; Jaxon Holthaus, Cody Blackwell (7) and Cade Cameron. 

HITS: NL — Tamagni, Pecor 2, Taylor, Ellwood, Brennan 3, Wylie 3, Cooksey, Lenz, Larcher 2. LC — Casey, Kelley, Ortiz, Sevy. 2B — Lenz. 

St. Maries     010    01    —    2    3    7 

Coeur d’Alene     143    04     —     12    13    1 

Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule. 

Logan Strimback, Brennan Jensen (2), Crew Thompson (5) and James Togiailua; Milo Marsh and Santana Jensen. 

HITS: SM — Strimback 2, Fagan 4, Davenport, Togiailua, Jensen, Rodda, Witten, Martin 2. SM — Marsh 2, Nantel. 2B — Fagan, Togiailua, Martin. 3B — Fagan. 

Coeur d’Alene     282    000    2    —    14    17    4 

Moscow    250    220    0    —    11    9    4 

N. Childress, Rylan Anstine (4), B. Jensen (6) and C. Nordman; J. Barton, C. Perry (2) and J. Banks. 

HITS: Cd’A — Strimback 2, Nordman 2, D’Orazi 2, Davenport 4, Booze 2, Jensen 2, Childress, Martin 2. Mos — Poler 2, Magallon 2, Rigney, No. 33 2, No. 15, Perry. 2B — Davenport, Martin, No. 33. 

CLASS A AREA A TOURNAMENT 

At Thorco Field, Coeur d’Alene 

Thursday’s Games 

Moscow Blue Devils 11, Orofino Merchants 2 

Northern Lakes Mountaineers 15, Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen 1

Lewis-Clark Cubs 14, St. Maries Savages 1 

Prairie Cardinals 18, Moscow Blue Devils 3 

Friday’s Games 

Northern Lakes Mountaineers 11, Lewis-Clark Cubs 2 

Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen 12, St. Maries Savages 2 (loser out)

Lewis-Clark Cubs 18, Orofino Merchants 5 (loser out) 

Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen 14, Moscow Blue Devils 11 (loser out)

Saturday’s Games 

Game 9 — Prairie Cardinals vs. Northern Lakes Mountaineers, 10 a.m. (semifinal)

Game 10 — Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen vs. Lewis-Clark Cubs, 1 p.m. 

Game 11 — Loser Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 4 p.m. 

Sunday’s Games 

Game 12 — Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11, 10 a.m. (championship game) 

Game 13 — Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12, 1 p.m. (if necessary)

AA 

Coeur d’Alene 10 

FM Sports Conover 1 

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — Dylan Cook’s two-run single highlighted a six-run second inning as the Lumbermen won their first game at the Top Tier Sports Pacific Prospect Series at Lincoln Park. 

Tyler Voorhees and Kyle Johnson each had RBI singles in the inning, and Travis Usdrowski doubled in a run. 

Johnson and Usdrowski each finished with two RBIs, and Voorhees was 2 for 4 with an RBI and three runs scored. 

Tanner Franklin scattered three hits in a five-inning complete game. 

Coeur d’Alene (21-18) is scheduled to play the Merchants 18U Elite at 2 p.m. today, and the TC Spartans 18U tonight at 7. 

Coeur d’Alene     161    02    —    10    10    1 

FM Sports    000    01    —    1    3    5 

Tanner Franklin and Hunter Avriett; Ty Conover, Braden Bottemiller (2) and N/A 

HITS: Cd’A — Voorhees 2, Pierce, Johnson 2, Usdrowski 2, Cook, Adams, Morton. FM — Taylor, Pengelly, Work. 2B — Pierce, Usdrowski.