LEGION BASEBALL: Lums fall in AA opener; Northern Lakes, Prairie to play in "A" loser-out game
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 4 months, 4 weeks AGO
• AA
NAMPA — Tyler Voorhees hit a bases-clearing double to put Coeur d’Alene ahead 3-0 in the first inning, but the two-time champion Pocatello Runnin’ Rebels grabbed the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning of a 4-3 win in the opening round of the state “AA” tournament on Thursday at Rodeo Park.
Coeur d’Alene (26-19) had won six straight games and seven of its previous eight. The Lums will face the Twin Falls Cowboys in a loser-out game today. Twin Falls lost to the Nampa Chiefs 10-5 in the late game on Thursday.
Pocatello, which lost 6-5 to Coeur d’Alene in the Western Invitational in Utah on June 26, advances to face the host Nampa Chiefs tonight.
Colt Durham drove in two runs for Pocatello.
Coeur d’Alene 300 000 0 — 3 7 1
Pocatello 200 011 x — 4 5 2
Dylan Cook, Vinny Lapresta (5) and Tanner Franklin; Elias Blackhawk, Kache Stucki (5) and Daeton Poulson.
HITS: Cd’A — Johnson, Usdrowski, Voorhees 3, Franklin, Adams. Poc — Stucki, Alvarico, Durham, Humphries, Short. 2B — Usdrowski, Voorhees, Humphries, Durham.
STATE AA LEGION BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
At Rodeo Park, Nampa
Thursday’s Games
Parma Charros 5, Idaho Falls Knights 2
Pocatello Runnin' Rebels 4, Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen 3
Idaho Falls Bandits 12, Lewis-Clark Twins 5
Nampa Chiefs 10, Twin Falls Cowboys 5
Friday’s Games
Game 5 — Idaho Falls Knights (11-21) vs. Lewis-Clark Twins (16-22), 9 a.m. (loser out)
Game 6 — Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen (26-19) vs. Twin Falls Cowboys (19-15), noon (loser out)
Game 7 — Parma Charros (9-12) vs. Idaho Falls Bandits (34-10), 3 p.m.
Game 8 — Pocatello Runnin' Rebels (18-16) vs. Nampa Chiefs (21-15), 6 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Game 9 — Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7, 9 a.m. (loser out)
Game 10 — Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 8, noon (loser out)
Game 11 — Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 3 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Game 12 — Winner Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11, 9 a.m. (loser out)
Game 13 — Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 11, noon (semifinal)
Monday’s Games
Game 14 — Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 13, 9 a.m. (championship)
Game 15 — Winner Game 14 vs. Loser Game 14, noon (if-necessary)
• A
Blackfoot 4
Northern Lakes 2
IDAHO FALLS — The Mountaineers brought the tying run to the plate in the seventh before falling to the Broncos in the opening round of the state “A” tournament at Bonneville High.
Northern Lakes (36-8) will face Prairie (21-14-1) in a loser-out game today at Bonneville High.
Eric Wylie had an RBI single to score Tadgh Ellwood to make it 4-1 in the sixth. Jace Taylor had a sacrifice fly to score Griffin Tamagni with two out in the seventh for Northern Lakes.
Jason Williams had a two-run double to give Blackfoot a 2-0 lead in the first inning.
BLACKFOOT 4, NORTHERN LAKES 2
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Blackfoot 210 001 x — 4 3 0
Ryker Brennan, Ethan Pecor (6) and Jace Cooksey; Jason Williams, Cooper Gardner (7) and Jake Vance.
HITS: NL — Tamagni, Brennan, Wylie 2, Cooksey, Lenz. Black — Williams, Layton, Poole. 2B — Tamagni, Williams.
Idaho Falls Bees 7
Prairie 0
IDAHO FALLS — Grady Stinson and Timothy Howard had two hits each for the Cardinals, who fell to the Bees in the opening round of the state “A” tournament at the Tiger Athletic Complex.
Prairie, which beat Northern Lakes in the Area A (district) tournament on Sunday, face the Mountaineers in a loser-out game today.
Ian Anderson and Tanner Miller had two RBIs each for Idaho Falls (18-12-2).
Prairie 000 000 0 — 0 5 2
Idaho Falls 103 300 x — 7 6 1
Gavin Wienker, Timothy Howard (2), Bryce Berger (3), Grady Stinson (5) and Mason Perkins; Tanner Miller, Ian Anderson (5), Kellan Pipinich (7) and Brady Walsh.
HITS: Pra — Howard 2, Finn, Stinson 2. IF — Hammer 2, Anderson, Miller 2, Perrenoud. 2B — Miller.