LEGION BASEBALL: Lums bow out in two at state

• AA

NAMPA — Jack Pierce doubled to score Mark Holecek in the bottom of the first inning for Coeur d’Alene, but a two-run double by Twin Falls catcher Maddox Stadelmeir was the difference as the Cowboys beat the Lumbermen 5-2 in a loser-out game in the state “AA” American Legion baseball tournament on Friday at Rodeo Park. 

Coeur d’Alene finishes 26-20. 

Stadelmeir had a sacrifice fly in the first inning for Twin Falls (20-15), which faces the Parma Charros today in a loser-out game. 

Dylan Cook singled to score Kyle Johnson in the sixth for Coeur d’Alene.

TWIN FALLS COWBOYS 5, COEUR d’ALENE LUMBERMEN 2 

Twin Falls        104    000    0    —    5    6    1 

Coeur d’Alene    100    001    0    —    2    8    2 

Jordan Bingham and Maddox Stadelmeir; Tanner Franklin, Asa Morton (6) and Hunter Avriett. 

HITS: TF — Mahlke, Lehew 2, Stadelmeir, Fisher, Carter. Cd’A — Holecek, Pierce, Johnson, Usdrowski 2, Cook, Adams, Avriett. 2B — Stadelmeir, Pierce, Cook. 

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 

Lewis-Clark Twins 9, Idaho Falls Knights 8 (loser out)

Twin Falls Cowboys 5, Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen 2 (loser out)

Idaho Falls Bandits 26, Parma Charros 2, 5 inn.

Pocatello Runnin' Rebels 13, Nampa Chiefs 10

Saturday’s Games 

Game 9 — Twin Falls Cowboys (20-15) vs. Parma Charros (9-13), 9 a.m. (loser out) 

Game 10 — Lewis-Clark Twins (17-22) vs. Nampa Chiefs (21-16), noon (loser out) 

Game 11 — Idaho Falls Bandits (35-10) vs. Pocatello Runnin' Rebels (19-16), 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) 

• AA

Prairie 6 

Nampa 1 

IDAHO FALLS — Timothy Howard had a two-run single at the plate to back a three-hit day on the mound for the Cardinals, who eliminated the Braves in a loser-out game in the state “A” tournament at the Tiger Athletic Complex. 

Howard struck out four for Prairie (23-14-1), which kept its season alive with a 2-1 win in 11 innings against Northern Lakes earlier on Friday at Bonneville High. 

Gavin Wienker and Bryce Berger also had RBIs for Prairie, which faces the Kuna Tribe in a loser-out game today. 

Nampa finished 16-15-2. 

PRAIRIE CARDINALS 6, NAMPA BRAVES 1 

Nampa    001    000    0    —    1    3    2 

Prairie        050    001    x    —    6    8    4 

Tyden Blacker, Braden O’Connor (2) and Korbyn Sena; Timothy Howard and Mason Perkins. 

HITS: Nampa — Fernandez, Sena, O’Connor. Pra — Howard, Kearney 2, Wienker, Perkins, Stinson, Hoskinson. 2B — Hoskinson, Perkins, Stinson.  

Prairie 2 

Northern Lakes 1, 11 inn. 

IDAHO FALLS — Grady Stinson hit a walk-off single with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning to send the Cardinals past the Mountaineers in a loser-out game in the state “A” tournament at Bonneville High. 

Jace Taylor, Tadgh Ellwood and Jace Cooksey had two hits each for Northern Lakes, which finished 36-9. 

Northern Lakes    010    000    000    00    —    1    11    2 

Prairie            000    001    000    01    —    2    6    2 

One out when winning run scored. 

Tadgh Ellwood, Jace Taylor (7) and Jace Cooksey; James Morast, Gavin Wienker (9) and Mason Perkins. 

HITS: NL — Tamagni, Brennan, Taylor 2, Ellwood 2, Wylie, Pecor, Cooksey 2, Larcher. Pra — Howard, Wienker, Berger, Perkins, Stinson 2. 2B — Cooksey, Tamagni, Berger.