LEGION BASEBALL: Usdrowski helps lift Lums into semis in Palouse Summer Series

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Travis Usdrowski went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored for the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen, who beat Baden Upperclass 5-4 at Bailey-Brayton Field in Pullman on Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the Palouse Summer Series. 

Coeur d’Alene (12-10), which finished pool play 4-0, will face Moundtime Baseball, the winner of the Brayton pool in a semifinal game today at Bailey-Brayton Field at 12:30 p.m., with the championship game scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at Bailey-Brayton Field.

Mark Holecek had four hits and two RBIs for the Lumbermen in a 10-6 win over Reality Sports 18U earlier on Saturday at McDonald Park in Colfax. Kasen Noffke and Tanner Franklin each had two RBIs for Coeur d’Alene against Reality Sports. 

COEUR d’ALENE 10, REALITY SPORTS 18U 6 

Coeur d’Alene    502    000    3    —    10    15    1 

Reality Sports    110    400    0    —    6    9    2 

Vinny LaPresta, Aven Adams (4) and Tanner Franklin, Hunter Avriett (5); Cameron Bain, Caden Shoul (4) and Garrett Liedes. 

HITS: Cd’A — Holecek 4, Pierce 2, Johnson, Usdrowski, Hunter, Noffke, Lund, Adams, Avriett 2, Franklin 2. RS — Brown, Liedes 2, Shoul, Cathey 2, Turner, Fox 2. 2B — Avriett, Holecek 2, Pierce, Noffke, Cathey, Shoul, Turner. 

COEUR d’ALENE 5, BADEN UPPERCLASS 4 

Baden         100    000    3    —    4    3    2 

Coeur d’Alene    200    111    x    —    5    8    1 

Stone Saladino and Jesse Hansen-Wilson; Kasen Noffke, Asa Morton (6) and Hunter Avriett. 

HITS: BU — Saladino, Williamson, Hansen-Wilson. Cd’A — Holecek, Usdrowski 3, Adams, Morton, Lund, Noffke. 2B — Saladino, Hansen-Wilson. 3B — Williamson, Usdrowski, Adams. 

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Northern Lakes takes two 

In Bozeman tourney 

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Jace Taylor struck out seven, allowing only a second- and fifth-inning walk for Northern Lakes in an 8-0 win over the Helena Reps in the Howard Rein Memorial Tournament at Heroes Park at Legion Field. 

Cooper Lenz hit a three-run triple in the top of the fifth inning, and finished with five RBIs for Northern Lakes. Griffin Tamangi and Taylor scored two runs each in the win. 

Against Pocatello, Ethan Pecor hit a two-run double in the bottom of the fourth inning for Northern Lakes in an 8-5 win over the Rebels. Jace Cooksey and Grant Allaway had two RBIs each for Northern Lakes (12-3), which is 2-2 in the tournament. 

Northern Lakes will face the Kalispell Lakers today at 10:30 a.m. PDT.

NORTHERN LAKES 8, HELENA REPS 0, 6 INN. 

Northern Lakes    410    012    —    8    9    0 

Helena Reps    000    000    —    0    0    4 

Game called after 6 innings due to tournament’s 8-run rule. 

Jace Taylor and Jace Cooksey; E. Duvall, G. Hatten (6) and B. Pearce. 

HITS: NL — Tamangi, Ellwood, Taylor, Wylie, Lenz 2, Cooksey, Pecor 2. HR — none. 2B — Cooksey. 3B — Lenz. 

NORTHERN LAKES 8, POCATELLO REBELS 5 

Pocatello    100    013    0    —    5    7    3 

Northern Lakes    300    500    x    —    8    7    5 

Parker Weinheimer, Brodee Bingham (6) and Kade Hemsley; Ryker Brennan and Jace Cooksey. 

HITS: PR — A. Weinheimer 2, Andersen, P. Weinheimer 2, Turpin, Hemsley. NL — Lenz, Wylie, Pecor 3, Cooksey, Allaway, Van Tassel, Larcher. 2B — A. Weinheimer, Lenz, Pecor.