PREP SOFTBALL: St. Maries, Kellogg fall at districts

ST. MARIES — St. Maries out-hit the visitors 10-6, but four runs in the third inning were all the third-seeded Grangeville Bulldogs needed to edge the second-seeded Lumberjacks 4-3 in the semifinals of the 3A District 1-2 tournament Friday. 

St. Maries jumped on top in the first inning when Addilyn Turner singled in a run and Brenna Elliott delivered a sacrifice fly. 

Caryss Barger hit a two-run single in the third for Grangeville (13-10), and scored on a base hit by Siena Wagner.

The Lumberjacks pulled within a run in the fifth, but had the tying run thrown out at the plate to end the inning. St. Maries loaded the bases in the sixth, but was unable to score. 

Tourney play shifts to Orofino on Monday, where St. Maries (13-9) will play fourth-seeded Kellogg (4-17) at 4 p.m. in a loser-out game. The winner will play the loser of the Orofino-Grangeville championship game at 6 for a berth in a state play-in game May 10.

Grangeville    004    000    0    —    4    6    0 

St. Maries    200    010    0    —    3    10    4 

Adalei Lefebvre and Kinzley Adams; Addyson Stewart and Taryn Brebner. 

HITS: Grange — Green 2, Barger 2, Wagner, Lefebvre. SM — Thomas 3, Baird, Turner 2, Watkins 2, Sloper, Asbury.  

Orofino 17 

Kellogg 3 

OROFINO — The fourth-seeded Wildcats were held to three hits in the loss to the top-seeded Maniacs in the first round of the 3A District 1-2 tournament. 

Monday’s tourney play shifts to Orofino, where Kellogg (4-17) will play St. Maries (13-9) at 4 p.m. in a loser-out game. The winner will play the loser of the Orofino-Grangeville championship game at 6 for a berth in a state play-in game May 10. 

Rilee Diffin hit a three-run homer in a 10-run second inning for Orofino (14-8) 

Kellogg    101    10    —    3    3    5 

Orofino    2(10)2    3x    —    17    12    1 

Charlie McDaniel, Ana Miller (3) and Sarah Gloyn; Brynn Hanna, Sady Olive (3) and Rilee Diffin. 

HITS: Kell — McDonald, Parks, Dechand. Oro — Hanna 2, Diffin, Johnson, Province, R. Deyo, Tondevold, P. Deyo 2, Coleman 3. 2B — Coleman 2. 3B — P. Deyo, Tondevold. HR — Diffin.