Mission Valley and Libby both got wins on a rainy Friday afternoon at the Big Bucks Legion baseball tournament, June 25-28 at Lee Gehrig Field.

The Mariners nabbed a 9-1 victory over Sasquatch 17u thanks to a six-run fifth inning. Cody Haggard had a pair of doubles for Mission Valley.

Libby rebounded from a Thursday evening loss to Moscow with a 5-4 victory over the Flathead A’s.

Mariners 9, Sasquatch 1

Holden Emerson put Mission Valley ahead in the first inning with an RBI double to right.

After Sasquatch – out of Sandpoint, Idaho – tied the game in the top of the third, an RBI groundout restored the Mission Valley (6-6) lead and the Mariners never looked back.

With one out in the fifth, Cole Wadsworth lined a single into left to score one run, another two came in on a lineout and a hit batsman to make it 5-1. Paxson DuMont then added a run on a single to right before Hunter Luedtke’s two-RBI double capped off the six-run frame.

Wadsworth tossed six innings, allowing one run on three hits. He fanned seven batters.

Wolves 10, Mariners 4

A two-run single from Grady Moore helped the Central Alberta Wolves put up five runs in the first inning against the Mariners on Saturday to take control of the game.

Paxson DuMont brought in Cody Haggard on a groundout to make it a 5-2 game.

Central Alberta then extended the advantage to 10-2 on Feenstra’s two-run homer in the fifth.

Mission Valley got two more runs in the sixth but couldn’t find a rally.

Kale Patayanikorn-Fithen went the distance on the bump for the Wolves, allowing five hits and fanning four.

The Mariners were back in action later in the day against Wenatchee Valley, but lost 8-0; Wenatchee won the tourney Sunday with a 5-2 victory over the Moscow Blue Devils.

The Mariners wound up in seventh overall after a second loss to the Central Alberta Wolves, 10-9.

Mission Valley takes to the home field in Polson again July 1 for a doubleheader against the Missoula Mavericks, then hosts four teams from Montana and Canada in the Firecracker Tournament July 3-5.

Also on tap in Polson is Montana Sapphire Softball’s Splash Tournament, which has 28 teams registered for the weekend.