Libby Loggers Legion baseball routs Sandpoint

Noah Gillespie worked five high-traffic, low-impact innings and Boe Miles homered as Libby scored a bounce-back 11-5 win over Sasquatch 17U in Legion baseball action Tuesday.

Gillespie worked around five walks and four hits allowed — and a bases-loaded situation in the first inning — while striking out three. He allowed three runs, two earned. But by the time Sasquatch scored in the fifth inning the Loggers led 8-0. 

That was thanks in part to seven walks issued by four Sasquatch pitchers. Libby, which lost 8-5 to the same team on Monday, scored four runs in the first inning, taking advantage of three walks and a hit by pitch. 

Bransen Holzer’s two-run single made it 6-0 in the second inning and Kale Riddle’s RBI single made it 7-0 in the third. 

Miles’ solo home run made it 9-3 in the fifth. 

Jordan Griffin added a double for Libby. Ian Thom threw a spotless seventh inning, fanning two.

WEDNESDAY

Mission Valley sweeps doubleheader from Loggers

POLSON — Brayson DuMont drove in four runs as the Mission Valley Mariners swept a Legion baseball doubleheader from the Libby Loggers on Wednesday evening. 

Mission Valley (14-11) opened the day with a 4-0 shutout before completing the sweep with a 10-3 victory over Libby (11-13). 

Libby grabbed an early 3-0 lead in the second game before Mission Valley answered with four runs in the fourth to take the lead for good. 

Libby faces Cranbrook on Sunday for a doubleheader. Action begins at 1 p.m.

    Libby lefty Noah Gillespie delivers the 2-1 pitch to Sandpoint's Carson Resso in the top of the first inning Tuesday, July 8, 2026, at Lee Gehring Field. Gillespue threw five innings as the Loggers dumped the Sasquatch, 11-5, in six innings.
  

    Libby centerfielder Jordan Griffin catches the fly ball off the bat of Sandpoint's Trevor Tadic for the second out in the top of the first inning Tuesday, July 8, 2026, at Lee Gehring Field. (Paul Sievers/The Western News)