LEGION BASEBALL: Northern Lakes punches ticket to state

LEWISTON — Jake Larcher singled to score Dane Perkl to break a 2-2 tie in the third inning for the Northern Lakes Mountaineers, who beat the Lewis-Clark Cubs 8-3 in a semifinal game in the Class A Area A tournament Saturday at Harris Field, clinching a berth to the state tournament starting Thursday in Nampa. 

"Jake was huge for us today," Northern Lakes coach Bryce Johnson said. "He came in and threw the final three innings in crunch time. It's postseason baseball, and runs are hard to come by. We left some guys on base, but cashed in when we needed to." 

Northern Lakes (24-6) will face Lewis-Clark today in the championship game at noon. Lewis-Clark eliminated Orofino 17-7 later Saturday to qualify for state. An if-necessary game is scheduled for 30 minutes after the championship game to determine seeding to state.

Ethan Pecor hit an RBI double later in the third inning for Northern Lakes (24-6). Perkl went 3 for 4 with two runs scored and an RBIs and Ryker Brennan had a two-run single in the sixth for the Mountaineers. 

"I was really pleased with our guys," Johnson said. "Our top three hitters (Brennan, Perkl and Larcher) had three of our nine hits. It was really good to see those guys get going." 

NORTHERN LAKES 8, LEWIS-CLARK 3 

Lewis-Clark    110    001    0    —    3    3    3 

Northern Lakes    103    013    x    —    8    9    1 

Joha Hultman and Cade Cameron; Nate Beardsall, Jake Larcher (5) and Ethan Pecor. 

HITS: L-C — Kuther, Helm, Cameron. NL — Brennan 2, Perkl 3, Larcher 2, Beardsall, Pecor. 2B — Perkl, Pecor. 

Prairie improves to 3-0 

at Moses Lake tourney 

MOSES LAKE, Wash. — Bryce Berger hit a two-run single in the top of the fourth inning for the Cardinals, who held off a late rally to beat the Expos 17U 7-5 in the Moses Lake Finale at Big Bend Community College. 

Gavin Wienker and James Morast had back-to-back RBI singles in the fourth for Prairie, which led 7-2 in the sixth inning. 

With the tying run at the plate, Prairie pitcher Logan Storrer got a strikeout to end the game. 

Later, Gavin Weinker hit a two-run double in the first inning and hit a two-run single in the second as the Cardinals improved to 3-0 in the tournament, beating the Spokane Rawlings Tigers 17U 11-1. 

Storrer allowed two hits and struck out eight for Prairie (14-13-1). 

PRAIRIE 7, SPOKANE EXPOS 17U 5 

Prairie        010    411    —    7    7    3 

Spokane Expos    001    013    —    5    7    5 

Jackson Schreibeis, Timothy Howard (5), Alec Finn (6), Logan Storrer (6) and Bryce Berger; Luke Reedy, Graysen Milson (4), Ethan Indahl (6) and Adam Campos. 

HITS: Pra — Stinson, Berger, Finn, Storrer, Wienker, Morast, Brown. Spo — Chavez 2, Santillanes, Campos, Lutrick, Spear 2. 2B — Storrer. 3B — Wienker. 

PRAIRIE 11, SPOKANE RAWLINGS TIGERS 17U 1 

Spokane Tigers    010    0    —    1    2    0 

Prairie        362    x    —    11    8    1 

Game called in 4th inning due to 10-run rule. 

Tallon Axtman, Carter Edwards (2) and Brian Silbaugh; Logan Storrer and Kaiden Kubo. 

HITS: SR — Van Winkle, Allen. Pra — Howard, Stinson, Berger, Finn, Wienker 2, Kubo, Tandy. 2B — Stinson. 3B — Howard.