LEGION BASEBALL: Lums finish second at Utah tourney

HYRUM, Utah — The Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen battled into the championship game before finishing second at the Western Invitational on Saturday.  

Coeur d’Alene beat the Rigby Mustangs 18U 7-2 in the semifinals at Mountain Crest High. 

In the championship game, the Lums lost 7-0 to the Burley Green Sox A at East Park. 

Coeur d’Alene (7-11) finished 2-3 at the tourney in northern Utah. 

“It was a long weekend and our boys fought hard to the end,” Coeur d’Alene coach Sean MacNiven said. “They worked together as a team and made us coaches proud.” 

Against Rigby (12-9), Jack Pierce went 2 for 4 for Coeur d’Alene, with a solo homer in the sixth and three RBIs. Aven Adams and Logan Strimback each had three hits for the Lums. Strimback had an RBI triple in the seventh. 

Asa Morton, Pierce and Colton Nordman each had run-scoring singles in a four-run third. 

JD Davenport went the distance on the mound for the Lums, scattering seven hits and striking out four. 

Against Burley, the Lums were held to two hits by Ike Redder, who struck out three and walked one. 

Next up for the Lums is the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Wood Bat Classic. Coeur d’Alene is scheduled to play a pair of pool-play games at 4:30 and 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at Thorco Field.

COEUR d’ALENE 7, RIGBY 2 

Cd’A     041    001    1    —    7    13    0 

Rigby     002    000    0    —    2    7    3 

JD Davenport and Colton Nordman; Gunnar Davis, Colton Noel (6) and Jacob Stewart. 

HITS: Cd’A — Pierce 2, Nordman 2, Fagan, Franklin, Adams 3, Morton, Strimback 3. Rig — Campbell, Gray, Boudrero 2, Hench 2, Peterson. 3B — Strimback. HR — Pierce. 

BURLEY 7, COEUR d’ALENE 0 

Cd’A     000    000    0    —    0    2    2 

Burley     104    200    x    —    7    9    0 

Asa Morton, Aven Adams (3), Will D’Orazi (5) and Colton Nordman; Ike Redder and Boone Trevino. 

HITS: Cd’A — Nordman, Strimback. Bur — J. Redder 3, Roe 2, I. Redder, B. Redder, Funk 2. 2B — J. Redder 2, I. Redder. 3B — J. Redder. 

VeloTech 18U 10 

Prairie 3 

SPOKANE — Alec Finn hit a two-run double in the third for the Prairie Cardinals, who fell to VeloTech 18U at Gonzaga University’s Patterson Baseball Complex and Coach Steve Hertz Field. 

Isaiah Kearney had two hits, including a double, and an RBI for Prairie (9-11-1), which is scheduled to play the Baden Islanders Upperclass 18U today at 10:30 a.m. at Whitworth. 

VeloTech     360    10    —    10    7    0 

Prairie    012    00    —    3    6    3 

Andreas Simonsen, William Alseth (2), Ike Price and Marcus Frantela; Kasen Noffke, Jackson Schreibeis (2), Grady Stinson (3) and Bryce Berger, Houston Smith (3), Kaiden Kubo (4). 

HITS: VT — Escandon 2, Storch, Dinelt, Crosson, Alseth. Pra — Kearney 2, Stinson, Begalman, Finn, Olson. 2B — Dinelt, Kearney, Finn. 3B — Storch.  

Northern Lakes 11 

Idaho Prime A 4

IDAHO FALLS — Parker Byrd went 2 for 3 and drove in a pair of runs as Northern Lakes (13-3) finished 3-1 at the East Idaho Invitational at Frontier Field. 

Northern Lakes is scheduled to travel to St. Maries on Monday for a doubleheader. 

Prime     000    121    0    —    4    3    1 

N. Lakes    121    421    x    —    11    9    2 

Cooper Blad, Stockton Michaelson (4) and Kale Bullock; Nate Beardsall, Jake Larcher (5) and Ethan Pecor. 

HITS: Prime — Romriell, Hanks 2. NL — Brennan, Perkl, Junkin, Beardsall, Byrd 2, Rigler, Tenney, Weitz. 2B — Hanks, Beardsall, Junkin, Rigler. 3B — Tenney, Byrd.

    Courtesy photo Four Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen were named to the all-tournament team at the Western Invitational in Hyrum, Utah. From left are JD Davenport, Colton Nordman, Evan Huss and Jack Pierce.