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American Legion Baseball Red Sox, Twins top seeds in West district tourney

| July 17, 2017 11:09 PM

The Daily Inter Lake

The West District Class A American Legion baseball tournament begins Thursday with four games at Memorial Field in Whitefish.

The Bitterroot Red Sox are the top seed with the tournament host Glacier Twins holding the No. 2 seed.

The double-elimination tournament will run through Monday if a second championship game is necessary.

The top two finishers advance to state, which begins July 27th in Three Forks.

The Red Sox blasted the Twins 23-2 in last year’s district title game in Florence and also won 6-3 over the Twins in the 2015 final in Polson.

The Twins have played in the last three district title games.

Glacier was also second at districts in 2014, but won state that year and advanced to regional play in Alaska.

Daily admission is $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors (ages 55-and-over). Children 12-and-under are admitted free.

All-tournament passes are available

West District A Tournament

At Memorial Field, Whitefish

Thursday’s First-round games

Tournament seeds in parenthesis

10 a.m. — Bitterroot Bucs (4) vs. Libby Loggers (5)

1 p.m. — Bitterroot Red Sox (1) vs. Cranbrook Bandigs (8)

4 p.m. — Missoula Mavericks (3) vs. Kalispell Lakers (6)

7 p.m. — Glacier Twins (2) vs. Mission Valley Mariners (7)

Montana/Alberta American Legion Baseball

Standings

A

East

As of July 16

Conference Overall

W L W L

Laurel Dodgers 22 2 36 17

Dawson County Blue Devils 15 9 35 12

Billings Cardinals 15 9 33 27

Miles City Mavericks 13 11 22 17

Glasgow Reds 8 16 18 22

Richland County Patriots 7 17 16 27

Billings Blue Jays 4 20 18 32

NOTE: Dawson County Blue Devils win tie breaker on head to head record of 3-1 against the Billings Cardinals in conference play.

North

As of July 16

Conference

W L

Vauxhall 22 5

Lewistown 20 8

Havre 16 12

Lethbridge 14 13

Great Falls 10 18

Fort Macleod 8 20

Tri-County 4 24

South

As of July 17

Conference Overall

W L W L

Belgrade Bandits 27 1 46 13

Helena Reps 21 7 43 14

Gallatin Valley Outlaws 19 9 31 30

Bozeman Bucks 15 13 27 36

Dillon Cubs 13 15 19 36

Livingston Braves 8 20 16 28

Butte Muckers 5 23 9 32

Anaconda A’s 4 24 5 27

West

As of July 10

Conference Overall

W L W L

Bitterroot Red Sox 20 2 35 8

Glacier Twins 20 2 35 13

Missoula Mavs 14 8 37 19

Bitterroot Bucs 11 11 23 21

Kalispell Lakers 11 11 24 18

Libby Loggers 11 11 15 20

Mission Valley Mariners 7 15 14 36

Cranbrook Bandits 3 19 11 29

NOTE: Kootenai Valley Rangers did not complete season because of low player numbers.

AA

As of July 15

Overall Records Not Available

Conference

W L

Bozeman Bucks 11 3

Missoula Mavs 8 3

Helena Senators 9 4

Billings Royals 11 5

Great Falls Chargers 7 6

Kalispell Lakers 6 6

Lethbridge Elks 6 7

Billings Scarlets 4 10

Medicine Hat Monarchs 4 12

Butte Miners 1 11