American Legion Baseball Twins rally by Mavs 6-5 in West A District opener

LIBBY — Glacier’s Twins tallied two runs in the bottom of the seven inning to rally by the Missoula Mavericks 6-5 on the first day of the West A District American Legion baseball tournament at Lee Gehring Field.

Coby Clark-Dickinson, 2 for 2, drove in two runs for Glacier. He doubled and tripled and scored three times.

Austyn Andrachick, 2 for 4, had two RBIs for the Twins.

Zach Veneman, 2 for 4, scored twice and Jack Price also doubled for Glacier.

Missoula Mavs 010 022 0 — 5 7 2

Glacier Twins 202 000 2 — 6 10 1

WP—Coby Clark-Dickinson; LP—Adam Jones.

MISSOULA MAVS — Jones 1-4, Skye Palmer 1-5, Charles Kirgan 2-4, Connor Jordan 1-2, Peyton Stevens 0-0, Christian Dill 0-2, Ian Finch 1-3, Turner McCullough 0-2, Marcus Stobb 1-3, C. Elliott 0-2.

GLACIER TWINS — Jack Schwaiger 1-4, Zach Veneman 2-4, Clark-Dickinson 2-2, Austyn Andrachick 2-4, Stevyn Andrachick 1-3, Forrest Kobelt 1-3, Jay Tyree 0-3, Chad Queen 0-2, Corbin Hurst 0-1, Jack Price 1-2.

2B—Kirgan, Finch; Price, Clark-Dickinson; 3B—Clark-Dickinson; RBIs—Dill, Finch (2), Elliott (2); Clark-Dickinson (2), A. Andrachick (2), S. Andrachick.

Mariners 5, Lakers 4 (8)

LIBBY — Mission Valley Mariners scored a run in the top of the fifth to tie it at 4-all and pushed another run across the plate in the eighth for the win.

Izyk Gillingham, 1 for 4, had two RBIs for the Mariners. Xavier Fisher, 3 for 4, drove in a run along with James Bennett, 1 for 4.

Ben Corriveau and Aidan Smith topped the Lakers hitting with 2 for 4 performances, along with Mckade Schara, 2 for 2. Corriveau had two RBIs.

Schara doubled twice and drove in a run.

Caden Willis and Ben Corriveau also doubled for Kalispell.

Mission Valley Mariners 020 110 01 — 5 9 3

Kalispell Lakers 030 100 00 — 4 10 2

WP—Xavier Fisher; LP—Thomas O’Connell.

MISSION VALLEY MARINERS — Izyk Gillingham 1-4, Gabe Mergenthaler 0-4, Eric Dolence 1-4, Corbin Davis 0-3, Keyan Dalbey 1-4, Xavier Fisher 3-4, Dawson Dumont 1-2, Trevor Lake 1-4, James Bennett 1-4.

KALISPELL LAKERS — Ben Corriveau 2-4, Gage Brink 1-4, Thomas O’Connell 0-3, Caden Willis 1-4, Ethan Diede 1-4, Reid Barrows 0-3, Danny Kernan 0-1, Aidan Smith 2-4, Grady Drish 1-4, Mckade Schara 2-2.

2B—Schara (2), Willis, Corriveau; RBIs—Gillingham (2), Fisher, Lake, Bennett; Corriveau (2), Brink, Schara.

Red Sox 12, Bucs 2

LIBBY — The Bitterroot Red Sox led 6-0 after two innings and rolled to an easy first-round victory.

Nick Draper drove in four runs and pitched three innings to earn the victory.

Dillon Pilkerton, 3 for 4, Mitchell Spinetta, 1 for 2, and Tyson Rostad all had two RBIs each. Tyler Davis also doubled for the Red Sox.

Brendan Schneiter, 2 for 3, homered for the Bucs while Andrew Scully, 2 for 3, and Brodie Hinsdale, 1 for 3, both doubled.

Bitterroot Bucs 000 110 — 2 6 4

Bitterroot Red Sox 330 042 — 12 9 0

WP—Nick Draper; LP—Zack Christopherson.

BITTERROOT BUCS — Alex Gavlak 0-4, Colby Kohlman 0-3, Brendan Schneiter 2-3, Jacob Scully 0-2, Andrew Scully 2-3, Troy Larson 0-1, Coltin Mauler 0-2, Jesse Sage 1-2, Brenden Bailey 0-1, Brodie Hinsdale 1-3.

BITTERROOT RED SOX — Tyler Davis 1-3, Dillon Pilkerton 3-4, Tyler Jones 1-3, Mitchell Spinetta 1-2, Draper 1-2, Tyson Rostad 0-2, Bridon Bowman 0-4, Tristan Lewis 1-3, Bryson Fisher 1-4.

2B—Hinsdale, Scully; Davis; HR—Schneiter; RBIs—Schneiter, Hinsdale; Davis, Pilkerton (2), Spinetta (2), Draper (4), Rostad (2).

Loggers 20, Bandits 3

LIBBY — Ten different players had hits with Aydan Williamson, 2 for 5, and Tucker Masters, 3 for 3, both driving in four runs to power the Libby Loggers to an easy win over Cranbrook in the final game on opening day.

Libby had 20 hits total. Shayne Walker led the hit parade with four, three of those were doubles. Alex Svensbye also had three hits.

Masters doubled and Williamson tripled.

Libby Loggers 130 410 (11) — 20 20 0

Cranbrook Bandits 201 000 0 — 3 6 6

WP—Moxley Roesler-Begalke; LP—Allison Schroder.

LIBBY LOGGERS —Tripp Zhang 1-4, Quade Anderson 1-3, Shayne Walker 4-6, Caden Williams 2-4, Ethan Borden 1-1, Jeff Offenbecher 2-5, Aydan Williamson 2-5, Tucker Masters 3-3, Trey Thompson 0-2, Donovan Fornall 1-2, Alex Svensbye 3-5.

CRANBROOK BANDITS — Cameron Reid 1-3, Parker Thomson 2-3, Fisher Nelson 0-1, Quinn Grist 0-2, Carter Marlow 0-1, Greg Rebagliati 0-2, Carson Meggison 0-3, Ryley Ducharme 1-2, Hayden Mastel 0-1, Michael Schieman 1-1, Carter White 1-3.

2B—Masters, Walker (3); 3B—Williamson; RBIs—Zhang, Anderson (2), Walker (3), Borden, Offenbechr, Williamson (4), Masters (4), Fornall, Svensbye; Thomson.

Today’s Schedule

Winners Bracket

4 p.m. — Glacier Twins vs. Mission Valley Mariners

7 p.m. — Bitterroot Red Sox vs. Libby Loggers

Losers Bracket

10 a.m. — Kalispell Lakers vs. Missoula Mavericks

1 p.m. — Bitterroot Bucs vs. Cranbrook Bandits