Aug. 4: State Tournament Day 5
HELENA--It took two games Sunday to determine the Montana Class AA state champion.
Missoula won the first game, 4-0, to hang the first loss of the tournament on Helena and force the winner-take-all state championship.
Second Game: No. 3 Missoula 6, No. 2 Helena 1
MISSOULA MAVERICKS (6) AT HELENA SENATORS (1)
MISSOULA MAVERICKS AB R H BI HELENA SENATORS AB R H BI
Carter Taylor 4 2 3 1 Walker DesRosier 2 1 0 0
Brennan Labbe 4 1 3 0 Bo Bohnmiller 3 0 0 0
Sam Matosich 2 1 0 0 Aaron Fuzesy 2 0 1 0
Chris Compton 3 1 2 2 Connor Devine 3 0 0 0
Easton Reimers 3 0 0 0 Carter Perlinski 2 0 1 1
Colter Nicolarson 3 0 1 0 Brayden Beatty 3 0 0 0
Colin Boyce 2 0 0 1 Tycen Mooney 2 0 0 0
Jace Bykari 3 0 0 0 JR Huschka 1 0 0 0
Rylan Davis 3 1 1 0 Matt Goleman 1 0 0 0
Sam Ark 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 27 6 10 4 TOTALS 22 1 2 1
MISSOULA MAVERICKS 000 200 4 -- 6
HELENA SENATORS 000 001 0 -- 1
LOB--MISSOULA MAVERICKS 6, HELENA SENATORS 5. ERR--Sam Ark.
2B--Carter Taylor. HBP--Colter Nicolarson, Chris Compton.
SACF--Carter Perlinski. SACB--Easton Reimers, Sam Matosich.
MISSOULA MAVERICKS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Schuyler Fairchild (W) 5.00 1 1 1 4 4 0
Colin Boyce 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
HELENA SENATORS
Walker DesRosier (L) 5.00 5 2 2 1 1 0
Tizer Lindgren 1.33 4 3 2 0 0 0
Keaton Troyer 0.67 1 1 0 1 0 0
SO--Jace Bykari, Carter Perlinski, JR Huschka, Aaron Fuzesy,
Bo Bohnmiller. BB--Colin Boyce, Sam Matosich, JR Huschka,
Walker DesRosier, Tycen Mooney, Aaron Fuzesy.
First Game: No. 3 Missoula 4, No. 2 Helena 0
MISSOULA MAVERICKS AB R H BI HELENA SENATORS AB R H BI
Carter Taylor 4 0 2 0 Walker DesRosier 3 0 0 0
Brennan Labbe 3 0 0 0 Bo Bohnmiller 2 0 1 0
Sam Matosich 4 0 1 0 Aaron Fuzesy 3 0 0 0
Chris Compton 4 0 0 0 Connor Devine 3 0 0 0
Jace Bykari 3 1 0 0 Carter Perlinski 3 0 0 0
Colter Nicolarson 3 1 1 0 Brayden Beatty 3 0 1 0
Colin Boyce 2 2 1 1 Tycen Mooney 2 0 0 0
Finn Davis 1 0 0 0 Colt Tietje 2 0 0 0
Rylan Davis 2 0 0 2 Sam Ark 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 26 4 5 3 TOTALS 23 0 2 0
MISSOULA MAVERICKS 001 300 0 -- 4
HELENA SENATORS 000 000 0 -- 0
LOB--MISSOULA MAVERICKS 6, HELENA SENATORS 4. ERR--Brayden
Beatty, Tycen Mooney, Bo Bohnmiller. 2B--Brayden Beatty.
HBP--Brennan Labbe, Tycen Mooney. SACF--Rylan Davis.
SACB--Finn Davis. SB--Colter Nicolarson, Colin Boyce, Bo
Bohnmiller.
MISSOULA MAVERICKS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Easton Reimers (W) 7.00 2 0 0 1 4 0
HELENA SENATORS
Tyler Beaver (L) 6.67 5 4 1 2 5 0
Keaton Troyer 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
SO--Jace Bykari, Colin Boyce, Finn Davis, Chris Compton,
Brennan Labbe, Carter Perlinski, Sam Ark, Tycen Mooney (2).
BB--Colin Boyce, Finn Davis, Bo Bohnmiller.
Aug. 3: Day 4 State AA
HELENA--It'll be No. 2 Helena versus No. 3 Missoula for the Montana Class AA State Championship on Sunday, starting at 11 a.m.
Helena held off a late rally attempt by the Billings Scarlets for 4-3 victory to eliminate the Scarlets from the state tournament Saturday night. The Scarlets are hosting the Northwest Regional Tournament, starting on Wednesday. There, Montana's regular season No. 1 seed will try to earn a berth into the ALB World Series in Shelby, N.C.
Missoula kept its season alive by eliminating the No. 4 Billings Royals, 7-2, Saturday evening.
No. 2 Helena 4, No. 1 Billings Scarlets 3
HELENA SENATORS AB R H BI BILLINGS SCARLETS AB R H BI
Walker DesRosier 4 0 0 0 Nolan Berkram 4 0 3 3
Bo Bohnmiller 2 1 1 0 Nate McDonald 4 0 1 0
Aaron Fuzesy 3 1 1 0 Kyler Northrop 4 0 0 0
Connor Devine 3 1 1 1 Hunter Doyle 2 0 0 0
Carter Perlinski 2 1 1 2 Chase Wise 1 0 0 0
Brayden Beatty 3 0 1 1 Brady Randall 4 0 0 0
Tycen Mooney 2 0 0 0 Cody Collis 3 0 1 0
JR Huschka 3 0 0 0 Colter Wilson 3 2 2 0
Sam Ark 2 0 0 0 Jaron Pinter 3 1 1 0
Kade Vatnsdal 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 24 4 5 4 TOTALS 31 3 9 3
HELENA SENATORS 300 000 1 -- 4
BILLINGS SCARLETS 001 000 2 -- 3
LOB--HELENA SENATORS 3, BILLINGS SCARLETS 8. ERR--Tycen
Mooney, Colter Wilson. 2B--Connor Devine, Nolan Berkram.
HR--Carter Perlinski. SACF--Carter Perlinski. SACB--Tycen
Mooney.
HELENA SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bo Bohnmiller (W) 7.00 9 3 2 1 3 0
BILLINGS SCARLETS
Jakob Wilcox (L) 7.00 5 4 4 2 1 1
WP--Jakob Wilcox. SO--Aaron Fuzesy, Hunter Doyle (2), Jaron
Pinter. BB--Sam Ark, Bo Bohnmiller, Chase Wise.
Loser-out: No. 3 Missoula 7, No. 4 Billings Royals 2
BILLINGS ROYALS AB R H BI MISSOULA MAVERICKS AB R H BI
Sy Waldron 4 0 4 1 Carter Taylor 4 0 1 1
Chaise Tracy 4 0 1 1 Brennan Labbe 4 2 2 0
Ryan Denowh 4 0 0 0 Sam Matosich 2 2 0 0
Carson Jenkins 2 0 0 0 Chris Compton 2 1 1 2
Jaiden Turner 3 0 0 0 Easton Reimers 4 0 2 1
Anthony Williams 1 0 0 0 Colter Nicolarson 2 1 1 1
Ethan Chaney 1 1 1 0 Colin Boyce 2 1 1 1
Paxton Fitch 3 1 0 0 Jace Bykari 3 0 1 0
Camden Wilson 3 0 1 0 Rylan Davis 1 0 0 1
Ryder Murdock 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 28 2 8 2 TOTALS 24 7 9 7
BILLINGS ROYALS 001 010 0 -- 2
MISSOULA MAVERICKS 104 002 x -- 7
LOB--BILLINGS ROYALS 7, MISSOULA MAVERICKS 7. ERR--Colin
Boyce. HBP--Colter Nicolarson, Chris Compton. SACB--Rylan
Davis.
BILLINGS ROYALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Connor Smith (L) 3.00 7 5 5 3 0 0
Sy Waldron 3.00 2 2 2 2 2 0
MISSOULA MAVERICKS
Brennan Labbe (W) 7.00 8 2 1 2 6 0
PB--Ryan Denowh. SO--Paxton Fitch, Ryder Murdock, Jaiden
Turner (2), Carson Jenkins, Camden Wilson, Easton Reimers,
Carter Taylor. BB--Ethan Chaney, Carson Jenkins, Colin
Boyce, Sam Matosich (2), Chris Compton, Rylan Davis.
Aug. 2: Day 3 2024 State Tournament
HELENA--
Undefeated Semifinal: No. 2 Helena 6, No. 4 Billings Royals 2
BILLINGS ROYALS AB R H BI HELENA SENATORS AB R H BI
Sy Waldron 3 0 2 0 Walker DesRosier 4 1 1 0
Chaise Tracy 3 0 0 0 Bo Bohnmiller 2 1 0 0
Ryan Denowh 2 1 0 1 Aaron Fuzesy 3 1 2 2
Carson Jenkins 3 0 1 0 Connor Devine 4 0 1 0
Jaiden Turner 4 0 1 1 Carter Perlinski 1 2 1 0
Ethan Chaney 2 0 0 0 Brayden Beatty 3 1 1 1
Paxton Fitch 3 0 0 0 Tycen Mooney 3 0 1 0
Camden Wilson 3 0 1 0 JR Huschka 3 0 0 1
Ryder Murdock 3 1 0 0 Sam Ark 3 0 2 2
TOTALS 26 2 5 2 TOTALS 26 6 9 6
BILLINGS ROYALS 000 001 1 -- 2
HELENA SENATORS 020 112 x -- 6
LOB--BILLINGS ROYALS 9, HELENA SENATORS 10. ERR--Chaise
Tracy, Jaiden Turner, Carter Perlinski. 2B--Aaron Fuzesy.
HBP--Chaise Tracy, Ethan Chaney, Carter Perlinski, Brayden
Beatty, Tycen Mooney, Aaron Fuzesy. SACF--Ryan Denowh.
SB--Walker DesRosier (2), Bo Bohnmiller.
BILLINGS ROYALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Carson Jenkins (L) 6.00 9 6 5 4 0 0
HELENA SENATORS
Aaron Fuzesy (W) 7.00 5 2 1 3 2 0
WP--Carson Jenkins. SO--Paxton Fitch (2). BB--Ryan Denowh,
Sy Waldron, Carson Jenkins, Carter Perlinski (2), Bo
Bohnmiller (2).
Loser-out: No. 3 Missoula 8, No. 8 Lethbridge 7
LETHBRIDGE ELKS AB R H BI MISSOULA MAVERICKS AB R H BI
Tristan Marek 3 0 0 2 Carter Taylor 4 2 1 0
Fawkes Bruinsma 4 0 3 3 Brennan Labbe 4 2 1 2
Karsen Haney 4 0 2 0 Sam Matosich 3 0 2 2
Lyle Steadman 4 0 0 0 Chris Compton 3 0 2 3
Ty Mabin 4 1 2 0 Easton Reimers 3 0 1 0
Wiiis Takahashi 3 1 0 0 Colter Nicolarson 4 0 0 0
Brennan McTavish 3 1 1 0 Colin Boyce 3 0 1 0
Jesse Olson 2 2 1 1 Jace Bykari 3 2 1 0
Ben Puszkar 3 2 0 0 Rylan Davis 3 2 2 1
TOTALS 30 7 9 6 TOTALS 30 8 11 8
LETHBRIDGE ELKS 000 430 0 -- 7
MISSOULA MAVERICKS 140 000 3 -- 8
LOB--LETHBRIDGE ELKS 9, MISSOULA MAVERICKS 11. ERR--Tristan
Marek, Ben Puszkar, Kade Pallett, Sam Matosich. 2B--Jace
Bykari, Sam Matosich. HBP--Carter Taylor, Rylan Davis,
Brennan Labbe. SACF--Sam Matosich. SACB--Jesse Olson.
LETHBRIDGE ELKS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kade Pallett 1.67 3 5 4 2 0 0
Cooper Oriold-Climen 4.67 8 3 3 3 1 0
Jarret McNeill (L) 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
MISSOULA MAVERICKS
Schuyler Fairchild 1.67 1 0 0 3 2 0
Finn Davis 3.00 6 6 3 1 1 0
Henry Wilson 0.00 0 1 1 2 0 0
Colin Boyce (W) 2.33 2 0 0 0 0 0
WP--Kade Pallett. SO--Brennan McTavish, Ben Puszkar, Karsen
Haney, Jace Bykari. BB--Tristan Marek (2), Brennan McTavish,
Ben Puszkar, Jesse Olson, Wiiis Takahashi, Jace Bykari,
Easton Reimers, Colin Boyce, Sam Matosich, Chris Compton.
Loser-out: No. 1 Billings Scarlets 7, No. 7 Kalispell 6 (10 innings)
KALISPELL LAKERS AB R H BI BILLINGS SCARLETS AB R H BI
Ostyn Brennan 5 0 3 3 Nolan Berkram 5 0 3 3
Carter Schlegel 5 0 2 0 Chase Wise 2 0 0 0
Luke Nikunen 4 0 1 0 Hunter Doyle 1 0 0 0
Kaden Drish 4 0 0 0 Mason Brosseau 0 0 0 0
Trevor Cockerill 4 1 1 0 Kyler Northrop 5 0 1 0
Oscar Callis 5 1 1 1 Nate McDonald 3 1 0 0
Hunter Fann 5 1 1 0 Brady Randall 5 0 1 0
Michael Owens 4 0 1 0 Jakob Wilcox 3 0 1 0
Bryce Buckmaster 2 1 0 0 Cody Collis 5 2 3 1
Brady Buckmaster 1 0 0 0 Michael Brew 1 0 0 0
Jaron Pinter 3 0 0 0
Kade Vatnsdal 3 2 1 0
TOTALS 39 4 10 4 TOTALS 36 5 10 4
KALISPELL LAKERS 030 100 000 0 -- 4
BILLINGS SCARLETS 020 000 200 1 -- 5
LOB--KALISPELL LAKERS 9, BILLINGS SCARLETS 11. ERR--Bryce
Buckmaster, Kade Vatnsdal, Cody Collis. 2B--Trevor
Cockerill, Nolan Berkram. HBP--Bryce Buckmaster. SACB--Kaden
Drish. SB--Oscar Callis, Bryce Buckmaster, Kade Vatnsdal,
Nolan Berkram.
KALISPELL LAKERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Oscar Callis 2.00 3 2 2 2 3 0
Carter Schlegel 4.33 5 2 2 0 1 0
Ostyn Brennan (L) 2.67 2 1 1 5 3 0
BILLINGS SCARLETS
Paxton Prill 6.33 7 4 3 2 5 0
Nolan Berkram (W) 3.67 3 0 0 0 5 0
PB--Ostyn Brennan, Brady Buckmaster, Michael Brew. SO--Ostyn
Brennan (2), Trevor Cockerill (3), Oscar Callis, Hunter
Fann, Brady Buckmaster, Kaden Drish, Bryce Buckmaster,
Michael Brew, Hunter Doyle, Brady Randall, Jaron Pinter,
Kyler Northrop, Nolan Berkram (2). BB--Luke Nikunen, Trevor
Cockerill, Nate McDonald (2), Jakob Wilcox (2), Mason
Brosseau (2), Kade Vatnsdal.
Aug. 1: State Tournament Day 2
HELENA--For the second night in a row in a packed -house Kindrick Legion Stadium, the Helena Senators Class AA American Legion Baseball won in walk-off fashion Thursday at the 2024 Montana Class AA ALB State Tournament.
The successful suicide squeeze bunt in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted the Senators to a 7-6 victory over Missoula. Helena will play the Billings Royals, who upset the No. 1 Billings Scarlets on Thursday, Friday night at 7 p.m. in the undefeated semifinal game.
The Scarlets, who swept the six-game regular season from the Royals, will face Kalispell, which beat Medicine on Thursday, Friday at 1 p.m. in loser-out action.
Missoula will face Lethbridge, which beat Bozeman, Friday at 4 p.m. in loser-out action.
No. 2 Helena 7, No. 3 Missoula 6 (10 innings)
Helena's Walker DesRosier executed a suicide squeeze bunt on a 2-1 count on a pitch well above the strike zone that scored Tycen Moooney in the bottom of the 10th inning to help lift the Senators to the undefeated semifinal game.
The game featured three ties and two lead changes.
Missoula tied the game, 6-6, in the top of the sixth inning on a two-out single by Carter Taylor that plated Colin Boyce, who singled on a ground ball into left field and then stole second base.
Helena tied the game and then took a 6-5 lead with two runs in the fourth inning. Aaron Fuzesy tied the game with a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Sam Ark, who led off the inning with a walk. Connor Devine game the Senators a lead with a two-out single on a ground ball into center field that scored Bohden Bahnmiller, who singled into right field.
Colin Boyce gave Missoula a three-run lead by breaking a 2-2 tie with a two-out three-run home run over the left-field fence in the top of the third inning after back-to-back, two-out singles by Easton Reimers and Colter Nicolarsen.
Helena chipped away at the three-run deficit with two runs in the bottom of the third inning.
Each team scored two runs in half-hour-long first inning.
Missoula out-hit Helena, 15-11, in the loss.
Devine led Helena with three singles. and two RBIs. Bahnmiller and Fuzesy each had two hits. Fuzesy had a triple and two RBIs.
Taylor led Missoula with three singles and a hit by pinch. Five Mavs had two hits a piece: Brennan Labbe, Jace Bykari, Nicolarsen, Boyce, and Bryce Ostrom.
MISSOULA MAVERICKS AB R H BI HELENA SENATORS AB R H BI
Carter Taylor 5 1 3 1 Walker DesRosier 6 1 2 1
Brennan Labbe 6 1 2 1 Bo Bohnmiller 5 2 2 0
Sam Matosich 5 0 0 0 Aaron Fuzesy 3 1 2 2
Jace Bykari 5 0 2 0 Connor Devine 4 1 3 2
Schuyler Fairchild 0 0 0 0 Brayden Beatty 4 0 1 1
Easton Reimers 4 1 1 1 Carter Perlinski 5 0 1 0
Colter Nicolarson 5 1 2 0 Tycen Mooney 4 1 1 1
Colin Boyce 5 2 2 3 JR Huschka 3 0 0 0
Rylan Davis 5 0 1 0 Colt Tietje 2 0 0 0
Bryce Ostrom 4 0 2 0 Sam Ark 2 1 0 0
TOTALS 44 6 15 6 TOTALS 38 7 12 7
MISSOULA MAVERICKS 203 001 000 0 -- 6
HELENA SENATORS 202 200 000 1 -- 7
LOB--MISSOULA MAVERICKS 12, HELENA SENATORS 11. ERR--Sam
Matosich, Brennan Labbe, Eli Peterson. 2B--Bryce Ostrom,
Brennan Labbe, Carter Perlinski. 3B--Aaron Fuzesy. HR--Colin
Boyce. HBP--Carter Taylor, Sam Ark. SACF--Aaron Fuzesy (2).
SACB--Bryce Ostrom, Connor Devine, Sam Ark. SB--Colin Boyce,
Sam Ark, Tycen Mooney.
MISSOULA MAVERICKS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Chris Compton 4.67 9 6 6 2 5 0
Cole Truglio 1.33 0 0 0 1 1 0
Brennan Labbe (L) 3.33 3 1 1 0 2 0
HELENA SENATORS
Eli Peterson 5.67 9 6 6 1 5 1
Tyler Beaver 3.00 5 0 0 1 2 0
Tizer Lindgren 0.67 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bo Bohnmiller (W) 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
PB--Rylan Davis (3). WP--Chris Compton (2), Eli Peterson.
SO--Jace Bykari, Colter Nicolarson, Bryce Ostrom (2), Colin
Boyce, Sam Matosich, Carter Taylor, Carter Perlinski (2),
Walker DesRosier (2), Brayden Beatty, Sam Ark (2), Bo
Bohnmiller. BB--Easton Reimers, Sam Matosich, Brayden
Beatty, Sam Ark, Tycen Mooney.
No. 4 Billings Royals 12, No. 1 Billings Scarlets 6
BILLINGS ROYALS AB R H BI BILLINGS SCARLETS AB R H BI
Sy Waldron 5 1 3 1 Nolan Berkram 2 2 2 1
Chaise Tracy 4 1 2 0 Nate McDonald 4 2 2 1
Ryan Denowh 5 1 1 0 Kyler Northrop 4 0 2 2
Carson Jenkins 4 3 2 1 Hunter Doyle 4 0 2 1
Jaiden Turner 4 1 1 0 Brady Randall 4 0 0 0
Anthony Williams 4 1 2 2 Jakob Wilcox 4 1 2 0
Paxton Fitch 4 2 3 4 Mason Brosseau 3 0 0 0
Camden Wilson 4 1 0 0 Jaron Pinter 3 1 0 0
Ryder Murdock 4 1 2 1 Chase Wise 1 0 0 0
Kade Vatnsdal 3 0 1 1
TOTALS 38 12 16 9 TOTALS 32 6 11 6
BILLINGS ROYALS 340 302 0 -- 12
BILLINGS SCARLETS 202 002 0 -- 6
LOB--BILLINGS ROYALS 7, BILLINGS SCARLETS 8. ERR--Anthony
Williams, Zach Stewart, Nate McDonald, Kyler Northrop.
2B--Ryan Denowh, Sy Waldron, Carson Jenkins, Nate McDonald,
Jakob Wilcox, Nolan Berkram. 3B--Paxton Fitch, Anthony
Williams, Nate McDonald. SACF--Nolan Berkram. SACB--Chaise
Tracy. SB--Ryder Murdock, Chaise Tracy.
BILLINGS ROYALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Payton Waskow (W) 6.67 11 6 5 2 1 0
Sy Waldron 0.33 0 0 0 0 1 0
BILLINGS SCARLETS
Drew McDowell (L) 1.33 7 7 7 1 1 0
Zach Stewart 4.33 7 5 2 0 4 0
Jaxon Meyer 1.33 2 0 0 0 0 0
PB--Kade Vatnsdal. WP--Drew McDowell. SO--Paxton Fitch, Ryan
Denowh, Ryder Murdock, Jaiden Turner, Camden Wilson, Chase
Wise, Mason Brosseau. BB--Carson Jenkins, Mason Brosseau,
Nolan Berkram.
Loser-out: No. 7 Kalispell 3, No. 6 Medicine Hat 2
KALISPELL LAKERS AB R H BI MEDICINE HAT MONARCH AB R H BI
Ostyn Brennan 3 1 3 0 Aiden Eckersall 3 0 1 0
Carter Schlegel 1 0 0 2 Mason Heintz 2 0 0 0
Luke Nikunen 2 0 0 0 Cade Mock 1 0 0 0
Kaden Drish 3 0 1 0 Jeff Bullock 4 0 0 0
Trevor Cockerill 3 1 0 0 Kayne Olinski 2 0 0 0
Oscar Callis 4 0 0 0 Cade Harrison 3 0 1 0
Hunter Fann 2 0 2 1 Ryler Staarup 2 2 1 0
Michael Owens 3 0 1 0 Trevin Ressler 2 0 1 0
Andre Cephers 3 1 1 0 Landon MacPherson 2 0 0 0
Parker Hunt 3 0 2 2
TOTALS 24 3 8 3 TOTALS 24 2 6 2
KALISPELL LAKERS 001 100 1 -- 3
MEDICINE HAT MONARCHS 010 100 0 -- 2
LOB--KALISPELL LAKERS 9, MEDICINE HAT MONARCHS 7. ERR--Jeff
Bullock. 2B--Ostyn Brennan, Hunter Fann, Kaden Drish.
HBP--Hunter Fann, Kaden Drish, Trevin Ressler, Landon
MacPherson, Ryler Staarup. SACF--Carter Schlegel (2).
SACB--Carter Schlegel, Luke Nikunen, Mason Heintz. SB--Ostyn
Brennan (2), Trevor Cockerill.
KALISPELL LAKERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Luke Nikunen (W) 7.00 6 2 2 2 7 0
MEDICINE HAT MONARCHS
Cade Harrison 6.00 5 2 2 2 6 0
Jeff Bullock (L) 1.00 3 1 1 1 0 0
PB--Ostyn Brennan. SO--Carter Schlegel, Trevor Cockerill
(2), Oscar Callis (2), Kaden Drish, Landon MacPherson (2),
Aiden Eckersall, Cade Mock, Jeff Bullock (2), Mason Heintz.
BB--Luke Nikunen, Ostyn Brennan, Trevor Cockerill, Aiden
Eckersall, Kayne Olinski.
Loser-out: No. 8 Lethbridge 5, No. 5 Bozeman 4
LETHBRIDGE ELKS AB R H BI BOZEMAN BUCKS AB R H BI
Tristan Marek 4 1 1 0 Joey Starner 3 0 0 0
Fawkes Bruinsma 3 1 1 0 Cole Smith 4 0 1 1
Karsen Haney 4 1 2 1 Dylan Poulin 2 1 0 1
Lyle Steadman 3 1 1 0 Van Shockley 4 0 2 0
Ty Mabin 3 1 1 1 Jadin Frandsen 4 0 1 1
Wiiis Takahashi 3 0 1 1 Austin Cooper 4 0 0 0
Brennan McTavish 3 0 0 0 Mac Melin 3 1 2 0
Cooper Oriold-Climen 2 0 0 0 Gus Musial 1 1 1 1
Ben Puszkar 3 0 0 1 Quinn Pershing 1 0 0 0
Jarrett Herz 2 1 0 0
TOTALS 28 5 7 4 TOTALS 28 4 7 4
LETHBRIDGE ELKS 201 020 0 -- 5
BOZEMAN BUCKS 121 000 0 -- 4
LOB--LETHBRIDGE ELKS 8, BOZEMAN BUCKS 8. ERR--Ben Puszkar,
Fawkes Bruinsma, Jesse Olson, Mac Melin, Cole Smith. 2B--Ty
Mabin, Tristan Marek, Mac Melin, Gus Musial, Van Shockley,
Jadin Frandsen. HBP--Brennan McTavish, Lyle Steadman,
Jarrett Herz. SACF--Ty Mabin, Dylan Poulin. SB--Karsen
Haney.
LETHBRIDGE ELKS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jesse Olson (W) 6.00 6 4 4 3 5 0
Bowen Weaver (S) 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
BOZEMAN BUCKS
Quinn Pershing (L) 5.00 7 5 3 2 5 0
Mac Melin 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
BALK--Quinn Pershing. SO--Ty Mabin, Tristan Marek, Ben
Puszkar (2), Fawkes Bruinsma, Karsen Haney, Van Shockley,
Joey Starner, Cole Smith, Jadin Frandsen (2). BB--Cooper
Oriold-Climenhaga, Fawkes Bruinsma, Wiiis Takahashi, Gus
Musial, Joey Starner, Dylan Poulin.
July 31: State Tournament Day 1
HELENA--There is going to be a lot of familiarity in the winners' bracket games Thursday during day 2 of the Class AA State Tournament.
It'll be a crosstown matchup between the No. 1 Billings Scarlets and the No. 4 Royals at 4 p.m. In the other winners' bracket game, it'll be No. 2 Helena versus No. 3 Missoula for the 13th time this season in Thursday's nightcap.
Helena survived the nightcap against Kalispell, 1-0, with a walk-off wild pitch. Missoula beat Medicine Hat 7-1. The Scarlets beat Lethbridge 8-4. The Royals beat Bozeman, 2-0.
Kalispell will face Medicine Hat at 1 p.m. in loser-out action. Lethbridge and Bozeman will open Thursday's games at 10 a.m.
No. 2 Helena 1, No. 7 Kalispell 0
It came down to a two-out, bases-loaded, walk-off wild pitch after an amazing pitchers' duel.
Connor Devine hit a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh inning, and eventually scored the winning run.
Helena pitcher Will Lyng spread four hits and two walks over seven innings, while striking out four, to earn the complete-game shutout. He used 87 pitches, so is done for the tournament with pitch counts rules.
Kalispell pitcher Jackson Heino spread out five hits and three walks while striking out one. He used 77 pitches over 6 2/3 innings.
Neither team committed an error.
KALISPELL LAKERS AB R H BI HELENA SENATORS AB R H BI
Ostyn Brennan 2 0 0 0 Walker DesRosier 3 0 1 0
Carter Schlegel 3 0 0 0 Bo Bohnmiller 3 0 0 0
Luke Nikunen 3 0 0 0 Aaron Fuzesy 3 0 1 0
Kaden Drish 3 0 1 0 Connor Devine 3 1 2 0
Trevor Cockerill 2 0 1 0 Carter Perlinski 2 0 0 0
Oscar Callis 2 0 1 0 Brayden Beatty 1 0 1 0
Michael Owens 2 0 0 0 Tycen Mooney 1 0 0 0
Bryson Heiron 2 0 0 0 Colt Tietje 3 0 0 0
Andre Cephers 2 0 0 0 Sam Ark 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 21 0 3 0 TOTALS 21 1 5 0
KALISPELL LAKERS 000 000 0 -- 0
HELENA SENATORS 000 000 1 -- 1
LOB--KALISPELL LAKERS 2, HELENA SENATORS 6. SACB--Brayden
Beatty, Tycen Mooney.
KALISPELL LAKERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jackson Heino (L) 6.67 5 1 1 3 1 0
HELENA SENATORS
Will Lyng (W) 7.00 3 0 0 2 4 0
WP--Jackson Heino. SO--Carter Schlegel, Ostyn Brennan, Andre
Cephers, Michael Owens, Sam Ark. BB--Ostyn Brennan, Trevor
Cockerill, Carter Perlinski, Brayden Beatty, Tycen Mooney.
No. 1 Billings Scarlets 8, No. 8 Lethbridge 4
Billings third baseman Nate McDonald went 3-for-4 with a double and two-run home run and pitchers Colter Wilson and Nate Berkram worked out of enough jams as Lethbridge actually out-hit the Scarlets, 7-5.
Three Lethbridge pitchers allowed nine walks and the Scarlets jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the second inning.
LETHBRIDGE ELKS AB R H BI BILLINGS SCARLETS AB R H BI
Tristan Marek 4 1 0 0 Nolan Berkram 2 2 0 0
Fawkes Bruinsma 4 0 1 1 Nate McDonald 4 2 3 2
Karsen Haney 4 0 2 3 Kyler Northrop 3 1 0 2
Lyle Steadman 3 0 0 0 Hunter Doyle 1 0 0 1
Ty Mabin 3 0 1 0 Cody Collis 1 0 1 0
Wiiis Takahashi 2 0 0 0 Brady Randall 4 0 0 0
Brennan McTavish 3 0 1 0 Jakob Wilcox 4 0 0 0
Cooper Oriold-Climen 2 1 0 0 Mason Brosseau 2 1 0 0
Ben Puszkar 3 2 2 0 Jaron Pinter 0 1 0 0
Kade Vatnsdal 3 1 1 1
TOTALS 28 4 7 4 TOTALS 24 8 5 6
LETHBRIDGE ELKS 001 030 0 -- 4
BILLINGS SCARLETS 230 201 x -- 8
LOB--LETHBRIDGE ELKS 5, BILLINGS SCARLETS 7. ERR--Cooper
Oriold-Climenhaga, Tristan Marek (2). 2B--Brennan McTavish,
Ben Puszkar, Karsen Haney, Nate McDonald. HR--Nate McDonald.
SB--Nate McDonald, Cody Collis.
LETHBRIDGE ELKS IP H R ER BB SO HR
River Hope (L) 1.67 2 5 5 6 4 1
Jarret McNeill 2.33 1 2 0 2 0 0
Kade Pallett 2.00 2 1 1 1 2 0
BILLINGS SCARLETS
Colter Wilson (W) 5.00 6 4 4 1 7 0
Nolan Berkram (S) 2.00 1 0 0 1 4 0
SO--Cooper Oriold-Climen (2), Ty Mabin (2), Tristan Marek,
Brennan McTavish, Ben Puszkar, Fawkes Bruinsma (2), Lyle
Steadman, Karsen Haney, Hunter Doyle, Nate McDonald, Brady
Randall, Jakob Wilcox, Kyler Northrop, Nolan Berkram.
BB--Cooper Oriold-Climenhaga, Wiiis Takahashi, Hunter Doyle
(2), Jaron Pinter (3), Kyler Northrop, Mason Brosseau, Nolan
Berkram (2).
No. 3 Missoula 7, No. 6 Medicine Hat 1
Missoula pitcher Eric Reimers allowed just one hit and one walk, while striking out six, and the Mavs erupted for five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break open a 2-1 game.
Missoula right fielder Brennan Labbe went 3-for-3 with two RBIs to lead the Mavs on offense. Catcher Ryland Davis broke the game open with a bases-loaded, two-run double to the left-center field gap.
MEDICINE HAT MONARCH AB R H BI MISSOULA MAVERICKS AB R H BI
Aiden Eckersall 3 0 0 1 Carter Taylor 2 2 2 1
Pryce Velichko 3 0 0 0 Brennan Labbe 3 0 3 2
Jeff Bullock 3 0 0 0 Sam Matosich 2 0 1 1
Kayne Olinski 3 0 0 0 Chris Compton 3 0 0 0
Cade Harrison 3 0 0 0 Easton Reimers 3 0 0 0
Ryler Staarup 2 0 0 0 Colter Nicolarson 2 1 0 0
Asha Frey 1 0 0 0 Colin Boyce 3 1 0 0
Landon MacPherson 1 1 0 0 Finn Davis 2 2 0 0
Trevin Ressler 2 0 1 0 Rylan Davis 2 1 1 2
Cade Mock 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 22 1 1 1 TOTALS 22 7 7 6
MEDICINE HAT MONARCHS 001 000 0 -- 1
MISSOULA MAVERICKS 002 005 x -- 7
LOB--MEDICINE HAT MONARCHS 2, MISSOULA MAVERICKS 7.
ERR--Trevin Ressler, Asha Frey, Sam Matosich. 2B--Rylan
Davis. HBP--Easton Reimers, Sam Matosich, Carter Taylor,
Finn Davis. SACB--Cade Mock, Rylan Davis, Brennan Labbe.
SB--Carter Taylor.
MEDICINE HAT MONARCHS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ryler Staarup (L) 5.33 5 6 6 3 3 0
Trevin Ressler 0.67 2 1 0 1 2 0
MISSOULA MAVERICKS
Easton Reimers (W) 6.33 1 1 1 1 6 0
Schuyler Fairchild 0.67 0 0 0 0 1 0
WP--Ryler Staarup (2). SO--Trevin Ressler, Aiden Eckersall
(2), Cade Mock, Asha Frey, Ryler Staarup, Kayne Olinski,
Easton Reimers (2), Colin Boyce, Chris Compton, Rylan Davis.
BB--Landon MacPherson, Colter Nicolarson, Sam Matosich,
Carter Taylor, Chris Compton.
No. 4 Billings Royals 2, No. 5 Bozeman 0
Billings pitcher Jaiden Turner used 78 pitches to strike out 10 batters en route to a complete-game, one-hit shutout.
The Royals scored an unearned run in the third inning and then in the fourth inning, Carson Jenkins-Antle hit a two-out, 2-1 pitch into an RBI line-drive single into centerfield that scored Chaise Tracy, who stole second base and scored from there.
The Royals out-hit the Monarchs, 6-1, and didn't commit an error. Tracy was the only Royal with two hits.
BOZEMAN BUCKS AB R H BI BILLINGS ROYALS AB R H BI
Joey Starner 3 0 0 0 Sy Waldron 3 0 1 0
Cole Smith 3 0 0 0 Chaise Tracy 3 1 2 0
Dylan Poulin 3 0 0 0 Ryan Denowh 3 0 1 0
Van Shockley 3 0 0 0 Carson Jenkins 3 0 1 1
Jadin Frandsen 2 0 1 0 Ethan Chaney 3 0 0 0
Quinn Pershing 2 0 0 0 Anthony Williams 2 1 0 0
Jacob Snyder 2 0 0 0 Paxton Fitch 2 0 1 0
Austin Cooper 2 0 0 0 Camden Wilson 3 0 0 0
Jarrett Herz 2 0 0 0 Ryder Murdock 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 22 0 1 0 TOTALS 24 2 6 1
BOZEMAN BUCKS 000 000 0 -- 0
BILLINGS ROYALS 001 100 x -- 2
LOB--BOZEMAN BUCKS 1, BILLINGS ROYALS 6. ERR--Nic
Hillsgrove. HBP--Anthony Williams. SB--Jadin Frandsen,
Chaise Tracy.
BOZEMAN BUCKS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Nic Hillsgrove (L) 4.00 6 2 1 1 4 0
Mac Melin 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
BILLINGS ROYALS
Jaiden Turner (W) 7.00 1 0 0 0 10 0
SO--Van Shockley (2), Joey Starner, Jarrett Herz (2), Dylan
Poulin (2), Quinn Pershing (2), Jacob Snyder, Ryder Murdock,
Ethan Chaney (3), Camden Wilson. BB--Paxton Fitch.
