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Badger Baseball wins District Championship, now
On to State! |
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May 11, 2016 |
by Tom Turpin
BFHS Head Baseball Coach
The Bonners Ferry Badger baseball program
claimed its fifth District Championship and are
headed back to the Idaho 3A State tournament
next week in Ontario, Oregon.
Game 1 – Priest River 2, Bonners Ferry 3
With sophomore Brady Bateman hitting a lead-off
single to start the bottom of the seventh
inning, Badger senior Caleb Gering hit a two out
blooper behind the second baseman to score
Bateman for the walk off win in the semifinal
game against the Spartans.
 Bonners
Ferry started the scoring off in the first
inning when Bateman hit a double off the left
field fence and Jesse Dunham walked. Bateman
later scored on Gering’s RBI single to center
and Dunham scored on a RBI single from Caleb
Blackmore.
Priest River tied the game in the top of the
fourth inning after a hit batter reached and a
single from the nine hitter. Bonners Ferry
committed two errors on the next batter, which
scored a run and a sacrifice fly added another.
Priest River threatened the entire game leaving
15 runners on base. With no outs in the fifth
inning, the Spartans had a runner on second and
third. Relief pitcher Brady Bateman came in to
record a strike out but then walked the next
batter to load the bases. He then got a second
strike out and the next batter grounded out to
the second baseman to record the final out in
the inning with no runs being scored.
Priest River again threatened in the top of the
seventh getting the first two batters on with
back to back singles. But, the Badgers were able
to get out of the inning again after the next
batter struck out and the following two batters
recorded outs.
With the lead-off batter Bateman reaching on a
single to start the bottom of the seventh
inning, Vince Bennett advanced him to second
with a ground out to the first baseman. Dunham
popped out to the first baseman to record the
second out and then on a full count, two out
pitch from the Spartan pitcher, Gering hit the
game winning single to score Bateman.
Priest River
0 0 0 2 0 0
0 2 7 1
Bonners Ferry 2 0
0 0 0 0 1 3
7 4
Badger hits: Brady Bateman – 2 (2B), Gering – 3,
Blackmore, Chris Sabin
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – Timberlake
2, Bonners Ferry 9
The Bonners Ferry Badger baseball team won its
fifth District title in school history Tuesday,
beating the Timberlake Tigers 9-2 in Bonners
Ferry.
IML League MVP and Badger Vince Bennett pitched
a complete game four hitter recording 4 strike
outs and walking one in the 9 – 2 win. The win
improves his record to 8 – 0 on the season.
The Tigers started the scoring off in the top of
the first inning when lead-off hitter Derek
Galloway hit a single to left. He later scored
on a sacrifice fly from Jarrett Plunkett. The
Badgers responded in their half of the first
scoring two runs on one hit and two Timberlake
errors.
Bonners Ferry added a run in the bottom of the
second inning after Kaleb Stockton reached base
on a walk and later scored on a RBI ground out
from Brady Bateman. The Badgers added two runs
in the fourth inning to make the score 5 – 1
when Brady Bateman hit a triple to right field
scoring Chris Sabin who had reached earlier on a
single to left. As Bateman was attempting to
reach third the ball sailed over the third
baseman and out of bounds allowing him to score.
The Badgers added a lone run in the bottom of
the fifth inning after Gering reached on an
error and later scored on a wild pitch to make
the score 6 – 1. Timberlake added a run in the
top of the sixth inning when Seth Villanpondo
reached on a single and later scored on a RBI
ground out.
Bonners Ferry came up with three insurance runs
in the bottom of the sixth when Raul Rodriguez,
Chris Sabin and Brady Bateman all walked to load
the bases with none out. After a wild pitch
scored Rodriguez, Bennett hit a sacrifice fly to
left center to score Sabin. Bateman later scored
on another wild pitch to make the final score 9
– 2.
Timberlake
1 0 0 0 0 1
0 2 4 5
Bonners Ferry
2 1 0 2 1 3
x 9 3 1
Badger hits: Brady Bateman – 3B, Bennett, Chris
Sabin
Bonners Ferry will play the South Fremont
Cougars from District VI at noon (PST) at the 3A
State Tournament in Ontario, Oregon on Thursday,
May 19.
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