Local Briefs

BASEBALL

Thursday, July 25

Mission Val. Mariners 5, Kootenai Valley Rangers 2

Zeke Webster-Yaqui went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI to lead the Mariners offense. T.J. Olson added two hits and an RBI, and Ryan Pablo hit a triple and scored a run.

Jeremiah Crawford struck out 10 in a complete-game winning effort.

Friday, July 26

Libby Loggers 8, Mission Valley Mariners 7

The M’s committed a startling 10 errors to drop the game to fourth-seeded Libby.

Jared Young took the tough-luck loss in relief, allowing just three hits and two earned runs in six innings.

T.J. Olson powered the offense with a 3-for-4 day.

Saturday, July 27

Mission Valley Mariners 15, Kalispell Lakers 0

Jeremiah Crawford went 4-for-4 with a double to lead Mission Valley back in a big way. Every Mariners starter reached base.

Ryan Pablo, Alex Killian, Bransen Krebs, T.J. Olson, and Jared Young picked up two RBI apiece in the rout.

Bradley Pichler threw four scoreless innings to earn the victory.

Bitterroot Bucs 7, Mission Valley Mariners 6

Austin Nogle shut down the M’s offense enough to end their season despite a 3-for-5 game from Zeke Webster-Yaqui. Bransen Krebs and T.J. Olson each had two hits as well.

DRAGON BOATS

The Flathead Dragonflies finished fourth in Division C of the Seattle Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday. The Kalispell-based Dragonflies missed a bronze finish by 0.5 seconds.

The 10th annual Seattle festival, held on Lake Union, hosted about 60 teams.

GOLF

Hole-in-one

from July 24

Jesse Yarbrough, No. 17 at Polson Bay Golf Course

8 iron, 148 yards

Witness: Richard Sawyer