Boys split double-header vs. Lake City JV squad

The Badger baseball team traveled to Coeur Alene last Saturday and earned a split with the Lake City junior varsity squad.  

Bonners Ferry won the first game 6-5 in eight innings and lost the second game 18-12.

In game one, sophomore Ben Neumeyer came in relief in the fifth to shut down the Timberwolves and record his first high school win.  He struck out five and walked four batters.

The Badgers scored in the top of the first inning when Josiah Owinyo singled to start the game and later scored on a passed ball.  

In the third inning, the Badgers added a run when Garrett Skeen reached on a fielder’s choice and later scored. The Timberwolves added a run in their half of the third when the batter walked and later scored on a RBI double.  

In the bottom of the fifth with the Badgers winning 2-1, Lake City scored four runs on no hits while the starting Badger pitcher, Owinyo, walked four and hit a batter.  Neumeyer came in to stop the bleeding by striking out the final batter.

With the Badgers down 5-2 in their last at bats in the top of the seventh, they responded with three runs to tie the game Alex Cunningham walked, Owinyo singled and Skeen walked.  

All three later scored. The Badgers added the winning run in the extra innings when Cunningham again scored off a RBI double from Alex Awbrey.

Owinyo led the team with three hits while Awbrey had two including the game winning double.

In game two, the Badger bats came alive with 15 hits but their defense let them down in a wild 18-12 loss.  The Badgers committed eight errors in the game.

  Shane Miller, Mike Clarkson, Alex Awbrey and Alex Cunningham each had two hits in the game while Garrett Skeen collected three for the Badgers.