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BFHS Baseball eliminated at state competition |
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May 17, 2015 |
by Tom Turpin
Bonners Ferry High School Head Baseball Coach
With the hopes of bringing home a State trophy
this year, the Bonners Ferry Badger Baseball
team traveled to Ontario, Oregon to compete for
the first time in three seasons in the 3A Idaho
State Baseball Championship. Unfortunately, the
Badger boys faced one of the State’s best
pitchers in game #1 and lost 3-0 in a pitching
duel between Marsh Valley’s Trevor Bowers and
Bonners Ferry’s Steve Anzalone.
Game #1
Marsh Valley’s Trevor Bowers pitched a complete
game allowing one hit and striking out 12
Badgers as the Eagles defeated the Badgers 3-0
to open the 3A tournament. Badger pitcher Steve
Anzalone was effective, too, striking out nine,
but allowing five hits and walking five in the
loss.
With the game scoreless heading into the top of
the 4th inning, Eagles Austin Wilding led off
with a single to center to start the inning.
After a strikeout by Anzalone and a steal by
Wilding, Dylan Guthrie hit a RBI single to score
Wilding. Colton Bention then hit a RBI double to
center to score Guthrie to make the score 2-0
Marsh Valley.
The only threat the Badgers had in the game was
in the bottom of the 5th inning when Bowers
walked Shay Garcia and Vince Bennett with one
out. Bowers and the Eagles then executed a
perfectly designed back pick to tag out Garcia
for the 2nd out. Caleb Blackmore then grounded
out to end the inning.
The Eagles added an insurance run in the top of
the 6th inning after Wilding walked to start the
inning and later scored on an error from the
Badger shortstop. That put the score 3-0 heading
into the final two innings for the Badgers.
Bowers, who was clocked at a top speed to 89 MPH
in the game, proceeded to strike out the
remaining 6 batters to end the game.
The Badgers lone hit came from Caleb Gering in
the 2nd inning.
Game #2
Friday’s games were cancelled due to weather so
the consolation games were scheduled to be
played at Ontario High School on Saturday
morning. The Badgers played the Emmett Huskies
in the first game, and came away with an 11-6
loss, eliminating Bonners Ferry from the
tournament.
In that game, Bonners Ferry took an early lead
when the Badgers scored three runs in the bottom
of the 1st inning after leadoff hitter Brady
Bateman walked, followed by Jesse Dunham
doubling to right center. Steve Anzalone then
hit a RBI single to right field to score
Bateman. Pitcher Vince Bennett then laced a two
run double to left center scoring Dunham and
Anzalone.
In the top of the 2nd, the Huskies got two runs
on the board on two hits and an error from the
Badgers. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, the
Badgers added a run when Caleb Gering hit a
double to left to start the inning and later
scored on Bennett’s single.
In the top of the 4th inning, Emmett scored
three runs to make the score 5-4 Huskies as they
scored all their runs on two outs.
The Huskies 5th inning proved to be too much as
they added four more runs to make the score 9-4.
In the bottom of the 6th inning, the Badgers
added two runs when Bateman started the inning
with a single and Dunham reached on a fielder’s
choice, tagging Bateman out at second base.
Gering was hit by a pitch to reach base and both
Dunham and Gering scored on an error from the
second baseman.
The Huskies added 2 more runs in the top of the
7th to make the score 11-6 and the Badgers went
quietly in their half of the 7th inning to end
the game.
Great Badger Team
This year’s team had some remarkable
achievements throughout their journey this
season. Their final season record was 18-9, 8
more wins than last year, 8-1 in league as they
won the league championship for just the second
time in school history, had four All-League
players, and beat a 4A and a 5A varsity program
along the way. The future looks bright for the
Badgers as they were the youngest team at this
year’s State tournament.
Hats off to a great group of young men! Go
Badgers!!
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