Summary of the first day of the 2026 Cascade Collegiate Conference tournament at Harris Field, Lewiston, ID.
First game: #4 seed Bushnell 18, #5 seed Oregon Tech 4 (run-ruled after 7 innings). The Beacons blew this game open with nine runs in the bottom of the third inning. Chase Nye, Nate Stevens, and Nigel Fahland hit RBI singles, Dylan Carson hit a two-RBI double, and Caleb Richter hit a three-run home run. The Beacons moved the game into run-rule territory in the fourth inning, and an RBI single by Richter was the winning run.
Austin Wolfe went the seven-inning distance for the Beacons, allowed three earned runs on eight hits, struck out seven. Landon Cheney got the loss. Nye finished 3-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored. Albert Jennings and Richter went 2-for-3; Jennings had a double and an RBI, and Richter had four RBI.
Second game: #2 British Columbia 10, #3 College of Idaho 5. The Thunderbirds took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the first with an RBI double by Braeden Scott, and led the rest of the way. They added a run with a sacrifice fly by Josh Cote in the bottom of the third, then got most of their runs in the bottom of the fourth; an RBI single by Lou Fujuwara, a two-RBI double by Kyle Yip, a sacrifice fly by David Krahn, and an RBI single by Cote. Krahn hit a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth.
Thunderbird starter James Brock got the win. He pitched six innings, allowed one run on two hits, struck out four. The Coyotes got some runs later in the game, with a solo home run by Caden Casagrande and a two-run home run by Jack Ryan. Starter Jackson Cummins got the loss.
Kellen Bourne finished 3-for-4 with two doubles for the Thunderbirds. Skye Palmer went 2-for-4 for the Coyotes.
Third game: #1 Lewis-Clark State 6, Bushnell 4. The Warriors took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Jackson Jaha hit an RBI double, then scored when Jackson Reed reached on an error. They led the rest of the way. Izzy Madariaga hit a solo home run in the third inning. Payton Smith hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth to give the Warriors a 4-2 lead, then Brandon Nguyen scored on a wild pitch for the winning run. The Beacons got a run in the top of the fifth with an RBI single by Max Richards, but the Warriors answered with a home run by Reed. Caleb Richter led off the top of the ninth with a home run, and the Beacons trailed by only 6-4. A walk and a single by Richards put the tying run on first with two out, but Dylan Carson struck out to end the game.
The Beacons out-hit the Warriors 14-9, but the difference was two unearned runs. Starter Evan Canfield got the win, pitched six innings, allowed three runs on nine hits, threw 93 pitches, and struck out ten; he struck out the side in the third inning. Jordan Lennartson went the rest of the way for the Warriors, allowed one run on five hits, struck out six. Beacon starter Kai Keamo got the loss. Jacob Courtney was effective in relief for the Beacons; he pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowed one run on three hits, struck out four.
Smith finished 2-for-3 with an RBI. Richter went 4-for-4 with two runs scored.
Schedule for Saturday, May 2:
11 AM: College of Idaho vs. Oregon Tech
2:30 PM: Lewis-Clark State vs. British Columbia
6 PM: Bushnell vs. C. of Idaho-Oregon Tech winner
