Busy week last week for Havre Northstars

It was back to district play for the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club.

On Thursday, Havre returned to Northern District play with a sweep of the A Chargers in Great Falls. The Northstars beat the Chargers by scores of 8-3 and 12-1.

In game one, the Northstars halted a three-game losing streak by going exploding in the first inning, scoring four times and sending eight batters to the plate. It was 6-0 after two innings. Great Falls got a run back in the third inning and another in the fifth. The Chargers also scored in the sixth inning to cut the deficit in half, but the Northstars scored some insurance runs in the seventh. Tommy Lewis got the win pitching 6.1 innings and striking out nine Chargers. Teegan Solomon finished the game.

The nightcap saw a similar start to game one. Havre put runners on base and scored twice. Great Falls answered right back this time and were able to force in a run to make it 2-1 at the end of one. The Northstars would eventually go up 5-1, then they scored four more times in the third inning to go up 9-1. Havre was able to push across three more runs in the fifth inning, including a steal of home by right fielder Logan Kinsella. Colter Solomon finished a complete game on the mound for Havre.

On Saturday, the Northstars headed up to Canada to take on the Vauxhall Spurs where they fell in a pair of district contest.

Vauxhall won the first game 12-2. Quinnn Elliott and Asher Sawdy had RBIs in the loss for Havre.

The Northstars kept game two closer, but, Vauxhall won 10-7.

Logan Kinsella, Chasson Mader and Terek Shipp were all stars at the plate for Havre, but, in the end, Vauxhall's offense was just too strong.

Havre did bounce back though, as the Northstars returned to action on Sunday with a sweep of the Fort MacLeod Royals. 

Havre shuit out the Royals 7-0 in the opener as Shipp threw a 3-hit shutout. Tommy Lewis had three hits for Havre as well.

In the second game, Havre exploded for 18 runs as the Northstars won 18-4. Havre had 18 hits, led by four from Tyson Brandon while Ezra Pyle was good as well. Mader got the win on the mound for Havre.

Havre is now 15-12 overall this season. The Northstars return to Canada Wednesday to face Medicine Hat, before coming home to host Lethbridge and Fort MacLeod this weekend.