Kroger, Wildcats top Eureka in baseball showdown

EUREKA — Kellen Kroger threw a complete game four-hitter and drove in the go ahead run in the sixth inning Tuesday, as Columbia Falls beat Eureka 6-2 in a key high school baseball game.

Kroger’s two-out single scored Reggie Sapa to break a 2-2 tie; Cody Schweikert followed with another base hit that scored Jett Pitts for a 4-2 lead.

The Wildcats (13-2) added two more runs in the seventh, on a sacrifice fly by Sapa and Pitts’ RBI single to win the battle of top Western teams.