Glacier Twins struggling early in the season

The Glacier Twins are still looking to get in the win column after a challenging week of American Legion A baseball left them at 0-6 to start the 2025 summer season.

The Twins dropped a doubleheader at home on June 4 against Kootenai Valley, struggling on both sides of the ball as defensive miscues and free passes proved costly.

In the opener, Kootenai Valley erupted for eight runs in the second inning and never looked back, rolling to a 14-3 win in five innings. Glacier managed just two hits—one each from Reed Boyer and Trenton DeRosa. 

Boyer drove in two runs with a double in the first, briefly giving the Twins a 2-1 lead before the floodgates opened.

Glacier pitchers issued 11 walks in the contest, and the defense committed seven errors. Despite the lopsided score, Derek Juntunen closed out the game with a clean 1.2 innings of relief, striking out two.

Game two saw a similar script. Kootenai Valley capitalized on five Glacier errors and 10 walks to post a 10-1 win. DeRosa accounted for the Twins’ only RBI, and Glacier mustered four hits. Derosa also pitched the final three innings, striking out five while giving up just one earned run.

Over the weekend, Glacier traveled to Polson to take on Mission Valley and dropped both ends of another doubleheader.

In Sunday’s opener, the Twins fought back from an early 4-0 deficit to make it a 5-4 game in the fifth, but a four-run response from Mission Valley sealed Glacier’s fate in an 8-4 loss. Derosa continued to pace the offense with a pair of hits and an RBI, while Connor Magnuson and Derek Juntunen also drove in runs. Dawson Juntunen was tagged with the loss on the mound after allowing 13 hits over 5.1 innings.

In the nightcap, Glacier jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, but the bats went quiet as Mission Valley chipped away and eventually pulled ahead for a 6-4 victory. 

Nolan Amerman tripled and scored, while West Amerman added an RBI single. Treyson Murphy started on the mound and allowed five earned runs over 3.2 innings before handing the ball to West Amerman, who gave up one run over 2.1 innings of relief.