DOWAGIAC — The postseason did not last long for the Niles baseball and softball teams.

The Vikings were eliminated in Division 2 district play at Dowagiac on Saturday.

The Niles baseball team was upset by the host Chieftains 1-0, while the softball team was defeated by Lakeshore 10-0 in the championship game.

Niles advanced to the softball finals with an easy 16-1 victory over Benton Harbor.

Lakeshore defeated Edwardsburg 11-0 in the other semifinal.

District baseball

Dowagiac and Niles were locked in a pitcher’s duel for the entire seven innings as senior Brendan Dudley and Vikings’ junior Brayden Lake combined to give up just eight hits.

Dudley tossed a five-hitter with eight strikeouts and just two walks, while Lake fashioned a three-hitter with six strikeouts and a pair of walks.

One of the three hits that Lake gave up came in the top of the seventh when A.J. Kidd singled just inside the third-base bag to score Cody Dorman, who was hit by a pitch to open the inning and moved to second on a balk.

Following a fly-out to left field, Kidd singled home the game-winning run.

“We had some runners on in a couple of situations where we needed the big hit, we didn’t get it,” said Niles coach Mike Vota. “I was happy we did not strike out a ton, but we struck out sometimes when it really mattered with runners in scoring position. It’s been our Achille’s heel all year and that is what came back to get us now.”

Brayden Lake, who took the loss, was 2-for-3 to lead the Niles offense.

On the mound, he struck out six and walked just two, while giving up one run on three hits.

Lakeshore defeated Dowagiac 12-1 in the championship game.

The Lancers, who are the defending Division 2 state champions, defeated No. 1-ranked Edwardsburg 5-2 in the semifinals.

District softball

Lakeshore jumped on Niles for five runs in the first inning and never looked back in defeating the Vikings for its district championship since winning the state title in 2014.

Lancer pitcher Taylor Simon was on a mission on Saturday.

She tossed a no-hitter in the opening game win over Lakeshore and gave up just three hits against the Vikings. She struck out a combined 13 batters on the day, including 10 against Niles.

The Vikings (17-18) advanced to the championship game by defeating Benton Harbor in five innings.

Niles scored 16 runs on eight hits and took advantage of five Tiger errors.

Brooke Timm drove in six runs with a triple and three doubles.

Hannah Albright had a pair of singles and an RBI, while Addison Davies singled and drsove in a run.

Edwardsburg finishes its season 21-12.

Ashley Pion suffered the loss for the Eddies as she gave up 11 runs on 12 hits.

Only two of those runs were earned as Edwardsburg commited six errors.

Lakeshore will now host Wolverine Conference champion Three Rivers (37-3) in the regional semifinals on Saturday.