Wildkats rally past Lions
Sam Venezio (2) of Columbia Falls collides with Autumn Franklin of Eureka during Tuesday afternoon's nonconference outing in Columbia Falls. Chris Jordan/Daily Inter Lake
The Daily Inter Lake
COLUMBIA FALLS - Columbia Falls scored eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally past Eureka 11-9 Tuesday in nonconference softball play.
Eureka led 7-3 until the Wildkats cut loose offensively.
"The girls really hung in there," said Columbia Falls coach Dave Kehr.
"We started to make some things happen. We got some hits, we were loading the bases. We just generated some runs when we needed them."
The win lifts Columbia Falls to 12-9 overall. The Wildkats host Libby on Thursday.
Eureka, 12-6, hosts Troy on Thursday.
WILDKATS 11, LIONS 9
Eureka 010 402 2 - 9 7 0
Columbia Falls 003 008 x - 11 10 6
Erica Johnson and Amanda Truman; Jennie Johnson and Amber James. W - J. Johnson, 11-9 (7 hits, 6 strikeouts, 5 walks). L - E. Johnson (10 hits, 6 strikeouts, 4 walks).
Eureka - Adriana Lundberg 0-5, Catherin Wimbley 0-3, Autumn Franklin 3-4, Amy Roberts 2-5, E. Johnson 1-3, Morgan Schick 0-5, April Paden 1-5, Cynthia Casas 0-2, Truman 1-3.
Columbia Falls - Sam Venezio 1-2, Amanda Milliard 1-3, Kayla Stinger 1-4, Vanesha Riley 2-4, James 1-4, Brittnay White 0-3, Sam Connor 0-2, Tia Yager 2-3, Cedar Smith 2-2.
2B-Franklin, Truman; Riley, Yager, Stinger; 3B-Paden; RBIs-Franklin (3), Roberts (2), E. Johnson, Schick, Truman; Riley, Milliard (3), Yager (2), Stinger.