Bravettes hold off Bulldogs

The Daily Inter Lake

WHITEFISH - Much closer this time.

Flathead scored two runs in the seventh inning and held off a rally by Whitefish to collect a 6-5 nonconference softball victory Tuesday.

Flathead won the earlier meeting between the two schools 10-0 on April 1.

Flathead's Heather Haegele tripled in the seventh to drive in Justine Hayes. A single by Kendra Bennett scored Haegele to put Flathead on top 6-4.

Whitefish came right back with Taylor Ybarra-Brunty's single scoring Desiree Clarke, who reached on a single, with two outs. The Bulldogs had runners on first and second, but failed to advance them.

"It was an excellent game," Whitefish coach David Dachs said. "The girls can feel pretty good about it."

Whitefish ripped 13 hits in the contest. Adele FauntLeRoy, Shannon Holmes, Clarke, Devyn Ost, Ybarra-Brunty and Kristi Whisler had two hits each for Whitefish.

Haegele and Becca Felde went 2-for-3 for Flathead. Haegele tripled twice.

Whitefish plays at Anaconda on Thursday, 5 p.m., while Flathead and Glacier square off starting at 4.

Flathead 101 110 2 - 6 9 NA

Whitefish 011 002 1 - 5 13 NA

Meagan Hash and Alanna Handford; Carolyn Sharpe and Desiree Clarke; W - Hash; L - Sharpe.

Flathead - Heather Haegele 2-3, Hash 1-4, Kendra Bennett 1-4, Shaina Evans 0-3, Handford 1-3, Becca Felde 2-3, Anna Costa 1-3, Catie Costa 0-2, Justine Hayes 1-3.

Whitefish (7-8) - Adele FauntLeRoy 2-4, Shannon Holmes 2-4, Clarke 2-4, Hailey Mortensen 1-4, Devyn Ost 2-4, Taylor Ybarra-Brunty 2-3, Kristi Whisler 2-3, Camille Williams 0-3, Nicole Shelling 0-1, Shelbi Long 0-2.

2B-Homes, Ybarra-Brunty; 3B-Haegele (2); RBIs-Haegele, Hash, Bennett, Handford; FauntLeRoy, Ost, Ybarra-Brunty (2).