Area teams go 5-3 at Butte tourney

The Daily Inter Lake

BUTTE - Columbia Falls, Libby, Polson and Whitefish competed Friday in the Butte Central softball tournament, which concludes today.

Friday's results are below.

Livingston 15,

Whitefish 2 (5)

Livingston scored in every inning, icing the game with six runs in the fifth.

Desiree Clarke had a double and an RBI for Whitefish, which made four errors.

Livingston 212 46 - 15 7 1

Whitefish 002 00 - 2 3 4

Kati Polsak and Emily Miller. Carolyn Sharpe (2), Torey Ost (2), Sharpe and Desiree Clarke.

LIVINGSTON - Steph Davaz 0-0, Inga Nead 2-3, McKenzie Scofield 2-3, Kani Wilson 0-2, Polsak 0-1, Sally Stanke 0-0, Maya Meyer 1-4, Jordan Aguilar 1-4, Callie Pederson 0-1, Jo Chapel 1-1.

WHITEFISH - Adele FauntLeRoy 0-2, Shannon Holmes 1-2, Clarke 1-1, Hailey Mortenson 0-2, Devyn Ost 0-1, Taylor Ybarra-Brunty 0-2, Kristi Whisler 0-2, Shelbi Long 1-2, Sharpe 0-2.

2B - Clarke. RBI - Nead 2, Scofield 2, Meyer 2, Wilson, Stake, Chapel; Clarke.

Belgrade 11,

Whitefish 1 (5)

Belgrade scored four runs in the fifth inning for a mercy-rule victory.

Whitefish's Kristi Whisler went 1-for-1 with an RBI.

Whitefish 000 10 - 1 4 2

Belgrade 132 14 - 11 10 2

Carolyn Sharpe and Desiree Clarke. Lauren Torres and Brittany Larsen.

WHITEFISH - Adele FauntLeRoy 0-2, Shannon Holmes 1-3, Clarke 0-3, Hailey Mortenson 1-2, Devyn Ost 0-1, Taylor Ybarra 0-2, Kristi Whisler 1-1, Shelbi Long 0-1, Camille Williams 1-2.

Belgrade - Kelsey Foster 2-4, Megan Bell 1-4, Lauren Torres 1-3, Brittany Larsen 1-4, Jill Gue 0-2, Ali Cygan 2-2, Paige Newell 0-3, Sarah Baumberger 1-2, Kasey West 2-3.

2B - Foster, Baumberger, West. RBI - Whisler; Foster, Torres, Baumberger, West 2.

Libby 8,

Billings Central 4

NIcky Lapka went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double to pace Libby, which scored four runs in the seventh inning.

Libby 103 000 4 - 8 8 6

Central 000 121 0 - 4 3 3

Brooke Hageness and Shelby Barton. Ashley Corcoran and Brynn Burke. W - Hageness. L - Corcoran.

LIBBY - Hagenes 1-4, Shelby Barton 0-4, Nicky Lapka 3-4, Laice Dedrick 2-3, Alysha Martin 1-4, Negan Wedel 0-4, Jordan Refsland 1-3, Emily Monroe 0-4, Holly Cirian 0-4.

BILLINGS CENTRAL - Burke 1-4, Austin Hanser 0-4, Daniell Martinson 0-4, Corcoran 0-4, Megan Smith 0-2, Shea Chilton 1-3, Chere Anderson 1-3, Guivevere Ayer 0-3, Megan Hansor 0-3.

HR - Lapka; Burke. 2B - Lapka.

Libby 5, Butte Central 0

Brooke Hageness tossed a two-hitter for Libby, which got two knocks apiece from Shelby Barton, Laice Dedrick and Megan Wedel.

Libby 003 101 0 - 5 8 1

Central 000 000 0 - 0 2 7

Brooke Hageness and Shelby Barton. Kelli O'Leary and Brooke Pokorny. W - Hageness. L - O'Leary (10-8).

LIBBY - Hageness 0-2, Barton 2-3, Nicky Lapka 1-3, Laice Dedrick 2-4, Alysha Martin 0-4, Megan Wedel 2-4, Jordan Refsland 0-3, Emily Monroe 0-3, Holly Cirian 1-4.

BUTTE CENTRAL - Pokorny 0-3, Hannah Manion 0-3, Quinn Peoples 0-3, Kacey Daily 1-3, O'Leary 0-2, Saidee Johnston 0-2, Kylie Orizotti 0-1, Brianne Krzan 1-1, Ashley Kasperick 0-2, Kourtney Kambich 0-1, MacKenzie Doherty 0-1.

RBIs - Dedrick, Wedel.

Laurel 6, Polson 5 (8)

Polson tied the game at 4-all in the seventh inning, but Laurel outscored the Pirates 2-1 in the eighth.

Polson's Amanda James went 3-for-4 with two RBIs.

Laurel 200 020 02 - 6 11 0

Polson 000 102 11 - 5 11 1

Jenna Griffin and Natalie Linse. Dakota Peterson and Caitlyn Vassar. W - Griffin. L - Vassar.

LAUREL - Olivia Heidinger 1-4, Caitlyn Bummer 2-4, Maddie Cebuhar 1-3, Brittany Sterna 1-4, Sarah Parks 2-4, Elizabeth McGee 2-4, Kaitlyn O'Rourke 0-4, Griffin 1-4, LaCai Desdarlais 1-4.

POLSON - Maggie Gordon 0-4, Staci Benson 2-4, Sarah Newton 0-3, Rochelle Woods 1-3, Vassar 2-4, Amanda James 3-4, SuSan Perez-Tenas 0-2, Liz Simshaw 0-1, Sallie Sams 0-1, Peterson 2-3, Charlee Jenson 0-3.

HR - Parks. 2B - Sterna; Vassar 2, Woods. RBI - Sterna 2, Bummer 2, Parks 2; James 2, Vassar, Gordon.

Polson 18, Glendive 7 (4)

The Pirates scored 13 runs in the third inning and finished with 16 hits, including three apiece by Maggie Gordon and Rochelle Woods.

Polson 20(13) 3 - 18 16 2

Glendive 202 3 - 7 11 7

Dakota Peterson, Sarah Newton (3) and Caitlyn Vassar and Kayla Duford (3). Candill, Mihe (3) and Kirby. W - Peterson. L - Candill.

POLSON - Maggie Gordon 3-4, Staci Benson 2-2, Newton 2-3, Rochelle Woods 3-3, Vassar 1-1, Amanda James 2-3, Peterson 0-2, Charlee Jenson 1-2, SuSan Perez-Tenas 0-3, Kodi Woods 1-1, Sallie Sams 0-1, Duford 1-1, Liz Simshaw 0-1, MacKenzie Fortin 0-0.

GLENDIVE - Cress 1-2, Wagner 2-3, Erickson 1-3, Johnson 3-3, Stanhope 1-3, Kirby 2-2, LaRai 1-3, Wold 0-3, McClellan 0-2.

HR - Newton. 3B - Gordon, Jenson; Johnson. 2B - Gordon, Benson; Wagner 2, Erickson, Johnson. RBI - R. Woods 4, Benson 2, Newton 2, James 2, Jenson 2, Gordon; Wagner, Erickson, Johnson, Stanhope, LaRai.

Columbia Falls 5,

Conrad 3

The Wildkats led 5-0 after three innings and held on behind Morgan Rowe's complete-game seven-hitter.

Conrad 000 030 0 - 3 7 3

Columbia Falls 122 000 x - 5 8 2

Kaytlin Fowler and Kelli Fagen. Morgan Rowe and Amber James. W - Rowe. L - Fowler.

CONRAD - Heather Newmiller 2-4, Fowler 1-4, Stephanie Murphy 1-3, Ashley Fetters 0-3, Fagen 0-3, Sydney Phillips 2-3, Samantha Fagen 0-3, Shelbi Peters 1-3, Olivia Campbell 0-1, Chelsea Anderson 0-3.

COLUMBIA FALLS - Amanda Milliard 1-3, Tia Yaeger 2-3, Lindsey Nelson 0-3, James 0-3, Kayla Stinger 2-3, Renae Nelson 0-3, Mandy Toavs 1-3, Rowe 1-2, Cedar Smith 1-3.

3B - Smith. RBI - Murphy 2, Smith 2.

Columbia Falls 11, Huntley Project 0

Amanda Milliard, Kayla Stinger and Morgan Rowe had two hits apiece for the Wildkats, while Rowe and Jessica Owens combined for the shutout.

Columbia Falls 240 005 - 11 9 1

Huntley Project 000 000 - 0 5 5

Morgan Rowe, Jessica Owens (3) and Amber James. Teale Steffes and Cassidy Ktind.

COLUMBIA FALLS - Amanda Milliard 2-3, Tia Yaeger 0-3, Lindsey Nelson 1-4, Amber James 1-3, Kayla Stinger 2-4, Renae Nelson 1-4, Morgan Rowe 2-2, Jessica Owens 0-2, Cassidee Skiles 0-1, Mandy Toavs 0-1, Cedar Smith 0-1, Michonne Cronquist 0-1.

HUNTLEY PROJECT - Teale Steffes 1-3, Zierney Balzer 1-3, Kylee Ktind 1-3, Steph Daniels 0-3, Cassidy Ktind 0-3, Rebecca Cook 0-2, Tory Oxendahl 0-2, Kayla Nelson 1-2, Suzanne Hotchkins 1-2.

2B - James, Stinger. RBI - Milliard, Yaeger, James 2, Stinger 2.