Wolfpack beats Great Falls, loses to CMR
The Daily Inter Lake
GREAT FALLS - Sophomore Brittany Franklin hit the first grand slam of her high school career to help the Glacier Wolfpack down Great Falls High 8-1 in Class AA softball action on Saturday.
The victory ensured a nonconference split for the Wolfpack, which fell 6-5 to C.M. Russell in the second game.
"(Franklin) hit the ball 250-260 feet. She crushed it, right over the center field fence," said Glacier head coach Joel Bemis.
Franklin's slam broke open a 1-0 game in the fourth inning.
"She pounded it," he smiled. Franklin finished the game with five RBIs.
As for the CMR contest, the Wolfpack hit the ball well and led the Rustlers 5-3 going into the bottom of the seventh.
"They just got some key hits, five hits in the bottom of the seventh. It's a little disapointing," Bemis said.
"But they beat us 18-2 last year. We battled. We've just got to learn how to finish. I was pretty proud of how they played in both games today," he said.
The Wolfpack (0-1, 1-3) will play host Tuesday to Missoula Sentinel and Missoula Big Sky at the Kidsport Complex.
"It was a pretty successful day. We battled and played (CMR) pretty well, I thought. We showed we can play with a couple of teams in the east. Hopefully, now we just continue to improve throughout our conference."
Glacier 104 001 2 - 8 8 0
Great Falls 000 010 0 - 1 8 3
Kendra Bouley, Jessie Compton, (6) and Brittany Franklin. JoJo Lartsch, Urick (6)and Ashley Urick (6)and Nikki Banach. WP - Bouley (1-0), LP - Lartsch.
Glacier - Brittany Brown 1-4, Anna Costa 0-2, Brittany Franklin 1-4, Lindsey Hoffenbacker 1-3, Abby Connolly 1-4, Megan Connolly 2-4, Sabrina Kenfield 2-3, Kendra Bouley 0-2, Jessie Compton 0-0, Kristen Storle 1-3.
Great Falls - Brittany Kumm 2-4, Kelsey McDaniel 3-4, Chea Hollis 0-3, Lartch 1-4, Banach 0-3, Ashley Yurick 0-3, Beth Secord 1-2, Sarah Schermele 0-2, Ronni Scott 1-2, Kelsie Patterson 0-1.
2B - M. Connolly, Kenfield, McDaniel, Lartch; HR - Franklin; RBI - Franklin 5, M. Connolly 1, Kenfield 1.
Glacier 301 000 1 - 5 10 2
C.M. Russell 120 000 3 - 6 11 3
CMR, Kira Bigler and Hayley Rowe. Glacier, Jessie Compton and Brittany Franklin. W - Bigler. L - Compton.
Glacier - Brittany Brown 1-4, Anna Costa 0-3, Brittany Franklin 1-4, Lindsey Hoffenbacker 1-4, Abby Connolly 2-4, Megan Connolly 1-4, Sabrina Kenfield 2-4, Jesse Compton 2-4, Kristen Storle 0-3.
CMR - Miller 3-4, Lowry 1-3, Keeler 2-4, Robbins 2-4, Ramsey 2-3, Bigler 0-4, Bates 1-4, Anderson 0-2, Rowe 0-3.
2B - Miller 2, Lowry.
CMR 10, Flathead 0
G. Falls 4, Flathead 2
GREAT FALLS - Hits were hard to come by for the Flathead Bravette softball team.
The Bravettes (0-0, 1-3) mustered just three hits on the day as they fell to Great Falls CMR 10-0 (in five innings' and 4-2 to Great Falls High.
Cherise Stivers and Megan Hash were each 1-for-2 for Flathead against CMR. Alisa Lingle was 1-for-3 against the Bison.
Flathead 000 00 - 0 2 3
C.M. Russell 301 33 - 10 10 0
CMR, Brittany Allen and Janelle Bates. Flat, Megan Hash and Megan Olszewski. W - Allen. L - Hash.
Flathead - Kendra Bennett 0-2, Hash 1-2, Olszewski 0-1, Brena Palmer 0-2, Alisa Lingle 0-1, Christyne Hanson 0-2, Casey Roylston 0-2, Cherise Stivers 1-2, Alex McGrich 0-2.
CMR - Haylee Miller 2-3, Alex Lowry 2-3, Ashley Keeler 1-3, Brittney Robbins 2-2, Remick Ramsey 1-2, Amy Anderson 0-3, Janelle Bates 1-2, Hillary Harrison 0-3, Brittany Allen 1-2. 2B - Ramsey.
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Flathead 001 010 0 - 2 1 1
Great Falls 020 200 x - 4 7 5
GFH, Ashley Urick and Banach. Flathead, Megan Hash and Olszewski. W - Urick. L - Hash.
Flathead - Bennett 0-3, Hash 0-4, Olszewski 0-4, Palmer 0-3, Lingle 1-3, Hanson 0-3, Roylston 0-3, Stivers 0-2, Mrgich 0-2.
Great Falls - Kumm 2-2, McDaniel 0-3, Banach 1-3, Lartch 0-2, Hollis 2-3, Schermele 0-3, Secord 1-2, Urick 1-1, Katie Schermele 0-1, Patterson 0-2.
2B - Hollis, Secord.
Eureka 12, Florence 10
EUREKA - The Eureka Lions put Friday behind them and used Saturday as a new start.
So far, so good.
The Lions beat Florence in a Class B nonconference softball matchup for their first win of the season. The victory came a day after being swept by Mission at home.
"Today, they finally put it together and played very well. I was very proud of them," Eureka head coach Tom Shay said of the Lions. "They had one shaky inning there and they put it behind them."
Junior Steph Vogelman crushed a Florence pitch over the fence for a home run and finished 2-for-3 at the plate. Eureka exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning.
Auna Lawler picked up the complete-game victory from the circle and went 2-3 batting for Eureka (1-2). Catcher Carly Hammond had a double in the game along with Mariah Newell and the Lions combined for 13 hits in the game.
Florence had only seven hits but remained within striking distance throughout.
"It was just neck and neck there. It was huge scoring seven in the fourth," said Shay, in his third year as coach.
On Friday, Eureka hosted a makeup doubleheader with Mission and had the unfortunate task of trying to hit off Mattea Grant. Grant finished the game with 18 strikeouts and only allowed a pair of hits by Eureka's Shyann Vandehey. Eureka also had 13 errors in the game and lost 11-0.
"She absolutely dominated every way you can imagine," Shay said of Grant. "That was a rough one."
In the second game, Grant took the mound again and kept her mastery going. She left the game in the third inning having held Eureka scoreless. Mission won the game 15-5 in six innings due to the 10-run rule.
Florence 203 310 1 - 10
Eureka 210 711 x - 12
Kelsey Hoagland and Chayla Pederson; Auna Lawler and Carly Hammond. W - Lawler L - Hoagland
FLORENCE - Cassie Pederson 1-3, Brittany Heinz 1-2, Chelsie Ralls 2-3, Shelby Meuchel 1-4, Ginny Blackwell 1-5, Moe Chapman 1-3, Shelby Stevens 0-2, Shannie Moore 0-4, Schayla Pederson 0-3.
EUREKA - Auna Lawler 2-3, Carly Hammond 1-4, Steph Vogelman 2-3, Shyann Vandehey 2-4, Klairee Shay 0-1, Alan Peacock 1-3, Jenna Swain 1-3, Jack Lemer 1-2, Mariah Newell 1-4, Kayci West 2-3.
2B - Ralls, Blackwell, Hammond, Vogelman, Newell. Triples - Heinz. Homerun - Vogelman
Friday
Mission 004 310 3 - 11
Eureka 000 000 0 - 0
Mattea Grant and Katie McDonald; Klairee Shay and Carly Hammond. Jack Lemer (7). W - Grant. L - Shay 0-1
EUREKA - Jenna Swain 0-3, Klairee Shay 0-3, Alaina Peacock 0-1, Carly Hammond 0-3, Steph Vogelman 0-3, Auna Lawler 0-1, Shyann Vandehey 2-2, Jack Lemer 0-1, Mariah Newell 0-3, Kayci West 0-3.
MISSION - Mattea Grant 0-4, Kinley Pope 1-3, Katie McDonald 1-3, Kelsey Apland 1-5 , Stephanie Murphy 1-5, Serena Long 0-3, Janeal McDonald 2-4, Kilee Bantschi 1-4, Jessica Foust 1-3.
2B - Mission, K. McDonald, J. McDonald (2).
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Eureka 000 32 - 5
Mission 356 01 - 15
Auna Lawler and Hammond, Mikayla Newman (4). Grant and Katie McDonald. Janeal McDonald (4). W - Grant. L - Lawler.
EUREKA - Lawler 0-1, Hammond 0-3, Jenna Swain 1-2, Steph Vogelman 1-2, Shyann Vandehey 1-3, Klairee Shay 0-1, Jack Lemer 0-2, Mariah Newell 0-2, Kayci West 0-1, Katie Thompson 0-1.
MISSION - Grant 1-2, Pope 1-2, Katie McDonald 1-4, Kelsey Apland 2-4, Stephanie Murphy 0-3, Serena Long 1-1, Janeal McDonald 2-4, Kiley Bantschi 2-2, Sydney Allard 0-1, Jessica Foust 2-3.
2B - Grant, Pope, Swain.