Polson blasts Butte Central
The Daily Inter Lake
BUTTE - Charlee Jensen improved her record to 6-0 and the Polson Pirate softball team had four home runs by three different players as they knocked off host Butte Central 7-2 at the 2009 LaVerne Combo Invitational.
Sarah Newton hit two homers for the Pirates, Jensen had one and Riley Kenney had one. Newton and Kenney hit back-to-back homers in the first inning as the Pirates got off to 3-0 lead.
"(Jensen) pitched a beautiful game," said Pirate head coach Larry Smith.
Polson (14-3, 6-1) finished the tournament with a loss, however. Despite a home run by Dakota Peterson, a triple by Newton and a double by Staci Benson, it fell 4-3 to Belgrade.
"We left 10 baserunners. We'd get kids on base, but they couldn't get them in," Smith said.
The Pirates also committed three errors in that game, which led to Panther runs, the coach said.
"Belgrade is a very, very good team," he added.
"Overall, I feel very well about the weekend. We did really well," Smith said.
The Pirates take on Columbia Falls at 6 p.m. Thursday in Polson.
Polson 300 400 - 7 13 0
Butte Central 011 000 - 2 5 0
Charlee Jenson and Kayla Duford; McKenzie Doherty and Brooke Pokorny. W - Jenson. L - Doherty (4-3).
POLSON (15-2) - Staci Benson 2-4, Sarah Newton 3-4, Riely Kenney 2-4, Rachelle Woods 0-3, Sallie Sams 1-3, Duford 0-3, Jenson 1-3, Kylie Knudson 3-3, Susan Perez-Tenas 1-2.
BUTTE CENTRAL (7-4) - Pokorny 0-3, Saidee Johnston 0-3, Amber Orizotti 3-3, Quinn Peoples 0-3, Kacey Daily 0-3, Kylie Orizotti 1-1, Doherty 1-1, Carlee Norbeck 0-2, Angela Piazzola 0-2.
HR - Newton 2, Kenney, Jenson; A. Orizotti (2). 2B - Doherty. RBIs - Newton 5, Kenney, Jensen; A. Orizotti, Doherty.
Belgrade 020 02 - 450
Polson 110 10 - 393
Lauren Torres and Brittany Laser. Dakota Peterson and Kayla Duford. Peterson 8-3.
Belgrade - Ali Cygan 0-3, Lauren Torres 1-2, Megan Bell 1-3, Melissa Bell 0-2, Jill Gue 2-3, Brittany laser 1-3, Kasey West 0-2, Kay Kallestad 0-1, Justine Taylor 0-2.
2B - Jill Gue,
RBIs - Cygan 1, Gue 2, Kallestad
Polson - Staci Benson 3-4, Sarah Newton 2-2, Riley Kenney 1-2, Rochelle Woods 0-3, Sallie Sams 0-3, Kayla Duford 0-3, Charlee Jensen 0-2, Dakota Peterson 0-3, SuSan Perez-Tenas 1-3.
2B - Staci Benson
3B - Sarah Newton 1
HR - Dakota Peterson
RBIs - Peterson, Newton 2.
Columbia Falls 11,
Glendive 2
Amber James batted 2-for-2 with a home run as the Columbia Falls Wildkats rolled past Glendive 11-2.
Renae Nelson was also 2-for-2 and Kayla Stinger was 1-for-3 with a double.
Glendive 101 00x - 2 1 2
Col. Falls 341 3xx - 11 8 0
Cassie Caudill and Sam Unruh. Morgan Rowe, Amanda Milliard (5) and Amber James.
GLENDIVE - Sam Unruh 1-2, Kori Christianson 0-2, Kalli Cress 0-2, Kyla Johnson 0-2, Jana Wagner 0-1, Ariel Stearns 0-1, Mikka Wold 0-1, Nikki McClellan 0-2, Cassie Caudill 0-2, Kassie Bowles 0-2.
COLUMBIA FALLS - Tia Yaeger 1-2, Renae Nelson 2-2, Amanda Milliard 0-2, Amber James 2-2, Kayla Stinger 1-3, Shawn Rowe 1-1, Tessa 1-1, Cassidee Skiles 0-2, Morgan Rowe 0-1, Niki Birks 0-1
2B - Unruh, Stinger. HR - James.
Columbia Falls 8, Hardin 4
Shawn Rowe was 1-for-2 with a double and Amanda Milliard was 2-for-3 to lift the Wildkats over Hardin.
Columbia Falls scored seven of its runs in the first two innings.
Hardin 001 201 0 - 4 9 4
Col. Falls 340 100 x - 8 8 3
Jessica Campbell and Alice-Ann Sloan. Morgan Rowe, Amanda Milliard (4), Jessica Owens (6) and Amber James.
HARDIN - Shelley Hodges 2-4, Terin Old Elk 1-4, Joelle Link 0-2, Kaley Krebs 1-3, Randee Alvarado 0-4, Holly Old Crow 0-3, Jessica Campbell 1-3, Alyssa Johnson 2-3, Jessica Joyce 1-3.
COLUMBIA FALLS (13-3) - Tia Yaeger 1-4, Renae Nelson 2-4, Amanda Milliard 2-3, Amber James 0-3, Kayla Stinger 0-3, Shawn Rowe 1-2, Tessa Cowan 0-1, Cassidee Skiles 1-3, Morgan Rowe 0-2, Jessica Owens 1-1, Nikki Burke 0-2 Cedar Smith 0-1.
2B - S. Rowe. Campbell.
Libby 5, Anaconda 2
Lexi Hageness and Nicky Lapka each had a home run as the Libby Loggers defeated Anaconda, 5-2.
Libby jumped out on Anaconda early with three runs in the first and two in the second.
Anaconda 001 100 - 2 3 2
Libby 320 00x - 5 4 2
Rachel Wagner and Lisa Laslovich. Taylor Armstrong and Lexi Hageness.
ANACONDA - Laslovich 0-3, Chelsie Moquist 0-2, Brittany Sturm 0-3, Wagner 1-3, Korey Krumm 1-3, Kellie Lorengo 0-2, Hanna Anderson 0-1, Abby Stanberry 0-1, Ali Forkan 0-3, Jeanna Brunell 1-2.
LIBBY - Nicky Lapka 1-3, Amber Grubham 1-2, Candace Hendrickson 0-3, Jordan Refsland 0-2, Hageness 2-3, Emily Monroe 0-1, Taylor Barton 0-1, Jaime gilden 0-3, LaRona Luscher 0-1.
HR - Hageness, Lapka. RBI - Sturm; Lapka, Hagness.
Belgrade 4, Libby 3
Melissa Bell hit a two-run doubled that proved to be the difference as Belgrade beat Libby in a game stopped by the time limit.
Nickole Lapka drove in Libby's three runs with a pair of home runs.
Belgrade 022 00 - 4 5 0
Libby 002 01 - 3 6 5
Ali Cygan, Lauren Torres (4) and Brittany Larsen; Taylor Armstrong and Alexis Hageness. W - Cygan. L - Armstrong. S - Torres.
BELGRADE -Cyga 2-3, Megan Bell 0-3, Torres 1-2, Larsen 0-3, Kasey West 0-3, Melissa Bell 2-3, Justin Taylor 0-1, Ali Morgan 0-2, Jullian Gue 1-2.
LIBBY - Nickole Lapka 2-3, Amber Grubham 1-3, Candace Hendrickson 2-2, Jordan Refsland 0-2, Hageness 0-1, Emily Monroe 0-2, Taylor Barton 0-2, Janie Gilden 1-2, LaRona Luscher 0-2.
HR - Lapka 2. 2B - Melissa Bell.
Hardin 13, Whitefish 2
Joelle Link went 4-for-4 with a double to lead Hardin's 10-hit attack.
Winning pitcher Randee Alvarado went 2-for-4 with a triple.
Kaitlyn Wehrli tripled in the loss.
Whitefish 200 00 - 2 3 4
Hardin 423 04 - 13 10 0
Kaitlyn Wehrli and H. Mackensen; Randee Alvarado and and Alyssa Johnson. W - Alvarado. L - Wherli.
WHITEFISH - Madison Tveidt 1-3, Carolyn Sharpe 0-3, Wehrli 1-3, Mackensen 0-2, Shannon Holmes 0-2, Taylor Ybarra-Brunty 0-2, Heather Bailey 1-1, Kristi Whisler 0-2, Nicole Schelling 0-2.
HARDIN - Shelley Hodges 1-3, Terin Old Elk 2-3, Joelle Link 4-4, Kaley Krebs 0-3, Alvarado 2-4, Jessica Campbell 0-3, Holly Old Crow 0-3, Alice-Ann Sloan 0-3, Jessica Joyce 1-2
3B - Weheli; Alvarado. 2B - Bailey; Link.
Havre 10, Anaconda 1
Havre 10, Miles City 3
Frenchtown 7, Billings Central 6
Laurel 11, Hamilton 3
Frenchtown 9, Laurel 4
Billings Central 4, Hamilton 2
Deer Lodge 9, Plains 3
Plains 6, Simms 3
Conrad 7, Deer Lodge 5
Conrad 6, Miles City 0
Livingston 8, Corvallis 2
Livingston 8, Butte Central 6
Stillwater 20, Cut Bank 2
Stillwater 6, Deer Lodge 0
Huntley Project 11, Simms 1
Huntley Project 10, Browning 0