Polson pounds Whitefish; C-Falls clubs Libby

by The Daily Inter Lake
| April 23, 2010 2:00 AM

POLSON — Sallie Sams went 4-for-4 with two triples and knocked in five runs as the Lady Pirates improved to 5-0 to start the season with a 11-1 win over Northwestern A foe Whitefish on Thursday.

Adding to the hit parade was Makaliah Wilson, who went 3-4 with a double, and Riley Kenney, who went 3-4 for Polson (3-0 in conference).

Shalaina Duford struck out nine and walked five and picked up the win from the circle.

“It was nice to see different girls come up and get the RBIs and hits,” Polson coach Larry Smith said.

“For as young a team as we are, we really have gotten out of the starting gates early.”

The Lady Pirates totaled 15 hits, had no errors in the game and exploded for five runs in the sixth.

Kayla Duford and Ashley Johnson each added two hits and an RBI apiece and Colleen Jacobson was 1-1 with a RBI.

Emma Baldanado tallied the lone RBI for Whitefish (3-3 overall, 2-2 in conference) and Madison Tveidt finished with two hits.

Both Polson and Whitefish head to the Frenchtown Tournament today.

Whitefish 000 001 0 — 1 5 3

Polson 210 035 x — 11 15 0

Kaitlyn Wehrli and Hailey Mortensen. Shalaina Duford and Kayla Duford. W — Duford 5-0 (9 strikeouts, 5 walks); L — Wherli

WHITEFISH — Wehrli 0-3, Hanah Lewis 0-2, Madison Tveidt 2-3, Mortensen 1-3, Shannon Holmes 0-3, Emily Stiver 0-1, Baylee Tveidt 1-3, Emma Baldanado 1-3, Madisen Cross 0-1.

POLSON — Staci Benson 0-4, Kodi Woods 1-3, K. Duford 2-4, Riley Kenney 3-4, Sallie Sams 4-4, Makaliah Wilson 3-4, Ashley Johnson 2-4, Kylie Knutson 0-2, S. Duford 0-1, Colleen Jacobson 1-1.

2B — Wilson; 3B — Sams 2; RBI — Sams 5, Wilson 2, K. Duford, Johnson, Jacobson, Baldanado.

Columbia Falls 6, Libby 0

LIBBY — Ranae Nelson and Cassidee Skiles both drove in two runs as Columbia Falls topped Libby in Northwestern A play.

Columbia Falls (1-4 overall and 1-2 league) scored twice in the second inning and closed with a three-run seventh. The Wildkats added a run in the fifth.

Columbia Falls outhit Libby (1-4 and 1-2) 7-3. Shaun Rowe went 2-for-4 for the Wildkats and had the game’s only extra base hit — a double.

“Columbia Falls hit the ball when they needed to,” Libby coach Dean Thompson said.

“Their pitcher (Morgan Rowe) did a great job against our batters, kept us on our toes.”

Libby will play two games today — 2 p.m. versus Corvallis and 5:30 p.m. versus Loyola Sacred Heart — in the Frenchtown Tournament.

Columbia Falls will also be competing at the two-day Frenchtown Tournament.

Columbia Falls 020 010 3 — 6 7 1

Libby 000 000 0 — 0 3 2

Morgan Rowe and Erika Nelson; Taylor Armstrong and Lexie Hagness. W — Rowe. L — Amrstrong.

Columbia Falls (3-2 and 1-1) — Ranae Nelson 1-3, Niki Birky 0-3, Shaun Rowe 2-4, Cassidee Skiles 1-4, Michonne Cronquist 0-3, Erika Nelson 0-3, Morgan Rowe 0-2, Jessica Owens 1-3, Madison Sandefer 2-3.

Libby (1-4 and 1-2)— Jaime Gilden 0-1, Alysha Martin 0-3, LaRona Luscher 1-3, Candace Hendrickson 0-3, Hageness 0-3, Taylor Barton 1-3, Armstrong 0-2, Emily Monroe 0-3, Alyssa Walker 1-1.

2B—S. Rowe; RBIs—R. Nelson (2), Birky, S. Rowe, Skiles (2).