Polson bounces back on diamond

FRENCHTOWN - The Polson Pirates dropped their first game of the season but regained their winning ways and earned a split on the second day of the Frenchtown softball tournament on Saturday.

Freshman Martina Marquardt, making her first varsity start, hit a solo home run in Polson's three-run fifth inning but Polson ran out of time and lost to Butte Central 7-5. The game was called after six innings due to time allotment.

In the following game, the Pirates put together a four-run second inning and held off Missoula Loyola 7-3.

Riley Kenney went 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBI and Polson improved to 7-1 on the season.

"I was glad to see them come back and respond to a loss," Polson coach Larry Smith said. "I was wondering how they would react for not losing a game up to that point."

Kenney finished with six hits on the day, Staci Benson had four, including two doubles,

Polson hosts Libby at home on Friday.

Polson 200 030 x - 5 8 1

Butte Central 520 000 x - 7 12 3

Shalaina Duford and Kayla Duford. McKenzie Doherty and Hannah Stajcar. W - Doherty; L - S. Duford.

POLSON - Staci Benson 2-3, Kodi Woods 1-3, K. Duford 0-3, Riley Kenney 3-4, Sallie Sams 1-4, Martina Marquardt 1-3, Ashley Johnson 0-1, Kylie Knutson 0-2, S. Duford 0-2, Heidi Rausch 0-1.

BUTTE CENTRAL - Angela Piazzola 1-4, Svejkovsky 1-3, Jessie LeProwse 2-3, Quinn Peoples 2-3, Stajcar 1-2, Katie Hogart 1-3, Doherty 1-3, Carlee Norbeck 1-3, Danika Neumann 1-3.

2B - Benson; LeProwse (2), Hogart; HR - Marquardt; RBI - Marquardt, Sams (2), Benson, S. Duford; Stajcar (2); Peoples, Hogart

Polson 7, Missoula Loyola 3

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Missoula Loyola 001 101 0 - 3 9 1

Shalaina Duford and Kayla Duford. Sarah Goodman and Alex Hughes. W - Duford; L - Goodman

POLSON - Staci Benson 2-4, Kodi Woods 2-4, K. Duford 1-4, Riley Kenney 3-4, Sallie Sams 0-3, Martina Marquardt 0-3, Ashley Johnson 2-4, Colleen Jacobson 1-4, S. Duford 0-3, Kylie Knutson 0-0, Heidi Rausch 0-0.

LOYOLA - Goodman 1-4, Stevie Kahle 2-4, Andrea Hoffman 1-3, Hughes 1-3, Kari Tirrell 0-4, Heather Huguet 1-3, Laura Snook 2-3, Colleen Miller 1-3, Sam Manley 0-3.

2B - Snook, Benson; 3B - Kenney; RBI - Benson, Woods, Kenney (2); Snook (2), Goodman

Columbia Falls 7, Anaconda 6

FRENCHTOWN - Kathrin Jetty knocked in the game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh to give Columbia Falls a come-from-behind win over Anaconda at the Frenchtown Tournament.

Due to time limits, a runner was put on second base before Jetty came up with the hard-hit single.

Columbia Falls had trailed 6-3 before scoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie it up.

Shaun Rowe led the Wildkats with two hits.

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C-Falls 100 203 1 - 7 6 3

Brooke Chapman and Lisa Laslovich. Morgan Rowe and T. Coulan.

ANACONDA - Lisa Laslovich 3-4, Karli King 1-3, Lauren Bolten 1-1, Rachel Wagner 1-4, Vanessa Jense 2-4, Korey Krumm 1-4, Hanna Anderson 0-4, Abby Stanberry 0-3, Jeanna Brunell 1-3.

COLUMBIA FALLS - Jessica Owens 0-4, Jaylynn Cantu 1-4, Shaun Rowe 2-4, Michonne Cronquist 2-4, Kathrin Jetty 0-3, Madison Sandefer 0-3, Morgan Rowe 0-3, Cassidee Skiles 1-3, Tessa Cowan 0-3.

HR - Jense. RBI - Jense (3).

Frenchtown 9,

Columbia Falls 4

FRENCHTOWN - Columbia Falls fell apart in the later innings and lost to Frenchtown in the second of two games on Saturday.

C. Falls 101 001 1 - 4 5 3

Frenchtown 111 132 1 - 9 9 4

Morgan Rowe and A. Tanbarlai. Abby Indreland and Jordan Hulla and Madison McGuire. W - Indreland (5-0). L - M. Rowe.

COLUMBIA FALLS - Jessica Owens 1-3, Jaylynn Cantu 0-3, Shaun Rowe 2-4, Michonne Cronquist 0-4, M. Rowe 0-2, Tori Price 1-1, Kathrin Jetty 0-2, Madison Sandefer 0-3, Cassidee Skiles 1-3, Angela Tamurelli 0-3.

FRENCHTOWN - Katie Kees 0-2, Sakai Scheffer 1-4, Keller Leishman 2-4, Kayla Bordner 2-4, Abby Indreland 1-3, Tyler Warren 1-1, Sarah Lester 0-2, Shelby Jutila 1-4, Becka Peeters 1-2, Jordan Hulla 0-2, Madison McGuire 1-1.

2B - Leishman, Bordner, Jutila. HR - Bordner. RBIs - Cronquist, S. Rowe, Leishman 2, Bordner 2, Indreland, Peeters, McGuire.

Libby 11, Hamilton 4

FRENCHTOWN - Alysha Martin knocked in three runs, Emily Monroe went 3-for-4 with two doubles and Libby defeated Hamilton handily in the closing day of the Frenchtown Tournament.

Martin finished 2-for-4 with a double and catcher Lexi Hageness had a two-run single for Libby.

Libby 302 240 0 - 11 10 3

Hamilton 012 001 0 - 4 9 1

Stacy Dodewaldt and Lexi Hageness, Rebecka Hood and Presley Chadwick. W - Dodewaldt. L -Hood .

LIBBY - Jaime Gilden 1-3, LaRona Luscher 0-3, Candace Luscher 1-4, Alysha Martin 2-4, Hageness 1-2, Kim Tangen 0-3, Emily Monroe 3-4, Taylor Barton 0-2, Taylor Armstrong 2-3.

HAMILTON - Melissa Hood 1-4, Kaylie Strandberg 2-4, Nicole Hood 3-3, Annie Schultz 0-2, R. Hood 0-3, Elizabeth Taylor 0-3, Chadwick 3-3, Kennedy Chadwick 0-3, Taylor Wilson 0-2, Mikayla Wilson 0-1.

2B - Martin, Hageness, Monroe (2), M. Hood, N. Hood, P. Chadwick. RBIs - Gilden, Martin (3), Hageness (2), Tangen, Monroe, Armstrong, M. Hood, Schultz, Chadwick

Libby 8,

Butte Central 1

FRENCHTOWN - Alysha Martin and Lexi Hageness drove in two runs apiece and the Loggers picked up their second win of the day.

Martin and Hageness each had two of the Loggers' seven hits. Pitcher Taylor Armstrong limited the Maroons to four hits while striking out seven.

The Loggers improved to 3-6 overall.

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Libby 004 04x - 8 7 0

Quinn Peoples and Hannah Stajcar. Taylor Armstrong and Lexi Hageness. W - Armstrong (2-5). L - Peoples.

BUTTE CENTRAL - Angela Piazzola 1-3, Taylor Svejkovsky 0-3, Jessie LeProwse 2-3, Peoples 1-2, Stoker 0-3, Katie Hogart 0-2, McKenzie Doherty 0-2, Carlee Norbeck 0-2, Danika Neumann 0-2.

LIBBY - Jaime Gilden 1-3, LaRona Luscher 0-2, Candace Hendrickson 0-2, Alysha Martin 2-3, Hageness 2-3, Kim Tangen 1-3, Emily Monroe 0-3, Taylor Barton 0-1, Armstrong 1-2.

2B - Martin, Hageness, LeProwse. RBIs - Hendrickson, Martin (2), Hageness (2), Tangen.

Stevensville 8,

Whitefish 0

FRENCHTOWN - Maddie Jones threw a no-hitter against the Bulldogs and tallied 11 hits.

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Whitefish 000 000 0 - 0 0 2

Maddie Jones and Courtney Cockroft. Baldonado and Mortensen. W - Jones (1-8). L - Baldonado.

STEVENSVILLE - Bailey Vercruyssen 2-4, Jessica Diepstraten 0-2, Jones 4-4, Ashley Reid 2-4, Ashlie Larum 1-4, Cockroft 0-3, Kilee Bartschi 1-4, Makaela Hollenbeck 1-4, Sydnee Kohl 0-2.

WHITEFISH - Kaitlyn Wehrli 0-2, Madisen Cross 0-2, Madison Tveidt 0-1, Mortensen 0-3, Baldonado 0-1, Sara Fennelly 0-2, Holmes 0-3, Hannah Lewis 0-3, Baylee Tveidt 0-3.

2B - Jones. HR - Jones. RBIs - Vercruyssen 2, Jones 4, Reid, Larum.

Whitefish 5,

Corvallis 2

FRENCHTOWN - Hailey Mortensen and Madison Cross each had two hits apiece and Whitefish put together a three-run seventh inning to beat Corvallis.

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Corvallis 002 000 0 - 2 6 3

Kaitlyn Wehrli and Hailey Mortensen. Alex Ewing and Korie Conder W - Wehrli. L - Ewing.

WHITEFISH - Wehrli 1-4, Madison Cross 2-4, Madison Tveidt 0-4, Mortensen 2-3, Emma Balderch 0-3, Emily Stiver 0-2, Shannon Holmes 1-3, Hanah Lewis 1-2, Baylee Tveidt 1-2.

CORVALLIS - Bri Brawley 3-4, Angie Henderson 1-4, Miquela Kriskovich 1-3, Ewing 1-3, Megan Auch 0-2, Conder 0-3, Whitney Jessop 0-3, Brittany Montgomery 0-1, Ruby Ostrander 0-1, Tegan Elliot 0-2.

2B - Wehrli, Brawley 2, Henderson. 3B - Kriskovich. RBIs - Cross, Mortensen, Balderch, Holmes, Brawley, Kriskovich.