Softball roundup: Big inning lifts Flathead over C-Falls

by The Daily Inter Lake
| April 16, 2013 11:27 PM

COLUMBIA FALLS — Flathead scored five runs in the third inning en route to a 6-4 nonconference softball victory Tuesday over Columbia Falls.

Flathead (2-3 overall) did all of its scoring in the big inning with two outs. Sidney Alberts started it by walking. Columbia Falls had two errors in the inning to keep the rally going.

Alberts had two hits for Flathead.

Tiffany Hummer and Winter Kemppainen both had two hits for Columbia Falls.

Flathead faces Glacier on Thursday in a crosstown doubleheader.

Up next for Columbia Falls is a Class A league contest on Friday at home with Libby.

Flathead 105 000 0 — 6 5 0

Columbia Falls 020 020 0 — 4 10 4

Raylene Kerney, Sidney Alberts (4) and Kailee Henderson; Ashley Trueblood and Courtney Murray. W — Kerney. L — Trueblood.

FLATHEAD — Abbie O’Brien 0-3, Iris Matulevich 0-3, Alberts 2-3, Cassidy Smith 0-3, Cadelyn Nunn 0-0, Henderson 1-4, Shayla Tweet 1-4, Lynsey Potter 0-3, Kaitlin Torgerson 0-1, Mackenzie Twichel 0-2, Kijrstjn Kruse 1-3.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Tiffany Hummer 2-4, Carlee Brown 0-2, Alex Pederson 1-2, Kathrin Jetty 1-4, Trueblood 1-4, Catie King 1-3, Ciarra Holm 1-3, Winter Kemppainen 2-3, Amanda Morrison 0-1, Madi Fetters 1-2, Murray 0-2.

2B—Holm; RBIs—Tweet (2); Jetty, Trueblood, Holm.

Frenchtown 6, Libby 1

LIBBY — Morgan Ray tossed a two-hitter and Keegan Wickman, who went 2-for-2, drove in four runs as Frenchtown beat Libby in Class A conference action.

Ray struck out 14 Libby batters.

Libby pitcher Hannah England also went the distance in the circle and held Frenchtown to five singles and one double.

“Frenchtown is a good hitting team and she pitched well,” Libby coach Dean Thompson said of England.

“Defensively, we played pretty well.”

Libby falls 2-3 overall, 1-2 league.

Frenchtown 013 020 0 — 6 6 1

Libby 000 100 0 — 1 2 2

Morgan Ray and Larissa Berg; Hannah England and Dayln Germany. W — Ray. L — England.

FRENCHTOWN — Holly Jacobs 0-3, Kayla Blood 1-3, Abby Inderland 2-4, Ray 1-3, Keegan Wickman 2-2, Macey Newberry 0-2, Josie Anderson 0-1, B erg 0-2, Vanessa Savish 0-2, Nicole Garren 0-1, M. Pyran 0-3.

LIBBY — Kelsey Klin 0-3, Mahalah Wedel 1-3, Devon Gallagher 0-3, Germany 0-3, Rachel Rebo 0-3, Staci Regh 0-3, England 0-2, Brooke Rosling 0-1, Rebecca Kyriss 1-1, Aria Benefield 0-2.

2B—Inderland; RBIs—Inderland, Wickman (4), Savish.

Eureka 19, Troy 9

Eureka 12, Troy 12

EUREKA — Eureka picked up its first win of the season, blasting Troy 19-9.

Cassidy Morgan, Elliott Peterson and Charity Parsons (2) doubled for the Lions. Morgan drove in three runs.

The second game ended in a 12-12 tie after six innings. The game was called because of darkness.

Eureka is now 1-4-1 overall on the season.

“I’m proud of the girls,” Eureka coach Andy Escobar said. “We had two starters out to injuries and one starter was gone on a school trip. They pulled together and got the job done.”

Troy 101 070 — 9 5 1

Eureka 460 216 — 19 10 4

H. Peterson and Taylor Brown; Cassidy Morgan, Laura Williams (5), Morgan (6) and Charity Parsons. W — Morgan. L — Peterson.

TROY — T. Thill 0-3, M. Hight 1-3, B. Opland 1-2, C. Johnston 0-2, B. Garrison 0-4, Peterson 1-4, Brown 1-4, R. Ratola 0-0, L. Tunison 0-2, Z. Lowry 0-2, S. Rands 1-2.

EUREKA — Evynn Anderson 0-1, Alaina Wright 2-4, Morgan 3-4, Hannah Price 0-3, Nicole Anderson 2-4, Elliott Peterson 1-5, Parsons 2-2, Haley Lindgren 0-1, Shelbey Lindgren 0-1, Rose Weaver 0-2, Laura Williams 0-1, Daisy Marquardt 0-0, Courtney Lemer 0-0.

2B—Rands; Morgan, Peterson, Parsons (2); RBIs—Hight, Garrison, Peterson, Lowry, Rands (2); Wright (2), Morgan (3), Price, N. Anderson, Peteerson (2), Parsons (2), H. Lindgren.

Eureka 005 214 — 12 9 8

Troy 220 341 — 12 8 4

Morgan and Parsons; Garrison and Brown. Game was called to darkness.

EUREKA — E. Anderson 1-3, Wright 1-3, Morgan 3-5, Price 0-1, N. Anderson 1-4, Peterson 1-5, Parsons 0-3, Lemer 1-2, S. Lindgren 1-2, Marquardt 0-0, Weaver 0-3, H. Lindgren 0-1.

TROY — Thill 1-4, Hight 0-1, Opland 2-4, Johnston 3-4, Garrison 0-3, Peterson 1-3, Brown 0-2, E. Landis 1-4, Tunison 0-3, Rands 0-3, B. Burk 0-2.

2B—E. Anderson; Opland (2), Peterson; 3B—Johnston; RBIs—E. Anderson, Wright, Morgan, Peterson, Lemer, S. Lindgren, Weaver; Thill, Opland (2), Johnston (4), Peterson (2).