Softball roundup: Flathead takes doubleheader from Hellgate

MISSOULA — Flathead’s softball team pulled out a pair of tight Western AA road wins Saturday, edging Missoula Hellgate 6-5 and 3-2 in 10 innings.

Flathead (4-5 overall, 2-2 league) dropped a league doubleheader to Glacier on Thursday.

“That was very exciting for us, especially coming off those Thursday games,” Flathead coach Ashley Fusaro said.

“The girls battled every inning.”

Fusaro said the JV also won a doubleheader.

“That’s great for our program and for their confidence,” she said.

Flathead took a 6-5 lead in the first game with a three-run sixth inning.

Kaylee Henderson, Shayla Tweet, Lynsey Potter, Kijrstjn Kruse and Mackenzie Twichel all had two hits to pace the Bravettes.

Sidney Alberts had three hits for Flathead in the second game, including a standup triple. Abbie O’Brien and Iris Matulevich both had two.

Tweet also tripled in that game.

Flathead 030 003 0 — 6 12 1

Hellgate 040 100 0 — 5 10 0

Flathead – Sidney Alberts and Kaylee Henderson. Hellgate – Makaya Resner and Allie Allen. W – Alberts. L – Resner.

FLATHEAD – Abbie O’Brien 1-4, Iris Matulevich 0-4, Alberts 1-4, Cassidy Smith 0-3, Henderson 2-4, Shayla Tweet 2-3, Lynsey Potter 2-2, Kijrstijn Kruse 2-3, Mackenzie Twichel 2-3.

HELLGATE – McKenna Gagner 2-4, Talley Hill 1-4, Katie Waletzko 0-4, Makaya Resner 3-4, Bug Albert 0-4, Allie Allen 2-3, Frankie Needles 1-3, Hannah Boelman 1-3, Morgan Tucker 1-3.

2B – Kruse, Twichel 3B – Boelman (2nd, 2 RBI). RBIs – n/a

Flathead 001 000 100 1 — 3 7 0

Hellgate 100 000 100 0 — 2 6 2

Alberts, Raylene Kerney (10) and Henderson. Hellgate – Talley Hill and Allie Allen. W – Kerney. L – Hill.

FLATHEAD – O’Brien 2-5, Matulevich 2-5, Alberts 3-4, Smith 2-5, Henderson 1-5, Tweet 1-5, Potter 0-5, Kruse 0-3, Twichel 0-4.

HELLGATE – Gagner 0-3, Hill 0-2, Waletzko 1-5, Resner 3-4, A. Albert 1-4, Allen 0-4, Rory Anderson 0-4, Boelman 0-3, Maddie Albert 0-2, Needles 0-2.

2B – Resner, B. Albert. 3B – Tweet, Alberts. RBIs – Matuteurn, Smith, Tweet; Wiletzko, Resner.

Polson 32, Whitefish 0

WHITEFISH — Shalaina Duford threw her second no-hitter of the season and also homered as Polson crushed Whitefish in Northwestern A play.

Duford struck out 11 in the five-inning contest and issued no walks. It was her second no-hitter of the season.

Polson (8-1, 4-0) scored 13 runs in the second inning and 12 in the third.

Jaylin Kenney went 5-for-6 to power Polson’s offensive attack. Duford, Heidi Rausch and Martina Marquardt had three hits each.

Whitefish stranded a runner at third in the fourth inning. Malia Morris reached on an infield error, moved to second on a passed ball and to third on an infield out.

Polson 0(13)(12) 25 — 32 21 1

Whitefish 000 00 — 0 0 4

Shalaina Duford and Jaylin Kenney; Halle Reading, Andrea Lameuroux (3) and Maddie Davis. W — Duford. L — Reading.

POLSON — Kenney 5-6, Duford 3-6, Jessica Bagnell 1-5, Heidi Rausch 3-4, Martina Marquardt 3-4, Jordyn Evertz 1-2, Sarah Rausch 1-3, Jaiden Toth 4-4, Hannah Potter 2-4, Jaelyn Ellenwood 0-0, Taylor Brackey 0-1.

WHITEFISH — Malia Morris 0-2, Reading 0-1, Abby Reese 0-1, Georgia Donaldson 0-2, Lameuroux 0-2, Margot Myers 0-2, Micah McFeely 0-2, Dannie McCabe 0-2, Maddie Davis 0-1, Abbie Taylor 0-1.

2B—H. Rausch, Marquardt (2); 3B—H. Rausch, Marquardt, Potter (2); HR—Duford; RBIs—NA.

Corvallis 2, Libby 0

LIBBY — The Libby girls had seven hits, but couldn’t plate a run, losing to Corvallis at home.

The Blue Devils scored two runs in the top of the fourth inning to slide past Libby, which allowed only five hits in the game.

Rachel Rebo went 2-for-3 from the plate with a double for Libby.

Corvallis 000 200 0 — 2 5 0

Libby 000 000 0 — 0 7 2

Taylor Gagnon and Gianna Schrock. Hannah England and Dayln Germany. W — Gagnon. L — England.

CORVALLIS — Schrock 1-3, Taia Tully 0-3, Enta Allen 2-3, Miguela Kristovich 0-2, Kira Doyle 0-3, Gagnon 1-2, Brenna Bourgesis 0-3, Sydonia Curtis 0-3, Kathrine Grenfell 0-3.

LIBBY — England 1-4, Mahalah Wedel 0-3, Kelsey Klin 1-3, Rebecca Kyriss 1-3, Devon Gallagher 1-3, Germany 1-3, Rachel Rebo 2-3, Brooke Rosling 0-3, Auria Benefield 0-3.

2B — Rebo 1. RBI — Gagnon 1.

Eureka 8, T- Falls 7

T-Falls 18, Eureka 12

EUREKA — Eureka had trouble finding the strike zone from the circle, splitting a home doubleheader with Thompson Falls.

The Lions won the opener, holding Thompson Falls to just two hits. Elliott Peterson went 2-for-3 from the plate with three RBIs for Eureka.

Peterson hit in another run in the nightcap, a game that saw the Lions score 12 runs. However, the Blue Hawks got to Eureka early, scoring 13 runs in the first inning to put the game away.

Game 1

Thompson Falls 100 004 2 — 7 2 3

Eureka 202 301 x — 8 4 3

Madi Fitchett and Kaylie Cox. Cassidy Morgan and Charity Parsons. W — Morgan. L — Fitchett.

THOMPSON FALLS — M. Fitchett 0-2, Erica Sorlie 1-2, Kelsey Fitchett 0-0, Cox 1-3, Tamara Brubaker 0-4, Katie Chandler 0-3, Shelby Bowden 0-4, Brooke Wood 0-2, Jessie Wedel 0-3.

EUREKA — Nicole Anderson 1-3, Alaina Wright 0-3, Morgan 0-1, Evynn Anderson 0-3, Teasha Escobar 0-3, Elliott Peterson 2-3, Haley Lindgren 0-3, Parsons 0-2, Courtney Lemer 1-3.

RBI — Escobar 1, Peterson 3.

Game 2

Eureka 112 314 0 — 12 5 6

Thompson Falls (13)02 102 x — 18 8 4

Evynn Anderson, Laura Williams (5) and Parsons. Madi Fitchett and Katie Cox. W — M. Fitchett. L — E. Anderson.

EUREKA — Nicole Anderson 2-3, Alaina Wright 0-5, Cassidy Morgan 0-2, Jaimie Soderling 2-2, E. Anderson 0-2, Parsons 0-2, Elliott Peterson 1-3, Courtney Lemer 0-5, Rose Weaver 0-2, Teasha Escobar 0-1, Williams 0-1, Shelby Lindgren 0-0.

THOMPSON FALLS — M. Fitchett 3-6, Erica Sorlie 0-2, Kelsey Fitchett 0-2, Kaylie Cox 0-2, Tamara Brubaker 2-3, Katie Chandler 1-4, Shelby Bowden 1-3, Brooke Wood 1-2, Jessie Wedel 0-4, Sam Johnson 0-1.

2B — Brubaker. 3B — Soderling 1. RBI — Wright 1, Soderling 1, Parsons 2, Peterson 1, Lemer 1, S. Lindgren 1. M. Fitchett 3, Sorlie 1, K. Fitchett 1, Cox 1, Brubaker 3, Chandler 1, Bowden 2, Wood 4, Wedel 1.