Softball roundup: Back-to-back no-hitters for Glacier's Williams
HELENA — Glacier junior pitcher Ali Williams had 31 strikeouts in back-to-back no-hitters of Helena High and Helena Capital on Saturday, earning a pair of victories to push the Wolfpack (13-3 overall, 8-2 Western AA) into first place.
“She was on, to say the least,” Glacier coach Andy Fors said.
“Her riseball was working well today. She felt comfortable and was moving around, hitting spots. She got in a groove and was able to carry that through the day.”
In the opener against Helena High (8-5, 6-2), Glacier pushed its first run across in the fifth inning and exploded for four runs in the sixth. The Wolfpack added an insurance run in the seventh and Williams wrapped up the last of 18 strikeouts to earn the 6-0 shutout victory. It was her second no-hitter against the Bengals this season.
“I thought it was great,” Fors said. “In that first game we hit the ball pretty hard.”
The runs were harder to come by against Capital (7-5, 4-2), which held a shutout of its own until Glacier junior Christine Connolly took a 1-2 pitch deep to right center for a home run in the fifth inning. It was the only run of the game, and the only one the Wolfpack needed with Williams serving up 13 strikeouts, including three straight to close the seventh inning.
Williams now has four no-hitters this season and leads the state in strikeouts.
Game 1
Glacier 000 014 1 — 6 8 0
Helena 000 000 0 — 0 0 1
LP - Terra Gilchrist (7); WP - Ali Williams (7).
GLACIER — Christina DuFour 0-3, Kayla Russell 2-4, Erin McHugh 0-4, Williams 2-4, Alivia Atlee 0-4, Kayleena Ikeda 1-3, MacKenzie Brester-Knight 2-3, Christine Connolly 1-3, Katie Wiley 0-2.
HELENA — Tylar Holland 0-1, Hailey Crawford 0-3, Emma Meredith 0-1, Erin Emanuel 0-3, Jordan Hinman 0-3, Anna Fischer 0-3, Taryn Holland 0-2, Ashley Nash 0-2, Abby Romine 0-2.
RBIs - Russell 3, Brester-Knight, Connolly, Wiley.
Game 2
Glacier 000 010 0 — 1 7 0
Capital 000 000 0 — 0 0 0
Ali Williams and Christine Connolly. Brittany Smith and Jaley Priddy.
GLACIER — Christina Dufour 1-4, Kayla Russell 1-3, Ali Williams 1-4, Erin McHugh 0-3, Kayleena Ikeda 2-3, Mackenzie Brester-Knight 0-2, Alivia Atlee 1-3, Christine Connolly 1-2, Katie Wley 0-2.
CAPITAL — Kenzie Johnston 0-3, Shelby VanHemelryck 0-3, Sydney Ladas 0-1, Jaley Priddy 0-2, Brittany Smith 0-3, Caroline Rosling 0-3, Emily Hill 0-3, Jade Turner 0-1, Madi Quick 0-1.
HR — Christine Connolly. RBI — Connolly.
Capital 10, Flathead 0 (5)
Helena 10, Flathead 0 (6)
HELENA — Flathead managed 12 hits but couldn’t find a run, losing to Helena Capital and Helena High in Western AA play.
Capital scored six runs in the third inning to pull away, capping the game with a pair of runs in the fifth to finish the 10-0 victory. The Bruins outhit Flathead 15-6 in the contest.
Kaycee Smith was 2 for 3 from the plate and Rebecca Knutson 2 for 2 for the Bravettes.
Helena High spread out its scoring, adding four runs in the first and three in the fourth. The Bengals ended the game early also, scoring a final run in the sixth inning to win 10-0.
Abbie O’Brien was 2 for 3 in the contest with a double.
Flathead hosts Class A Columbia Falls on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Conrad Complex.
Game 1
Flathead 000 00 — 0 6 0
Capital 106 12 — 10 15 0
WP - Shelby Martin (5); LP - Kylee Beccari (4).
FLATHEAD — Abbie O’Brien 1-2, Grace Cady 0-2, Kaycee Smith 2-3, Kylee Meredith 0-3, Rebecca Knutson 2-2, Kaitlin Torgerson 1-2, Mikaila Jorgenson 0-2, Dana Van Luven 0-2, Kylee Beccari 0-1.
CAPITAL— McKenzie Johnston 2-3, Kamrin Rosling 1-1, Brittany Smith 1-3, Sydney Ladas 2-3, Shelby VanHemelryck 1-1, Jaley Priddy 2-3, Taylor Mathews 3-3, Caroline Rosling 1-2, Madi Quick 0-0, Emily Hill 0-1, Rena belcourt 0-2, Toree Rensmon 1-3, Jade Turner 1-2.
2B - Priddy, Johnston; 3B - Turner, Ladas; RBIs - Turner 3, Johnston, K. Rosling, Ladas, Priddy, Mathews, C. Rosling.
Game 2
Flathead 000 000 — 0 6 2
Helena 410 311 — 10 13 0
WP - Gilchrist (4), Julie Shepard (2); LP - Kylee Becarri (5.2).
FLATHEAD — Abbie O’Brien 2-3, G. Cady 1-3, Rebecca Knutson 0-3, Kylee Meredith 1-3, Kaycee Smith 0-3, Kaitlin Torgerson 1-2, Mikaila Jorgenson 1-3, Dana VanLuven 0-2, Beccari 0-2.
HELENA — Ty Holland 2-3, Crawford 2-3, Em Meredith 1-3, Emanuel 1-4, Hinman 0-4, Fischer 2-3, Sam Holman 1-1, Tar Holland 1-3, Nash 2-4, Romine 1-4.
2B - Nash, Ty Holland, Tar Holland, O’Brien, Ky Meredith; RBIs - Meredith 2, Emanuel 2, Fischer 2, Hinman, Romine.
Class B
Deer Lodge 16,
Eureka 13
DEER LODGE — Deer Lodge tallied four runs in the first, second and third innings to outscore Eureka in a Class B matchup.
Eureka pushed eight runs across the plate in the second inning for a brief 10-8 lead.
Evynn Anderson, Stacy Cooper and Haley Lindgren had two hits each for Eureka. The Lions outhit Deer Lodge 11-9.
Deer Lodge’s McKenna Stefalo broke her leg sliding home.
The second game of the scheduled doubleheader was not played.
Deer Lodge 444 301 x — 16 9 3
Eureka 282 000 1 — 13 11 4
W — Stacy Tiensvold L — Laura Williams
DEER LODGE – Hunter Therriault 1-5, Natalie Padovich 1-2, Tiensvold 2-4, Tierra Korang 1-4, McKenna Stefalo 0-2, McKayla Erickson 1-2, Elizabeth Barton 3-4, Kelsey Swarengin 0-4, Karrigan McKinnon 0-3.
EUREKA – Erynn Thier 1-4, Evynn Anderson 2-5, Stacy Cooper 2-2, Courtney Lemer 1-3, Rylee Morgan 1-3, Laura Williams 1-3, Nicole Anderson 0-4, Haley Lindgren 2-4, Charity Parsons 1-3, Ashlyn Waldo 0-1.
2B – Morgan, Williams, Padovich, Barton (2), Tiensvold. 3B – Thier. RBIs – Thier (2), Lemer, Morgan (4), Williams (2), Lindgren (2), Tiensvold, Korang (2), Erickson, Barton (6), Swarengin.
Frenchtown Invitational
Polson 7, Belgrade 6
Florence 9, Polson 5
Polson needed a late rally and then had to hang on to best Belgrade, but the Pirates settled for a split on the final day of tournament action when Florence piled up five runs in the seventh inning to come out on top in their other outing.
Taylor Brackey went 3 for 3 and Sarah Rausch homered in the win over Belgrade.
Hannah Potter, Haley Fyant and Skyla Krantz had two hits each in the Florence outing.
Potter belted a home run and doubled.
Polson 100 022 2 — 7 10 5
Belgrade 010 022 1 — 6 9 1
Camas Renault and Sarah Rausch. J. Taylor and K. Bethke. W - Renault. L - Taylor.
POLSON – Jaiden Toth 1-4, Kaelen Wall 2-4, Taylor Brackey 3-3, Hannah Potter 2-3, Kaelyn Smith 0-1, Hannah Fryberger 0-2, Ashley Benson 0-4, Lydia Dupuis 0-2, Haley Fyant 0-1, Sarah Rausch 1-2, Skyla Kranz 1-3.
BELGRADE – S. Neaubauer 2-4, Jenna Taylor 1-4, T. Branch 0-3, H. Goulet 1-3, K. Bethke 0-4, T. Atwood 1-3, S. Neaubauer 2-4, N. Schlatetch 0-3, M. Cade 1-2.
2B – Neaubauer, Taylor, Brackey, Potter. HR –Cade, Rausch . RBIs – Taylor, Cade (2), Potter, Benson, Rausch (2), Kranz.
Florence 300 001 5 — 9 9 3
Polson 000 211 1 — 5 10 3
Sarah Schurg and Josie McCann. Camas Renault, Haley Fyant (4) and Sarah Rausch. W - Schurg. L - Renault.
FLORENCE — Holly Hale 2-3, Micayla Cole 1-5, Megan Byrne 1-3, McCann 1-3, Chloe Arthur 1-4, Natalie Drozdz 2-3, Kali Leibenguth 0-3, Jewel Zeiler 0-1, Schurg 0-2, Destini Greer 0-1, Kristyne Drozdz 1-3.
POLSON — Jaiden Toth 0-4, Kaelen Wall 1-4, Taylor Brackey 1-4, Hannah Potter 2-4, Kaelyn Smith 1-3, Hannah Fryberger 0-1, Fyant 2-3, Lydia Dupuis 0-3, Ashley Benson 0-0, Rausch 1-4, Skyla Krantz 2-3.
2B — McCann, Potter. HR — N. Drozdz, Potter. RBIs — Hale, McCann 2, Arthur 2, N. Drozdz, K. Drozdz, Wall 2, Potter, Dupuis.
Stevensville 18,
Whitefish 6
Stevensville scored 11 runs in the first inning in rolling to an easy tournament win.
Whitefish did all of its scoring in the second inning.
Michaela Dowell went 2 for 2 for Whitefish. She doubled and drove in two runs.
Whitefish 060 — 6 6 1
Stevensville (11)16 — 18 7 1
Lauren McDonald, Halle Reading (2) and Madison Davis. Carly Vercruyssen, Maddie Boesch (2) and Megan Finley. W – Boesch. L – McDonald.
WHITEFISH — McDonald 1-2, Michaela Dowell 2-2, Abbey Reese 0-3, Mackenzie Carl 1-2, Savannah Eisenbarth 1-2, Isabelle Klempel 0-2, Halle Reading 0-1, Lily Stedman 1-1, Bailey Smith 0-1.
STEVENSVILLE — Jenna Lockman 1-1, Vercruyssen 1-1, Finley 2-3, Callie Lendman 1-3, Bayleigh Ravenscroft 0-2, Boesch 1-2, Taylor Rauch 1-1, Tuesday Painter 0-1, Rylee McCoy 0-1, Kylie Brier-Burlingham 0-1.
2B – Dowell; Rauch. RBIs – Dowell 2, Carl; Rauch 2, Lockman 2, Vercruyssen, Finley 2, Lendman 3, Ravenscroft, Boesch.
Columbia Falls 4,
Hamilton 1
Ashley Trueblood went the distance in the circle and Katie Price went 3 for 4 and drove in a run as Columbia Falls emerged with the victory.
Columbia Falls did all of its scoring in the top of the fourth inning.
Peyton Kehr drove in two runs for Columbia Falls.
Columbia Falls 000 400 — 4 8 0
Hamilton 000 010 — 1 6 1
W – Ashley Trueblood. L – Sky Lopez.
COLUMBIA FALLS – Carlee Brown 2-2, Katie Price 3-4, Trueblood 0-3, Breanna Friar 0-3, Alysha Cantu 1-3, Madi Fetters 0-3, Lottie Ellis 2-2, Peyton Kehr 0-3, Kaitlyn Hoerner 0-3.
HAMILTON – Caitlin DIllon 2-3, McKayl Rothie 0-2, Taylor Goligoski 1-3, Tayler Reynolds 1-3, Rachael Ringer 1-3, Lauren Dolcater 0-3, Shaylan Mohn 1-3, Lacey Dolcater 0-2, Kloie Nye 0-2.
3B – Dillon. RBIs – Price, Kehr 2; Dillon.