Softball roundup: Hellgate hangs on to beat Bravettes
MISSOULA — Missoula Hellgate broke a 1-1 tie with a three-run third inning and held on for a 5-3 Western AA girls softball victory over Flathead on Friday afternoon.
Flathead added two runs in the top of the sixth to complete its scoring.
Hellgate outhit Flathead 8-5. Both teams had one error.
“We hit the ball hard, just hit it right to them all night,” Flathead coach Tasia Gates said.
Kylee Meredith went 2 for 3 for the Bravettes, which included a double.
Rebecca Knutson was 2 for 2.
“Defensively, we made some good plays,” Gates said. “The girls battled. The loss stung a little bit today.”
Flathead (1-17 overall, 1-10 league) beat Hellgate earlier this season, 12-11.
Flathead 010 002 0 — 3 5 1
Hellgate 103 010 x — 5 8 1
Kylee Beccari and Abbie O’Brien; Talley Hill and Sierrah Hardy. W – Hill. L – Beccari.
FLATHEAD — O’Brien 0-4, Grace Cady 0-4, Kaycee Smith 0-4, Kylee Meredith 2-3, Rebecca Knutson 2-2, Kaitlin Torgerson 0-3, Mikaila Jorgenson 0-2, Dana VanLuven 1-3, Kylee Beccari 0-3.
HELLGATE – Callie McKillop 2-2, Kathleen Packard 0-3, Hill 3-3, Hardy 1-3, Korey Waletzko 1-2, Elise Marquardt 0-1, Elizabeth Swanson 0-3, Dusty Caluori 2-3, Ambria Elliott 0-3, Natasha Crepeau 0-2.
2B – Merideth. RBIs – Knutson, Torgenson, VanLuven; Hardy, Wiletzko, Hill 3.
Frenchtown 8, Polson 0
FRENCHTOWN — Morgan Ray checked Polson on three hits, struck out 12 and issued just one walk as Frenchtown blanked the Pirates in a Northwestern A contest.
Frenchtown broke a scoreless tie with a three-run fourth inning. The Broncs added a run in the fifth and pushed four across the plate in the sixth.
Polson 000 000 0 — 0 3 4
Frenchtown 000 314 x — 8 13 1
Haley Fyant and Sarah Rausch; Morgan Ray and Brooke Yarnall. W – Ray. L – Fyant.
POLSON – Jaiden Toth 0-3, Kaelen Wall 0-3, Taylor Brackey 1-3, Hannah Potter 1-3, Rausch 1-3, Lydia Dupuis 0-2, Ashley Benson 0-1, Skyla Krantz 0-3, Kaelyn Smith 0-1, Fyant 0-2.
FRENCHTOWN – Emma Pyron 2-4, Yarnall 2-3, Ray 2-4, Krista Hebnes 0-3, Haley Cyr 1-4, Shelby Shourds 1-3, Laci Willett 2-3, Alli Moe 1-3, Ali Hochhalter 1-2, Taylor Rockwood 1-1.
2B – Ray 2, Cyr, Shourds, Hochhalter. HR – Willett. RBIs – Ray, Shourds, Hebnes, Willett, Moe, Rockwood.
Libby 19, Whitefish 0
WHITEFISH — Libby scored in every inning, getting nine runs in the third en route to a Northwestern A conference victory over Whitefish.
Grace Porterfield and Savannah Eisenbarth both had singles for Whitefish.
Bulldog starting pitcher Halle Reading fanned six batters in her three- inning tour in the circle.
Madisen Monigold and Auria Benefield had three hits each for Libby.
“We held them for 2 1/2 innings,” Whitefish coach Ron Stone said. “We were hitting the ball hard, right at them.
“We’re still a young team,” he added. “We’re showing improvement every game. I’m proud of the girls.”
Whitefish plays at Columbia Falls today at 4 p.m.
Libby 139 51 — 19 9 0 Whitefish 000 00 — 0 2 0
Hannah England, NA (4) and Devon Gallagher; Halle Reading, Savannah Eisenbarth (4) and Lily Stedman. W — England. L — Reading.
LIBBY — Madisen Monigold 3-5, Mahalah Wedel 0-3, Abby Ennenga 0-3, No. 15 0-2, Gallagher 0-1, Jordan Turner 2-3, Rachel Rebo 0-0, Staci Regh 0-3, Dayln Germany 0-3, Auria Benefield 3-3, England 1-2.
WHITEFISH — Grace Porterfield 1-2, Abby Reese 0-2, Michaela McDowell 0-2, Eisenbarth 1-2, Isabelle Klempel 0-2, Reading 0-1, Bailey Smith 0-1, Baileigh Krause 0-2, Stedman 0-2, Abbey Nelson 0-1.
2B—Benefield; RBIs—NA.