SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Glacier splits, Flathead loses two in Helena

HELENA — Glacier had to settle for a split with the Helena schools on Saturday in Western AA softball action.

The Wolfpack dropped Capital 5-1 with Ali Williams striking out 14 batters and holding the Bruins to four hits.

She issued one walk.

Williams’ two-run homer in the seventh inning cleared the left-field fence by 30-35 feet.

In the second game with Helena High, Anna Fisher hit a two-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Bengals to a 2-0 victory.

Williams went the distance in that one also, fanning 13 while giving up six hits.

Christina DuFour and Williams had the only two hits for Glacier (4-3 overall, 3-1 league).

Glacier 002 010 2 – 5 8 2

Capital 100 000 0 – 1 4 4

WP – Ali Williams, LP – Toree Rensmon.

GLACIER – Christina DuFour 1-4, Meg Hornby 1-4, Williams 2-3, Alivia Atlee 1-3, Emma Shew 0-4, Christine Connolly 0-3, Sarah Frandsen 1-2, Serra Monroe 1-3, Sarah

Stern 1-3.

CAPITAL – Taylor Mathews 1-4, Kamrin Rosling 0-2, Shelby Martin 2-3, Madi McMahon 0-0, Caroline Rosling 1-3, Emily Hill 0-3, April Davis 0-3, Toree Rensmon 0-3, Amber Brown 0-1, Jaley Priddy 0-2.

2B – Atlee, Mathews, Rosling; HR – Williams; RBIs – Williams 3, Rosling.

Glacier 000 000 00 — 0 2 1

Helena 000 000 02 — 2 6 5

Ali Williams; Terra Gilchrist. W – Gilchrist, L – Williams.

GLACIER – Christina DuFour 1-4, Meg Hornby 0-4, Ali Williams 1-4, Alivia Atlee 0-3, Emma Shew 0-3, Christine Connolly 0-4, Sarah Fransden 0-3, Serra Monroe 0-3, Sarah Stern 0-2.

HELENA (6-3) – Crawford 0-4, Shepherd 1-4, Meredith 0-3, Holland 1-3, A. Galt 0-0, Hinman 0-2, Fisher 1-4, Pickens 1-3, Holman 2-3, Addie Slanger 0-1.

2B – Pickens; HR – Fisher; RBIs – Fisher 2.

Helena 7, Flathead 5 | Capital 11 Flathead 5

HELENA —Helena High scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to steal a Western AA win from the Bravettes.

Flathead outhit Helena 9-8 with Riley Chouinard going 3 for 4 and driving in a run. Jayden Russell went 2 for 3, which included a double.

In the other outing, Helena Capital’s Shelby Martin checked Flathead (0-7, 0-4) by striking out nine batters and issuing just six hits.

Capital scored four runs in the bottom of the second to take a 6-3 lead.

Russell doubled and homered in four plate appearances and drove in three runs

Flathead 121 001 0 — 5 9 3

Helena 201 004 x — 7 8 3

Kylie Beccari; Julie Shepherd, Terra Gilchrist; W – Gilchrist, L – Beccari.

FLATHEAD – Jayden Russell 2-3, Bailey Nunn 1-2, Riley Chouinard 3-4, Abbie O’Brien 1-3, Kaitlin Torgerson 1-4, Kaileigh Denna 1-3, Dana Vanluven 0-4, Maitlynn Betts 0-4, Kylee Beccari 0-4.

HELENA – Hailey Crawford 1-3, Julie Shepherd 1-4, Riley Galt 0-0, Emma Meredith 3-3, Taryn Holland 0-3, Jordan Hinman 0-4, Anna Fischer 1-2, Annie Galt 0-0, Jamie Pickens 0-2, Sam Holman 1-3, Abby Romine 0-1, Terra Gilchrist 1-2.

2B – Meredith, Fischer, Russell, Nunn; 3B – Shepherd; RBIs – Shepherd 2, Nunn 2, Crawford, Meredith, Denna, Chouinard.

Flathead 031 100 0 — 5 6 2

Capital 241 202 x — 11 14 2

WP – Shelby Martin, LP – Kylee Becarri.

FLATHEAD – Jayden Russell 2-4, Bailey Nunn 0-4, Riley Chouinard 0-3, Abbie O’Brien 1-3, Kaitlin Torgerson 1-4, Kaileigh Denna 0-3, Becarri 1-3, Maitlynn Betts 1-3, Dana VanLuven 0-2.

CAPITAL (4-4) – K. Rosling 1-3, Quick 3-4, Mathews 2-4, Martin 2-3, Amber Brown 0-1, McMahon 0-0, C. Rosling 1-4, Hill 1-3, Nicole Ames 1-1, Davis 0-2, Priddy 1-4, Rena Belcourt 2-3, Rensmon 0-1.

2B – K. Rosling, Mathews, Martin, Russell, O’Brien; HR – Russell; RBIs – Russell 3, Quick 2, Mathews 2, Priddy, Martin, C. Rosling.

Stevensville 13, Whitefish 3

WHITEFISH — Whitefish hung with Stevensville for three innings before the Yellowjackets pulled away for a Class A nonconference victory that was ended by the 10-run rule after six innings.

McKenzie Carl, Madison Davis and Lauren McDonald all had RBIs for Whitefish.

Davis, Rebecca Cantina and Abby Reese had two hits each for the Bulldogs.

Stevensville put the game out of reach with a 5-run fourth inning and four runs in the sixth.

Stevensville 112 504 — 13 17 1

Whitefish 101 100 — 3 10 5

Haley Kampka and Dani Trangmoe; Jordan Sletten and Madison Davis. W — Kampka. L — Sletten.

STEVENSVILLE — Mikayla Newman 3-5, Makayla Davids 2-4, Kampka 2-4, Callie Lendman 3-3, Trangmoe 2-3, Sam Hambrick 2-4, Rylee McCoy 1-3, Abby Austin 2-3, Kaylee Berning 0-4.

WHITEFISH — Sletten 0-4, Rebecca Catina 2-3, Michaela McDowell 0-3, McKenzie Carl 1-2, Davis 2-3, Abby Reese 2-3, Abby Carson 2-3, Lauren McDonald 1-2, Bailey Smith 0-1, Lily Stedam 0-3.

Libby 15, Plains 6 | Plains 7, Libby 2

LIBBY — Libby (5-3) split with Plains in Western B-C Division doubleheader action.

The Loggers rolled in the first game as Madisen Monigold went 4 for 4 and drove in three runs.

Kahlyn Hageness went the distance in the circle to get the win. She had seven strikeouts, walked two and allowed 11 hits. At the plate, she went 2 for 3 with two RBIs.

Plains outhit Libby 11-5 to win the second contest.

Hageness had two of Libby’s five hits.

“We just didn’t hit the ball really well in the second game,” Libby coach Dean Thompson said.

“They are a good team, well coached.”

Plains 320 010 0 — 6 11 1

Libby 230 802 x — 15 14 0

Kassidy Kinzie and Kenzie Angle; Kahlyn Hageness and Sammee Bradeen. W — Hageness. L — Kinzie.

PLAINS — Diania Woodward 1-3, Danika Whitcomb 1-4, Kinzie 2-2, Jessica Thompson 1-4, Haily Coe 1-4, Kristen Josephson 1-4, Angle 3-4, Natalie Deschamps 0-4, Karly Lawson 1-3.

LIBBY — Madisen Monigold 4-4, Hageness 2-3, Haylee Cannon 0-5, Jordan Turner 1-5, Alyssa Marshall 2-5, Bradeen 0-2, Emily Carvey 2-3, Taryn Lusher 1-2, Lindsey Walker 2-3.

2B—Kinzie, Lawson; Monigold; 3B—Monigold, Carvey; RBIs—Kinzie, Thompson, Coe, Josephson (2); Monigold (3), Lusher, Cannon (3), Hageness (2), Carvey, Marshall, Walker (2), Bardeen.

Libby 110 000 0 — 2 5 3

Plains 011 113 x — 7 11 0

Hageness and Bradeen; Thompson and Deschamps. W — Thompson. L — Hageness.

LIBBY — Monigold 1-3, Hageness 2-3, Cannon 0-3, Turner 0-3, Marshall 0-2, Bradeen 0-2, Carvey 1-3, Olivia Miller 0-3, Walker 1-3, Lusher 0-0.

PLAINS — Woodward 2-4, Whitcomb 1-4, Kinzie 1-3, Thompson 2-4, Kalie Crabb 2-4, Josephson 2-4, Angle 0-3, Deschamps 0-2, Lawson 1-3, Coe 0-0.

2B—Hageness, Carvey; Kinzie, Thompson, Crabb; 3B—Lawson; RBIs—Hageness, Walker; Woodward, Kinzie, Josephson, Angle, Crabb (3).

Deer Lodge 12, Eureka 2

POLSON — Deer Lodge used a fast start to drop Eureka in a Western B-C contest shorted to five innings by the 10-run rule.

Deer Lodge held a commanding 11-1 lead after three innings.

Aiyana Twigg and Ambryn Smith both went 2 for 3 for Eureka.

Deer Lodge 524 10 — 12 6 2

Eureka 100 01 — 2 7 2

WP — S. Tiensvold. LP — Laura Williams.

DEER LODGE — H. Swaeengin 0-1, S. Jones 0-0, E. Carroll 1-4, R. Gray 0-0, Tiensvold 1-3, B. Bernhardt 2-3, T. Korang 1-3, A. Lamb 1-3, K. Simpson 0-1, L. Jette 0-1, E. Kunesh 0-0, R. Shepard 0-2.

EUREKA — Aiyana Twigg 2-3, Ambryn Smith 2-3, Courtney Lemer 0-2, Rylee Morgan 0-1, Bailey Bishop 0-1, Sarah Hepner 1-2, Williams 0-2, Myllena Silva 0-1, Makennah Apeland 1-2, Shyann Ferguson 1-2.

2B—Korang; HR—Carroll; RBIs—Swaeengin, Carroll (4), Tiensvold (2), Korang.

Polson 14, Corvallis 0

CORVALLIS — Haley Fyant pitched a three-hitter and Camas Renault led the offense, going 2 for 2 with two RBI, as Polson whipped Corvallis in a Class A nonconference matchup shortened to five innings by the 10-run rule.

Polson (7-2) pushed six runs across the plate in the first and scored in every inning to run its winning streak to seven games.

Polson 613 31 – 14 8 1

Corvallis 000 00 – 0 3 4

Haley Fyant and Ashley Benson. Kayla Fields and Taia Tully. W – Fyant. L – Fields.

POLSON – Kaelyn Smith 1-3, Ashley Benson 1-3, Haley Fyant 1-2, Hannah Potter 0-3, Breyland McColl 0-1, Lydia Dupuis 0-2, Whitney Barr 0-1, Quinn Motichka 1-3, Paige Noyes 0-1, Hannah Fryberger 1-2, Kaylanna Desjarlais 0-1, Laurel Bitterman 1-3, Camas Renault 2-2.

CORVALLIS – Kambrey Powell 1-3, Nicole Turner 1-3, Taia Tully 1-3, Hannah Capko 0-2, Hannah Brown 0-2, Bobbie Stephen 0-2, Kira Doyle 0-1, Megan Bradshaw 0-2, Celina Shepherd 0-1.

2B – Renault. RBIs – Fyant, Porter 2, Dupuis, Noyes, Bitterman, Renault 2.

Columbia Falls 7, Stevensville 0

COLUMBIA FALLS — Taylar Putman and KJ Schweikert combined on a no-hitter and Sydney Hovde went 3 for 3 and drove in a run to power Columbia Falls (5-1) to a Class A nonconference victory over Stevensville.

Schweikert pitched the final four innings. She struck out eight batters and issued no walks.

Katie Price walked four times and scored twice for the Wildkats.

Samantha Collins tripled for Columbia Falls.

Stevensville 000 000 0 — 0 0 4

Columbia Falls 202 300 x — 7 9 4

S. Morrison and Dani Trangmoe; Taylar Putman, KJ Schweikert (4) and Samantha Collins. W — Putman. L — S. Morrison.

STEVENSVILLE — Mikayla Newman 0-2, Makayla Davids 0-3, Haley Kampka 0-3, Callie Lendman 0-2, Trangmoe 0-3, , Sam Hambrick 0-3, Rylee McCoy 0-2, K. Martin 0-1, Abby Austin 0-2, Kaylee Berning 0-2.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Katie Price 0-0, Peyton Kehr 2-4, Collins 2-4, Lottie Ellis 0-2, Syd Hovde 3-3, Kaylene Volkman 0-1, Kerry Lanners 0-3, Hannah Freeman 0-2, Jewels Laycock 1-2, Morgan Campbell-Queen 0-1, Putman 1-2, Schweikert 0-1.

3B—Collins; RBIs—Collins, Ellis (2), Hovde.