SOFTBALL: Polson beats Columbia Falls; win streak at 7

by The Daily Inter Lake
| April 21, 2016 10:45 PM

POLSON — Polson pushed its winning streak to seven straight Thursday evening by downing Columbia Falls 8-6 in Northwestern A softball.

Polson (9-1 overall, 1-0 league) tallied five runs in the fourth inning to take a 6-4 lead. Ashley Benson doubled in two runners with the bases loaded and two outs.

Columbia Falls threated in the top of the seventh with two runners on and one out. But Polson right fielder Quinn Motichka caught a deep fly and threw a runner out at the plate after tagging up at third base.

Columbia Falls 102 102 0 — 6 9 1

Polson 100 502 x — 8 9 3

KJ Schweikert and Samantha Collins; Hayley Fyant and Ashley Benson. W —Fyant. L — Schweikert.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Katie Price 0-3, Peyton Kehr 1-1, Collins 0-4, Sydney Hovde 2-4, Morgan Campbell 0-4, Lottie Ellis 2-4, Kerry Lanners 1-4, Hannah Freeman 2-4, Schweikert 1-4.

POLSON — Kaelyn Smith 1-4, Benson 2-4, Fyant 1-1, Hannah Potter 0-3, Lydia Dupuis 2-3, Quinn Motichka 0-3, Hannah Fryberger 1-2, Camas Renault 1-3, Laurel Bitterman 1-3, Whitney Barr 0-1.

2B—Hovde, Ellis; Benson; RBIs—Kehr (2), Hovde, Ellis; Benson (2), Dupuis, Fryberger, Renault (2), Bitterman.