SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Glacier's Williams stifles Helena schools; Flathead swept

Ali Williams allowed only a solo home run in two complete games and the Glacier Wolfpack secured a pair of key Western AA conference wins Saturday afternoon at Kidsports Complex, defeating Helena High 2-0 and Helena Capital 2-1.

The Wolfpack (10-5 overall, 8-2 conference) managed just eight hits combined in the two contests, but the offensive contributions came at key times and were enough to support Williams, who was dominant. The Glacier senior allowed only four hits in 14 innings.

“I’m very pleased on the day,” Glacier coach Andy Fors said. “We’ve found ourselves in some close games and we haven’t been able to come up with a hit or a run to win.

“We were in two close games today and the girls showed a lot of toughness.”

Glacier’s first game of the day was scoreless into the bottom of the sixth inning when Alivia Atlee connected on a two-run home run, her second of the year, to give the Wolfpack all the offense it would need against the Bengals.

In the nightcap, the Pack scored twice in the fourth inning, getting RBIs from Anna Schrade and Emma Shew. Jaley Priddy homered off Williams in the seventh for the only Bruins run.

Helena 000 000 0 — 0 1 0

Glacier 000 002 0 — 2 4 1

Terra Gilchrist and Anna Fischer (H). Ali Williams and Christine Connolly (G). W — Williams. L — Gilchrist.

HELENA — Jordan Hinman 0-1, Hailey Crawford 1-3, Emma Meredith 0-3, Taryn Holland 0-3, Fischer 0-3, Jamie Pickens 0-3, Julie Shepherd 0-2, Sam Holman 0-2, Gilchrist 0-2.

GLACIER — Williams 1-2, Erin McHugh 0-2, Alivia Atlee 1-3, Anna Schrade 1-3, Connolly 1-3, Emma Shew 0-1, Sarah Stern 0-2, Christina DuFour 0-2, Meg Hornby 0-2.

HR — Atlee (G). RBIs — Atlee 2 (G).

Capital 000 000 1 — 1 3 2

Glacier 000 200 0 — 2 4 1

Shelby Martin and Rena Belcourt (C). Ali Williams and Christine Connolly (G). W — Williams. L — Martin.

CAPITAL — Kamrin Rosling 0-2, Madi Quick 1-3, Taylor Mathews 0-3, Martin 0-3, Jaley Priddy 1-3, Emily Hill 0-3, Caroline Rosling 1-2, Toree Rensmon 0-2, Belcourt 0-2.

GLACIER — Williams 1-3, Erin McHugh 1-3, Alivia Atlee 1-3, Anna Schrade 1-3, Connolly 0-2, Madison Johnson 0-1, Emma Shew 0-2, Sarah Stern 0-2, Christina DuFour 0-2, Meg Hornby 0-2.

HR — Priddy (C). RBIs — Priddy (C); Schrade, Shew (G).

Helena Capital 11, Flathead 7 (9 inn.) | Helena High 6, Flathead 2

Flathead’s Becca Knutson hit a game-tying three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning but Helena Capital scored four times in the top of the ninth to steal an 11-7 Western AA conference win at Boyle Field at the Conrad Complex.

The Bravettes lost again, to Helena High, later in the day.

Flathead (4-11, 2-8) evened up a wild game with the Bruins in its last at bat when Jayden Russell singled and Abbie O’Brien walked. Capital went to the bullpen, but Knutson greeted Shelby Martin with a three-run blast to tie the score.

In the ninth, Capital’s Emily Hill turned the tables on Knutson, taking the Flathead pitcher deep for a three-run homer of her own to cap a four-run inning.

The Bravettes’ offense piled up 17 hits in the two games including a two-run home run from Kaitlin Torgerson in the loss to the Bengals. Torgerson and Russell each had four hits and went a combined 8 for 15 to lead Flathead.

Capital 103 300 004 — 11 13 0

Flathead 200 020 300 — 7 11 1

Toree Rensmon, Shelby Martin (7) and Rena Belcourt (C). Becca Knutson and Jayden Russell (F). W — Martin. L — Knutson.

CAPITAL — Kamrin Rosling 3-5, Madi Quick 3-5, Taylor Mathews 1-5, Martin 1-3, Jaley Priddy 2-4, Emily Hill 1-4, Amber Brown 0-1, Caroline Rosling 1-4, Rensmon 0-4, Belcourt 1-4.

FLATHEAD — Russell 3-5, Abbie O’Brien 0-3, Knutson 2-5, Kylee Meredith 2-5, Kaitlin Torgerson 3-5, Bailey Nunn 0-4, Riley Chouinard 0-4, Kylee Beccari 0-4, Kaileigh Denna 1-4.

2B — Matthews, Priddy, C. Rosling, Belcourt (C); Russell 2 (F). HR — Hill (C); Knutson (F). RBIs — Priddy 4, Hill 3, Martin, C. Rosling (C); Knutson 4, Torgerson 3 (F).

Helena 030 003 0 — 6 8 1

Flathead 000 200 0 — 2 6 0

Terra Gilchrist and Anna Fischer (H). Kylee Beccari and Jayden Russell (F). W — Gilchrist. L — Beccari.

HELENA — Jordan Hinman 1-4, Hailey Crawford 1-4, Emma Meredith 0-4, Taryn Holland 0-3, Fischer 1-4, Jamie Pickens 1-3, Addie Slanger 0-2, Abby Romine 2-2, Sam Holman 2-3.

FLATHEAD — Russell 1-2, Abbie O’Brien 1-3, Becca Knutson 0-3, Kylee Meredith 1-3, Kaitlin Torgerson 1-3, Beccari 0-4, Kaileigh Denna 0-3, Riley Chouinard 0-3, Bailey Nunn 2-2.

2B — Pickens (H). 3B — Holman (H). HR — Torgerson (F). RBIs — Holman 3, Hinman 2 (H); Torgerson 2 (F).

Frenchtown Invitational

Polson 7, Libby 5

FRENCHTOWN — Libby nearly erased an early five-run deficit but Polson got a pair of Quinn Motichka doubles and held on to beat the Loggers.

The Pirates scored four times in the second and twice more in the third to move ahead 6-1. Libby answered with four runs in the fifth but could never come all the way back.

Motichka and Lydia Dupuis each drove in two runs for Polson. Ashley Walker went 3 for 4 with a double to pace Libby.

Polson 042 001 0 — 7 13 0

Libby 010 040 0 — 5 10 0

Camas Renault, Lauren Vergerant (7) and Ashley Benson (P). Khalyn Hageness and Sammee Bradeen (L). W — Renault. L — Hageness.

POLSON — Kaelyn Smith 2-4, Lydia Dupuis 1-4, Benson 1-3, Hannah Potter 1-4, Hannah Fryberger 2-3, Kaylan Desjarlais 0-1, Laurel Bitterman 2-3, Paige Noyes 0-0, Quinn Motichka 2-3, Whitney Barr 0-1, Renault 1-3, Mikayla Craft 1-2.

LIBBY — Madisen Monigold 2-4, Khalyn Hageness 0-4, Ashley Walker 3-4, Jordan Turner 1-4, Alyssa Marshall 0-3, Haylee Cannon 2-4, Taryn Luscher 0-1, Bailie Rolsing 0-3, Kyra Lauer 0-1, Lindsey Walker 2-2.

2B — Motichka 2, Dupuis, Potter (P); Turner, Connon, Walker (L). 3B — Smith (P). RBIs — Dupuis 2, Motichka 2, Fryberger, Renault, Craft (P); Turner 2, Cannon 2, Lauer (L).

Polson 14, Hamilton 8

FRENCHTOWN — Kaelyn Smith went 4 for 5 with a triple and the Pirates bashed 19 hits in a high-scoring win.

Hannah Potter went 3 for 4 and Mikayla Croft was 3 for 4 with two RBIs in the win.

Polson 253 013 0 — 14 19 1

Hamilton 113 102 0 — 8 12 3

Camas Renault, Lauren Vergeront (4) and Ashley Benson (P). Jorden Taggart and Kelsie Meis (H). W — Renault. L — Taggart.

POLSON — Kaelyn Smith 4-5, Lydia Dupuis 1-5, Ashley Benson 0-5, Hannah Potter 3-5, Hannah Fryberger 2-5, Laurel Bitterman 2-4, Quinn Motichka 2-4, Camas Renault 1-3, Paige Noyes 0-0, Lauren Vergeront 1-1, Mikayla Croft 3-4.

HAMILTON — Kloie Nye 1-4, Caitlin Dillon 2-4, Rachael Ringer 1-3, Mallory McGill 2-4, Kelsie Meis 1-4, Rachel Richardson 1-4, Brooke Huxtable 3-4, Tessa Della Silva 1-4, Sophia Doyle 0-3.

2B — Motichka, Croft (P); McGill (H). 3B – Smith (P); Della Silva, Ringer (H). RBIs – Croft 2, Benson, Potter, Motichka, Renault (P); Della Silva 3, McGill 2, Ringer 2, Nye.

Libby 6, Florence 5 (8 inn.)

FRENCHTOWN — Alyssa Marshall and Taryne Luscher each had three hits and the Loggers scored once in the top of the eighth to eke out an extra-inning victory over Florence.

Libby’s Khalyn Hageness earned the win. The Loggers tallied 11 hits.

Libby 000 032 01 — 6 11 2

Florence 040 001 00 — 5 6 5

Khalyn Hageness and Sammee Bradeen (L). Shay Waldbillig, Sarah Schurg (6) and Chloe Arthur (F). W — Hageness. L — Schurg.

LIBBY — Madisen Monigold 0-5, Hageness 1-5, Ashley Walker 2-4, Jordan Turner 1-4, Alyssa Marshall 3-4, Bradeen 0-4, Taryne Luscher 3-4, Bailie Rosling 0-1, Haylee Cannon 1-2, Kyra Lauer 0-4.

FLORENCE — Shannon Byrne 0-4, Natalie Drozdz 2-4, Natalie Dulac 1-2, Arthur 0-4, Waldbillig 2-4, Brooklyn Little 0-4, Kali Leibenguth 1-4, Schurg 0-3, Destini Greer 0-2, Jewel Zeiler 0-0.

2B — Luscher (L). 3B — Luscher (L); Waldbillig (F). RBIs – Monigold, Walker, Luscher, Rosling, Cannon (L); Drozdz 2, Greer (F).

Stevensville 11, Whitefish 0

FRENCHTOWN — Stevensville scored seven times in the second inning and ran away from Whitefish in a game shortened to six innings by the 10-run rule.

Stevi 171 002 — 11 9 1

Whitefish 000 000 — 0 2 1

Sarah Morrison and Dani Trangmoe (S). Jordan Sletten and Madison Davis (W). W — Morrison. L — Sletten.

STEVENSVILLE — Mikayla Newman 2-2, Sam Hambrick 2-4, Haley Kampka 0-3, Callie Lendman 1-3, Trangmoe 2-3, Kylee Martin 1-3, Quinn Larson 0-4, Morrison 1-3, Sami Merwin 0-3.

WHITEFISH — Sletten 0-2, Davis 0-4, McKenzie Carl 1-2, Baileigh Krause 1-3, Rebecca Catina 0-2, Isabelle Klempel 0-1, Abby Reese 0-3, Abby Carson 0-3.

HR — Lendman (S). RBIs — Lendman 2, Newman, Hambrick, Kampka, Trangmoe (S).

Plains 16, Eureka 0 | Plains 25, Eureka 2

PLAINS — Plains scored 41 runs over nine innings during a lopsided sweep of Eureka in Western B/C conference action.

Both games were halted early by the 10-run rule, the first game in the fifth inning and the second after four.

Eureka 000 00 — 0 1 4

Plains 30(10) 3x — 16 13 0

Laura Williams and Makennah Apeland (E). Kassidy Kinzie and Kenzie Angle (P). W — Kinzie. L — Williams.

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

PLAINS — Diana Woodward 3-4, Danika Whitcomb 2-3, Kinzie 2-4, Jessica Thompson 2-3, Hailey Coe 2-2, Kristen Josephson 1-2, Angle 2-1, Rachel Worrall 0-2, Karly Lawson 0-2.

2B — Bishop (E); Coe 2, Thompson (P). RBIs – Thompson 4, Coe 3, Angle 2, Kinzie, Josephson (P).

Plains 31(10) (11) — 25 15 1

Eureka 020 0 — 2 3 5

Thompson and Natalee Deschamps (P). Lemer and Smith (E). W — Thompson. L — Lemer.

PLAINS — Woodward 2-3, Whitcomb 1-1, Kinzie 3-5, Thompson 2-4, Coe 2-4, Josephson 1-3, Deschamps 2-3, Worrall 0-3, Lawson 2-3.

EUREKA — Smith 0-3, Lemer 0-2, Morgan 1-2, Bishop 0-2, Twigg 0-2, Apeland 1-2, Ferguson 0-1, Williams 0-2, Heppner 1-2.

2B — Kinzie, Thompson (P). RBIs — Kinzie 4, Thompson 4, Lawson 3, Coe 3, Deschamps 2, Woodward, Whitcomb, Josephson (P); Apeland (E).