Softball: Polson pounds Dillon, Stevi in tourney

by The Daily Inter Lake
| May 13, 2016 11:11 PM

BUTTE — Hannah Potter had three RBIs and Ashley Benson, Hannah Fryberger, Lydia Dupuis and Quinn Motichka had two RBIs each to power Polson’s offense in a 17-1 victory over Dillon on Friday at the LaVerne Combo softball tournament.

Benson and Potter doubled once and Fryberger had two. Polson had 15 hits in that contest.

In the second game, Polson whipped Stevensville 12-2.

Kaelyn Smith, Laurel Bitterman and Motichka all were 2 for 3 at the plate. Motichka had four RBIs. Camas Renault doubled for Polson.

Polson plays Miles City today at 9 a.m. in the tournament and Lewistown at 12:30 p.m.

Polson 340 46 — 17 15 1

Dillon 000 10 — 1 3 6

Camas Renault, Laurel Bitterman (5). Adrianna Pittman, Bailey Berriochoa (5). W – Renault. L – Pittman.

POLSON – Kaelyn Smith 1-4, Laurel Bitterman 0-3, Ashley Benson 2-4, Lydia Dupuis 2-2, Hannah Potter 2-4, Quinn Motichka 2-4, Hannah Fryberger 3-4, Mikayla Croft 2-4, Camas Renault 1-3.

DILLON – Shaylee Ericksen 0-3, Bailey Berriochoa 0-2, Lauren Miotke 0-2, Adrianna Pittman 2-2, Erica Rude 1-2, Jacklyn Kidd 0-2, Priyanka Bharadwaj 0-2, Scout Voss 0-1, Abbie Olsen 0-1, Kiki Tippetts 0-2.

2B – Benson, Potter, Fryberger 2; Pittman. 3B – Pittman. RBIs – Benson (2), Potter (3), Fryberger (2), Dupuis (2), Motichka (2), Croft; Rude.

Polson 210 9 — 12 10 0

Stevensville 001 1 — 2 2 1

Lauren Vergeront, Camas Renault (4) and Ashley Benson, Kaylanna DesJarlias; Sarah Morrison and Dani Trangmoe. W — Vergeront. L — Morrison.

POLSON — Kaelyn Smith 2-3, Laurel Bitterman 2-3, Bendon 1-2, Lydia Dupuis 0-1, Hannah Potter 1-3, Quinn Motichka 2-3, Hannah Fryberger 0-2, Renault 1-3, Vergeront 1-2.

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

2B—Renault; Hambrick; RBIs—Smith, Bitterman, Benson (2), Potter, Motichka (4); McCoy.

Libby 14, Loyola 4

BUTTE — Madisen Monigold, 3 for 4, homered and drove in three runs as Libby whipped Loyola 14-4 at the LaVerne Combo tournament.

Loyola 102 01 — 4 5 1

Libby 622 4x — 14 11 3

Joslynn Haran and Carly Tipp. Khalyn Hageness and Sammee Bradeen. W – Hageness. L – Haran.

LOYOLA – Maggie Miltko 0-2, Hannah Hirning 0-2, Joslynn Haran 1-3, Natalie Goodman 1-3, MJ Jackson 1-3, Carly Tipp 2-3, Josie Anderson 0-3, Sydney Sandefur 0-2, Ivvy Solomon 0-1.

LIBBY– Madisen Monigold 3-4, Khalyn Hageness 2-3, Olivia Miller 0-0, Ashley Walker 1-2, Haylee Cannon 0-3, Lindsey Walker 0-2, Taryn Luscher 1-1, Sammee Bradeen 0-2, Alyssa Marshall 1-1, Jordan Turner 3-3, Kyra Lauer 0-2.

2B – Goodman, Tipp; Monigold, Turner, Hageness. HR – Monigold. RBIs – Goodman, Jackson, Tipp; Monigold 3, Luscher, Turner 2, Cannon, Hageness, Marshall, Walker, Lauer.

Ronan sweeps Eureka

EUREKA — Ronan romped to a Western B doubleheader victory over Eureka, 26-3 and 19-0.

Ronan had 38 hits on the day to Eureka’s eight.

Rylee Morgan and Courtney Lemer both were 2 for 3 for Eureka in the first game.

Morgan had the lone hit in the second game for the Lions, a double.

Game 1

Ronan 213 03(17) — 26 24 2

Eureka 001 011 — 3 7 7

WP—C. Rhine; LP— Laura Williams.

RONAN — K. Sassaman 5-5, G. Wirz 3-6, C. Rhine 3-6, A. Morency 5-6, K. Brown 3-4, S. Wirz 2-5, J. Clairmont 2-4, C. Clairmont 0-3, Courville 0-1, K. Santos 1-4.

EUREKA — Ambryn Smith 1-4, Rylee Morgan 2-3, Courtney Lemer 2-3, Bailey Bishop 0-3, Shyann Ferguson 0-3, Makennah Apeland 1-3, Williams 0-3, Sarah Hepner 0-1, Myllena Silva 1-2.

2B—Wirz, Brown; Smith; HR—Morency; RBIs—Sassaman (3), G. Wirz (3), Rhine, Morency (3), Brown, S. Wirz (3), J. Clairmont (2); Smith, Morgan, Hepner.

Game 2

Eureka 000 — 0 1 7

Ronan 667 — 19 14 0

WP—G. Wirz; LP — Lemer.

EUREKA — Smith 0-2, Morgan 1-1, Lemer 0-1, Bishop 0-1, Ferguson 0-0, Apeland 0-1, Williams 0-1, Hepner 0-1, Katja Schulten 0-1.

RONAN — Sassaman 2-3, G. Wirz 2-3, Rhine 1-3, Morency 3-4, Brown 1-4, S. Wirz 2-3, J. Clairmont 2-3, Courville 0-2, Santos 1-4.

2B—Morgan; Morency; RBIs—Sassaman, G. Wirz (2), Morency, S. Wirz (2), Clairmont (3), Courville.