Softball Sentinel, Big Sky top Glacier, Flathead

MISSOULA — Glacier showed some “grit” according to coach Andy Fors by bouncing back from a rough 13-1 loss to Missoula Sentinel to battle with Big Sky before the Eagles pulled out a 9-7 victory in Western AA softball play on Tuesday.

“I thought it was a positive we competed in the second game against a good pitcher and a good hitting team,” Fors said.

“Some kids stepped up and put the bat on the ball.”

Meg Hornby went 3 for 4 in that one and Alivia Atlee was 2 for 4.

“Addie Labrum doubled in the fourth inning to give us a spark and get things going,” Fors said.

Big Sky jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the first inning and upped the advantage to 8-2 before Glacier stormed back to trail 8-7.

Big Sky added a solo home run in the sixth to end the scoring.

Glacier also fell behind early in the opener with Sentinel, 10-0 after two innings.

“We never responded,” Fors said of that contest.

Sentinel outhit Glacier 11-2. Erin McHugh and Atlee both doubled.

Glacier (0-4 overall, 0-2 league) hosts Helena Capital and Helena High on Saturday at noon and 2 p.m.

Glacier 000 10 – 1 2 0

Sentinel 370 12 – 13 11 0

Erin McHugh and Madison Johnson. Amber Hickethier and Jalen Cooper. W – Hickethier. L – McHugh.

Glacier (0-4, 0-2) – Anna Schrade 0-2, Serra Monroe 0-2, McHugh 1-2, Aliva Atlee 1-3, Emma Shew 0-1, Kali Gulick 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Meg Hornby 0-2, Addie Labrum 0-2.

Missoula Sentinel – Mariel Warren 2-3, Chrissy Hartman 0-2, Taylor Holmes 2-3, Brooklyn Weisgram 2-3, McKenna Leichty 0-1, Hickethier 1-2, Cooper 0-2, Taylor Brinkman 2-2, Halle Nurse 1-3.

2B – McHugh, Atlee, Hickethier, Brinkman. HR – Holmes, Weisgram, Nurse. RBIs – Holmes, Weisgram 2, Nurse.

Glacier 002 230 0 — 7 7 3

Big Sky 521 001 x — 9 9 6

Kali Gulick, Erin McHugh (4) and Maddie Johnson. Kaylee Rosenbaum and Chelsea Todd. W – Rosenbaum. L – Gulick.

Glacier – McHugh 0-3, Serra Monroe 0-2, Alivia Atlee 2-4, Anne Schrade 0-4, Gulick 1-3, Meg Hornby 3-4, Maddie Johson 0-3, Addie Labrum 1-3.

Missoula Big Sky (5-3, 2-0) – Emily Hermes 0-3, Payton Hudson 1-3, Rosenbaum 0-4, Jamie Schafer 2-4, Todd 1-3, McKenna Bessette 1-3, Shaina Allen 1-3, Alyssa Gentri 1-2, Logan Rauk 2-2.

2B – Hornby, Labrum, Schafer. HRs - Todd, Bessette, Hudson. RBIs – Hornby, Gulick 2, Labrum, Atlee 2, Todd 2, Bessette 3, Hudson, Rauk.

Sentinel 8, Flathead 4

Big Sky 14, Flathead 4

MISSOULA — Flathead was held to four runs in both Western AA setbacks.

A two-run fifth inning put Flathead on top 4-3, but Sentinel came right back with two runs in the bottom half of the inning and added three more in the sixth.

Kylee Meredith, 2 for 3, tripled and homered for Flathead.

Big Sky had a pair of three-run innings and two four-run innings to best Flathead in five innings.

Kaycee Smith went 3 for 3 and homered for Flathead. She had two RBIs.

Flathead is back in action Saturday hosting Helena High and Helena Capital at noon and 2 p.m.

Flathead 101 020 0 – 4 5 2

Sentinel 012 023 x – 8 9 2

Kylee Beccari and Jayden Russell. Hickethier and Cooper. W – Hickethier. L – Beccari.

Flathead (0-5, 0-2) – Russell 2-4, Bailey Nunn 0-4, Kylee Meredith 2-3, Beccari 0-2, Kaycee Smith 1-3, Riley Chouinard 0-3, Kaileigh Denna 0-3, Kyann Devera 0-3, Caitlin Morrison 1-3.

Missoula Sentinel (4-3, 2-0) – Warren 1-4, Hartman 0-3, Holmes 2-4, Weisgram 3-4, Leicthy 1-4, Hickethier 0-1, Cooper 2-3, Brinkman 2-3, Nurse 1-3.

3B – Meredith, Leichty. HR – Meredith, Holmes, Weisgram. RBIs – n/a.

Flathead 000 31 — 4 9 7

Big Sky 330 44 — 14 9 3

Kylee Beccari and Jayden Russel. McKenna Bessette and Chelsea Todd. W – Bessette. L – Beccari.

Flathead – Russell 0-3, Bailey Nunn 0-2, Kylee Meredith 1-3, Beccari 2-3, Kaileigh Denny 0-0, Kaycee Smith 3-3, Riley Chouinard 2-3, Maitlynn Betts 1-2, Kayla Kallis 0-2.

MISSOULA Big Sky – Emily Hermes 3-3, Payton Hudson 0-3, Kaylee Rosenbaum 1-4, Jamie Schafer 0-1, Todd 4-4, Bessette 0-4, Shaina Allen 2-4, Alyssa Gentri 1-2, Logan Rauk 0-2.

2B – Todd, Hermes 2. 3B – Chouinard, Rosenbaum. HR – Smith, Todd. RBIs – Chouniard, Smith 2, Todd 3, Allen 2, Bessette, Gentri 2, Hermes, Rauk.

Polson 23, Corvallis 5 (5)

POLSON — A 12-run third inning carried Polson to an easy Class A nonconference victory over Corvallis.

Corvallis tallied five runs in the top of the third to get within one, trailing just 6-5.

“They got close, we responded strongly,” veteran Polson coach Larry Smith said. “We had a huge inning.”

Polson outhit Corvallis 24-5, nine of those were doubles — two each by Haley Fyant, Ashley Benson and Camas Renault. Kaelyn Smith, Quinn Motichka and Kaylanna Desjarlais also doubled.

Laurel Bitterman, 4 for 4, drove in five runs, along with Fyant, 3 for 5.

Smith, Benson and Hannah Fryberger also had three hits each.

Polson is back in action on Tuesday at home versus Frenchtown in a Northwest A contest.

Corvallis 005 00 — 5 5 1

Polson 24(12) 5x — 23 24 2

K Fields, A Nixon (3) and M Hickey. Haley Fyant and Ashley Benson.

CORVALLIS — K Powell 1-3, A Nixon 1-2, M Hickey 1-2, C Sanderson 1-3, K Wright 1-3, K Irwin 0-3, K Fields 0-2, W Wise 0-2, C Jessop 0-2.

POLSON — Kaelyn Smith 3-4, Laurel Bitterman 4-4, Hannah Fryberger 3-4, Fyant 3-5, Benson 3-4, Quinn Moticka 2-4, Camas Renault 2-3, Paige Noyes 2-3, Natasha Gravelle 1-1, Breyland McColl 0-1, Lisa Costilla 0-1, Kaylanna Desjarlais 1-1.

2B—Wright; Smith, Fyant 2, Benson 2, Motichka, Renault 2, Desjarlais. RBIs—Sanderson, Wright 2, Irwin. Smith 2, Bitterman 5, Fryberger, Fyant 5, Benson, Moticka, Noyes 3, Desjarlais.

Libby 6, Bonners Ferry 4

BONNERS FERRY, Idaho — Khalyn Hageness checked Bonners Ferry on five hits and struck out 13 as Libby posted a nonconference victory.

Hageness also had a big game at the plate, going 3 for 5.

“She hit her spots,” Libby coach Dean Thompson said of his circle ace.

“They had a couple of good, hard hits off her.”

Jayden Winslow also went 3 for 5 for Libby.

Libby hosts Troy on Thursday in a Class B matchup at 6 p.m.

Libby 100 110 102 — 6 9 8

Bonners Ferry 010 002 100 — 4 5 8

Khalyn Hageness and Sammee Bradeen; K. Bateman and J. Bennet. W — Hageness. L — Bateman.

LIBBY (6-1) — Madisen Monigold 1-5, Hageness 3-5, Jayden Winslow 3-5, Abby Ennenga 1-5, Haylee Cannon 0-5, Bradeen 0-3, Emily Carvey 0-3, Alyssa Marshall 0-4, Linsey Walker 1-4.

BONNERS FERRY — K. Skeen 1-4, Bennet 0-5, Bateman 2-5, J. Bennett 0-3, A. Lane 0-3, S. Walt 2-4, H. Hunter 0-1, M. Jackson 0-3, T. Burt 0-2, M. Liermann 0-4.

2B—Monigold; Walt; 3B—Skeen, Bateman, Walt; RBIs—Hageness, Winslow, Ennenga, Walker; Skeen, Bennet, Walt, Liermann.

Deer Lodge 11, Ronan 5

Anaconda 10, Ronan 0

Deer Lodge and Anaconda both beat visting Ronan in Class B play.

Madison Clairmont doubled and Regan Clairmont tripled for Ronan versus Deer Lodge. Ronan had six hits in that contest.

Anaconda pitcher Michaela Cortright tossed a 3-hitter against the Maidens in the other outing.

Ronan 311 000 0 — 5 6 7

Deer Lodge 421 004 x — 11 8 2

Melanie Adams, Madison Clairmont (6) and Marissa Mock, Regan Clairmont (4). Rilee Gray and Alyssa Lamb. WP – Gray. LP – Adams.

2B – M. Clairmont, Hailey Swarengin, Stacy Tiensvold. 3B – R. Clairmont. HR – Mock. RBIs – Mock 2, Tiensvold 2, Swarengin 2, R. Clairmont, Ysabelle Burland, Lamb, Gray.

Ronan 000 00 — 0 3 3

Anaconda 503 11 — 10 5 0

Marissa Mock, Madison Clairmont (4) and Regan Clairmont. Michaela Cortright and Hannah Schaefer. WP – Cortright. LP – Mock.

2B – Cortright, Audrey Forsberg. RBIs – Ashley Gates 2, Madison Collinsworth, Forsberg, Halli Weis, Sydnie Peterson, Cortright.

Loyola Sacred Heart 23, Troy 12

MISSOULA — Loyola pushed 16 runs across the plate in the bottom of the first inning to thump Troy in a Class B contest.

Alyssa Lewis and Katelyn Tallmade had three hits each for Troy.

Troy 112 80 — 12 11 4

Loyola (16)05 2x — 23 12 7

Kylie Carr, Alyssa Lewis (2) and Kaylee Tunison. Charla Goodman and Carly Tipp. W – Goodman. L – Carr.

Troy (0-7) – Taylor Carter 1-5, Kylie Carr 2-4, Grace Dolan 1-3, Alyssa Lewis 3-3, Kaylee Tunison 0-3, Tristyn Winebark 0-3, Montana Rice 0-1, Mazzy Hermez 0-1, Katelyn Tallmadge 3-4, Isabel Ramirez 0-1, Harley Huispnteuit 1-2.

Loyola Sacred Heart (5-2) – Ivvy Solomon 1-2, Guinevere Lawrence 0-2, Hellie Badaruddin 1-2, Bridgett McCue 1-3, Natalie Goodman 3-3, Morgan Hall 0-1, Kayla Hickethier 2-3, Shelby Booth 0-0, Charla Goodman 0-1, Julia Hudson 0-3, Carly Tipp 0-1, Stephanie Radcliff 0-2, Morgan Nicholson 1-2, Molly Miltko 2-2, Rachana Harris 0-0, Jordan Huffman 1-2, Casey Donahue 0-2.

2B – Lewis. Goodman 2, Hickethier, Nicholson. RBIs – Carter 4, Tallmadge, Lewis 4, Huispnteuit. Miltko 3, Donahue 2, Lawrence, Tipp 2, Goodman 2, Solomon 2, Harris, Goodman, Huffman, Hickethier 3, McCue, Nicholson.