Softball Ward, Loggers shut out Wildkats

LIBBY — Keira Ward turned in a solid performance in the circle and Libby backed her up with strong play in the field to help the Loggers spill Columbia Falls 3-0 on Saturday afternoon in Northwest A softball play.

Libby (2-1 overall, 1-0 league) tallied two runs in the third inning and added another in the fifth. Ward had four strikeouts and walked two batters. She gave up three hits.

“She pitched really well,” Libby coach Dean Thompson said.

“She was hitting her spots and the defense played really well behind her. Columbia Falls put the bat on the ball, but hit it right at us.

“Savvy (Ellis) threw a great game for Columbia Falls,” he added. “We just got us a couple extra hits that allowed us to score.”

Bethany Thomas went 2 for 2 at the plate for Libby and also had a good defensive day at second base.

Libby has another home outing on Tuesday at 5 p.m. versus Stevensville.

Columbia Falls is off until Saturday when it hosts Corvallis.

Columbia Falls 000 000 0 — 0 3 1

Libby 002 010 0 — 3 5 1

Savvy Ellis and Graceanne Savisind; Keira Ward and Sammee Bradeen. W — Ward. L — Ellis.

COLUMBIA FALLS — K. Ashe 1-3, Alyssa Blankenship 0-3, Trista Cowan 0-3, Ryley Kehr 0-2, Savisind 0-2, C. Kienas 0-3, Ellis 0-3, M. Resal 1-3, I. Johnson 1-3.

LIBBY — Linsey Walker 0-3, Emily Carvey 0-2, Bradeen 1-2, Taylor Holm 0-3, Sheyla Gallagher 0-3, Samantha Miller 1-3, McKenzie Proffitt 0-3, Bethany Thomas 2-2, Ward 1-2.

2B—Johnson; Bradeen; RBIs—Bradeen, Ward.

Great Falls 8, Glacier 4

Glacier 18, CMR 16 (8)

GREAT FALLS — Glacier scored first, but Great Falls High bounced back to claim the AA nonconference victory.

Leadoff hitter Kynzie Mohl, 2 for 3, accounted for half of Glacier’s hits.

Sammie Labrum drove in a Glacier run.

Glacier rebounded from that loss by outscoring CMR in extra innings.

The Wolfpack tallied 16 runs in the final three innings.

Sage Vanterpool, 3 for 6, homered in the eighth inning, a solo shot to dead center, for Glacier. She finished with three RBIs. Jennifer Wallace, 2 for 6, had five RBIs. She had two doubles, as did Allee Meyer, 2 for 5.

“She did a great job for us today,” Glacier coach Abby Connolly said of Wallace. “She switched over to the left side of the plate this year to give us another weapon.”

Glacier had 12 hits in the finale.

“A great way to the end the day,” Connolly said. “I was really impressed with our resiliency. We didn’t score until the fourth inning and it was a real team effort at the plate after that.”

Glacier on Tuesday hosts Missoula Sentinel at 3 p.m. and Missoula Big Sky at 5.

Glacier 101 200 0 — 4 4 1

Great Falls 411 200 x — 8 7 2

W – Anna Toon. L – Sage Vanterpool.

Glacier – Kynzie Mohl 2-3, Addie Labrum 0-3, Sophie Smith 1-4, Allee Meyer 0-3, Sage Vanterpool 0-2, Sammie Labrum 1-4, Emma Anderson 0-3, Jennifer Wallace 0-3, Megan Eckert 0-2.

GREAT FALLS HIGH – Sarah Conway 0-3, Anna Toon 1-3, Morgan Sunchild 1-3, Rachel Porter 1-3, Ryen Palmer 0-2, Mady Ray 1-3, Shea LaRocque 1-3, Skylar Anthony 1-3, Kylee Stoll 1-2.

3B – Ray; RBIs – S. Labrum; Toon 2, Porter, Ray 2, LaRocque, Anthony.

Glacier 000 206 73 — 18 12 4

CMR 111 217 21 — 16 18 2

Vanterpool, Anderson (6), Mohl and Mohl, Halle Schroeder (7); Madi Moore, Taylor (6) and Gunderson. W — Mohl (1-0). L — Taylor.

GLACIER — Mohl 0-5, A. Labrum 2-5, Smith 0-4, A. Meyer 2-5, Vanterpool 3-6, S. Labrum 1-4, Kira Barney 2-2, Anderson 0-1, Kenna Vanorny 0-2, Jennifer Wallace 2-6.

C.M. RUSSELL — Lauren Lindseth 3-5, Cadence Propios 1-5, Kely Gunderson 1-4, Moore 2-5, Kendal Blades 3-5, Petyon Peterson 1-4, Teagan Taylor 2-5, Megan Toplovich 3-5, Aiyana White 1-2, Amara Stalsberg 1-3.

2B—Meyer (2), Vanterpool, Wallace (2); Lindseth (2), Propics, Blacks, Taylor, Toplovich; 3B—A. Labrum; HR—Vanterpool; Moore, Porpics,Stalsberg; RBIs—A. Labrum (3), Smith, Meyer (2), Vanterpool (3), S. Labrum, Barney, Vanorny (2), Wallace (5); Gunderson, Moore, Blacks (3), Peterson, Taylor (2), Toplovich (4), White, Salsberg (2).

Great Falls 17, Flathead 0 (3)

CMR 16, Flathead 1 (5)

GREAT FALLS — Shea LaRocque pitched a perfect game as Great Falls High pounded Flathead in a AA nonconference game that was called after three innings.

The Bison had 13 hits, seven of them went for doubles. Sarah Conway, 3 for 3, doubled three times and drove in two runs.

LaRocque went 2 for 2 and had three RBIs.

Great Falls tallied 12 runs in the first inning.

Against CMR, the Rustlers scored five times in the first and third innings and finished with six runs in the fourth.

Flathead had just four hits, two by Alyssa Cadwaloder.

Flathead hosts Missoula Big Sky on Tuesday at 3 p.m. and Missoula Sentinel at 5.

Flathead 000 — 0 0 1

GFH (12)5x — 17 13 0

W – Shea LaRocque. L – A. Centner.

Flathead – Alyssa Cadwaloder 0-1, K. Kallis 0-1, R. Chouinard 0-1, A. Centner 0-1, K. Comer 0-1, M. Craver 0-1, B. Morales 0-1, K. Devera 0-1, K. Koolei 0-1.

Great Falls High – Sarah Conway 3-3, Anna Toon 1-2, Kasie Logan 1-1, Morgan Sunchild 2-2, Rachel Porter 2-3, Ryen Palmer 1-1, Mady Ray 1-1, Stephanie Jablonski 0-1, Shea LaRocque 2-2, Gracie Lins 0-2, Kylee Stoll 0-2.

2B – Conway 3, Toon, Sunchild, Porter, Palmer; RBIs – Conway 2, Toon, Sunchild, Porter 2, Palmer, Ray, LaRocque 3, Stoll.

Flathead 001 00 — 1 4 3

CMR 505 6x — 16 18 1

W – Teagan Taylor. L – Comer.

Flathead – Cadwaloder 2-3, Kallis 1-3, Chouinard 1-3, Centner 0-3, Comer 0-1, Craver 0-2, Morales 0-2, Devera 0-2, Longtin 0-2.

C.M. RUSSELL – Lauren Lindseth 2-4, Cadence Propios 2-4, Kiely Gunderson 4-4, Madi Moore 3-3, Teagan Taylor 1-3, Petyon Peterson 2-4, Kendal Blades 2-3, Megan Toplovich 2-3, Aiyana White 0-2.

2B – Lindseth, Moore 2, Taylor, Blades. 3B – Propios, Peterson. HR – Gunderson, Moore. RBI – Kallis; Lindseth, Propios, Gunderson 3, Moore 3, Peterson 3, Toplovich 3.