Bravettes fall to Class A Polson

POLSON — Polson’s Lexie Orien had three hits, including a home run that ended the game under the mercy rule, and the Pirates beat Flathead 10-0 in non-conference softball Thursday.

The Northwest A Pirates (12-1-1) jumped in front with a six-run first inning, and ended the game in the bottom of the fifth with Orien’s two-run homer.

McKenna Henson and Jaevin Bad Bear each had two hits and two RBI for Polson, and Katelynn Druyvestein backed her own pitching with two hits and two runs scored.

Druyvestein threw five innings, allowing one hit and one walk and striking out eight.

Ilyssa Centner had the lone hit for the Western AA Bravettes (3-11). Their next action is a doubleheader Saturday at league foe Missoula Hellgate, at noon on the Rattlesnake Fields.

Flathead 000 00 - 0 1 3

Polson 620 02 - 10 11 0

Karissa Comer and Laynee Vesser. Katelynn Druyvestein and Lexie Orien.

FLATHEAD — Macy Craver 0-2, Vesser 0-2, Alyssa Cadwalader 0-2, Brianna Morales 0-2, Ilyssa Centner 1-2, Comer 0-1, Kaidyn Lake 0-2, Kyrah Farrington 0-2, Alyssa Poe-Hatten 0-1.

POLSON — Josie Caye 1-4, Druyvestein 2-4, Kobbey Smith 0-3, Orien 3-4, Mckenna Hanson 2-3, Mossey Kaulley 1-3, Turquoise Pierre 0-2, Jaevin Bad Bear 2-3, Nikki Kendall 0-1, Lexi Johnson 0-0.

HR — Orien. RBI — Orien 3, Pierre 2, Bad Bear 2, Caye 2, Smith.