Polson wins twice at Butte’s Laverne Combo tourney
BUTTE — Kobbey Smith homered and scored four runs and Katelynne Druyvestein and Nikki Kendall combined on a four-inning no-hitter Friday as Polson beat Hamilton at the Laverne Combo Tournament.
Polson went 2-0 at the tournament Friday, beating Polson 23-4 in its second matchup.
In other games Butte Central beat Ronan 3-1, Corvallis beat Libby 11-0 and Hamilton outscored Browning 22-7.
Ronan and Browning played late Friday, as did Libby and Stevensville.
The tournament concludes Saturday.
Polson 16, Hamilton 0
Smith’s first-inning, 2-run home run gave the Pirates all the runs they needed. Josie Caye, who’d walked, scored; Caye ended up 3-for-3 with three runs and three runs batted in.
SaVanna Carpentier had a double among her two hits and McKenna Hanson also had a double. Avery Starr’s 2-run single with two outs in the fourth ended the game under the mercy rule.
Druyvestein walked 1 and struck out five in her three innings; Kendall came on in the fourth and struck out the side.
Hamilton 000 0 - 0 0 6
Polson 257 2 - 16 12 2
Katelyn Shephard and Madison Johnson. Katelynne Druyvestein, Nikki Kendall and Lexie Orien.
HAMILTON — Madison Johnson 0-2, Maggie Ringer 0-2, Phoebe Howard 0-2, Brooke Alexander 0-1, Isabel Sommer 0-1, Cierra Cole 0-1, Delilah Beck 0-1, Brynne Johnson 0-1, Alyson Broad 0-1, Madison Fischer 0-1.
POLSON — Josie Caye 3-3, Druyvestein 0-2, Kobbey Smith 2-3, Orien 1-4, SaVanna Carpentier 2-4, Mckenna Hanson 1-2, Reegan Stinger 0-0, Mossey Kaulley 1-1, Avery Starr 1-1, Turquoise Pierre 0-1, Jaevin Bad Bear 0-2, Anna Vert 1-2, Lexi Johnson 0-0.
2B — Hanson, Carpentier. HR — Smith. RBI — Caye 3, Carpentier 2, Starr 2, Smith 2, Druyvestein, Kaulley.
Polson 23, Corvallis 4
SaVanna Carpentier, Turquoise Pierre and Lexie Orien hit homers and Josie Caye had a 4-for-5 performance at the plate for Polson.
The Pirates scored 13 runs in the second inning and eight more in the fourth to make short work of the Blue Devils.
Carpentier hit a 2-run homer in the second inning, Orien hit a 2-run shot in the third and Pierre had a 3-run plast in the fourth. Orien drove in four runs. McKenna Hanson, Kobbey Smith, Carpentier, Pierre and Mossey Kaulley each scored three runs. Kaulley hit two doubles.
Katelynne Druvyestein gave up all four Corvallis hits and runs, before Nikki Kendall again finished up. They combined for six strikeouts, two by Kendall.
Corvallis 013 00 - 4 4 1
Polson 0(13)2 8x - 23 23 1
G Krueger, M Greenwood (3), S Wolsky (4) and S Knapp. Druyvestein, Kendall (5) and Orien.
CORVALLIS — Greenwood 0-2, E Cashell 1-2, Knapp 0-2, K McCartney 1-2, Krueger 0-3, K Bebner 1-1, Wolsky 1-1, J Saturday 0-1, J Greenwood 0-2.
POLSON — Caye 4-5, Druyvestein 3-5, Smith 3-5, Orien 3-4, Orien 3-4, Carpentier 2-3, Hanson 3-3, Kaulley 3-4, Pierre 1-2, Vert 0-2, Ashley Depoe 1-1, Bad Bear 0-0, Kendall 0-0.
2B — Kaulley 2, Hanson, McCartney, Pierre, Carpentier. HR — Carpentier. RBI — McCartney, Bebner, Wolsky, Saturday, Orien 4, Caye 3, Carpentier 3, Kaulley 3, Pierre 3, Druyvestein 2, Smith 2, Hanson 2.