Polson wins State A opener; Libby, Columbia Falls fall
BUTTE — Mckenna Hanson’s 2-run single keyed a 4-run third inning for Polson, and the Pirates subdued Corvallis to move on in the State B softball tournament at Stodden Park Thursday.
Katelynn Druyvestein backed her own pitching with an RBI triple in the first, and she singled and scored on Kobbey Smith’s ground in the fourth to put the Pirates up 7-1.
She also threw a three-hitter in the circle, allowing three walks and striking out 13.
Sydney Wolsky had an RBI sac bunt in the second inning and a solo homer in the seventh for the Blue Devils.
Corvallis 010 000 1 - 2 3 5
Polson 204 120 x - 9 10 2
S. Krueger, M. Greenwood (4) and S. Knapp. Katelynne Druyvestein and Lexie Orien.
CORVALLIS — Greenwood 2-3, E Cashell 0-3, J McConnell 0-1, Knapp 0-3, K McCartney 0-2, Krueger 0-2, K Bebner 0-2, S Walsky 1-2, J Saturday 0-3, J Greenwood 0-2, E Dowd 0-1.
POLSON — Josie Caye 1-2, Druyvestein 2-3, Kobbey Smith 2-3, Orien 1-4, SaVanna Carpentier 1-3, Mckenna Hanson 1-3, Mossey Kaulley 0-2, Turquoise Pierre 1-3, Anna Vert 1-3, Jaevin Bad Bear 0-0, Nikki Kendall 0-0.
2B — Greenwood. 3B — Druyvestein. HR — Wolsky. RBI — Wolsky 2, Caye 2, Smith 2, Hanson 2, Kaulley, Druyvestein.
Livingston 13,
Columbia Falls 11
Erika Haines’ 2-run double in the sixth broke an 11-11 tie for the Rangers.
Aspen Dawson hit a 2-run homer as the Wildkats fought back from a 6-3 deficit in the fourth inning, and Columbia Falls took a 10-6 lead in the fifth.
C. Falls 030 521 0 - 11 8 1
Livingston 420 016 x - 13 13 5
Sydney Mann, Haden Peters (1), Maddie Moultray (6) and n/a. S. Higgs, A. McIone (2) and n/a.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Mann 0-3, Jasmine Marino 0-1, Haylee Lawrence 1-4, Alyssa Blankenship 2-4, McKenna Rensen 0-5, Aspen Dawson 3-5, Abbie Darsow 1-2, Alethiea Fisher 0-4, Abbey Underdahl 1`-4, Izzy Johnson 0-3, Kylee Stacey 0-0.
LIVINGSTON — S. Nelson 2-4, T Young 2-4, S Higgs 3-4, M Taylor 1-3, A McIone 2-3, E Jesson 1-3, E Hanes 2-4, K Roberts 0-2, A Narquist 0-3, M Johnson 0-1.
2B — Blankenship, Darsow, Lawrence, Higgs 2, Hanes 2, Young. HR — Dawson, Young, Higgs, Taylor. RBI — Dawson 3, Underdahl 3, Johnson, Marino, Blankenship, Darsow, Hanes 4, Young 2, Higgs 2, Taylor 2, McIone.
Billings Central 12, Libby 7
Taylor Munro had three hits, including two doubles, but it wasn’t enough as Billings Central used a 5-run seventh inning to take an insurmountable 12-5 lead.
Mackenzie Foss also doubled and drove in a run for the Loggers.
BC Rams 300 040 5 - 12 12 2
Libby 300 002 2 - 7 10 6
Peyton Whitehead and n/a. Taylor Munro and n/a.
BILLINGS CENTRAL — Ellie Koerber 1-5, Whitehead 1-4, Katie Brasher 3-4, Winter Johnson 1-4, Ragan Skilstod 0-5, Brynn Bohrer 0-4, Mia Ralston Gust 2-4, Monica Auch 3-4, Emma Bohrer 1-3.
LIBBY — Courtney Benson 1-4, Bethan Thomas 1-4, Destiny Crawford 0-3, Munro 3-4, Jassayne White 1-3, Lyndee McElmurry 1-4, Kinzie Boehmier 0-2, Mackenzie Foss 1-2, Aren James 0-4, Sidney Rusdal 2-3, Paislee MacDonald 0-0.
2B — Munro 2, Foss. HR — Johnson. RBI — Johnson 3, Brasher 2, EBohrer, Gust, B Bohrer, Whitehead, Skilstod, Munro 3, McElmurry, Foss, Rusdal.