Sentinel gets best of Glacier, 8-0

MISSOULA — Rylee Crane threw a five-hit shutout and Missoula Sentinel used walks and timely hits to beat Glacier 8-0 in a Western AA softball game Wednesday at Sentinel Field.

Crane walked three and struck out seven, keeping the Wolfpack (2-1 overall, 0-1 in league) off balance with a solid changeup. Crane helped herself by hauling in liners from Sammie Labrum to start double plays in the third and fifth innings.

Meanwhile the Spartans loaded the bases on three pitches in the first — Haley Wolsky and Kodi Fraser were hit by pitches, sandwiched around Stella Summerfield’s first-pitch single — and led 2-0 in the first.

In a battle of the Western AA’s top two teams last season, Sentinel rapped out four hits and scored three times in the fourth inning to lead 5-0; Kennedy Dypwick and Morgan Olson doubled in a two-run fifth.

Farrell lasted five innings, giving up seven hits and six walks, but also struck out 11.

Glacier returns to action today, with a home game against Columbia Falls at 5:30 p.m.

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Ella Farrell, Alli Kernan (6) and Brooklyn Imperato. Rylee Crane and Emma Ries. WP — Crane. LP — Farrell.

GLACIER — Kenadie Goudette 1-3, Sammie Labrum 0-3, Emma Cooke 1-3, Farrell 1-3, Averyt Anderson 0-2, Teagan Powell 1-3, Kernan 0-3, Morgan Vivian 0-1, Paishance Haller 1-2, Zoey Allen 0-1, Imperato 0-1, Bella Hodous 0-0.

MISSOULA SENTINEL — Haley Wolsky 0-2, Stella Summerfield 1-1, Kodi Fraser 1-3, Amy Taylor 2-3, Ries 1-4, Kennedy Dypwick 1-4, Raquel Reed 0-0, Jayden Gagner 1-3, Cassidy Schweitzer 1-4, Morgan Olson 1-2.

2B — Dypwick, Ries, Olson. RBIs — Fraser 2, Taylor 2, Gagner 2, Olson 2.