Polson, Libby and C-Falls all go 2-0 in Frenchtown
FRENCHTOWN — The Polson battery of pitcher Katelyn Druyvestein and catcher McKenna Hanson teamed up for a one-hitter and combined for six RBIs in the Pirates’ 13-0 win over Corvallis at the Frenchtown Invitational softball tournament Friday.
The win was Polson’s second of the day: The defending Class A champion ended State B champion Florence’s hopes 6-5 in the day’s first game.
In other action in Frenchtown, Libby beat East Helena 9-2 and edged Dillon 8-6; and Columbia Falls beat Havre 9-2 and swamped Dillon 22-6.
Mission-Arlee-Charlo beat Hamilton 13-1 and Stevensville 15-0.
Polson 13, Corvallis 0
Druyvestein allowed one hit and no walks in five innings of work, and struck out 11.
Hanson caught the first three innings, and hit a two-run home run in the third. Two batters later Turquoise Pierre hit a solo shot to put Polson (8-2) up 10-0.
Druyvestein, Jaivin Bad Bear and Anna Vert each scored three times for the Pirates, who totaled 14 hits and four walks against three Corvallis pitchers.
Corvallis 000 00 0 1 3
Polson 334 3x - 13 14 1
Gabby Kriger, Mikee Greenwood (2), Mel Race (3) and Kaitlin McCartney. Katelyne Druyvestein and McKenna Hanson, Carli Maley (4).
CORVALLIS — M.Greenwood 1-1, Emma Cashell 0-2, Kriger 0-2, McCartney 0-3, Ella Dowd 0-0, Jess Saturday 0-2, Soph Cooper 0-2, Syd Wolsky 0-2, J.Greenwood 0-2.
POLSON — Druyvestein 2-3, Hanson 2-3, Nikkie Kendall 1-3, Tynessha Brown 1-1, Turquoise Pierre 3-3, Alexis Johnson 0-0, Maley 1-2, Avery Starr 1-2, Kailey Smith 1-1, Caitlyn Ward 1-3, Jaivin Bad Bear 0-1, Anna Vert 1-2.
HR — Pierre, Hanson. RBIs — Druyvestein 3, Hnson 3, Pierre 2, Kendall, Brown, Maley, Starr.
Polson 6, Florence 5
Avery Starr’s two-run single capped a five-run sixth inning as Polson rallied past the Falcons, who had led 5-1 thanks partly to some shaky Pirates defense.
McKenna Hanson started the rally by getting hit with a pitch; Nikki Kendall and Pierre followed with singles, and Carli Maley’s RBI double cut the gap 5-4. That set up Starr’s heroics.
Druyvestein threw seven innings, with just one of her five runs allowed being earned. She scattered six hits and a walk and struck out eight.
Florence managed a one-out single, only to have that runner get picked off, in the seventh. Druyvestein then fanned the next batter to end the game.
Florence 230 011 0 - 5 6 1
Polson 001 005 x - 6 6 8
Kylie Kovatch and Kasidy Yeoman. Druyvestein and Kendall.
FLORENCE — Kasidy Yeoman 1-4, Jaidyn Larson 0-3, Kolbi Wood 1-4, Kovatch 1-4, Rylie Yeoman 0-4, Ava Philbrick 2-4, Oliver Coutler 1-3, Madi Potter 0-2, Autumn Sutton 1-3.
POLSON — Druyvestein 0-2, Hanson 0-1, Kendall 1-3, Pierre 1-3, Maley 2-3, Starr 1-3, Ashlyn Depoe 0-2, Johnson 0-1, Bad Bear 1-3, Vert 0-2, Julia Barnard 0-0, Brown 0-0.
2B — Sutton, Bad Bear, Maley. RBIs — Kovatch, Coulter, Sutton, Starr 2, Druyvestein, Pierre, Maley.
Columbia Falls 8, Havre 2
Aspen Dawson hit a two-run triple and Aletheia Fisher followed with a two-run double in the fifth inning, helping the Wildkats (11-1) to a 7-2 lead.
Maddie Moultray threw a complete game five-hitter, striking out 13 Blue Ponies.
Alyssa Oliver had a solo homer in the first inning and an RBI double in the third for Havre.
C-Falls 001 240 1 - 8 12 1
Havre 101 000 0 - 2 5 1
Maddie Moultray and Demye Rensel. Verplofgen and Keeley.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Sydney Mann 2-3, Haylee Lawrence 0-5, Moultray 1-3, Aspen Dawson 2-4, Haden Peters 1-3, Abbie Darsow 1-3, Aletheia Fisher 2-2, Maddy Collins 0-1, Kyrah renkle 1-3, Demye Rensel 2-4, Tayler Lingle 0-0, Sophie Robbins 0-0, Annika Reid 0-0.
HAVRE — Carlson 2-3, Haney 0-3, Oliver 2-3, Huer 1-3, Gircey 0-3, Keeley 0-3, Verplofgen 0-2, Morr 0-1, Kline 0-3, Wirtzerbeg 0-3.
2B — Darsow, Fisher, Rensel, Trenkle, Oliver. 3B — Dawson. HR — Oliver.
C-Falls 22, Dillon 6
Maddie Moultray hit a 3-run homer in the second inning and Aspen Dawson smacked a grand slam in the third as the Wildkats quickly took care of Dillon.
Dawson had seven runs batted in and Haylee Lawrence drove in five runs, to go with two hits and four runs scored. Sidney Mann also scored four times for Columbia Falls, which led 16-1 before Dillon’s Lexi Johnston hit a grand slam in the top of the third.
Haden Peters had a double and three RBIs.
Dillon 015 - 6 7 6
C-Falls 2(14)6 - 22 12 1
A Creighton, K Vezina (2) and K. Creighton. Moultray, Mann (3) and Rensel, Robbins (3).
DILLON — L Johnston 1-1, K Creighton 1-2, E Brevig 0-2, A Brevig 1-2, K Vezina 1-2, A Creighton 0-0, T Gibson 0-1, A Johnston 1-2, P Farrow 1-2, L Rhodes 1-1.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Mann 2-2, Lawrence 2-3, Moultray 1-2, Lingle 0-1, Dawson 3-4, Peters 1-3, Darsow 0-3, Fisher 1-3, Trenkle 0-1, Reid 0-0, Collins 1-1, Rensel 1-1, Robbins 0-0, bowler 0-0.
2B — Lawrence, Peters. HR — Johnston, Dawson, Moultray. RBIs — Johnston 4, Gibson, Dawson 7, Lawrence 5, Moultray 3, Peters 3, Fisher, Mann.
Libby 8, Dillon 6
Libby answered a 2-run homer from Dillon with a six-run first inning, and held off the Beavers in a game shortened to 4 ½ innings.
After Abbi Brevig put Dillon up 2-0, MacKenzie Foss sparked Libby’s offense with an RBI triple in the first. Taylor Munro followed with an RBI double, and came home on Sidney Rusdal’s triple to give the Loggers the lead for good, 3-2.
Three more runs scored on passed balls, and in the third inning a two-out fielding error by Dillon let in two more Libby runs.
Munro and Paislee MacDonald combined on a four-hitter on the hill; Munro struck out four, and Macdonald fanned three for the Loggers (5-5).
Dillon 200 13 - 6 4 4
Libby 602 0x - 8 7 0
A Creighton and K. Creighton. Taylor Munro, Paislee MacDonald (4) and Kinzee Boehmier.
DILLON — Johnston 0-2, K.Creghton 2-3, E.Brevig 0-2, ABrevig 1-2, Vezina 0-3, A.Creighton 0-2, Gibson 0-1, Johnston 1-2, Frrow 0-2, Rhoads 0-0, E Floreies.
LIBBY — Courtney Benson 0-2, MacDonald 0-3, Mackenzie Foss 2-3, Munro -3, Sidney Rusdal 2-3, Boehmier 1-3, Aleesha Bradeen 0-2, Jossalyn White 1-2, Destinee Crawford 0-0, Madison Vincent 0-0, Peyton Waggoner 0-0.
2B — K.Creighton, Munro, White. 3B — Foss, Rusdal. HR — A.Brevig. RBIs — A.Brevig 2, K.Creighton, Foss, Munro, Rusdal.
Libby 9, East Helena 2
Taylor Munro backed MacKenzie Foss’ pitching with a double and a homer, and Libby pulled away from the Vigilantes in the middle innings.
The Loggers sandwiched doubles from Munro and Kinzee Boehmier around a Mylie Rayome single to push across three runs in the fourth inning. In the fourth Paislee MacDonald and Munro hit solo homers and Boehmier added a second RBI double for an 8-1 lead.
Foss went seven innings, allowing just three hits and a walk. She struck out nine. Belle Surginer doubled and homered for East Helena.
E. Helena 100 001 0 - 2 3 0
Libby 113 301 x 9 14 0
B. Surginer and E. Pickett. Foss and Boehmier.
EAST HELENA — R Stephenson 0-2, K. Sargent 0-3, Surginer 2-3, E Pickett -3, N George 0-2, M Hogue 0-3, T Field 0-3, K Franco 0-3, K McGowan 0-2.
LIBBY — Benson 2-4, MacDonald 2-4, Foss 1-3, Munro 2-4, Mylie Rayome 1-4, Boehmier 3-4, Bradeen 1-4, White 0-3, Rusdal 2-3, Vincent 0-0.
2B — Surginer, Boehmier 2, Foss, Munro. HR — Surginer, MacDonald, Munro. RBIs — Surginer, Pickett, Bradeen 2, MacDonald 2, Foss, Munro, Rayome, Boehmier, Rusdal.