A walk-off, and a split
Flathead's Reese Conley (17) drives in Ava Bessen to score the game-winning run with a walkoff RBI double in the bottom of the seventh to beat Butte 5-4 at Kidsports Complex on Tuesday, May 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Ava Bessen (4) slides into home ahead of the tag in the first inning against Butte at Kidsports Complex on Tuesday, May 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Ava Bessen (4) slides into home ahead of the tag in the first inning against Butte at Kidsports Complex on Tuesday, May 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead pitcher Lacie Franklin (22) delivers in the first inning against Butte at Kidsports Complex on Tuesday, May 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Kinsey Lake (9) gets a high-five from teammate Olivia Nyman (16) after Lake scored the tying run in the bottom of the seventh against Butte at Kidsports Complex on Tuesday, May 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead third baseman Kaidyn Lake (10) snares a hard-hit grounder and gets the force-out at second base in the first inning against Butte at Kidsports Complex on Tuesday, May 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead catcher Laynee Vessar (12) tags out a Butte runner trying to score at Kidsports Complex on Tuesday, May 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Ava Bessen (4) drives in Kinsey Lake (9) from third to tie the game up in the bottom of the seventh against Butte at Kidsports Complex on Tuesday, May 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Kinsey Lake (9) slides into home ahead of the tag to score the tying run in the bottom of the seventh inning against Butte at Kidsports Complex on Tuesday, May 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Sawyer VanCampen (31) connects on a single against Butte at Kidsports Complex on Tuesday, May 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Kinsey Lake (9) drives a triple into the opposite field in the second inning against Butte at Kidsports Complex on Tuesday, May 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Laynee Vessar (12) connects on a single against Butte at Kidsports Complex on Tuesday, May 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Reese Conley ripped a line drive just fair down the first base line for a walk-off double as Flathead defeated Butte in game one of a doubleheader Tuesday in high school softball.
Conley’s heroics scored Ava Bessen — who tied the game with a ground ball to second scoring Kenzie Lake. Lake slid into home under the tag from Butte’s Gracie Ferriter.
“It kinda looked low, and lately low balls have been my favorite,” Conley said. “I thought it was going to hit foul, so as I ran to first and saw it land fair I was very happy.”
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