Allen’s 3-run blast lifts Libby over Flathead

LIBBY — Trailing 5-2 going into their last at-bats Tuesday, the Libby Loggers scored five runs with Dakota Allen’s three-run homer capping a 7-5 walk-off softball win. 

The non-conference win moved the Loggers’ record to 2-1; Carmen Kohler went the distance in the circle, scattering nine hits and three walks, with four earned runs and seven strikeouts. 

Flathead (0-4) surged into a 5-2 lead with three runs in the fifth, all after two were out: Danica Hennell singled and came around when Makenna Korf’s single was misplayed in center; Paulina Holland’s RBI double made it 4-2, and Lacie Franklin followed with another double to knock in Holland. 

Libby’s seventh inning got started with an error, letting Jayva Boehmier reach first; Teighler Parker then was hit by a pitch and Weslee MacDonald followed with an RBI single. 

After an RBI grounder by Madison Vincent, Rachel Kosters singled. Allen, who doubled in a run in the first, came up and homered to left. 

Franklin was also in the circle for the Bravettes: She allowed four earned runs and no walks with eight strikeouts. 

Vincent and Kosters scored two runs each. For Flathead, Hennell had three hits, including a double, and scored twice. 

Flathead    001    130    0    -    5    9    4 

Libby    101    000    5    -    7    7    3 

Lacie Franklin and Reese Conley. Carmen Kohler and Dakota Allen.  

FLATHEAD —  Conley 1-2, Kinsey Lake 1-4, Olivia Nyman 1-4, L Anderson 0-4, Danica Hennell 3-4, Makenna Korf 1-4, Paulina Holland 1-4, Lacie Franklin 1-3, J Anderson 0-2. 

LIBBY —  Madison Vincent 2-4, Rachel Kosters 1-4, Allen 2-4, Peyton Waggoner 0-3, Hadleigh Wood 0-3, Leah Rusdal 1-3, T Purdey 0-2, Jayva Boehmier 0-1, Rossi Baney 0–2, Teighler Parker 0-0, Maddi Willis 0-2, Weslee MacDonald 1-1.  

2B —  Hennell, Franklin, Holland, Allen. 3B —  Rusdal. HR —  Allen. RBIs —   Lake, Holland, Franklin, Allen 4, Kosters, Vincent, MacDonald.