Kats drub Dogs, need to beat Polson

The Columbia Falls softball team made short work of Whitefish last week, dropping the Lady Bulldogs 13-3 at home May 3.

Ashley Trueblood led the team with a two-run homer in the bottom of the second inning and three RBIs for the game. She also had a great day on the mound, striking out 13 in a game that only went five innings.

Tiffany Hummer went 2 for 3 with a triple.

The Wildkats are now 2-2 in conference play and 4-6-1 overall.

The season will take a tougher turn this week as the girls face top-ranked Frenchtown on Thursday and Polson on Saturday away.

A couple of wins would make their postseason hopes much brighter. The Wildkats almost have to beat Polson — they lost to the Lady Pirates 3-0 to open the season this year in a game the Kats had every chance to win.

The Lady Broncs are 8-1 overall and 2-0 in conference play. Polson is 3-2 in conference, having lost to Frenchtown twice. If the Kats can get two wins this week, they’d be tied with the Pirates in conference play.

Whitefish 100 20 – 3 6 4

Col. Falls 056 13 – 15 16 1

Halle Reading, Jordan Sletten (4) and Madi Davis. Ashley Trueblood and Samantha Collins, Lottie Ellis (5). W – Trueblood. L – Reading.

WHITEFISH – Malia Morris 1-3, Georgia Donaldson 0-3, Sletten 2-2, Davis 0-3, Micah McFeely 1-2, Reading 0-1, Mickey Dooley 0-1, Michaela McDowell 2-2, Savannah Eisenbarth 0-2, Abby Reese 0-2.

COLUMBIA FALLS – Tiffany Hummer 2-3, Katie Price 1-4, Trueblood 3-4, Breanna Friar 2-4, Winter Kemppainen 3-4, Peyton Kehr 2-3, Carlee Brown 0-0, Alysha Cantu 1-3, Collins 1-1, Ellis 0-1, Caitlyn Hoerner 1-1.

2B – Kehr 2. 3B – Hummer. HR – Sletten; Trueblood. RBIs – Sletten, McFeely; Hummer, Price, Trueblood 3, Kemppainen, Kehr, Cantu, Collins, Hoerner.