Softball Glacier, Flathead fall to Bison, Rustlers
GREAT FALLS — Glacier and Flathead both dropped Class AA nonconference softball contests in the Electric City on Saturday to the Great Falls High Bison and C.M. Russell Rustlers.
Glacier lost 6-4 to Great Falls High and 9-0 to C.M. Russell.
“We have a lot of kids in new places and were relying on some new pitchers,” Glacier coach Andy Fors said.
“I was proud of them. I thought they showed a lot of grit.”
He said the Great Falls schools are two of the better AA teams in the state, which made for a challenge way to start the season.
“We got off to a little bit of a slow start,” Fors said against CMR.
“We dug ourselves a hole, down 9-0 after three innings. We did go the rest of the way without allowing a run.”
Emma Shew had Glacier’s lone hit in that contest, a single in the second inning.
Against Great Falls High, the game was tied 4-4 going into the seventh inning.
“That was a great game for us,” Fors said.
“Erin McHugh pitched a great game. A couple kids really stepped up for us.”
Like Alivia Atlee, who had a three-run home run in the first inning. And Shew, who scored off a single by Madison Johnson in the sixth inning.
Great Falls won it with a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning by Sarah Conway. It was her only hit of the game.
Glacier opens Western AA play on Tuesday at Missoula Sentinel and Big Sky.
Flathead could muster just one hit on the day, a single by Kylee Beccari, in a 16-0 loss to Great Falls High.
CMR’s Sam Payne and Madi Moore combined on a no-hitter in thumping the Bravettes 17-0. CMR opened that contest with a 10-run first inning.
Flathead begins Western AA play on Tuesday at Missoula Big Sky and Sentinel.
Glacier 300 001 0 — 4 8 2
Great Falls 200 110 2 — 6 8 0
Erin McHugh and Madison Johnson. Molly Schmitz and McKenzie Staats. WP-Schmitz. LP-McHugh.
Glacier – McHugh 1-4, Meg Hornby 1-4, Anna Schrade 0-3, Alivia Atlee 1-4, Emma Shew 2-3, Serra Monroe 1-2, Kali Gulick 0-2, Johnson 2-3, Addie Labrum 0-3.
Great Falls – Staats 2-4, Sarah Conway 1-3, Cayley Bushong 0-2, Tanaya Krenik 2-3, Schmitz 1-3, Shea Larocque 0-1, Erin Hocker 1-1, Mady Ray 0-2, Veda Root 0-3, Kylee Stoll 0-2.
2B–Staats, Schmitz, Hocker. HR–Atlee, Conway. RBI–Atlee 3, Johnson, Schmitz 3, Conway 2.
Glacier 000 000 0 — 0 1 5
CMR 315 000 x — 9 6 0
Tristin Achenbach and Katie Huisman. Emma Shew, Kali Gulick (4) and Madison Johnson.
CMR – Savanna Voyles 1-3, Madison Moore 0-2, Katie Huisman 1-3, Tristin Achenbach 1-2, Julia Schearer 1-3, Laura Poitra 1-3, Sam Payne 0-2, Bradi Thody 0-1, Madi Payne 1-3, Kayci Edwards 0-4.
Glacier – Erin McHugh 0-3, Meg Hornby 0-3, Anna Schrade 0-3, Alivia Atlee 0-2, Emma Shew 1-3, Serra Monroe 0-1, Kali Gulick 0-2, Madison Johnson 0-2, Addie Labrum 0-2.
2B – Madi Payne. HR – Voyles. RBIs – Voyles, Moore, Achenbach 2, Poitra, Sam Payne, Madi Payne 2.
Flathead 000 0 — 0 1 1
Great Falls 538 x — 16 15 0
Kylee Beccari, Maitlynn Betts (3) and Jayden Russell. Hocker and Staats. WP-Hocker. LP-Beccari.
Flathead – Russell 0-1, Riley Chouinard 0-2, Bailey Nunn 0-1, Beccari 1-1, Betts 0-1, Kaileigh Denna 0-2, Caitlin Morrison 0-2, Kaycee Smith 0-1, Kyann Devera 0-1, Kayla Kallis 0-1.
Great Falls – Staats 2-2, Conway 3-3, Bushong 1-3, Krenik 3-3, Schmitz 1-1, Twila Reovan 0-2, Ray 3-3, Hocker 1-3, Root 0-0, Stoll 1-3, Jessie Beisecker 0-0.
2B–Krenik, Ray 2, Stoll. HR–Staats, Conway. RBI–Krenik 4, Schmitz 2, Ray 4, Hocker 2, Stoll, Conway, Staats 2.
Flathead 000 0 — 0 0 5
CMR (10)30 4 — 17 10 0
Kylee Beccari and Jayden Russell; Sam Payne, Madi Moore (4) and Katie Huisman, Kayci Edwards. W – Payne. L – Beccari.
Flathead – Jayden Russell 0-2, Riley Chouinard 0-0, Bailey Nunn 0-2, Kylee Beccari 0-2, Kaileigh Denna 0-1, Caitlin Morrison 0-1, Maitlynn Betts 0-2, Kyann Devera 0-0, Kayla Kallis 0-1.
CMR – Savanna Voyles 3-3, Madi Moore 1-3, Katie Huisman 1-3, Tristin Achenbach 0-2, Julia Schearer 1-3, Laura Poitra 1-2, Madi Payne 0-1, Sam Payne 2-3, Bradi Thody 1-3, Kayci Edwards 0-3.
2B – Huisman, S. Payne. HR – Voyles 2, Moore. RBI – Voyles 7, Moore 4, Schearer, Poitra 2, Thody.
Loyola Sacred Heart 16, Eureka 7
EUREKA — Loyola scored in every inning but the fifth in beating Eureka in a Class B contest.
Loyola had two big innings — five runs in the third and four in the sixth.
Loyola outhit Eureka 21-7.
Avery Escobar had two hits for Eureka.
Loyola 315 204 1 — 16 21 8
Eureka 120 202 0 — 7 7 8
Kayla Hickethier and Carly Tipp. Avery Escobar and Makenah Apeland. W – Hickethier. L – Escobar.
Loyola Sacred Heart — Ivvy Solomon 1-4, Hellie Badaruddin 3-5, Natalie Goodman 4-6, Hickethier 3-6, Charla Goodman 2-5, Tipp 4-5, Jordan Huffman 0-5, Molly Miltko 0-3, Stephanie Radcliff 4-5.
Eureka — Amryn Smith 1-5, Escobar 2-4, Erryn Thier 1-4, Riley Morgan 1-4, Baily Bishop 1-5, Olivia Cannizzo 0-2, Apeland 1-2, Serena Marquart 0-4, Savanah Vandeberg 0-3.
2B – Tipp, Goodman. HR – Hickethier. RBIs – N. Goodman 3, Hickethier 3, Ch. Goodman 2, Badaruddin 2, Radcliff, Tipp; Smith 2, Apeland 2, Bishop.
First Pitch Tournament
BELGRADE — Polson wrapped up second day action at the Belgrade Softball Complex with an 7-0 victory over Great Falls Catholic and a tough 2-1 loss to Belgrade.
Polson hurler Haley Fyant faced 10 hitters and struck out nine in the win over Great Falls. The other Great Falls batter flew out to center field.
Hannah Fryberger, who went 3 for 3 at the plate, doubled and tripled for the Pirates.
In the loss to Belgrade, a walk off home run by by Shania Neubauer with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning was the difference.
“A great fast pitch game,” Polson coach Larry Smith said.
“Low scoring, good defense all the way around. Good pitching on both sides.”
Neubauer held Polson to four hits. Fyant checked Belgrade on five hits and struck out two.
Neither team had an error.
Polson went 3-1 in tournament play.
Columbia Falls, 0-2 on Friday, bounced back with two wins on the final day — 14-0 over Hardin and 4-3 over Dillon.
Saturday’s Results
Polson 7, Great Falls Catholic 0
Frenchtown 8, Great Falls Catholic 1
Belgrade 2, Polson 1
Belgrade 5, Frenchtown 0
Hardin vs. Browning, n/a
Columbia Falls 14, Hardin 0
Dillon 11, Browning 2
Columbia Falls 4, Dillon 3
Great Falls 000 0 — 0 0 1
Polson 006 1 — 7 14 0
Cantley and Hill; Haley Fyant and Ashley Benson. W — Fyant. L — Cantley.
GREAT FALLS — Carum 0-2, Hill 0-1, McEwen 0-1, Cantley 0-1, Lewis 0-1, Cook 0-1, Nickol 0-1, Walker 0-1, Leray 0-1.
POLSON — Kaelyn Smith 2-3, Laurel Bitterman 1-3, Hannah Fryberger 3-3, Fyant 1-1, Benson 2-2, Quinn Motichka 1-2, Breyland McColl 0-2, Paige Noyes 0-2, Natasha Gravelle 2-2, Kaylanna Desjarlais 09-1, Rhiley Big Beaver 1-1, Camas Renault 1-1, Jerrica McCrea 0-1.
2B—Smith, Fryberger; 3B—Fryberger; RBIs—Benson, Motichka, Gravelle, Noyes.
Polson 100 00 — 1 4 0
Belgrade 001 01 — 2 5 0
Fyant and Benson; Shania Neubaur and Katie Hoppe. W — Neubauer. L — Fyant.
POLSON — Smith 1-3, Bitterman 1-3, Fryberger 0-0, Fyant 1-2, Benson 1-2, Motichka 0-2, Desjarlais 0-2, McColl 0-2, Gravelle 0-1, Lisa Costilla 0-1.
BELGRADE — Haily Curry 1-3, Khiala Rollins 2-3, Neubaur 1-3, Ty Atwood 0-2, Kalista Pachi 0-2, Hoppe 1-1, Jamie Morgan 0-1, Olivia Cook 0-2, Maddie Krelger 0-2.
2B—Rollings, Hoppe; HR—Neubaur; RBIs—Fryberger; Newbaur (2).
Belgrade 5, Frenchtown 0
Frenchtown 000 0 – 0 2 1
Belgrade 400 1x – 5 6 0
Brynn Leishman, Claire Bagnell (4) and na. Erin Elgas and na. W – Elgas. L – Leishman.
Frenchtown — Megan Delaney 0-1, Jordan Cole 0-2, Brynn Leishman 0-2, Allison Hochhalter 1-1, Calli Bagnell 1-2, Morgan Snow 0-2, Dana Jacobs 0-1, Taylor Garren 0-1, Carley Thompson 0-1.
Belgrade — Haylee Curry 1-2, Khiala Rollins 1-2, Shania Neubauer 1-2, Ty Atwood 1-3, Kalista Pachi 0-2, Katie Hoppe 1-1, Alexa Deming 1-2, Samantha Foley 0-2, Erin Elgas 0-1.
HR – Atwood, Hoppe. RBIs – Atwood 3, Hoppe.
Libby 10, Plains 0
Libby 22, Plains 1
PLAINS — Khalyn Hageness tossed a two-hitter in going the distance in the opener and she shared mound duties with Lindsey Walker for another two-hitter in the second game.
Jayden Winslow, Abbey Ennenga and Sammee Bradeen all were 2 for 3 in the 10-0 win.
Bradeen doubled and Ennenga had three RBIs.
Hageness went 3 for 4 in the 22-1 win, which included a double and a triple.
Winslow, 2 for 3, had five RBIs.
Madisen Monigold and Walker also went 2 for 3.
Libby 100 09 – 10 10 0
Plains 000 00 – 0 2 7
Khalyn Hageness and Sammee Bradeen. Jessica Thompson and Natalee Duchamps. W – Hageness. L – Thompson.
Libby (4-1, 2-0) – Madisen Monigold 1-3, Hageness 1-3, Jayden Winslow 2-3, Abbey Ennenga 2-3, Haylee Cannon 0-3, Bradeen 2-3, Emilly Carvey 1-3, Alyssa Marshall 1-3, Lindsey Walker 0-3.
Plains (2-2, 0-1) – Sydney Jackson 0-3, Sage Jackson 0-2, Thompson 0-1, Duchamps 0-1, Kenzie Angle 0-2, Lindsay Laws 0-2, Audrey Brown 1-2, Kelsey Standeford 0-2, Stacy Gray 1-2.
2B – Bradeen. RBIs – Ennenga 3, Monigold, Cannon, Carvey, Marshall.
Plains 000 10 – 1 2 11
Libby 459 4x – 22 16 3
Audrey Brown, Jessica Thompson (2) and Kenzie Angle. Hageness, Walker (4) and Bradeen. W – Hageness. L – Brown.
Plains – Brown 0-2, Jackson 0-2, Cummings 0-1, Thompson 0-2, Duchamps 1-2, Angle 0-1, Jackson 0-2, Kelsey Standeford 1-2, Laws 0-2, Gray 0-2, Dakota Butcher 0-2.
Libby – Monigold 2-3, Hageness 3-4, Gallagher 1-1, Miller 0-1, Winslow 2-3, Haskins 1-1, Ennenga 2-4, Ward 0-1, Cannon 1-3, Bradeen 1-3, Carvey 1-3, Marshall 0-3, Walker 2-3.
2B – Monigold, Hageness. 3B – Hageness. RBIs – Winslow 5, Monigold 2, Hageness 2, Ennenga 2, Walker 2, Miller, Carvey, Haskins, Bradeen.
Anaconda 13, Troy 1
Anaconda 21, Troy 3
TROY — Anaconda put on quite an offensive show in sweeping Troy in Class B play.
Anaconda had 10 hits in the opener and 14 in the second game in scoring 34 runs on the day.
Anaconda 253 30 — 13 10 4
Troy 000 01 — 1 3 1
Michaela Cortright and Schaefer. Kylie Carr and Kaylee Tunison. W – Cortright. L – Carr.
Anaconda – Peterson 2-4, Fink 2-4, Cortright 0-2, Schaefer 3-3, Johnson 1-2, Forsberg 1-3, Collingsworth 0-4, Gates 1-1, Rogers 0-3, Weis 0-1.
Troy – Tunison 1-3, Carr 0-2, Grace Dolan 1-3, Alyssa Lewis 0-1, Tristyn Winebark 0-2, Montana Rice 0-2, Taylor Carter 1-1, Katelyn Tallmadge 0-2, Isabel Ramirez 0-2, Mazzy Hermes 0-1.
2B – Schaefer, Johnson, Forsberg. HR – Schaefer. RBIs – Schaefer 5, Peterson 2, Fink 2, Dolan, Johnson, Collingsworth, Gates, Weis.
Troy 003 00 — 3 3 0
Anaconda (11)22 6x — 21 14 2
Carr, Winebark (2) Lewis (3) and Tunison. Gates and Schaefer, Weis (3). W – Gates. L – Carr.
Troy (0-6) – Carter 1-2, Carr 0-1, Dolan 1-2, Lewis 1-3, Winebark 0-2, Tunison 0-2, Tallmadge 0-2, Hermes 0-1, Huisentruit 0-2.
Anaconda (5-1) – Peterson 3-3, Fink 2-2, Cortright 2-3, Schaefer 2-2, Johnson 1-4, Forsberg 1-2, Collingsworth 1-3, Gates 0-1, Weis 1-3, Becker 1-2.
2B – Fink, Johnson. 3B – Dolan. HR – Cortright. RBIs – Cortright 4, Dolan 2, Fink 2, Collingsworth 2, Lewis, Peterson, Becker, Johnson, Forsberg, Gates, Weis.