Columbia Falls bombards Bravettes

Columbia Falls’ Trista Cowan hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning to cap an 11-1 win over Flathead on Tuesday at Kidsports Complex.

Flathead held the Wildkats scoreless for the first three innings and held the score close through the fifth, when Columbia Falls blew the game wide open.

The Kats scored four runs in the sixth inning to take a 7-0 lead in the game, and with the help of Cowan’s big bat, added four more runs in the seventh inning.

Flathead added one run in the seventh but couldn’t get to KJ Scweikert enough for a rally.

Peyton Kehr was 4 for 5 from the plate with a double and Schweikert helped her cause with a 2 for 3 performance. Sydney Hovde also had two hits for the Wildkats.

Kylee Beccari had a double in three plate appearances for Flathead, one of five hitters to notch a hit in the game.

Col. Falls 000 124 4 — 11 10 0

Flathead 000 000 1 — 1 5 0

KJ Schweikert and Hannah Freeman. Kylee Beccari, Maitland Betts (6) an Jayden Russell.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Kaylee Ash 0-2, Peyton Kehr 4-5, Schweikert 2-3, Syd Hovde 2-3, Trista Cowan 1-4, Freeman 0-4, Taylor Putnam 0-2, Kaylene Volkman 0-3, Torri Brisco 0-1, Katie Murry 0-1, Kennedy Payne 1-3.

FLATHEAD — Jayden Russell 1-2, Riley Chouinard 0-4, Kylee Meredith 0-2, Kaycee Smith 1-4, Beccari 1-3, Kaileigh Denna 1-1, Bailey Nunn 0-1, Betts 1-3, Kyann Devera 0-3.

2B—Kehr, Schweikert. Beccari. HR—Cowan. RBIs—Cowan 3, Schweikert, Hovde, Payne.

Polson 9, Glacier 4

POLSON — Polson rallied back to top Glacier in a nonconference game.

The Pirates took a 2-0 lead in the third inning but Glacier bounced back in the top of the fourth with a three-run home run from Emma Shew to take the lead.

Polson answered in the next inning with a two-run homer from Haley Fyant, scoring three runs in the inning to retake a 5-3 lead. Four more runs in the sixth inning helped the Pirates coast to the victory.

Fyant, who also had the win in the circle, went 3 for 3 from the plate with four RBIs. Hannah Fryberger was 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles and three RBIs.

Kali Gulick was 3 for 4 for Glacier and Erin McHugh was 2 for 4 with a home run for Glacier. Shew was 2 for 4 with three RBIs.

Glacier 000 300 1 — 4 8 1

Polson 002 034 x — 9 12 1

Emma Shew, Erin McHugh (6) and Maddie Johnson. Haley Fyant, Camas Renault (6) and Ashley Benson.

GLACIER — Addie Labrum 0-4, Erin McHugh 2-4, Anna Schrade 0-4, Alivia Atlee 1-4, Kali Gulick 3-4, Meg Hornby 0-3, Shew 1-2, Johnson 0-0, Serra Monroe 1-3.

POLSON — Kaelyn Smith 2-4, Laurel Bitterman 0-2, Hannah Fryberger 2-4, Fyant 3-3, Benson 0-4, Renault 2-4, Kaylanna Desjarlais 0-2, Quinn Moticka 2-3, Paige Noyes 0-4, Lisa Costilla 0-0.

2B—Gulick. Fryberger 2, Fyant, Motichka. HR—McHugh, Shew. Fyant. RBIs—McHugh, Shew 3. Fryberger 3, Fyant 4, Motichka 2.