Glacier overpowers Hellgate

Emma Shew was brilliant in the circle, Anna Schrade had a powerhouse day at the plate and the Glacier defense turned in a perfect game — no errors — to whip Missoula Hellgate 17-3 in Western AA softball action at Glacier High School on Thursday afternoon.

“I just think we needed it be nice and warm outside for us to get it going,” Glacier coach Andy Fors said of the first sunny, 70-plus degree day of the spring season.

Glacier scored in every inning, pushing nine runs across the plate in the bottom of the fourth for the game-shorted victory on the 10-run rule.

Glacier beat Hellgate earlier in the season 13-7.

“Emma Shew threw a great game from the circle today,” Fors said.

“Hellgate has some really strong hitters at the top their lineup and she did a great job keeping them off balance, throwing pitches and not getting herself in trouble,”

Shew allowed five singles, fanned two and walked four.

Glacier outhit Hellgate 12-5. Schrade, from her lead-off spot, went 3 for 4.

Addie Labrum, 1 for 2, and Eric McHugh, 2 for 3, both had three RBIs for the Wolfpack.

Labrum also had the lone extra base hit — a double.

Kali Gulick, 2 for 3, drove in four runs.

Glacier (4-11 overall, 3-8 Western AA) hosts Columbia Falls on Monday at 5 p.m. in nonconference play.

Hellgate 200 10 — 3 5 3

Glacier 143 9x — 17 12 0

Haliegh Irwin and M. Butler; Emma Shew and Maddie Johnson. W — Shew. L — Irwin.

HELLGATE — Maiti Anderson 0-1, Sierrah Hardy 1-1, Callie Mckillop 0-3, Adessa Gagner 0-2, Korey Waletzko 0-3, Butler 1-2, Kathryn Shipley 0-1, Allison High 0-2, K. Packard 2-2, Elise Marquardt 1-2.

GLACIER — Anna Schrade 3-4, Allee Meyer 0-0, Addie Labrum 1-2, Hallie Nikumen 0-1, Erin McHugh 2-3, Alivia Atlee 0-3, Kali Gulick 2-3, Shew 1-2, Maddie Johnson 1-4, Sophie Smith 1-1, Serra Monroe 0-0, Meg Hornby 1-3.

2B—Labrum; RBIs—Hardy, Butler (2); Schrade, Meyer, Labrum (3), McHugh (3), Atlee, Gulick (4), Johnson, Monroe (2), Hornby.

St. Ignatius 17, Ronan 1

RONAN — Ronan held a brief 1-0 advantage after the first inning, but it was all St. Ignatius after that.

St. Ignatius pushed six runs across the plate in the third inning and came right back with seven more in the fourth to put the game away.

St. Ignatius outhit Ronan 17-2.

Kenzie Couture, 3 for 4, tripled, homered and drove in two runs for St. Ignatius.

Courtnee Clairmont and Jaylyn Hakes both singled for Ronan.

St. Ignatius 026 72 — 17 17 1

Ronan 100 00 — 1 2 6

Ran’Dee Charlo, Tomi Brazill (4) and Kenzie Couture; Melanie Adams, Marissa Mock (5) and Regan Clairmont. W – Charlo. L – Adams.

ST. IGNATIUS (11-2-1) – Haley Crawford 1-4, Tomi Brazill 1-4, AziaRain Umphrey 2-4, Kenzie Couture 3-4, Ran’Dee Charlo 3-4, Summer DarcAngelo 1-2, Caitlyn Sorrell 2-2, Frankie Smith 1-3, Vanessa Kent 2-4, Sierra Hutchins 1-2, Shyanne Reum 0-1.

Ronan (1-17) – Courtnee Clairmont 1-2, Regan Clairmont 0-2, Madison Clairmont 0-2, Marissa Mock 0-1, Jaylyn Hakes 1-2, Skye Chandler 0-2, Ysabelle Burland 0-2, Taylor Tobol 0-1, Lanissa Mahkuk 0-2.

2B – Charlo 2, Sorrell. 3B – Couture. HR – Couture. RBIs – Brazill, Couture 2, Charlo, Sorrell, Smith, Kent 3, Hakes.

Florence 15, Eureka 4

EUREKA — Florence tallied 14 runs in the first two inning to blow by Eureka in a Class B matchup.

Eureka won the hit battle with Florence 12-10, but had to deal with seven errors.

Nine Eureka players had hits, led by Savana Vandeburg, Rylee Morgan and Olivia Canizzo, who had two each.

Canizzo doubled and Morgan tripled. Both players had two RBIs.

Florence 590 10 — 15 10 1

Eureka 002 02 — 4 12 7

Shay Waldbillig, Emily Kinnaman (4) and Chloe Arthur; Erynn Thier and Savana Vandeburg. W – Waldbillig. L – Thier.

Florence – Shannon Byrne 3-4, Natalie Dulac 1-1, Danara Greer 0-0, Chloe Arthur 3-4, Shay Waldbillig 0-2, Kali Leibenguth 0-2, Brooklyn Little 1-2, Rilee Mangun 0-1, Brianna Hoffman 0-1, Laine Jones 0-1, Destini Greer 1-2, Sarah Kolb 0-1, Emily Kinnaman 1-2, Sammie Buffington 0-1.

Eureka (1-10) – Ambryn Smith 1-1, Savana Vandeburg 2-2, Erynn Thier 1-3, Rylee Morgan 2-3, Olivia Canizzo 2-3, Makennah Apelad 1-3, Haylie Hall 1-2, Cassie Hammack 1-2, Karissa Kaufman 0-2, Kirsten Williams 1-1.

2B – Dulac, Canizzo. 3B – Morgan 2. RBIs – Dulac 2, Arthur, Leibenguth, Little, Greer, Morgan 2, Canizzo 2.

Florence 8, Libby 0

EUREKA — Shannon Byrne and Brianna Hoffman held Libby to three hits as Florence spilled the Loggers in a battle of Class B powers.

Florence scored early, and often, taking a 7-0 lead after two innings.

Madisen Monigold singled once and Jayden Winslow twice for Libby.

Brianna Hoffman doubled, Shannon Byrne tripled and Chloe Arthur homered for Florence.

Florence 250 000 1 — 8 10 2

Libby 000 000 0 — 0 3 2

Shannon Byrne, Brianna Hoffman (5) and Natalie Dulac. Linsey Walker and Sammee Bradeen. W – Byrne. L – Walker.

Florence (14-2) – Shannon Byrne 1-4, Natalie Dulac 0-2, Chloe Arthur 1-3, Shay Waldbillig 1-4, Brooklyn Little 3-4, Rilee Mangun 1-3, Destini Greer 0-1, Kali Leibenguth 0-4, Brianna Hoffman 1-2, Danara Greer 0-1, Emily Kinnaman 2-3.

Libby (11-5) – Madisen Monigold 1-3, Emily Carvey 0-3, Jayden Winslow 2-3, Abby Ennenga 0-3, Haylee Cannon 0-2, Sammee Bradeen 0-3, Keira Ward 0-0, Shelya Gallagher 0-3, Bridget Carvey 0-3, Linsey Walker 0-2.

2B – Hoffman. 3B – Byrne. HR – Arthur. RBIs – Arthur 2, Kinnaman 2, Little 2.

Columbia Falls 16,

Whitefish 1

Columbia Falls 20,

Whitefish 0

COLUMBIA FALLS — Columbia Falls nearly had as many hits as runs in taking a Northwestern A conference doubleheader from Whitefish.

Columbia Falls had 15 hits in the opener, a game shortened to three innings, and 17 in the five-inning nightcap.

Ryley Kehr was perfect at the plate for the Wildkats, going 5 for 5.

Savvy Ellis and KJ Schweikert combined on a no-hitter in the second game. That same pitching combo held Whitefish to three hits in the first game.

Syd Hovde homered, a solo shot to left in the second inning, in the second game. It was her seventh home run of the season.

Columbia Falls (2-2, 10-5) plays at Class AA Glacier on Monday, 5 p.m.

Game 1

Columbia Falls 0(15)1 — 16 15 0

Whitefish 100 — 1 3 5

KJ Schweikert, Savvy Ellis (3) and Hannah Freeman, Cadie Murray (3); Lauren McDonald and Mary Akey. W — Schweikert. L — McDonald.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Kaylee Ash 1-2, Peyton Kehr 1-3, Murray 1-1, Schweikert 1-2, Ellis 1-1, Syd Hovde 1-3, Trista Cowan 3-3, Raychel Hoerner 0-1, Freeman 1-2, Ryley Kehr 2-2, Torri Brisco 2-2, Kennedy Payne 1-1.

WHITEFISH — Abbygale Carson 0-1, Isabelle Klempel 1-2, Amara McDaniel 1-1, Baileigh Krause 0-1, Becca Catina 1-1, McDonald 0-1, Akey 0-2, Zoe Dugan 0-0, Bailey Smith 0-1.

2B—P. Kehr, Hovde, Cowan, Freeman; RBIs—Ash (2), Murray, Hovde (2), Cowan, Freeman, R. Kehr; Catina.

Game 2

Whitefish 000 00 — 0 0 6

Columbia Falls 1(11)2 6x — 20 17 1

McDonald and Akey; Ellis, Schweikert (3) and Murray. W — Ellis. L — McDonald.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Payne 0-1, Ash 1-2, Freeman 1-3, Cowan 1-2, Hovde 2-3, P. Kehr 0-2, Murray 1-3, R. Kehr 3-3, Hoerner 2-4, Brisco 0-2, Brayden Carpenter 2-3, Ellis 2-2, Schweikert 2-2.

WHITEFISH —Carson 0-2, Klempel 0-2, McDaniel 0-2, Krause 0-2, Catina 0-1, McDonald 0-2, Akey 0-2, Dugan 0-1, Smith 0-1.

2B—Ash, Freeman, Hovde, Murray, Carpenter, Ellis, Schweikert; HR—Hovde; RBIs—Payne, Ash, Freeman, Hovde, R. Kehr (3), Hoerner, Carpenter, Ellis (2), Schweikert (2).