Flathead, Glacier netters rained out; Libby tops Ronan in softball
Wet weather continues to disrupt high school tennis play for some Western Montana teams.
Flathead and Glacier were scheduled to participate in the Western AA Conference meet on Saturday in Helena, but that was washed out a day ahead of schedule because of a 90 percent chance of rain for the event.
“We’ve played half the matches the rest of the state has played,” Glacier coach Josh Munro said so far.
“We’ll eventually get there.”
That’s if conditions improve.
Flathead and Glacier are scheduled to participate in the Missoula Invitational on Friday and Saturday. That event will feature all the Class AA teams.
All that’s left for varsity players at both schools is the second crosstown dual of the season at FVCC on April 30, followed by the Missoula schools at FVCC on May 4.
Divisional play will be held May 9-10 at FVCC and then it’s state May 16-17 in Great Falls.
Also washed out Saturday was Polson at Corvallis and Hamilton tennis.
Softball also took a hit because of the weather as Flathead at Missoula Hellgate was postponed. That Western AA matchup will be rescheduled.
Tennis
Friday
At Stevensville
Girls
Polson 4, Stevesville 3
Singles — Berkley Ellis, P, def. Maddie Weber 6-4, 6-2; Mackaela Hawthorne, S, def. Sarah Kinzie 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Taylor Broomfield, P, def. Olivia Peretto 7-5, 6-4; Taylor Collings, P, def. Celine Betz 5-7, 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles — Callie Cavill/Ashley Eyre, S, def. Ara Mercer/MeganRost 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5); Sierra Lundeen/Avah Eggebrecht, P, def. Aliyah Anderson/Crystal St. Germain 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Laura Agostonelli/Johanna Hinz, S, def. Zenash Groves/Carley Carrick 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
Boys
Polson 7, Stevensville 0
Singles — Joe McDonald, P, def. David Haacke 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Colby Devlin, P, def. Garrison Bradt 7-6 (7-1), 6-2; Matt Hobb, P, def. Matt Hock 6-4, 7-6 (7-2); Bridger Wendzel, P, def. Reece Haugo 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles — Tai Schriver/Kenton Sisler, P, def. Sebastian Driver/Quincy Larson 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; MaKauly Morrison/Michael Smith, P, def. Domenic Bridges/Dylan Janes 6-1, 6-7 (8-6), 6-4; Trevor Schultz/Antar Lefthand, P, def. Austin Armijo/Braxton Craythorn 6-1, 6-0.
Thursday
Boys
Troy 6, Clark Fork 0
SINGLES — Austin McCully, T, def. Wesley Simko, 6-1, 6-1; Riccardo Cincelli, T, def. Eli Englehart, 6-0, 6-0; Chi-Hsiang Chung, T, def. Mathis Heisel, 6-0, 6-0; Sam Walters, T, def. Kobi Dooley, 6-4, 6-1
DOUBLES — Dylan Cummings/Alex Freund, T, won by forfeit; Cy Winslow/Jaymin Stever, T, won by forfeit.
Girls
Clark Fork 6, Troy 0
SINGLES — Lily Simko, CF, def. Katelynn Tallmadge, 6-4, 2-6, 7-4 tie-breaker; Ele Lambert, CF, def. Rhonelle Morton, 6-0, 6-1; Sophie Williams, CF, def. Kiersten McCully, 6-0, 6-0; Madison Williams, CF, def. Lyndan Clay, 6-0, 6-0.
DOUBLES — Ele Kiebert/Macylee Lambert, CF, def. Laura Guinard/Sarah Shadden, 6-2, 6-0; Rachel Dick/Ashley Brown, CF, won by forfeit.
Softball
Libby 9, Ronan 1
LIBBY — Emily Carvey and Sammee Bradeen smacked back-to-back home runs in Libby’s six-run fourth inning and Bradeen also homered in the third as the Loggers defeated Ronan 9-1 in Northwest A softball play on Saturday.
Ronan’s run was courtesy of a home run by Emilie Corley in the fourth inning.
Bradeen finished the day going 3 for 4 and drove in three runs. Linsey Walker and Carvey had two RBIs each.
“They have a good pitcher,” Libby coach Dean Thompson said of Macao Jackson. “We just started to get on her in those middle innings. She throws hard, is just a sophomore, so they will have her for a couple more years.”
Libby (4-3 overall, 2-2 league) plays at Ronan on Tuesday.
Ronan 000 100 0 — 1 5 2
Libby 003 600 x — 9 9 2
Macao Jackson and Maddy Mae Miller; Keira Ward and Sammee Bredeen. W — Ward. L — Jackson.
RONAN — Madison Clairmont 1-4, LaNissa Mahkuk 0-4, Jackson 1-3, Emilie Corley 1-1, Rhylie Big Beaver 1-3, Miller 1-3, R. Clairmont 0-3, K. Sherman 0-3, B. Kenelty 0-3.
LIBBY — Linsey Walker 1-3, Emily Carvey 1-4, Bradeen 3-4, Taylor Holm 1-3, Sheyla Gallagher 1-3, Samantha Miller 0-3, McKenzie Proffitt 0-3, Cierra Swagger 0-0, Bethany Thomas 2-2, Ward 0-3.
2B—Jackson; HR—Corley; Bradeen (2), Carvey; RBIs—Corley; Walker (2), Carvey (2), Bradeen (3), Ward.
Friday
Western B-C
At Florence
Florence 15, Eureka 5
Eureka 012 11x x — 5 7 6
Florence 406 5xx x — 15 8 2
WP - Shannon Byrne. LP - Avory Escobar.
Hits - Eureka: M. McCarvey, Hawkins 2 (HR), Katie Schmidt (2B), Miller, Hailey Hall, Reena Truman (2B). Florence: Byrne, Kolbi Wood, Natalie Dulac 2, Danielle Zahn (3B), Kasidy Yeoman (2B), Jaidyn Larson, Emily Kinnaman (HR).
RBIs - Eureka: Hawkins 2, Miller, Micheal Shea. Florence: Zahn 4, Yeoman 3, Larson, Rilee Mangun, Danara Greer, Kinnaman 2.
Florence 12, Eureka 2
Florence 331 05x x — 12 9 0
Eureka 101 00x x — 2 4 3
WP - Kylie Kovatch. LP - Kia Hawkins.
Hits - Florence: Shannon Byrne, Kasidy Yeoman 3 (2 2B), Danielle Zahn 3, Kovatch, Danara Greer. Eureka: Avory Escobar 2 (2B), Katie Schmidt 2.
RBIs - Florence: Byrne, Jessica Johnson, Kolbi Wood, Yeoman 2, Zahn 2, Kovatch. Eureka: Schmidt 2.