Prep softball briefs - May 8
<p>Sarah Rausch slides safely into home plate under Morgan Ray's tag in Polson's loss to Frenchtown on Thursday.</p>
from Thursday, May 1
Frenchtown 8, Polson 4
POLSON — The Pirates rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh, but they couldn’t push enough across to upset conference-leading Frenchtown.
Jaylin Kenney paced the Polson attack, going 4-for-4 at the plate.
Jessica Bagnell kept the Pirates in the game with eight strikeouts despite her team’s five fielding errors.
Frenchtown 004 002 2 – 8 7 2
Polson 001 100 2 – 4 7 5
Plains-Hot Springs 9, MAC 4
PLAINS — Shania Dubois homered and singled for the Bulldogs, but Plains’ offense was too much.
Courtney Charlo struck out seven from the circle for MAC.
MAC 001 030 0 – 4 5 2
Plains 002 610 x – 9 6 3
Plains 8, MAC 7
PLAINS — The Bulldogs got the deficit closer, but they were unable to push any runs across in the final three innings.
Alyssa Doty had two doubles, and Morgan Malatare went 3-for-4 for MAC.
Plains 000 206 0 – 8 11 7
MAC 050 200 0 – 7 11 3
from Friday, May 2
MAC 17, Thompson Falls 6, 5 innings
ST. IGNATIUS — Alyssa Doty finished a homer short of the cycle and drove in two MAC baserunners to lead the Bulldogs to victory.
Connor Smith added a triple and a single and three RBI for MAC.
T. Falls 030 03 – 6 6 6
MAC 126 8x – 17 13 2
from Saturday, May 3
Game 1
Florence 14, MAC 7
FLORENCE — The defending state champs rolled to a seven-run victory despite a pair of MAC hits from Connor Smith, Alyssa Doty and Jaycee Andersen.
MAC 106 000 0 – 7 10 4
Florence 140 144 x – 14 10 6
Game 2
Florence 8, MAC 1
FLORENCE — Mission-Arlee-Charlo managed just two hits in the second game of Saturday’s twin bill. One of the Bulldogs turf-ticklers was a two-bagger from Alyssa Doty as they finished up a set of five games in three days.
Florence 003 022 1 – 8 9 0
MAC 010 000 0 – 1 2 0
Game 1
Ronan 23, Drummond-Philipsburg 0, 5 innings
DRUMMOND — The Maidens shellacked Drummond-Philipsburg behind Kenzie Dulmes’ 3-for-3 effort. The Ronan shortstop also drove in three runs.
Kendra Starkel smoked a double and had two RBI.
Alaina Madsen tossed the one-hit shutout for Ronan.
Ronan 6 (11)4 20 – 23 10 0
Drummond 00 000 – 0 1 n/a
Game 2
Ronan 14, Drummond-Philipsburg 4, 5 innings
DRUMMOND — Alaina Madsen capped off a terrific day with a two-hitter as Ronan completed the road sweep.
Kendra Starkel, Amanda Morency and Danielle Richwine each drove in a pair of Maidens for the Ronan offense.
Drummond 310 00 – 4 2 n/a
Ronan 630 23 – 14 7 0