ASA softball players have SMASHing good time

by John Heglie Lake County Leader
| June 9, 2016 10:17 AM

At Kalispell this past weekend at the season opening 2016 Emeralds SMASH softball tournament, four Polson-based teams ranging in age group (10U,12U,14U,16U) competed against other entrants for an opportunity to haul home some hardware.

Two teams advanced into the championship with the 12U Purple Wave winning the title in their age bracket, while the 10U Lil Lakers finished as runnerup. A representative sampling of games is featured below. Polson will host their annual SPLASH tournament this weekend, Friday through Sunday, June 10-12.

10U bracket

Championship

10U Emeralds 23,

Polson Lil Lakers 15

Leading offensive player for Polson was Kaitlynn Ward, who batted 4-5 with a trio of hits for extra bases that included a triple and a pair of doubles. A lock down defensive effort was turned in by pitcher Nikki Kendall, who fanned a dozen batters with 12 srikeouts.

Other 10U scores

Lil Lakers 26, C Falls 2

Mission Milk & Sugars 20, Lil Lakers 9

Lil Lakers 13, Emeralds 8

12U bracket

Championship

Purple Wave 12,

Lady Regulators 11 (9 inn.)

In the 12U championship against the Montana Regulators, Polson rallied from a four run deficit in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game after regulation, thereby sending the contest into an extra innings international tie breaker to resolve the deadlock by placing a runner on second base while the team at the plate attempts to score as many runs as it can until their third out. In the top of both the eighth and ninth innings, the Regulators plated runs which the Purple Wave countered by matching with their own to tie the game up once again. After the third tie of the contest in the bottom half of the ninth, Liz Scabbyrobe laid down an exquisite bunt in front of the plate. As Scabbyrobe scampered her way to first base, Savannah Carpentier took a huge lead off third base that baited a throw from the catcher. As the third base infielder caught the ball, Carpentier capped the rally by executing Supergirl slide into home plate for the winning run before the tag could be applied.

Regs 010 060 121 – 11 16 E

Wave 210 010 422 – 12 20 E

Ellie Thiel, Katelyn Druyvestein (5) and Lexy Orien. Haylee and catcher #20ish. W – Druyvestein. L – Haylee.

REGULATORS – Ilyssa 3-6, Halle 3-6, Karissa 3-6, Sammie 1-5, Brylee 4-5, Aili 0-5, Haylee 2-5, Kenna 0-5, Macy 0-4.

PURPLE WAVE – Anna Vert 5-6, Druyvestein 1-5, Thiel 3-5, Orien 3-4, Chloe Ducharme 2-5, Gianna Fyant 2-5, Savannah Carpentier 1-3, Reegan Stinger 2-2, Ahjasa Pierre 0-2, Liz Scabbyrobe 1-4.

3B – Carpentier. 2B – Thiel, Orien 2. BB – Druyvestein, Orien, Carpentier, Stinger. SB – Vert, Druyvestein, Carpentier, Orien, Ducharme.

Runs –Vert, Druyvestein, Thiel 2, Orien 2, Ducharme, Fyant 2, Carpentier 3. (Su05Jun16gm2)

Bracket semifinal

Purple Wave 17, C-Town Rebels 0

Pool play (Sa04Jun16)

Purple Wave 14, C-Town Rebels 3

Purple Wave 7, Lady Regulators 5

14U bracket

Lady Regulators 8, Lakers 1

Lakers 12, Cranbrook Heat 0

Spokane Diamonds 14, Lakers 1

16U bracket

Bracket play.

Single elimination.

Wolfpack 12, Purple Rain 8

In the single elimination bracket play round, the long layoff awaiting which opponent would emerge in conjunction with the unseasonably high temperatures took their toll upon the offense of the Purple Rain as if it evaporated when subjected to the dry summery conditions. After plating most of their runs on passed balls in the opening frame off the Wolfpack pitching battery, former Polson player Emma Shew settled down while her Wolfpack teammates heated up to eliminate Polson from contention. Purple Rain players Kaelyn Smith and Kaylanna DesJarlais each had two hits over the course of the contest, while Rain runs were scored off wild pitches or passed balls.

Polson 600 20 – 8 7 1

Kalispell 353 10 – 12 17 1

Camas Renault (2IP: 1K,10H,2PO), (3) Haley Fyant (3IP: 5K,7H) and Kaylanna DesJarlais. Emma Shew and Maddie Johnson. W – Shew. L – Renault (1-1).

PURPLE RAIN – Kaelyn Smith 2-2, Laurel Bitterman 1-3, Hannah Fryberger 0-2, Haley Fyant 1-3, Renault 1-3, Mikayla Croft 0-2, Addi McColl 0-2, DesJarlais 2-3, Jaylynn LeaderCharge 0-2, Paige Noyes 0-1(FC).

GLACIER – Meg Hornby 2-3, Hallie Nikunen 0-1, Erin McHugh 2-4, Ali Williams 3-4, Alivia Atlee 1-3, Shew 2-3, Christine DuFour 2-3, Serra Monroe 1-3, Sarah Frandsen 1-2, Kali Gulick 1-1, Johnson 2-3.

HR – Johnson. 2B – Renault; McHugh, Shew, DuFour, Monroe, Gulick, Johnson. RBIs – McHugh, Atlee, Shew 2, DuFour 4, Gulick, Johnson 2. BB – Smith, Bitterman, Fryberger, Croft. HB – Smith. SB – Smith 3, Bitterman, Fryberger, Williams. (Su05Jun16gm4)

POOL PLAY GAMES (for seeding purposes)

Gm3 – forfeit by other Kalispell team

Purple Rain 11, Wolfpack 5

Polson 500 15 – 11 9 2

Kalispell 200 03 – 5 10 3

Haley Fyant and Kaylanna DesJarlais. Erin McHugh, Kali Gulick and Maddie Johnson. W – Fyant (1-0). L – McHugh.

PURPLE RAIN – Kaelyn Smith 1-2, Laurel Bitterman 1-4(E), Hannah Fryberger 2-3, Haley Fyant 0-3, Renault 2-3, Quinn Motichka 1-3(E), Mikayla Croft 3-3, Paige Noyes 1-3, Jaylynn LeaderCharge 0-3, DesJarlais 1-3(E), Addi McColl 1-3.

GLACIER – Meg Hornby 1-3, McHugh 0-3, Ali Williams 2-2, Alivia Atlee 1-2, Anna Schrade 1-2, Emma Shew 0-2, Serra Monroe 2-2, Christine DuFour 1-2, Sarah Frandsen 0-2, Maddie Johnson 0-2, Gulick 1-1, Hallie Nikunen 1-2.

2B – Monroe. RBIs – Smith, Bitterman, Fryberger, McColl; Williams, Schrade, DuFour, SacB – Smith. BB – Smith, McColl; Gulick. SB – Smith, Bitterman, Fryberger 2, Noyes; DuFour. (Sa04Jun16gm2)

Purple Rain 9, Dirtballers 3

The Libby-based Dirtballers are a cooperative composite collaboration of Libby and Columbia Falls players

Polson 120 011 01 – 9 12 1

Libby/CF 100 210 14 – 3 9 4

Camas Renault (5K,2W,2PO) and Kaylanna DesJarlais. Khalyn Hageness and Sammee Bradeen. Renault (1-0). L – Hageness.

PURPLE RAIN – Kaelyn Smith 1-3(FC), Laurel Bitterman 1-4(E), Hannah Fryberger 2-3, Haley Fyant 0-3, Renault 2-3, Quinn Motichka 1-3(E), Mikayla Croft 3-3, Paige Noyes 1-3, Jaylynn LeaderCharge 0-3, DesJarlais 1-3(E), Addi McColl 1-3.

DIRTBALLERS – Madisen Monigold 2-3, Peyton Kehr 1-3, Hageness 0-2, Sydney Hovde 2-3, KJ Schweikert 0-3, Emily Carvey 1-3, Hannah Freeman 0-3, Haylee Cannon 1-2, Bradeen 2-2, Ryley Kehr 0-2.

2B – Bitterman, Renault, Croft; Carvey. RBIs – Bitterman, Fryberger, Renault, Motichka, Croft 2; Carvey, Freeman. SacB – Smith. SacF – Freeman. BB – Hageness, Cannon. SB – Smith, Noyes. CS – Monigold. (Sa04Jun16gm1)