M-A-C lands three on all-state softball team
Catcher Jerny Crawford and pitcher Liev Smith talk during their 6-5 win over Stillwater. (Courtesy of Christa Umphrey/Forward Photography)
Liev Smith pitches against Plains. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)
Rheid Crawford rounds third and heads home to score against Plains. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)
Izzy Evans (4) comes home after her sixth-inning grand slam against Eureka. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)
Shortstop Kooper Page fires a throw to first base against Plains. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)
Following a 24-6-1 season and a runner-up finish at the B/C state softball tournament in Florence, three Mission-Arlee-Charlo Lady Bulldogs landed on the all-state team announced last week, while two others made the all-conference second team.
Pitcher/third baseman Liev Smith, the team’s only senior, goes out with an all-state nod. Smith had a .478 batting average this season. She drove in 25 runs and scored 52. She also struck out 57 batters over 50-plus innings en route to a 10-3 record.
Joining Smith on the all-state team are sophomores Kooper Page, the team’s other primary pitcher, and infielder Jerny Crawford.
Page had a .385 average and drove in 30 runs for the season. She struck out 123 batters over 87 innings and finished with a record of 14-2-1 on the mound.
Crawford finished with a .542 batting average. She had 32 extra-base hits, including nine home runs, and drove in 35 runs. She also scored 58 runs.
Rheid Crawford, also a sophomore, and freshman Izzy Evans were both named to the all-conference second team.
Evans smacked eight home runs and drove in 58 runs. She also pitched 12-plus innings, recording 13 strikeouts along the way.
Rheid Crawford had a .434 average with 19 doubles, seven home runs and 45 RBI.
The state champion Florence-Carlton Falcons also landed three players on the all-state team, to go with one all-conference second team nod.
Western B/C all-state selections
Kylie Kovatch, jr., Florence-Carlton
Liev Smith, sr., Mission-Arlee-Charlo
Kassidy Yeoman, jr., Florence-Carlton
Kolbi Wood, jr., Florence-Carlton
Kooper Page, so., Mission-Arlee-Charlo
Michael Shea, sr., Eureka
Katie Schmidt, sr., Eureka
Payton Mallett, so., Ennis
Adele Didriksen, jr., Manhattan
Jerny Crawford, so., Mission-Arlee-Charlo
All-conference first team
Natalie Scott, sr., Manhattan
All-conference second team
Ashley Mitchell, so., Anaconda
Riley Wilson, sr., Thompson Falls-Noxon
Izzy Evans, fr., Mission-Arlee-Charlo
Jenna Snider, sr., Ennis
Dylan Vigil, sr.,Thompson Falls-Noxon
Jaidyn Larson, jr., Florence-Carlton
Skylar Bergstrom, sr., Plains
Molly McHugh, sr., Missoula Loyola
Sami Johnson, jr., Anaconda
Rhianna Hawkins, sr., Eureka
Rheid Crawford, so., Mission-Arlee-Charlo
