Lady Pirates play five games in five days, go 3-2

FRENCHTOWN — Cassidy Bagnell scored on a wild pitch in the eighth inning on April 26 to give Frenchtown a 3-2 win over Polson in a rematch of last season’s class A state title game.

The Northwest A Pirates held a 2-1 lead over the Southwest A Broncs (10-0), thanks to Nikki Kendall’s 2-run double in the third inning.

Frenchtown’s Alexis Godin knotted the score at 2-2 with a solo homer in the furth, and from there Polson ace Katelyne Druyvestein and the Broncs’ Sadie Smith combined to three seven straight scoreless frames.

In the eighth, Bagnell hit a one-out single, stole second, moved to third on Smith’s groundout and scored on Druyvestein’s only wild pitch of the game.

Avery Starr’s two-run single capped a five-run sixth inning as Polson rallied past Florence on Friday at the Frenchtown Invitational. The Falcons had led 5-1 thanks partly to some shaky Pirates defense.

McKenna Hanson started the rally by getting hit with a pitch; Kendall and Pierre followed with singles, and Carli Maley’s RBI double cut the gap 5-4. That set up Starr’s heroics.

Druyvestein threw seven innings, with just one of her five runs allowed being earned. She scattered six hits and a walk and struck out eight.

Florence managed a one-out single, only to have that runner get picked off, in the seventh. Druyvestein then fanned the next batter to end the game.

The Polson battery of pitcher Druyvestein and catcher Hanson teamed up for a one-hitter and combined for six RBIs in the Pirates’ 13-0 win over Corvallis at the Frenchtown Invitational softball tournament Friday.

Druyvestein allowed one hit and no walks in five innings of work, and struck out 11.

Hanson caught the first three innings, and hit a two-run home run in the third. Two batters later Turquoise Pierre hit a solo shot to put Polson (8-2) up 10-0.

Druyvestein, Jaivin BadBear and Anna Vert each scored three times for the Pirates, who totaled 14 hits and four walks against three Corvallis pitchers.

The Lady Pirates wrapped up the weekend with a 5-2 loss to 2021 semifinalist Laurel on Saturday at Frenchtown, followed by a 17-0 rout of East Helena to cap the tournament. Polson finished the weekend with a 9-3 season record.

Frenchtown 3, Polson 2 (8 inn.)

Polson 002 00000 – 2 4 1

Frenchtown 100 100 01 – 3 5 0

Katelyne Druyvestein (7.2 IP:5K,1W, 1HB) and Mckenna Hanson. Sadie Smith (6K,2W) and Toni Beatty. W – S.Smith (10-0). L – Druyvestein (6-2).

POLSON – Druyvestein 1-4, Hanson 0-4, Nikki Kendall 2-4, Carli Maley 0-3, Turquoise Pierre 0-1, Avery Starr 0-3, Ashylnn Depoe 0-3, Jaivin BadBear 0-3, Anna Vert 1-3.

FRENCHTOWN – Cassidy Bagnell 2-4, S.Smith 1-4, Alexis Godin 1-2, Juna Ashby 0-3, Beatty 1-2, Abby Faulhaber 0-2, Olivia Campbell 0-3, Carah Evans 0-3, Chloe Long 0-3, (flex) Dakota Fortney, (cr) Parker Robinson, Saige Williams.

HR – Godin. 2B – Kendall; Bagnell, S.Smith. RBIs – Kendall 2; S.Smith, Godin. SH – Faulhaber. BB – T.Pierre 2; Godin. HB – Beatty. ROE – Campbell. SB – T.Pierre; Bagnell. Runs – Vert, Druyvestein; Bagnell 2, Godin.

Polson 6, Florence 5

Florence 230 011 0 - 5 6 1

Polson 001 005 x - 6 6 8

Kylie Kovatch and Kasidy Yeoman. Druyvestein and Kendall.

FLORENCE — Kasidy Yeoman 1-4, Jaidyn Larson 0-3, Kolbi Wood 1-4, Kovatch 1-4, Rylie Yeoman 0-4, Ava Philbrick 2-4, Oliver Coutler 1-3, Madi Potter 0-2, Autumn Sutton 1-3.

POLSON — Druyvestein 0-2, Hanson 0-1, Kendall 1-3, Pierre 1-3, Maley 2-3, Starr 1-3, Ashlyn Depoe 0-2, Johnson 0-1, Bad Bear 1-3, Vert 0-2, Julia Barnard 0-0, Brown 0-0.

2B — Sutton, Bad Bear, Maley. RBIs — Kovatch, Coulter, Sutton, Starr 2, Druyvestein, Pierre, Maley.

Polson 13, Corvallis 0

Corvallis 000 00 – 0 1 5

Polson 334 3x – 13 14 1

Gabby Krueger (1.1 IP:1K), (2) Macee Greenwood (1.1 IP:2K), (3) Melanie Race (1.1 IP:) and Kaitlin McCartney. Katelyne Druyvestein (11K,1HB) and Mckenna Hanson.

CORVALLIS – M.Greenwood 1-1, Emma Cashell 0-2, Krueger 1-4, McCartney 2-4, Jessica Saturday 0-1, Trinity McLane 0-2, Sophie Cooper 2-4, Sydney Wolsky 0-2, Jaydn Greenwood 0-2.

POLSON – Druyvestein 2-4, Hanson 2-4, Nikki Kendall 1-3, Tyneesha Brown 1-1, Turquoise Pierre 3-3, Carli Maley 1-2, Avery Starr 1-2, Kailey Smith 1-1, Caitlyn Ward 1-3, Jaivin BadBear 0-1, Anna Vert 1-2,

HR – Hanson, T.Pierre. 2B – Druyvestein, Starr, Ward. RBIs – Druyvestein 4, Hanson 3, Kendall, Brown, T.Pierre 2, Maley, Starr. SF – Druyvestein. SH – Hanson. BB – Maley, BadBear 2, Vert. HB – M.Greenwood. ROE – Cashell; BadBear. FC – Cashell. SB – Vert, Ward. CS – Ward, Brown. Runs – Druyvestein 3, Hanson, T.Pierre 2, Maley, BadBear 3, Vert 3.

Laurel 5, Polson 2

Polson 100 010 0 – 2 5 2

Laurel 012 020 x – 5 9 2

Kadence Temple (4.1IP:3K), (5) Ella Crookston (2.2IP:5K) and Taylor Strecker. Katelyne Druyvestein (3IP:2K,6H), (4) Turquoise Pierre (3IP:1K) and Mckenna Hanson. W – Temple. L – Druyvestein (8-3)

POLSON – Druyvestein 1-4, Hanson 2-3, Nikki Kendall 1-3, T.Pierre 0-4, Carli Maley 0-3, Avery Starr 0-3, Caitlyn Ward 0-2, Jaivin BadBear 1-3, Anna Vert 0-3, (flex) Ashlynn Depoe, (cr) Julia Barnard.

LAUREL – Mia Andersen 1-3, Josie Benson 1-3, Temple 1-2, Crookston 0-1, Shelbi Block 2-3, Charley McLean 2-3, Kortney Kraft 0-3, Strecker 1-3, Cora Styles 0-3, Arlette Nieto 0-1, Tierra Langford 1-1, (cr) Rachel Miller.

HR – Benson. 3B – Block. 2B – Block. RBIs – Benson 2, Block, McLean, Strecker. BB – Ward, Kendall. HB – Hanson. ROE – Druyvestein, BadBear; Kraft. CS – McLean.

Polson 17, East Helena 0

Polson 548 – 17 6 0

E.Helena 000 – 0 1 2

Madison Hogue (1IP), (2) Ella Pickett, (4) Kaitlyn McGowan and Rilie Stephenson, (2) Belle Surginer. Katelyne Druyvestein (1IP:2K,0H), (2) Nikki Kendall (2IP:4K) and Mckenna Hanson. W – Druyvestein (9-3). L – Hogue. Sv – Kendall.

POLSON – Druyvestein 1-2, Caitlyn Ward 1-1, Hanson 0-2, Nikki Kendall 1-1, T.Pierre 0-1, Lexi Johnson 1-2, Carli Maley 0-1, Avery Starr 0-1, Kailey Smith 0-0, Ashlynn Depoe 0-1, Jaivin BadBear 1-1, Tyneesha Brown 0-0, Anna Vert 1-1, Julia Barnard 0-0.

EAST HELENA – Stephenson 0-1, Mattie Ratlaff 0-1, Surginer 0-1, Pickett 0-1, Nieva George 1-1, Kelcie Sargent 0-1, Keeley Franco 0-1, Hogue 0-1, Taylor Field 0-1, McGowan 0-1.

2B – BadBear, Ward, Johnson; George. RBIs – Druyvestein, Ward 2, Hanson, Kendall, Johnson 2, Maley, Starr, Depoe, BadBear 2, Brown, Vert, Barnard. SF – Hanson, Starr. BB – Druyvestein, Hanson, Kendall 2, Maley 2, Depoe 2, BadBear, Vert, Barnard. HB – T.Pierre, Ka.Smith, Brown, Kendall. ROE – Hanson, Maley. SB – Hanson. Runs – Druyvestein, Ward, Hanson 2, Kendall 4, T.Pierre, Maley 3, Ka.Smith, Depoe 2, Brown, Barnard.