Lady Bulldogs go 4-0 at Cut Bank
The Mission-Arlee-Charlo softball team burned through the competition in the final week of the regular season and will head into the postseason on a serious roll.
The Lady Bulldogs (21-2) swept four games at the East/West Challenge over the weekend at Cut Bank. On Thursday, May 12, they celebrated Senior Night with an 8-0 win over Eureka at home.
They’ll head to the Western Divisional tournament at Plains as the top seed from the North division after sweeping league play. The team’s only losses this season were to defending state B/C champion Florence and state A runner-up Frenchtown.
They earned six wins over class A competition: a season series sweep over Ronan and four SWA teams at the Frenchtown Invite.
M-A-C's ten run ruled 60% of their schedule: a dozen BC teams and a pair of cross classification clashes.
Top half of their order are batting either north of .500 within a few hits of its vicinity. Another third are batting among the mid- to high .300s, each having accrued 20 hits or better along generating a comparable figure of RBIs.
The two-pitcher rotation of Izzy Evans and Payton Smith have averaged slightly over a strikeout per inning.
Hayleigh Smith of Charlo has wielded the most productive bat thus far, with more than 40 hits. Evans of Misson and Jerny Crawford of Arlee trail Smith by only a handful of hits, having surpassed three dozen each along with leading the team in RBIs among the low 30s.
The Lady Bulldog batters have collaborated on 21 home runs thus far this season.
M-A-C 4, Cut Bank 1
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Makenna Burke (13K,1W) and Hannah Monroe. Izzy Evans (11K,1W) and Katelyn Young. W – Evans (13-2). L – Burke.
CB-VALIER – Loni Orcutt 1-3, Kenzie Stiner 0-3, Burke 0-2, Monroe 0-3, Kinley Kovatch 0-3, Madi Weikum 0-3, Haylee Vetters 0-3, Emma Momberg 0-2, Reagan Wetzel 0-2.
M-A-C – J.Crawford 1-3, H.Smith 1-3, R.Crawford 0-3, P.Smith 1-3, Evans 1-2, Young 1-3, B.Andersen 0-3, G.Smith 0-3, L.Umphrey 1-3.
2B – P.Smith, Young. RBIs – R.Crawford, Evans, Young. BB – J.Crawford; Burke. HB – Evans. SB – H.Smith, J.Crawford. Runs – J.Crawford, H.Smith, Evans, L.Umphrey; Stiner.
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Maggie Bender (4K,3W) and Katie Stokes. Payton Smith (4K,1W) and Katelyn Young. W – P.Smith (8-0). L – Bender (7-4).
MISSION-ARLEE-CHARLO – H.Smith 1-4, J.Crawford 2-3, R.Crawford 3-4, P.Smith 2-3, Evans 2-4, Young 0-4, B.Andersen 1-3, G.Smith 0-3, A.Cronk 0-1, L.Umphrey 0-1.
CONRAD – Stokes 1-3, Tessa Brownell 0-2, Ella Stott 0-1, Bender 1-2, Ashlee Stokes 0-2, Evagelene Denzer 1-2, Zoey Pogreba 1-2, Pressley Naylor 0-2, Sierra Dockter 0-2.
HR – H.Smith. 2B – Andersen. RBIs – H.Smith 3, R.Crawford, P.Smith 3, Evans, Andersen; K.Stokes. BB – J.Crawford, P.Smith, L.Umphrey; Stott. SB – Evans, J.Crawford, G.Smith. Runs – H.Smith, J.Crawford 3, R.Crawford 3, Evans, G.Smith, L.Umphrey.
M-A-C 12, Glasgow 1
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Izzy Evans (9K,1HB) and Katelyn Young. Brielle Partridge (1K,2W) and Stevie Hartwell. W – Evans (12-2). L – Partridge.
GLASGOW/HINSDALE/NASHUA – Hartwell 0-3, Tatum Nyquist 1-2, Partridge 0-3, Daley Aune 0-3, Ashlee Meland 1-3, Carly Nelson 0-3, Macy Martin 0-2, Zandora Longtree 0-2, Aspen Stulc 0-2.
M-A-C – J.Crawford 1-3, H.Smith 2-4, P.Smith 1-3, Evans 1-4, R.Crawford 2-4, Young 3-4, B.Andersen 3-3, C.Orr 0-0, G.Smith 2-4, L.Umphrey 2-2, A.Cronk 1-1.
3B – L.Umphrey. 2B – Young, R.Crawford, J.Crawford, Evans, H.Smith. RBIs – Longtree; J.Crawford 2, P.Smith, Evans, R.Crawford, Young, Andersen, G.Smith 2. SF – P.Smith. BB – J.Crawford, Orr. HB – Nyquist. SB – Meland; J.Crawford 2, H.Smith. Runs – Meland; J.Crawford 2, H.Smith 3, Evans 2, R.Crawford, Young 2, Orr, L.Umphrey.
M-A-C 16, Huntley Project 0
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Payton Smith (3K,1W) and Katelyn Young. Lily Zimmer (4K,5W) and Mykel Schmitz. W – P.Smith (7-0). L – Zimmer.
HUNTLEY PROJECT – Zimmer 0-1, Faith Roll 0-1, Lainie Hofer 0-1, Hayley Hernandez 0-1, Schmitz 1-1, Angel Wipf 0-1, Maddy Bender 0-1, Hadley Kautz 0-1, Harlee Proulx 0-1.
M-A-C – J.Crawford 0-3, H.Smith 1-2, P.Smith 0-2, Evans 2-2, R.Crawford 0-1, Young 1-3, B.Andersen 1-2, G.Smith 1-2, X.Jacobson 1-2.
HR – Evans, Young. 3B – Andersen, G.Smith. RBIs – H.Smith, Evans 4, Young 3, Andersen 3, G.Smith 2, X.Jacobson. BB – Zimmer; H.Smith, P.Smith, Evans, R.Crawford 2. SB – H.Smith 3, Evans, J.Crawford, Young. Runs – J.Crawford 2, H.Smith 3, Evans 3, R.Crawford 2, Young 2, Andersen, G.Smith, X.Jacobson.
M-A-C 8, Eureka 0
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Izzy Evans (6K,1W) and Katelyne Young. Ellie Durden and Paige Goheen. W – Evans (11-2). L – Durden.
EUREKA – Durden 1-3, Caitlyn Hurst 0-2, Miller 0-3, Goheen 0-2, Reena Truman 0-3, Kiah Hawkins 1-3, Ixone Coteron 0-3, Goheen 1-3, D.Starkey 0-2, Savannah Peterson 0-2.
M-A-C – Jerny Crawford 1-3, Hayleigh Smith 1-3, Payton Smith 2-4, Evans 1-3, Rheid Crawford 1-3, Young 3-4, Bennan Andersen 1-4, Gabby Smith 1-3, Xaria Jacobson 1-3.
HR – Young. 3B – H.Smith. 2B – R.Crawford. RBIs – H.Smith, P.Smith, Young 3, Andersen. BB – Hurst; J.Crawford, Evans, R.Crawford. SB – Evans, H.Smith. Runs – J.Crawford 2, H.Smith 2, R.Crawford 2, Young.