The Eastern AA Bulldogs swept Thursday's season-opening doubleheader with the Western AA Spartans, taking the opener 12-0 in five innings due to the 10-run margin rule and the second game 11-3 at the Sentinel fields.
In the first game, Marianne Leathers tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout to post the win on the mound for Butte.
Gibson led the way at bat and on the mound in the nightcap. She belted a third-inning grand slam and a solo homer in the fifth. On the hill, she allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five.
Relief pitcher Jaimee Paffhaussen also went deep for Butte. Shelby Fortune and Jordan Peterson each collected a pair of singles for the Bulldogs (2-0).
Natalie Egan, Riliey Cullip, Kara Landolfi and Ramsey Burrington each had singles for the Spartans.
First game
Butte 050 07 - 12 10 0
Sentinel 000 00 - 0 3 4
Marianne Leathers and Jesse Taylor. Whitney Rauckhorst and Morgan Gray. W - Leathers. L - Rauckhorst (0-1).
BUTTE - Shelby Fortune 1-4, Leathers 2-4, Julia Robinson 1-4, Rebekah Gibson 1-4, Taylor 3-3, Jordan Peterson 1-3, Chelsey Durkin 0-3, Brittany Graham 1-2, Kelli O'Brien 0-3.
SENTINEL - Natalie Egan 1-2, Katie Kostelecky 0-2, Kara Landolfi 0-2, Gray 0-2, Libby Stiegers 0-2, Sarah Beccari 1-2, Katie Focher 1-2, Ramsey Burrington 0-2, Callie Moothart 0-1.
2B - Fortune, Gibson, Taylor.
Second game
Butte 204 010 4 - 11 8 1
Sentinel 020 010 0 - 3 4 3
Gibson, Jaimee Paffhaussen and Taylor. Focher and Riliey Cullip. W - Gibson. L - Focher (0-1).
BUTTE - Fortune 2-5, Leathers 0-3, Robinson 0-2, Gibson 2-3, Taylor 1-4, Peterson 2-4, Durkin 0-3, Graham 0-4, O'Brien 0-3, Paffhaussen 1-1.
SENTINEL - Egan 1-4, Kostelecky 0-4, Landolfi 1-4, Gray 0-3, Focher 0-2, Cullip 1-3, Stiegers 0-3, Burrington 1-3, Moothart 0-1, Aleshia Gornick 0-1.
HR - Gibson 2, Pafhausen.
Elsewhere:
Class AA
Libby 13, Kalispell Flathead 3
At Kalispell, three-time all-state pick Laice Dedrick led a 12-hit attack as Western A Libby bounced the Western AA Bravettes in six innings due to the 10-run margin rule.
Dedrick went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs in the Loggers' season opener. Nickole Lapka drove in a pair and was 3-for-4 with a double. Megan Wedel and Alysha Martin each added two RBIs for Libby.
Brooke Hageness tossed a complete-game six-hitter to earn the win.
Flathead (1-1) received doubles from Heather Haegele, Shaina Evans and Anna Costa.
Libby 205 402 - 13 12 2
Flathead 200 010 - 3 6 4
Brooke Hageness and Shelby Barton. Meagan Hash and Alana Handford. W - Hageness (1-0). L - Hash (1-1).
LIBBY - Hageness 2-4, Barton 0-3, Nickole Lapka 3-4, Laice Dedrick 2-4, Megan Wedel 2-4, Alysha Martin 1-4, Sami Freebury 1-4, Jordan Refsland 1-4, Crystal Shriner 0-3, Emily Monroe 0-1.
FLATHEAD - Heather Haegele 1-3, Anna Costa 1-3, Shaina Evans 1-3, Handford 1-2, Kendra Bennett 2-3, Catie Costa 0-3, Justine Hayes 0-3, Emily Jones 0-3, Hash 0-1.
2B - Lapka, Haegele, Evans, A. Costa. HR - Dedrick. RBIs - Dedrick 3, Lapka 2, Wedel 2, Martin 2, A. Costa, Evans, Bennett.
Class A
Columbia Falls 12, Whitefish 0
At Columbia Falls, Tia Yager's 3-for-3 performance from the plate led Columbia Falls over Whitefish in a Western A game shortened to five innings by the 10-run rule.
Yager banged out two doubles and was credited with an RBI as the Wildkats jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
Drew Walter hit a triple for Columbia Falls on the way to a 2-for-3 hitting day.
Walter and starting pitcher Amanda Milliard limited the Bulldogs to four hits.
Devyn Ost paced Whitefish, finishing 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles.
Whitefish 000 00 - 0 4 3
C. Falls (10)11 0x - 12 13 1
Carolyn Sharpe and Hailey Mortensen; Amanda Milliard, Drew Walter (3), Jessica Owens (5) and Amber James. W - Milliard (1-0). L - Sharpe..
WHITEFISH - Adele FauntLeRoy 1-2, Desiree Clarke 0-2, Shelbi Long 0-2, Shannon Holmes 0-2, Mortensen 0-2, Taylor Ybarra-Brunty 1-2, Devyn Ost 2-2, Sharpe 0-1, Camille Williams 0-1, Nicole Schelling 0-2.
COLUMBIA FALLS - Renae Nelson 2-3, Michonne Cronquist 0-1, Tia Yager 3-3, Milliard 2-4, James 2-4, Walter 2-3, Kayla Stinger 2-3, Brittany White 0-3, Lindsey Nelson 0-1, Cedar Smith 0-2.
2B - Ost (2); Yager (2), Milliard, James, Stinger; 3B - Walter; RBIs - R. Nelson (2), Yager, Milliard (3), James (2), Walter, Stinger, Smith.
Hamilton 12, Stevensville 0
At Stevensville, the Broncs received a big day from senior pitcher Nicki Koning and posted a Central A victory in five innings.
Koning went the distance, allowing just one hit without issuing a walk or hitting a batter. She fanned six and evened both her record and Hamilton's at 1-1.
She also had a two-run single in the Broncs' six-run second and a double as Hamilton scored four times in the third. Koning went 3-for-4.
Kristen Ferguson and Melissa Hood added singles for Hamilton.
Brianna Beller singled for Stevensville, which dropped to 0-2. Izzy Miller surrendered five hits on the mound for the Yellowjackets, but was victimized by her team's eight errors.
Hamilton 064 20 - 12 5 1
Stevensville 000 00 - 0 1 8
Nicki Koning and Sarah Callaghan. Izzy Miller and Maddie Jones. W - Koning (1-1). L - Miller (0-2)
HAMILTON - Amanda Hood 0-3, Sammie Wood 0-3, Callaghan 0-0, Koning 3-4, Annie Schultz 0-3, Kristen Ferguson 1-3, Brittany Keimig 0-1, Melsissa Hood 1-3, Kaylie Strandberg 0-1, Presley Chadwick 0-1, Shayna Rupp 0-1, Jessica Bourne 0-1.
STEVENSVILLE - Kerry Roebke 0-2, Sam Lanoue 0-1, Miller 0-2, Jones 0-2, Brianna Beller 1-2, Lindsey McGee 0-2, Cassie Hecht 0-2, Sara Ajuria 0-2, Bri Klingbeil 0-1.
2B - Koning. RBIs - Koning 2, Schultz.
Class B-C
Loyola 27, Plains 0
Sarah Osellame got a turn in left field for the Breakers and responded by cranking three hits - all of them doubles - as Loyola Sacred Heart blanked Plains 27-0 in Missoula during a Western B-C game shortened to five innings.
Osellame, usually the Breakers' pitcher, finished 3-for-5 with a trio of RBIs as Loyola racked up 21 hits.
She made way on the mound for freshman Sarah Goodman, who had nine strikeouts, held Plains to just a pair of hits and didn't walk a hitter. She hit one Trotter.
Lead-off hitter Rose Harrington went 4-for-5 and Emma Priddy finished 3-for-4 for the Breakers. Both had a pair of RBIs.
Emily Morigeau pitched two innings and went 1-for-2 from the plate for Plains. Chelsea Roosma had the Trotters' other hit, ending 1-for-2.
Plains 000 00 - 0 2 9
Loyola 5(13)2 7x - 27 21 1
Emily Morigeau, Bethany Catalanello (3) and Gabby Reynolds. Sarah Goodman and Tayven Blome. W - Goodman (1-0). L - Morigeau (0-2).
PLAINS - Reynolds 0-2, Keaton Jones 0-2, Sam Buchanan 0-2, Darla Best 0-1, Brittany Spencer 0-1, Catalanello 0-2, Dani Sorenson 0, Morigeau 1-2, Chelsea Roosma 1-2, Christian Zeigler 0-0, Abby Mitch 0-1.
LOYOLA - Rose Harrington 4-5, Tayven Blome 1-4, Sarah Osellame 3-5, Shelby Gilfillan 2-4, Emma Priddy 3-4, Brittney Anderson 1-5, Kristine Kuntz 3-3, Stevi Kahle 1-1, Andrea Hoffman 1-2, Laura Snook 0-1, Sarah Goodman 2-4.
2B - Osellame 3, Blome, Goodman. RBIs - Harrington 2, Blome 4, Osellame 3, Priddy 2, Anderson 2, Kuntz 2, Kahle 2, Hoffman, Goodman 4.
Florence 14, Deer Lodge 3
At Deer Lodge, Chayla Pedersen pitched the Falcons to the Western B-C victory, called after five innings due to the 10-run margin rule.
Pedersen threw a complete-game, three hitter. She struck out four in earning the win.
Kaitlyn Rolshoven went 3-for-4 for Florence, while catcher Shanna Moore added three RBIs.
Jheriane Phillips drove in a pair of runs for Deer Lodge.
Florence 424 04 - 14 10 0
Deer Lodge 003 00 - 3 3 6
Chayla Pedersen and Shanna Moore. Jheriane Phillips, Krystal Burns (5) and catcher unavailable. W - Pedersen. L - Phillips.
FLORENCE - Cassie Pedersen 0-3, Ch. Pedersen 1-4, Chelsea Ralls 0-4, Grace Zeiler 0-1, Kaitlyn Rolshoven 3-4, Kayla Schmid 1-4, Mercee Warr 0-3, Moe Chapman 3-4, Moore 1-4, Shelby Meuchel 1-4.
DEER LODGE - Burns 0-3, Karissa Dankers 0-3, Kelly Despain 0-2, Kenya Knutson 1-3, Andi Lambert 0-3, Syd McKee 0-2, Kayla Micu 0-3, Phillips 1-3, Ashley Powell 1-2.
RBIs - Moore 3, Burns, Phillips 2.
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