Polson junior Sarah Newton hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to lift the defending state champs to a nonconference victory over Frenchtown, 9-7, in the teams' first meeting since playing two games for the 2007 state title.
After the Central A Broncs tied it 7-7 with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, Newton sent a 1-1 curveball from Shelby Russ over the left-field fence with no outs and a runner aboard as the Western A Pirates boosted their record to 13-1. Newton finished 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.
Rochelle Woods and Amanda James were each 2-for-3 for the Pirates.
Bridget Yarnall drove in two, doubled and closed 2-for-3 for Frenchtown (11-2). Noelle Lebsock doubled and collected a pair of RBIs, while Russ tripled and drove in one.
Russ was the tough-luck loser, going the distance and surrendering seven hits and five walks while striking out six. She fell to 10-2.
Frenchtown 001 232 0 - 7 9 6
Polson 110 502 x - 9 7 2
Shelby Russ and Kristy Kees. Dakota Peterson and Caitlyn Vassar. W - Peterson (11-1). L - Russ (10-2).
FRENCHTOWN - Alex Duncan 1-4, Russ 2-3, Noelle Lebsock 2-4, Jennifer Chapman 1-4, Kees 0-3, Kali Bennett 1-4, Megan Farmer 0-3, Aimee Duncan 0-2, Bridget Yarnall 2-3.
POLSON - Maggie Gordon 1-3, Staci Benson 0-2, Sarah Newton 2-4, Rochelle Woods 2-3, Vassar 0-3, Amanda James 2-3, Susan Perez-Tenas 0-3, Peterson 0-3, Charlee Jensen 0-2.
2B - Newton, Lebsock, Yarnall. 3B - Bennett, Russ. HR - Newton. RBIs - Newton 3, Russ, Lebsock 2, Chapman, Bennett 2, Yarnall 2.
Elsewhere:
Class A
Libby 13, Columbia Falls 1
At Columbia Falls, senior ace Brooke Hageness scattered five hits and struck out 11 as the Loggers cruised past the Wildkats in a Western A contest.
Hageness also went 3-for-5 with three runs batted in. Libby finished with 15 hits and six of its players had two or more.
Laice Dedrick was 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Loggers (6-0, 9-2).
Lindsey Nelson went 2-for-2 to pace Columbia Falls (3-3, 8-5).
Libby 062 023 - 13 15 1
Col. Falls 100 000 - 1 5 2
Brooke Hageness and Shelby Barton. Jessica Owens, Morgan Rowe (5) and Amber James; W - Hageness; L - Owens.
LIBBY - Hageness 3-5, Barton 1-4, Nickole Lapka 1-4, Laice Dedrick 2-4, Alyshia Martin 2-4, Megan Wedel 2-3, Kimi Klin 0-4, Emily Monroe 2-3, Holly Cirian 2-4.
COLUMBIA FALLS - Amanda Milliard 1-2, Tia Yaeger 1-3, Lindsey Nelson 2-2, James 0-3, Cassidy Skiles 0-2, Mandy Toavs 0-1, Kayla Stinger 0-3, Owens 0-2, Renae Nelson 1-2, Cedar Smith 0-2.
2B - Martin; RBIs - Hageness 3, Barton, Dedrick.
Whitefish 10, Browning 0
At Browning, Desiree Clarke had a 3-for-4 day to lead Whitefish over Browning in Western A action.
Also for the Bulldogs, Hailey Mortensen slugged two hits and drove in two runners. Torey Ost threw six innings of three-hit ball to get the win.
Ost, who improved to 7-5, was one of three players to get a double for Whitefish (4-3, 7-6).
The game was called in the sixth inning on account of the 10-run margin rule.
Browning 000 00 - 0 3 x
Whitefish 302 41 - 10 10 x
Alyssa Hodson and Shaylin McKay. Torey Ost and Desiree Clarke. W - Ost (7-5); L - Hodson.
WHITEFISH - Adele FauntLeRoy 1-3, T. Ost 2-4, Clarke 3-4, Hailey Mortensen 2-3, Devyn Ost 1-1, Taylor Ybarra-Brunty 1-3, Shelbi Long 0-1, Camille Williams 0-1, Nichole Schelling 0-1, Shannon Holmes 0-2.
BROWNING - Marissa Brumner 0-2, McKay 0-2, Tiffany Sinclair 0-2, Corrina Gervais 1-2, McKenzie Wellman 0-2, Ashlynn Fish 0-1, Shanell SkunkCap 1-2, Sarah Wolftail 1-2, Hodson 0-2.
2B - FauntLeRoy, T. Ost, Ybarra-Brunty; RBIs - Mortensen 2, D. Ost.
Class B-C
Thompson Falls 20, Eureka 2
At Eureka, Kyla Molzhon threw a one-hitter as the Bluehawks scored a Western B-C win in five innings due to the 10-run margin rule.
Molzhon struck out six and walked two as she moved her record to 3-0.
Thompson Falls leadoff hitter Nicole Hagedorn doubled and had a pair of RBIs, while Jessica Pfister doubled, finished 3-for-4 and drove in three. Erica Wilson belted a triple and had an RBI and Katie Petteys drove in two for the Bluehawks (12-0, 15-1).
In a game not reported Tuesday, the Bluehawks beat league foe Drummond 20-0.
Steph Vogelman doubled and collected the Lions' only RBI.
T. Falls 05(10) 05 - 20 10 1
Eureka 000 20 - 2 1 4
Kyla Molzhon and Katelyn Jedlicka. Auna Lawler, Steph Vogelman (3) and Hammond. W - Molzhon (3-0). L - Lawler.
THOMPSON FALLS - Nicole Hagedorn 2-4, Katie Petteys 1-3, Molzhon 0-3, Jedlicka 1-5, Bria Howard 0-2, Kayla Stark 0-0, Jessica Pfister 3-4, Erica Wilson 2-3, Megan Fitchett 0-0, Karli Cavill 1-2, Hannah Peters 0-2, Jackie Pfister 0-0, Makayla Becker 0-0, Jamie Buchanan 0-0.
EUREKA - Jenna Swain 0-2, Lauler 0-2, Carly Hammond 0-2, Vogelman 1-2, Klairee Shay 0-1, Courtney Morrison 0-2, Blank 01, Courtney Lingren 0-2, Tiffany Ferguson 0-1.
2B - Vogelman, Hagedorn, Jedlicka, J. Pfister. 3B - Wilson. RBIs - Hagedorn 2, Petteys 2, Molzhon, Jedlicka, J. Pfister 3, Wilson, Cavill, Vogelman.
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