The Wildkats, Libby and Polson all started the day with identical 3-3 league records with two league contests to play. But Columbia Falls and Polson, both 15-5 overall, each gained a game on Libby with wins.
The Wildkats led 2-0 on a two-run single by Niki Birky in the third before Madison Sandefer hit an inside-the-park grand slam in the fifth to break it open.
Devon Gallagher was 2 for 3 as the Wildkats managed just six hits off Logger hurler Hannah England.
Ashley Trueblood went the distance in the circle for Columbia Falls and allowed six hits.
Lexie Hageness doubled for Libby, which slipped to 12-8 overall.
Col. Falls 002 040 0 – 6 6 1
Libby 000 001 1 – 2 5 1
Ashley Trueblood and Erika Nelson. Hannah England and Lexie Hageness. W – Trueblood. L – England.
COLUMBIA FALLS – Tiffany Hummer 1-4, Jaylynn Cantu 0-4, Shaun Rowe 1-3, Niki Birky 1-2, Madison Sandefer 1-3, Nelson 1-3, Kathrin Jetty 1-3, Ciarra Holm 0-3, Catie King 0-2.
LIBBY – Alyssa Walker 1-4, Mahalah Wedel 0-3, Devon Gallagher 2-3, Hageness 1-2, Kelsey Klin 1-2, Dalyn Germany 0-3, Rebecca Kyriss 0-3, Kim Tangen 1-2, England 0-3.
2B – Hageness. HR – Sandefer. RBIs – Klin, Walker, Sandefer 4, Birky 2.
ELSEWHERE
Class A
Polson 30, Whitefish 0
At Polson, Shalaina Duford tossed a two-hitter and the Pirates collected 16 hits in earning the Northwestern A win in 4 1-2 innings due to the 10-run margin rule.
Duford went 3 for 6 with a double and two RBIs and Riley Kenney added three singles and three driven in as Polson moved to 4-3, 15-5. The Pirates also received two hits apiece from Jaylin Kenney and Jessica Bagnell.
Malia Morris and Baylee Tveidt each had singles for the Bulldogs.
Whitefish 000 00 – 0 2 4
Polson 8(11)3 8x – 30 16 0
Baylee Tveidt and Peyton Twete. Shalaina Duford and Jaylin Kenney. W – Duford (16-4). L – Tveidt.
WHITEFISH – Twete 0-2, Malia Morris 1-2, Andrea Lamoureux 0-2, Tveidt 1-2, Margot Myers 0-2, Hannah Lewis 0-1, Abbie Taylor 0-2, Micah McFeely 0-2, Brynn Ingraham 0-2.
POLSON – Ashley Johnson 3-5, Riley Kenney 3-3, Duford 3-6, Heidi Rausch 1-1, Makaliah Wilson 1-2, J. Kenney 2-3, Jessica Bagnell 2-3, Colleen Jacobson 0-2, Jaelyn Ellenwood 0-2, Skyla Krantz 1-1, Sarah Rausch 0-0, Jaiden Toth 0-0, Selah Woldron 0-1.
2B – Duford. RBIs – R. Kenney 3, Duford 2, H. Rausch 2, Wilson 2, J. Kenney 2, Bagnell 2, Jacobson 2, Krantz, Toth.
Corvallis 8, Hamilton 5
At Corvallis, Alex Ewing was the difference as the Blue Devils closed the campaign with a Southwestern A victory.
Ewing got the start in the circle and was tagged for two unearned runs in 5 1-3 innings. She allowed three hits and two walks while striking out six. At the plate, Ewing paced Corvallis’ eight-hit attack by going 3 for 3 with a pair of RBIs.
Whitney Jessop singled three times and drove in one for the Blue Devils and Miquela Kriskovich plated a pair.
Candice Dunagan doubled for the Broncs.
Hamilton 011 000 3 – 5 3 1
Corvallis 241 100 x – 8 8 1
Rebecka Hood and Candice Dunagan. Alex Ewing, Ashley Johnson (6) and Gianna Schrock. W – Ewing. L – Hood.
HAMILTON – Hood 0-3, Kylie Newton 0-3, Nichole Hood 1-3, Dunagan 1-3, Shaylan Mohn 1-4, Tayler Reynolds 0-1, Rebecca Lyons 0-2, Linda Parks 0-2, Taylor Goligoski 0-1, McKayl Rothie 0-3.
CORVALLIS – Schrock 0-2, Tegan Elliot 0-3, Whitney Jessop 3-4, Ewing 3-3, Miquela Kriskovich 1-4, Johnson 1-3, Alex Price 0-2, Trina Powell 0-3, Markie Montgomery 0-2.
2B – Dunagan. RBIs – N. Hood, Lyons, Goligiski, Jessop, Ewing 2, Kriskovich 2.
Anaconda 11, Stevensville 0
At Anaconda, Brooke Chapman pitched a one-hitter for Anaconda and Ali Forkan’s home run ended the Southwestern A contest in six innings due to the 10-run margin rule.
Courtney Moodry went 3 for 4, Hanna Anderson drove in two runs and Chapman and Lauren Bolton each produced two singles and an RBI as the Copperheads improved to 6-2, 12-7.
Megan Finley’s double was the lone base hit for the Yellowjackets, who slipped to 1-7, 5-13.
Stevensville 000 000 – 0 1 4
Anaconda 221 303 – 11 13 1
Carly Vercruyssen and Megan Elam. Brooke Chapman and Courtney Moodry. W – Chapman. L – Vercruyssen (4-11).
STEVENSVILLE – Elam 0-3, Cammie Beller 0-2, Bailey Vercruyssen 0-2, Megan Finley 1-2, C. Vercruyssen 0-2, Syd Kohl 0-2, Emalie Lewis 0-2, Kayla Knights 0-2, Jenna Lockman 0-2.
ANACONDA – Moodry 3-4, Karli King 1-4, Brooke Chapman 2-4, Lauren Bolton 2-4, Abby Stanberry 0-2, Ali Forkan 2-4, Delanie Chapman 1-3, Hannah Anderson 1-2, Julia Peterson 1-3.
2B – Finley. HR – Forkan. RBIs – Forkan 3, Anderson 2, B. Chapman, Bolton, D. Chapman, Peterson.
