Sunday, May 17, 2009

West wins 2 games

HELENA - Billings West, aided by the bat of catcher Allyson Peterson, swept Helena and Helena Capital Saturday in the Bears' final softball games of the regular season.

Peterson drove in six runs in the two games, which included a three-run homer in the fifth inning of West's 5-3 win over Helena. It was Peterson's first homer of the season. Jenni Pehler added two RBIs for the Bears.

Pitcher Jessyka MacDonald struck out 11 to earn the win while Taylor Huebner earned the save.

Peterson had a bases-loaded double in the Bears' 6-0 win over Helena Capital, as well. Huebner got the victory, striking out 13.

West (15-7) will face Billings Senior in an Eastern AA playoff series on Friday. The best-of-three set begins at 1 p.m. at Poly Vista Park.

West 5, Helena 3

West 200 030 0 - 5 7 1
Helena 000 000 3 - 3 5 1

Jessyka MacDonald, Taylor Huebner (7) and Allyson Peterson. Caroline Cardenas and Kelsey Chambers.

Billings West - Erin Compton 1-4, Devan Dennehy 0-3, Lysbeth Ackerman 3-4, Peterson 1-3, Jenni Pehler 1-2, MacDonald 0-3, Nikki Geordge 0-2, Ali Jordan 1-3, Kerra Waite 0-2, Jenny Waller 0-1, Amber Anthony 0-0. HR: Peterson. RBIs: Peterson 3, Pehler 2.

Helena - Carly Grant 1-3, Jenna Krum 0-4, Sydney Carpenter 0-1, Sarah Jackson 1-3, Jordan Briski 1-4, Kwyncee Ward 0-3, Kathy Pocklington 0-4, Chambers 1-3, Cardenas 1-2. 2B: Chambers. RBIs: Jackson 2, Briski 1.

West 6, Capital 0

West 311 100 0 - 6 9 2
Capital 000 000 0 - 0 3 1

Taylor Huebner and Allyson Peterson. Packis, Katie Boland (5) and Kalli Heller.

Billings West - Erin Compton 2-3, Devan Dennehy 1-2, Lysbeth Ackerman 1-4, Peterson 1-2, Huebner 1-3, Jessyka MacDonald 1-4, Nikki Geordge 0-4, Ali Jordan 1-3, Shelby Aders 0-1, Jenny Waller 1-2, Amber Anthony 0-0. 2B: Dennehy, Peterson. RBIs: Peterson 3, Dennehy 1, Huebner 1, Waller 1.

Helena Capital - Heller 0-3, Devin McNellis 0-2, L. Baker 0-1, Kelsi Brekke 1-3, Jacie Vonada 1-3, Anna Morgan 0-3, Miranda Pace 0-2, Boland 0-1, Alecia Wilson 0-3, Megan Graff 1-3, Ashley Blanton 0-1, C. Baker 0-0.

Senior splits 2 games

BUTTE - Billings Senior split a doubleheader with Eastern AA rival Butte on Saturday.

After dropping the opener 7-1, the Broncs bounced back for a 6-4 victory. Jacey Habets and Cassidy Butler each drove in two runs for Senior. Habets finished 3-for-4 with a double.

Starting pitcher Shae Hoskins earned the victory. Hallie Bishop added an RBI for the Broncs, and also hit her first career home run, a solo shot in the first game.

The games were the last of the regular season for Senior. The Broncs (10-12) will next face Billings West in a best-of-three State AA playoff series on Friday at Poly Vista. The first game is at 1 p.m.

Butte 7, Senior 1

Senior 001 000 0 - 1 2 2
Butte 031 300 x - 7 8 1

Kirstie Thomas and Casey Kennedy. Marianne Leathers and Jesse Taylor.

Billings Senior - Shae Hoskins 0-3, Hannah Roberts 0-2, Cassidy Butler 0-2, Kylie Kufeld 1-3, Jacey Habets 0-3, Thomas 0-3, Taylor Kufeld 0-2, Hallie Bishop 1-2, Kennedy 0-2. HR: Bishop. RBIs: Bishop 1.

Butte - Jessica Young 2-2, Alex Thatcher 0-4, Leathers 1-3, Jaimee Paffhausen 0-1, Chelsey Durkin 0-3, Jordan Peterson 0-1, Rebekah Gibson 1-3, Julia Robinson 2-3, Taylor 2-3, Rachel Durkin 0-1, Kelli O'Brien 0-3, Shelby Fortune 0-0. 2B: Young, Leathers. RBIs: Young 2, Leathers 2, C. Durkin 1, Taylor 1.

Senior 6, Butte 4

Senior 230 010 0 - 6 9 1
Butte 003 001 0 - 4 10 4

Shae Hoskins and Casey Kennedy, Arielle Gorder (3). Rebekah Gibson, Micaul McClafferty (7) and Shelby Fortune, Jesse Taylor (6).

Billings Senior - Hoskins 2-4, Hannah Roberts 0-4, Cassidy Butler 1-3, Kylie Kufeld 1-3, Jacey Habets 3-4, Kirstie Thomas 0-4, Hallie Bishop 3-4, Taylor Kufeld 0-4, Kennedy 0-1, Gorder 0-3. 2B: Habets. RBIs: Butler 2, Habets 2, Bishop 1.

Butte - Jessica Young 1-4, Jordan Peterson 2-4, Marianne Leathers 1-4, Chelsey Durkin 2-3, Gibson 2-3, Julia Robinson 0-3, Jaimee Paffhausen 0-2, Fortune 0-2, Taylor 0-1, McClafferty 0-0, Kelli O'Brien 1-3, Brittany Graham 0-0. 2B: O'Brien. 3B: Gibson. RBIs: Leathers 1, C. Durkin 1, Gibson 1.

Skyview drops a pair

HELENA - Billings Skyview dropped two non-conference softball games Saturday against Helena and Helena Capital.

Thanks to a big hit from Kelsi Brekke, Capital scored three runs in the bottom of the 11th inning to win 5-2. Lindsay Stoltz had the lone RBI for the Falcons.

Skyview scored three runs in the top of the seventh frame against Helena, but still fell 6-5. Teal Kaufman doubled and Amanda Todd drove in two runs to lead the Falcons.

Skyview (14-8) will host Bozeman in a best-of-three State AA playoff series Thursday beginning at 1 p.m.

Capital 5, Skyview 2 (11)

Sky 001 100 000 00 - 2 10 2
Cap 110 000 000 03 - 5 13 3

Teal Kaufman, Amanda Todd (9) and Sarah Canfield. Katie Boland, Tripp (6), Petersen (7) and Kalli Heller.

Billings Skyview - Erin Thompson 1-5, Kelsey Shammel 0-4, Amanda Todd 0-4, Kelsie Keeling 2-4, Amber Meyers 2-5, Kaufman 0-5, Lindsey Stoltz 4-5, Nicole Miller 1-4, Janell Burton 0-1, Canfield 0-5, Jordan Pearson 0-0. RBIs: Stoltz 1.

Helena Capital - Heller 4-6, Devin McNellis 1-2, Kelsi Brekke 3-5, Jacie Vonada 1-4, Petersen 0-1, Megan Graff 1-4, L. Baker 1-5, Miranda Pace 1-2, Bartich 0-2, Boland 0-2, Anna Morgan 0-3, Alecia Wilson 0-4, C. Baker 0-1. 2Bs: Heller. HR: Pace, Brekke. RBI: Brekke 3, Pace 1, Graff 1.

Helena 6, Skyview 5

Skyview 100 010 3 - 5 9 2
Helena 001 140 x - 6 11 2

Janell Burton and Sarah Canfield. Jenna Krum and Kelsey Chambers.

Billings Skyview - Erin Thompson 2-4, Kelsey Shammel 0-1, Nicole Miller 0-2, Amanda Todd 2-4, Kelsie Keeling 2-4, Amber Meyers 1-4, Lindsay Stoltz 1-3, Burton 0-4, Teal Kaufman 1-3, Ashley Dubbs 0-2, Canfield 0-0. 2B: Kaufman. RBIs: Todd 2, Keeling 1, Meyers 1, Stoltz 1.

Helena (11-8) - Carly Grant 1-4, Krum 2-3, Sydney Carpenter 0-4, Sarah Jackson 0-2, Jordan Briski 3-4, Kwyncee Ward 0-4, Kathy Pocklington 2-2, Chambers 2-3, Caroline Cardenas 1-3. RBIs: Briski 2, Krum 1, Chambers 1.

Central 14, Glendive 6

GLENDIVE - Megan Smith hit two home runs and finished with three RBIs as Billings Central defeated Glendive 14-6 in Eastern A softball here Saturday.

Smith hit a two-run homer in the fourth and a solo shot in the sixth.

Central's Brynn Burke went 2-for-4 to extend her hitting streak to a season-long 17 games.

The Rams also defeated Sidney 12-3 on Saturday. A box score was not available before press time.

Central 000 281 3 - 14 13 3
Glendive 042 000 0 - 6 9 3

Jenny Harrington and Shae Chilton; Cassie Caudill and Kassie Bowles. WP: Harrington. LP: Caudill.

Billings Central - Brynn Burke 2-4, Chilton 2-5, Michela Jacobson 1-5, Megan Smith 3-5, Harrington 1-4, Chere Anderson 0-4, Katelynn Lynch 1-3, Amanda Tryan 2-3, Mary Pankratz 1-4.2B: Chilton, Lynch.3B: Tryan 2. HR: Smith 2. RBIs: Burke, Chilton 2, Jacobson, Smith 3, Harrington, Anderson, Tryan 2, Pankratz.

Glendive - Kalli Cress 0-4, Sam Unruh 1-4, Ariel Stearns 2-4, Kyla Johnson 3-4, Jana Wagner 1-3, Mikka Wold 1-4, Nikki McClellan 1-4, Kassie Bowles 0-3, Holly Zinda 0-2.2B: Wold. RBIs: Unruh 2, Wold, McClellan 2, Bowles.

Laurel 13, Glendive 6

GLENDIVE - Laurel bombed three home runs in a 13-6 Eastern A girls softball win over Glendive here Saturday.

Olivia Heidinger blasted a three-run shot in the fifth, Sarah Parks added a two-run shot in the third and Kaitlyn O'Rourke belted a solo homer in the seventh for the Locomotives.

Jana Wagner hit a solo homer in the fifth for Glendive.

Laurel 004 051 3 - 13 14 2
Glendive 104 010 0 - 6 11 2

Katie Wood and Jesse Engen; Caudill and Bowles. WP: Wood. LP: Caudill.

Laurel - Olivia Heidinger 2-3, Elizabeth McGee 1-5, Maddie Cebuhar 2-4, Sarah Parks 2-3, Wood 1-5, Keilah Ahman 3-5, Engen 1-4, Kaitlyn O'Rourke 1-3, Michelle Dahl 1-4.2B: McGee, Cebuhar, Parks, Engen. HR: Heidinger, Parks, O'Rourke. RBIs: Heidinger 3, McGee, Cebuhar 2, Parks 2, Ahman, O'Rourke, Dahl.

Glendive - Unruh 3-4, Cress 1-4, Stearns 1-4, Johnson 1-4, Wagner 1-3, Wold 2-3, Bowles 1-3, McClellan 1-3, Jordan Ulrich 0-3. HR: Wagner. RBIs: Stearns, Wold 2, Wagner.

Other games

Belgrade 19, Miles City 1

MC 000 10 - 1 2 5
Bel 4(11)0 4x - 19 15 1

Jena Stratton, Kandace Kiosse (2), Stratton (4), Sarah Gillette (4) and Brittany Hirsch. Lauren Torres, Ali Cygan (3) and Brittany Larsen, Melissa Bell (3). W - Torres (11-1). L - Stratton (1-12). S - Cygan (1).

Miles City (1-14) - Sheridan Gillette 0-1, Kylee Leidholt 0-2, Kiosse 1-2, Jena Stratton 0-1, Hirsch 0-3, Megan Walker 1-2, Kimberle Scheid 0-2, Gilette 0-1, Jonna Stratton 0-2.

Belgrade (15-1) - Cygan 2-4, Torres 3-3, Tara Lanzendorf 0-2, Meagan Bell 0-2, Nicole DeHaan 1-1, Melissa Bell 4-4 , Jillian Gue 1-3, Sarah Baumberger 1-1, Larsen 2-3, Annie Prickett 0-1, Kasey West 1-2, Ali Morgan 0-2, Megan Hill 0-0, Justine Taylor 0-4. 2B: Cygan, Torres, Melissa Bell, Baumbergter. HR: Gue.

Belgrade 5, Hardin 0

Hardin 000 000 0 - 0 4 2
Belgrade 002 003 0 - 5 6 0

Joelle Link and Alyssa Johnson. Lauren Torres and Brittany Larsen. W - Torres (10-1). L - Link (2-5).

Hardin (6-9) - Shelley Hodges 0-3, Terrin Old Elk 0-3, Link 3-3 , Kaley Krebs 0-2, Randee Alverado 0-3, Holly Old Crow 0-3, Johnson 1-3, Jessie Campbell 0-2, Jessica Joyce 0-1. 2B: Link 2.

Belgrade (14-1) - Ali Cygan 1-3, Torres 2-3, Meagan Bell 0-3, Melissa Bell 1-3, Jillian Gue 1-3, Larsen 1-3, Kasey West 0-3, Sarah Baumberger 0-1, Nicole DeHaan 0-1, Justine Taylor 0-2.2B: Bell. HR: Cygan, Torres.

Shepherd 25, Sunburst 0

Sun 000 0 - 0 2 7
Shep (10)62 7 - 25 15 1

Elise Murray, Maddy Mushaben (4) and Taylor Wilson; M. Bye and A. Watlerud. W: Murray. L: Bye.

Sunburst - M. Bye 1-2, A. Watlerud 0-2, J. McAlpine 0-2, T. Revell 0-2, P. Iriesen 0-2, H. Turner 0-2, B. Flesch 0-1, C. Leichuter 0-1, K. Burley 1-1.

Shepherd - Murray 3-4, Mushaben 2-4, Heidi Riley 3-4, Marissa Cumber 2-3, Wilson 0-1, Alaina Rekdal 1-3, Julie Stevens 0-4, Keena Iffland 2-4, Kylee Sharp 2-3. 2B: Murray, Mushaben, Iffland. RBIs: Mushaben 3, Riley 3, Cumber 2, Rekdal, Iffland.

Shepherd 10, Cut Bank 2

CB 110 000 0 - 2 2 7
Shep 022 231 x - 10 11 4

Kim Suta and McKenna Laird; Emily Kading, Keena Iffland (7) and Kelsey Resch. W: Kading. L: Suta.

Cut Bank - Suta 0-3, Jenni Greenwald 0-3, Cicily Calf Boss Ribs 0-3, Kelsie Dezort 1-3, Charlee Ford 0-2, Miller 0-1, Brooke Ball 0-2, Atchley 0-1, Dedree Walker 0-2, Bundy 0-1, Laird 1-2, Kayla Kraft 0-1, Tait 0-0. RBIs: Calf Boss Ribs.

Shepherd - Taylor Wilson 3-4, Resch 0-3, Kading 3-4, Marissa Cumber 1-4, Raina Petersen 0-2, Iffland 0-1, Elise Murray 2-3, Heidi Riley 2-3, Julie Stevens 0-3, Morgan Murray 0-3. 2B: Riley. 3B: Riley. RBIs: Riley 2, Wilson 2, Kading, E. Murray, M. Murray.

Shepherd 14, Conrad 1

Conrad 100 00 - 1 0 4
Shep 563 0x - 14 12 2

Elise Murray and Kelsey Resch; Kara Bandow, Kasey Brownell (2) and Kelli Fagan.WP: Murray. LP: Bandow.

Shepherd (14-3, 9-1) - Murray 1-4, Resch 2-4, Heidi Riley 1-3, Marissa Cumber 2-3, Emily Kading 2-3, Raina Petersen 2-3, Maddy Mushaben 1-3, Majorie Nieskens 1-3. 2B: Murray, Resch, Petersen, Mushaben, Nieskens. RBIs: Riley, Cumber 2, Kading 3, Petersen 2, Nieskens.

Conrad - Kate Fowler 0-1, K. Fagan 0-3, Stephanie Murphy 0-2, Kasey Borwnell 0-1, Taylor Johnson 0-1, Olivia Campbell 0-2, Samantha Fagan 0-1, Sydney Philipps 0-2, Bandow 0-2, Rashelle Johns 0-0, Newmiller 0-0.

Hamilton 9, Anaconda 4

Ham 001 010 7 - 9 10 1
Ana 300 001 0 - 4 10 1

Jessica Bourne and Presley Chadwick. Rachel Wagner and Lisa Laslovich.

Hamilton - Kaylie Strandberg 2-2, Melissa Hood 1-5, Rebecka Hood 0-1, Nicole Hood 2-4, Liz Taylor 0-3, Annie Schultz 3-4, Bourne 1-3, Chadwick 0-3, Shayna Rupp 1-3.

Anaconda - Lisa Laslovich 1-4, Chelsie Moquist 1-4, Brittany Sturm 2-4, Rachel Wagner 1-4, Korey Krumm 1-3, Kellie Lorengo 2-3, Hannah Anderson 0-3, Abby Stanberry 0-1, Ali Forkan 1-1, Jeanna Brunell 1-3.

Other scores

Regular season

Livingston 19, Miles City 1

Livingston 4, Hardin 3

Glasgow Invitational

Stillwater 19, Sunburst 0

Huntley Project 11, Conrad 4

Shelby 1, Colstrip 0

Colstrip 23, Poplar 3

Shepherd 10, Cut Bank 2

Huntley Project 24, Sunburst 5

Glasgow 9, Shelby 1

Shepherd 14, Conrad 1

Glasgow 14, Sunburst 1

Stillwater 7, Shelby 1

Cut Bank 14, Poplar 0