The Columbia Falls softball team picked up a key conference victory last week as it downed Polson at home 7-2 on April 7.

The Wildkats were led by Peyton Kehr’s two RBIs as the Kats had a big fourth-inning, scoring four runs to put the Lady Pirates down 6-0. Polson mounted a mini-rally in the top of the seventh to get in the scoring column, but pitcher Ashley Trueblood secured the win.

Kehr went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and a double. Carlee Brown went 3 for 4 on her trademark short hits down the third base line to get on first.

Madison Fetters had a great night, going 2 for 2 at the plate and scoring the go-ahead run. Katie Price had an RBI single in the fourth.

The Kats blew out Whitefish 21-0 in an April 9 away game but lost to Frenchtown 9-1 in a nonconference game at the Libby Invitational Tourney on April 11. The Kats had five errors and just three hits in the loss against the Lady Broncs, the defending Class A champs.

Against the Bulldogs, the Kats had 12 runs in the third to hammer the young Bulldog squad.

The Kats are now 5-1 on the season and face Libby and Frenchtown at home on Thursday and Friday respectively. Varsity starts are 5:30 p.m. each night.

Polson 000 000 2 — 2 6 3

Columbia Falls 011 410 x — 7 10 1

Camas Renault, Haley Fyant (5) and Sarah Rausch. Ashley Trueblood and Samantha Collins.

POLSON — Jaiden Toth 1-4, Kaelen Wall 1-4, Kaelyn Smith 1-4, Taylor Brackey 1-3, Camas Renault 0-0, Haley Fyant 0-1, Sarah Rausch 0-2, Lydia Dupuis 0-3, Skyla Krantz 0-2, Ashley Benson 1-1, Hannah Fryberger 1-3.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Carlee Brown 3-4, Peyton Kehr 3-4, Ashley Trueblood 0-3, Breanna Friar 0-3, Morgan Campbell-Queen 0-1, Alysha Cantu 0-4, Lottie Ellis 0-3, Madi Fetters 2-2, Samantha Collins 1-1, Katie Price 1-2, Kaitlyn Hoerner 0-1.

2B — Kehr. RBIs — Toth, Wall, Brown, Kehr 2, Collins, Price.

Columbia Falls 42(12) 03 — 21 16 1

Whitefish 000 00 — 0 1 6

Ashley Trueblood, KJ Schweikert (5) and Samantha Collins, Breanna Friar (4); Halle Reading, Lauren McDonald (4) and Madison Davis. W — Trueblood. L — Reading.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Carlee Brown 3-4, Peyton Kehr 1-3, Trueblood 1-5; Friar 3-5, Alysha Cantu 2-2, Madi Fetters 0-2, Lottie Ellis 1-4, Collins 1-1, Kaitlyn Hoerner 0-1, Hannah Freeman 0-1, Katie Price 1-2, Schweikert 0-1, Sydney Hovde 1-1, Morgan Campbell-Queen 1-2, Kerry Lanners 1-3.

WHITEFISH — Grace Porterfield 0-2, Michaela McDowell 1-2, Abby Reese 0-2, McKenzie Carl 0-2, Gillian Broughton 0-2, Davis 0-2, Isabelle Klempel 0-2, Cassidy Bry 0-2, Reading 0-1.

2B—Brown (2), Price, Hovde; McDowell; 3B—Friar; RBIs—Brown (2), Price (2), Trueblood (2), Friar, Cantu, Hovde, Ellis, Collins, Lanners (2).

Frenchtown – 421 110 0– 9 8 0

Columbia Falls – 001 000 0 – 1 3 5

Laci Willett, Meggie Delaney (5) and Allie Hochhalter; Ashley Trueblood, K. Schweikert (4) and S. Collins. W — Willett. L — Trueblood.

Frenchtown - Morgan Ray 1-3, Emma Pyron 2-4, Brooke Yarnell 1-4, Krista Hebness 1-4, Hailey Cyr 1-3, Carly Thompson 0-1, Shelby Shourds 2-3, Laci Willett 0-3, Ally Moe 0-1, Taylor Rockwood 0-1, Allie Hochhalter 0-2, Jordan Cole 0-1, Kira Olliver 0-1.

Columbia Falls - C. Brown 1-3, P. Kehr 0-1, K. Horner 0-2, Trueblood 0-1, Schwikerte 0-2, B. Fryar 0-3, A. Canta 0-2, K. Lanners 0-1, M. Fetters 0-2, S. Hard 0-0, L. Ellis 1-3, K. Price 0-1, S. Collins 1-2.

2B—Ellis; 3B—Shourds; HR—Yarnell; RBIs— Yarnell, Shourds 3, Hochhalter.