Polson wins big, Libby falls in 7th
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BUTTE — Lexie Orien homered twice and drove in five runs and the Polson Pirates brushed aside another foe at the Laverne Combo tournament Saturday, beating Stevensville 10-0.
In other tournament games Saturday, Butte Central beat Libby 12-9 and Ronan outscored Stevensville 11-6.
Polson 10, Stevensville 0
Orien hit 2-run shots in the second and fourth innings for the Pirates, who ended the game after five innings under the mercy rule. She also had a sacrifice fly in the first.
Leadoff hitter Josie Caye went 4-for-4, including a 2-run single in Polson’s 6-run second inning, and scored three times.
Katelynne Druyvestein went the distance on the hill, surrendering two hits and one walk and striking out 10.
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Stevi 000 00 - 0 2 0
Katelynne Druyvestein and Lexie Orien. K Moore, L Brishia (3) and xxxxxx.
POLSON — Josie Caye 4-4, Druyvestein 1-4, Kobbey Smith 0-1, Orien 2-2, SaVanna Carpentier 1-3, Mckenna Hanson 1-3, Mossey Kaulley 0-2, Avery Starr 0-1, Turquoise Pierre 2-2, Ashlyn Depoe 0-0, Anna Vert 1-2, Lexi Johnston 0-1, Nikke Kendall 0-0.
STEVENSVILLE — M. Smis 1-2, O Gray 0-2, J Newman 0-1, S Berning 0-2, Moore 0-1, C Smith 0-1, L McCormick 1-2, Brishia 0-2, E Kapsa 0-2, H Thomas 0-1.
2B — Caye 2, McCormick. 3B — Pierre. HR — Orien 2. RBI — Orien 5, Caye 2, Smith 2.
Butte Central 12, Libby 9
Brooke Badovinac hit a two-out, 3-run, walk-off homer in the seventh to complete the Maroons’ rally from a 9-5 deficit.
Libby trailed 5-0 before the Loggers’ Taylor Munro capped a 7-run third inning with a grand slam.
Libby 007 200 0 — 9 9 4
Butte Central 320 004 3 — 12 9 3
Taylor Munro, Mackenzie Foss (6), Paislee MacDonald (7) and Destinee Crawford. Maci Reopelle and Mia Keeley.
LIBBY — Courtney Benson 2-4, Bethany Thomas 3-4, Crawford 0-4, Munro 1-4, Kinzee Boehmler 0-4, Kayley Svendsbye 0-0, Aren James 1-4, Jossalyn White 0-2, Lyndee McElmurry 1-3, Foss 0-0, MacDonald 0-0, Sidney Rusdal 1-3.
BUTTE CENTRAL (9-8) — Brooke Badovinac 1-4, Brenna Foley 1-1, Reopelle 1-4, Maddi Kump 1-4, Keeley 1-4, Maggie Stimatz 1-3, Jaiden Berger 2-3, Renee Creekmore 0-4, Kathryn Lalicker 1-2.
2B — Rundal, Thomas, Reopelle. HR — Munro, Keeley, Badovinac. RBI – Munro 4, Thomas 2, Benson, Rusdal, Badovinac 3, Keeley 2, Reopelle 2, Foley, Kump.