Polson too much for Bravettes
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POLSON — Carli Maley homered and drove in seven runs, and Class A power Polson topped AA Flathead 15-5 in a softball game shortened to five innings by the mercy rule.
The Bravettes (2-14) found their offense in the fifth inning with a grand slam by Macy Craver and an RBI double from Kaidyn Lake.
Polson (13-3) scored a single run in the fifth to push its lead back to 10, ending the game.
Katelyne Druyvestein struck out nine Bravettes, and walked one.
Flathead 000 05 - 5 5 5
Polson 163 41 - 15 13 0
Lacie Franklin, Ava Besson (3) and Laynee Vessar. Katelyne Druyvestein and McKenna Hanson.
FLATHEAD — Macy Craver 1-3, Vesar 0-3, Besson 2-3, Kaidyn Lake 1-3, Mackenzie Brandt 0-2, Ellie Eve 0-2, Franklin 0-1, Lyssa Leimkuehler, Brynn Mailman 0-1.
POLSON — Druyvestein 2-4, Hanson 1-3, Nikki Kendall 2-3, Turquoise Pierre 2-4, Carli Maley 3-4, Avery Starr 0-4, Jaivin Bad Bear 0-0, Ashlyn Depoe 1-2, Julia Barnard 0-0, Ansley Nordberg 1-1, Anna Vert 1-2, Tyneesha Brown 0-1, Alexis Johnson 0-1.
2B — Lake. HRF — Craver, Maley. RBIs — Craver 4, Lake, Maley 7, Kendall 2, Hanson, Pierre.
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