OROFINO — Priest River softball fell just short in a hard-fought battle in the 2A district baseball tournament, losing to Kellogg 18-10 at Orofino High School on Tuesday, May 9.

The Spartans fell behind early. After three innings, the team was down 13-0, but started mounting a comeback. The girls put up six runs in the top of the fourth inning to keep things close.

With the bases loaded, Brodie Hansen struck a line drive to left field to get the Spartans on the board in the fourth. Later in the inning, Addison Kingery hit a double to center field to score two more runs for the Spartans. Madilyn Rose kept things going with an RBI single to right that tacked on two more, 13-6 Wildcats.

After giving up four runs in the bottom half of the inning, the Spartans again responded with four runs of their own. Jaylein Zylstra hit a double to center field to score three runs and clear the bases; Kae Brown then hit a sacrifice fly to center to give the Spartans their 10th run of the game.

Zylstra filled up the stat sheet for the Spartans going 2-for-4 with two walks, a single, a double, two RBIs and two runs scored. Rylee Hansen went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a run scored. Also contributing in a big way was Madilyn Rose, who went 3-for-5 with three singles, two RBIs and a run scored.

The Spartans will return a large majority of their roster next season and will look to improve upon their three wins.

PRIEST RIVER 10, KELLOGG 18

Priest River 000 640 0 – 10 12 12

Kellogg 544 401 X – 18 12 3

HITS: PR – R. Hansen 3, Rose 3, Zylstra 2, Wardwell 2, B. Hansen, Kingery. KLG – Card 3, Hei 2, Helkey 2, Hinkelmann, Jerome, McDaniel, Karst, Bernier.

2B – R. Hansen 2, Zylstra, Kingery.