BONNERS FERRY – The Badgers softball team (11-9) breezed past the Priest River Spartans (0-12) on an April 23 double-header in Bonners Ferry, winning the first game 18-3 and the second game 17-8. 

Two days later, the Badgers hosted their district rival Timberlake Tigers (13-3), and Bonners Ferry lost both games, 1-7 and 0-15, respectively.  

Bonners Ferry started the next week with a road game Tuesday against Post Falls (9-9), dropping that matchup by a final score of 1-15. 

Bonners Ferry showed composure in the wins over Priest River, falling behind early in the second game 1-5, before storming back in a collective effort to win the nine runs. Six Badgers – Frago, Petersen, Frederickson, Falck, Dickson and Hillard – all had multi-hit performances in the game. 

But in the other matchups against more formidable opponents, Bonners Ferry struggled to get on base against elite pitching. 

In the 1-7 loss to Timberlake, Bonners Ferry recorded just one hit in the game, off the bat of Ryelle Short, who last week had a historic stretch of six games, with three homers, three triples and two doubles. 

Short was also the only Badger to record a hit in the loss to Post Falls. She had a single and a double from the lead-off spot against Rylan Morrison, who pitched a complete game with zero earned runs and 11 strikeouts. 

Bonners Ferry will compete against Timberlake in a three-game series in May for the chance to win the 4A District 1. 

The Badgers will host Orofino on May 3 at 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. 

PRIEST RIVER GAME TWO 

Priest River 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 – 8 14 7
Bonners Ferry 0 2 1 3 5 6 X – 17 18 5 

PITCHING: BF – Frago: 2IP, 10H, 6R, 1BB, 5K. Petersen (W): 5IP, 4H, 2R, 0BB, 5K. PR – Leitch (L): 6IP, 18H, 17R, 3BB, 9K. 

BATTING: HITS: BF – Frago 3, Petersen 3, Frederickson 2, Falck 2, Dickson 2, Hillard 2, Hibbard 1, Short 1, Stroemer 1, Curtis 1. PR – Sparrow-Lovette 3, Dixon 3, Kreager 2, Whitaker 2, Leitch 1, Humphrey 1, Braae 1, Burgess-Duquette 1. 3B: BF – Frago 1, Hibbard 1. 2B: BF – Frago 1, Short 1. PR – Burgess-Duquette 1. RBI: BF – Hibbard 2, Falck 2, Dickson 2, Frederickson 1, Hillard 1, Stroemer 1, Petersen 1. PR – Burgess-Duquette 2, Dixon 1, Leitch 1, Whitaker 1. 

TIMBERLAKE GAME 1 

Timberlake 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 – 7 13 5
Bonners Ferry 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 – 1 1 3 

PITCHING: BF – Petersen (L): 7IP, 13H, 7R, 1BB, 6K. TL – Jones (W): 7IP, 1H, 1R, 3BB, 20K. 

BATTING: HITS: BF – Short 1. TL – Jones 3, Allaway 2, Kitchin 2, Green 2, Winland 2, Landon 1, Lee 1. 2B: TL – Allaway 2, Winland 2, Lee 1. RBI: TL – Allaway 2, Jones 1, Lee 1, Green 1, Winland 1. 

POST FALLS GAME 

Bonners Ferry 1 0 0 0 0 – 1 2 5
Post Falls 5 6 3 1 X – 15 8 1 

PITCHING: BF – Frago: 1.1IP, 4H, 10R, 5BB, 2K. Short: 2.2IP, 4H, 5R, 2BB, 3K. PF – Morrison (W): 5IP, 2H, 1R, 0BB, 11K. 

BATTING: HITS: BF – Short 2. PF – Williams 4, Wasson 2, Dan 1, Byers 1. 2B: BF – Short 1. PF – Wasson 1. 3B: PF – Dan 1. RBI: PF – Williams 2, Wasson 2, Zimmerman 1, Dan 1.