Polson, C-Falls put 4 on All-State softball

Polson and Columbia Falls, the two teams that ruled the top of the Northwest A conference, each had four softball players selected All-State in voting by league coaches.

The all-Northwest A team was released Wednesday and Polson, which lost in the State A championship to Frenchtown on Saturday, and Polson made up eight of the 10 first-team picks. 

Liz Cunningham, Samantha Rensvold, Olivia Jore and Sierra Perez were first-team —  and thus All-State — picks for the 19-7-1 Lady Pirates. 

Cunningham hit .453 this season, with three HRs, two triples and 19 runs batted in with 22 runs scored.  

Rensvold was the ace pitcher, going 16-7 with a 3.19 earned-run average and 124 strikeouts in 120 2-3 innings. At the plate she hit .427 with eight doubles, three doubles and 23 RBIs. She scored 36 runs and was named All-State for the second straight spring. 

Jore hit .494 with 13 homers, 49 RBIs and 40 runs scored in 25 games. Perez posted a .355 average with 22 runs and 10 stolen bases. All four are seniors. 

Columbia Falls, which went 3-2 at the State A tournament to finish the season 18-8, had Annika Reid, Tayler Lingle, Addy Bowler and Annika Lawrence named All-State. 

Reid hit .545 with nine doubles, two triples, six homers — she hit four home runs at the State A, on her home fields — and 45 RBIs. 

Lingle hit .592 with 15 steals and 37 runs scored; Bowler hit .463 with 19 steals and 35 runs scored, to go with a home run and 22 RBIs. Reid, Lingle and Bowler were seniors. 

Lawrence, a sophomore, hit .414 with 10 doubles, five triples, five HRs and 30 RBIs. She scored 37 runs. 

Lingle and Lawrence are All-State for second straight season. 

Filling out the first team were Libby’s Peyton Waggoner and Ronan’s Neveah Perez. 

Waggoner, a senior, hit .379 with 19 RBIs. The third baseman committed just four errors for a .920 fielding percentage for the 12-10 Loggers. 

Perez, a junior, hit .535 with five homers, four doubles and 22 RBIs for the 10-9 Maidens. She was intentionally walked 10 times. 

A second team and honorable mention were also selected by the coaches. The full honors teams are below: 

All-Northwest A 

First Team* 

Samantha Rensvold, sr.    Polson 

Naveah Perez, jr.    Ronan 

Peyton Waggoner, sr.    Libby 

Annika Reid, sr.    Columbia Falls 

Olivia Jore, sr.    Polson 

Onnika Lawrence, so.    Columbia Falls 

Liz Cunningham, sr.    Polson 

Addy Bowler, sr.    Columbia Falls 

Tayler Lingle, sr.    Columbia Falls 

Sierra Perez, sr.    Polson 

*-All are All-State selections. 

Second Team 

Bella Mann, jr., Columbia Falls 

Rachel Kosters, sr., Libby 

Emma Smith, jr., Polson 

Jaja Nichols, sr., Polson 

Natalie Nash, so., Polson 

Ella Branstetter, fr., Columbia Falls 

Sydney Burke, sr., Columbia Falls 

Kailynn Marengo, so., Ronan 

Madison Vincent, sr., Libby 

Honorable Mention – Maddie Willis, so., Libby; Ahri Rushing, so., Polson; Carmen Kohler, so., Libby; Katie Bulawsky, so., Columbia Falls; Adrian Crockett, so., Ronan; Elyse Sharpnack, fr., Whitefish.