Baseball: Bigfork bests Whitefish; C-Falls wins big

BIGFORK — Bigfork took advantage of five walks, two singles and an error to score six runs in the first inning and take a 9-3 baseball victory over Whitefish Friday.

Mason Lewis hit a two-RBI single to give the Vikings the lead for good, 3-1. 

Whitefish got one back in the second thanks to an error that sent Luke Dalen home. 

But Hayden Mayer singled home another runner in the fourth to put Bigfork ahead 7-2. 

Lewis threw 4 2-3 innings on the bump for Bigfork, allowing three runs on four hits and striking out four. Max Schara added 2 1-3 innings of one-hit relief, fanning three. 

Tait Orme threw four innings on the bump for Whitefish, allowing three runs on five hits. He struck out nine batters. 

Columbia Falls 12, Noxon 2

COLUMBIA FALLS — Jett Pitts hit two triples and a double while driving in three runs for the Wildcats as they rolled past Noxon in five innings. 

Pitts first three-bagger opened the scoring, sending Nico Young home. Pitts scored on an error in the next at bat to make it 2-0. Jaxson Cadwell hit an RBI single and Zeke Dunn an RBI double later in the inning to cap off a four-run outburst. 

In the second Columbia Falls (2-1) added two more runs as Caden Fisher came home on a dropped strike three and Pitts doubled to right scoring Jory Hill. 

Pitts second triple came to cap off a five-run third inning that put the Wildcats ahead 11-0. 

Noxon (0-1) loaded the bases in the fifth and Zach Sears doubled to left, scoring the lone Red Devils runs of the game. 

Lincoln Fisher went three innings on the mound, allowing one hit and striking out six. Tristan Victor fanned five in 1 2-3 innings of work.