Wolfpack softball rallies past C-Falls

Karley Allen’s RBI double tied the score in the sixth inning, and two batters later Taelor Holt hit a two-run single that lifted Glacier over Columbia Falls 11-9 in non-conference softball Tuesday at Glacier High School.

Holt’s second and third RBIs completed a comeback for the AA Wolfpack (8-3), who trailed 5-0 in the first, 8-6 in the fifth and 9-8 going to their half of the sixth. 

The Class A Wildkats (4-3) got four RBIs from Kylie Gjesdal-Davis, including a two-run double in the first. Bella Mann followed with a double, and then Katie Bulawsky hit a two-run homer to center.  

An RBI double by Holt and two-run home run by Ava Grady cut Glacier’s deficit to 5-3, but the Pack didn’t catch the Kats until the end despite three runs in the sixth.  

Alexa Friske singled in a run to put C-Falls up 8-6 in the fourth; Glacier drew even in the fifth thanks to back-to-back doubles by Holt and Grady and a sac fly from Sophia Frederick. 

Gjesdal-Davis squeezed home Alexa Friske in the sixth inning for a short-lived 9-8 lead. After the Pack rallied again, Grady threw a scoreless seventh inning, fanning two. 

C-Falls    520    101    0    -    9    11    4 

Glacier    303    023    x    -    11    13    2

Katie Bulawsky, Ella Branstetter (5) and Kendal Moultray. Chloe Farrell, Olivia Warriner (3), Ava Grady (7) and Emma Smith. 

COLUMBIA FALLS — Kate Lewellen 0-3, Branstetter 0-1, Alexa Frske 3-4, Onnika Lawrence 1-4, Kylie Gjesdal-Davis 2-2, Bella Mann 1-4, Bulawsky 1-4, Ella Timlick 0-3, Moultray 2-3, Chevelle Bedford 0-1, Kylor Geitzen 1-4. 

GLACIER — Karley Allen 1-4, Warriner 3-4, Taelor Holt 3-3, Grady 3-4, Smith 1-3, Sophia Frederick 0-3, Addy Cunningham 1-3, Farrell 0-2, Tensley Conner 0-1, Lanee Anderson 1-1, Avery Bailey 0-0. 

2B — Mann, Moultray, Gjesdal-Davis, Holt 2, Allen, Grady, Warrner. HR — Bulawsky, Grady. RBIs — Gjesdal-Davis 4, Bulawsky 2, Mann, Lawrence, Friske, Grady 4, Holt 3, Allen. 

Libby 13, Whitefish 2

WHITEFISH — Leah Rusdal hit a two-run home run, Carmen Kohler threw four innings of hitless relief and Libby put away Northwest A rival Whitefish in six innings. 

Weslee MacDonald’s two-run single erased a 2-1 Whitefish lead in the third inning, and the Loggers blew the game open with seven runs in the fifth, all after two were out: Tessa Purdy hit a two-run double, Rossi Baney followed with a triple and Rusdal added a two-run double for a 10-2 lead. The game ended early under the mercy rule. 

Bently Houston had two hits and scored three times from the leadoff spot for Libby. Purdy also had a triple for the Loggers (4-2).  

Baylee Hyland and Elyse Sharpnack drove in runs for Whitefish (0-5-1). 

Kohler came on for starter Maddie Willis in the third inning and allowed four walks, hit batter and struck out eight. Willis allowed five hits and a walk in her two innings of work. She struck out two. 

Polson 14, Ronan 6

POLSON — Jaliyah Pierre doubled twice and Logan McCrea added two hits as Polson raced past Ronan in a Northwest A matchup. 

McCrea went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored in the win. 

Aleysia Black added three RBIs for the Lady Pirates (6-3), while Peyton Wirz and Pierre drove in two each. 

Elizabeth Cheff had two RBIs for the Maidens (2-4). 

Maddie Turner went the distance in the circle for Polson, allowing six runs on eight hits and striking out eight. 

Esther Montoya threw 2 2-3 innings for Ronan, fanning four and allowing one run on one hit.