PREP SOFTBALL: Badgers earn tie, take loss in Sandpoint doubleheader

Game 1: Sandpoint 20, Bonners Ferry 2 (5) 

SANDPOINT — It didn't exactly go as planned, but if there are two teams dressed and ready to play on a sunny spring day in North Idaho, those teams aren't going to pass up the opportunity. 

Monday's games were originally scheduled to be official contests, but Bonners Ferry was short a player, and due to IHSAA guidelines, were forced to forfeit the non-league doubleheader. With a senior night on tap for Sandpoint, the two squads decided to participate in a pair of scrimmages anyways. 

Hailey Dickson was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and RBIs for Bonners Ferry, which was outhit 13-5 by the Lady Bulldogs.  

Ryelle Short collected two hits, with Randi Hibbard adding one as well. Hannah Frago threw three strong innings, working around 4 hits to not allow a single earned run in three innings, adding one strikeout. 

Sandpoint sophomore Marlee Stevens was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, a home run, four runs scored and five RBIs in total as the Lady Bulldogs compiled 11 extra-base hits as Sandpoint scored 19 of their 20 runs across the first two innings. 

Bonners Ferry 1 0 0 0 1 — 2 5 7 

Sandpoint 11 8 1 0 X — 20 13 2 

PITCHING 

Short (L): 1IP, 9H, 18R (15ER), 5BB, 2K. Frago: 3IP, 4H, 2R (0ER), 1K. 

BATTING 

HITS: Short 2, Dickson 2, Hibbard 1. 2B — Dickson 2, RBI: Dickson 2. 

Game 2: Bonners Ferry 8, Sandpoint 8 (5) 

SANDPOINT — Ryelle Short was 4-for-4 with a trio of runs scored, triples and RBIs for Bonners Ferry, as Lady Badgers called it a tie with the Lady Bulldogs during the second game of Monday's scrimmages. 

Hailey Dickson added a hit and an RBI for Bonners Ferry, who rebounded impressively after a difficult first game of the doubleheader.

Hannah Frago pitching for the second time in the day, threw the entire game for the Badgers, giving them length and keeping them in it.  

For Sandpoint, Junior Teagan Newsom whiffed seven batters over three innings the circle while sophomore Bailey Wilson recorded five more strikeouts across two innings in the nightcap. Arah Stevens doubled and sophomore Marlee Stevens tripled to round out the extra-base hits on the day for Sandpoint (8-10), which hosts Lewiston on Saturday for a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader. 

The Badgers are 2-8 on the year following the two forfeits.  

Bonners Ferry 2 3 0 2 1 — 8 5 2

Sandpoint 1 0 0 6 1 — 8 10 4 

PITCHING 

Frago: 4.2IP, 10H, 8R (8ER), 0BB, 1K. 

BATTING 

HITS: Short 4, Dickson 1. 3B: Short 3 RBI: Short 3, Dickson 1.