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Kent Luetzen
Carston Rhine, Ronan pitcher
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Ronan
ANACONDA – The Ronan Maidens walked away from this weekend’s Western B-C as Champions. Although champions, the road to that final game didn’t come easy. The Maidens beat Florence (17-7) and Libby (11-1) on Friday, May 20, to set themselves up in the semi-final game against Anaconda the following day. The two teams have played each other four times this season and all games went in the Maidens’ favor. The Maidens beat Anaconda 14-10 in the semi-final game. In the Championship game, Ronan was down 3-10 in the bottom of the seventh. After the Maidens scored three run, Jordyn Clairmont stepped up to the plate with two runners on base and two outs. The Maidens needed two runs to tie the game or three runs to win. Well, Clairmont gave the Maidens the extra push they needed to win the game. Clairmont hit a triple to score two runs and ended the game crossing home plate to give the Maidens a 9-8 win over Anaconda.
The team will travel to Kalispell May 26-28 for their chance at winning the State title.
RESULTS
Championship
Anaconda 412 010 0 - 8 9 2
Ronan111 000 6 - 9 12 4
Michaela Cortright and Hannah Schaefer. Carston Rhine, Gabby Wirz (5) and Sadie Wirz. W – G Wirz. L – Cortright.
ANACONDA– Erin Chapman 1-4, Sydnie Peterson 0-5, Hannah Schaefer 1-3, Andi Mavrinac 1-3, Shea Forsberg 2-3, Randee Jo Johnson 0-2, Kassandra Flores 1-4, Michaela Cortright 0-3, Johannah Forsberg 1-4.
RONAN – Kaitlyn Sassaman 3-4, G. Wirz 1-4, Carston Rhine 2-4, Amanda Morency 2-4, Kiana Brown 0-4, Sadie Wirz 1-4, Jordyn Clairmont 1-3, Shailee Courville 0-2, Courtnee Clairmont 1-2.
2B – Flores. 3B – G. Wirz, J. Clairmont. RBIs – Chapman 2, Cortright, Johnson, Forsberg, J. Clairmont 2, Rhine 2, Sassaman, S. Wirz.
Semifinal
Anaconda010 612 0-10 10 3
Ronan123 242 x-14 18 5
Andi Mavrinac, Michaela Cortright (2) and Hanna Schaefer. Carston Rhine,
Gabby Wirz (5) and Sadie Wirz. W – G. Wirz. L – Cortright.
ANACONDA – Erin Chapman 1-4, Sydnie Peterson 0-5, Schaefer 1-2, Cortright 2-4, Shea Forsberg 1-5, Randee Jo Johnson 0-3, Kassandra Flores 2-4, Mavrinac 1-4, Johanna Forsberg 2-4.
RONAN – Kaitlyn Sassamn 4-5, G. Wirz 3-5, Rhine 0-5, Amanda Morency 2-5, Kiana Brown 2-4, S. Wirz 2-5, Jordyn Clairmont 3-3, Shailee Courville 2-2, Courtnee Clairmont 0-3.
2B – Cortright; Morency. 3B – J. Clairmont. HR – Flores. RBIs – Chapman, S. Forsberg, Flores 2, J. Forsberg; Sassaman, G. Wirz 2, Rhine, Morency, Brown 2, Clairmont 2, Courville 3.
Quarter Finals
Ronan100 091-11 10 0
Libby001 000-1 4 8
Carston Rhine and Sadie Wirz. Lindsey Walker, Khalyn Hageness (5) and Sammee Bradeen. W – Rhine. L – Walker.
RONAN – Kaitlyn Sassaman 1-3, Gabby Wirz 1-4, Rhine 3-4, Amanda Morency 1-4, Kiana Brown 1-4, S. Wirz 0-4, Jordyn Clairmont 2-4, Courtnee Clairmont 0-4, Katlyn Santos 1-3.
LIBBY – Madisen Monigold 0-2, Hageness 1-2, Ashley Walker 0-3, Jordan Turner 2-3, Alyssa Marshall 0-3, Haylee Cannon 0-3, L. Walker 0-2, Bradeen 1-2, Taryn Luscher 0-2.
2B – Sassaman, Rhine 2. RBIs – G. Wirz 2, Rhine 3, Morency 2, Brown, Clairmont, Santos; A. Walker.
First round
Florence 7, Ronan 17
Florence 1 4 0 011 – 7 5 4
Ronan 0 (10)1 006 – 17 12 8
Shannon Byrne and Chloe Arthur. Carston Rhine and Sadie Wirz. W – Rhine. L – Byrne.
FLORENCE – Natalie Drozdz 1-4, Byrne 2-4, Natalie Dulac 0-4, Arthur 0-3, Shay Waldbillig 1-3, Kali Leibenguth 0-2, Brooklyn Little 1-3, Sarah Schurg 0-3, Danara Greer 0-3.
RONAN – Kaitlyn Sassaman 2-4, Gabby Wirz 0-5, Rhine 2-5, Amanda Morency 3-5, Kiana Brown 1-2, S. Wirz 1-2, Jordyn Clairmont 0-2, Courtnee Clairmont 3-4, Katlyn Santos 0-2.
2B – Sassaman, C. Clairmont. 3B – Drozdz; Sassaman, Morency. RBIs – Little; C. Clairmont 4, Sassaman.
Polson
WHITEFISH – The Polson Lady Pirates, with a current season record of 13-8, finished their regular season this past weekend. The Lady Pirates beat Whitefish 24-2 to be the third team that will have the opportunity to compete for the State A Tournament Champions.
Kaelyn Smith, Ashley Benson and Quinn Motichka were top players for the Lady Pirates. Two of Motichka’s hits were doubles.
The Lady Pirates will travel to Belgrade Thursday, May 26, for their final tournament. They will challenge Hamilton at noon in the first round of play.
Polson 24, Whitefish 2
Polson34(11)6 - 24 19 1
Whitefish 101 0 - 2 3 3
Haley Fyant and Ashley Benson. Jordan Sletten and Baileigh Krause. W – Fyant. L – Sletten.
POLSON – Kaelyn Smith 3-4, Laurel Bitterman 2-3, Benson 3-4, Lydia Dupuis 2-4, Hannah Potter 1-2, Quinn Motichka 3-5, Hannah Fryberger 0-2, Camas Renault 1-2, Fyant 1-3, Paige Noyes 1-1, Kaylanna DesJarlias 0-0, Whitney Barr 0-0, Breyland McCall 0-0, Mikayla Croft 1-1.
WHITEFISH – Sletten 2-2, Michaela McDowell 0-2, McKenzie Carl 0-2, Krause 0-2, Abby Carson 0-1, Isabelle Klempel 0-1, Rebecca Catina 0-1, Abby Reese 0-1, Lily Stedman 0-1.
2B – Smith, Benson, Motichka 2, Croft. Sletten. 3B – Bitterman. RBIs – Smith 2, Bitterman 2, Benson 2, Dupuis 3, Potter 2, Motichka 4, Renault, Noyes, Desjarlais, Croft.
