by Scott Sacry
Corvallis
The Corvallis girls went to Missoula on Thursday, March 27 and played a double header against Class AA Missoula Big Sky. The Blue Devils lost 0-15 in the first game and 0-21 in the second game.
Florence
Florence’s Gemma Bouma slides in safely to score a run in Florence’s 16-1 victory over Anaconda on Saturday, March 29. Photo by Scott Sacry.
The Florence girls hosted Anaconda in their season opener on Saturday, March 29 and defeated the Copperheads 16-1 in three innings. The Lady Falcons led 6-1 going into the bottom of the 3rd where they scored 10 runs to take a 15-point lead and end the game.
Florence pitcher Kenzy Pickering struck out 7 of the 11 batters she faced and got the win on her 18th birthday. At the plate for Florence, Ava Philbrick went 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs. Florence also got RBIs from Maggie Schneiter, Kaylee Crawford, Lily Bender, Jayden Fisher, Morghan Adams, and Gemma Bouma.
Florence pitcher Kenzy Pickering struck out 7 of the 11 batters she faced and got the win in Florence’s 16-1 victory over Anaconda on March 29. Photo by Scott Sacry.
Stevensville
The Stevensville girls hosted Ronan on Tuesday, March 25 and defeated the Maidens 13-9. Stevensville trailed 0-6 heading into the bottom of the 5th, when the Lady ‘Jackets erupted for 12 runs, highlighted by a Morgan Yeager grand slam. Yeager was 3 for 4 at the plate and struck out 7 batters on the mound. Also for Stevensville, Lilly Newsom went 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs, Emma Tan went 2 for 3 with a home run, and Jaidan Oyler and Maddix Yeager each had RBIs.