Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Sports at a Glance

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Local athletes do well at meets in Missoula

Frenchtown Softball Tournament tough on local teams

Tennis - Bitterroot Invitational

Local athletes do well at meets in Missoula Missoula was the hub of the track world in Western Montana over the weekend. Twenty-eight teams participated in either the Stone Invitational at Frenchtown or the Seeley Swan Invitational at Missoula Big Sky. Hamilton and Florence were at the Seeley Invitational while the rest of the valley’s teams were in Frenchtown. At the Stone Invitational in Frenchtown, Corvallis continued to run roughshod over its opponents in the boys’ competition even without Dalton Sybrant participating. The Blue Devils scored 102 points to second place Frenchtown’s 77 points. The Blue Devils won both relays. The 400 team of Mahlone Jessop, Tyler Bonngard, Ben Dixon, and Slater Powell set a meet record of 43.86. The previous record was 43.90 which was set by Whitefish in 1998. It was Bonngard, Jessop, Powell and Drew Zeiler who ran and won the 1,600 relay. Austin Byron won the pole vault with an effort of 13-6 and Austin Landis won the javelin with a throw of 189-6. Corvallis’s Page Squire won the 200 and the 100 hurdles for the girls. Darby had a double winner in Seth Garbett. The distance runner clocked a 4:36.0 in the 1,600 to win that race. He also won the 3,200 with a time of 10:13.26. On the girl’s side, Darby finished in second place behind Polson. Heather Demorest won both the 1,600 and the 3,200 for the Tigers.

Hamilton’s Dillon Wood clears the bar at 11-6 in the pole vault at the Seeley-Swan track meet. Wood took second in the event with a vault of 12-0. Jean Schurman photo.

Stevensville’s Brekka Johnson won the triple jump with that leap of 34-10, one inch farther than Loyola’s Jordan Pfau. Johnson was second in the 200 and the long jump as well.

At the Seeley Swan Invitational, the Florence girls had a banner day behind senior Katie Niemeir. The senior, who has signed with Montana State, won the 100, 200, 100 hurdles and the 300 hurdles.

Hamilton’s Michelle Jones won the 400. Jones also ran the anchor on the 1,600 relay that clocked a 4:16.57 to win that race. Megan Baker, Misha Trotter and Camie Westfall ran the first three legs. Wyatt Lawrence and Jake Jessop took first and second in the 800. Jessop was third in the 1,600 as well. Hamilton’s 1,600 relay team won that race. Dillon Wood finished second in the pole vault, with a vault of 12 feet.

Seeley-Swan Invitational

Girls Team scores: Townsend 96, Hamilton 96, Florence 74, Charlo 67, Seeley-Swan 32, Drummond 28, Philipsburg 27, Ennis 20, Plains 20, Fairfield 19, Alberton 12, Deer Lodge 12, Hot Springs 11 Lincoln 8, Arlee 4, Valley Christian 1.

100 – Katie Niemeir, Flo, 12.98; 2. Anna Niemeir, Flo, 13.25. 200 – 1. Katie Niemeir, Flo, 26.44; 2. Michelle Jones, Ham, 27.13; 3. Anna Niemeir, Flo, 27.69. 400 –Jones, Ham, 62.75; 6. Rahyn Ransier, Ham, 69.31. 800 – 1. Shaver, Char, 2:38.30; 4. Mistie Brown, Flo, 2:44.44. 1,600 – 1. Audet, Townsend, 5:35.41; 2. Misha Trotter, Ham, 5:39.90; 3. Abby Mytty, Flo, 5:52.24; 5. Frankie Romano, Ham, 5:54.63; 6. Maureen Palmershein, Ham, 5:59.00. 3,200 – 1. Audet, Townsend, 12:26.06; 2. Romano, Ham, 12:34.86; 3. Palmershein, Ham, 12:59.05; 4. Danica Loucks, Ham, 13:05.30; 5. Mytty, Flo, 13:12.09. 100 hurdles – 1. Katie Niemeir, Flo, 14.66. 300 hurdles – 1. Katie Niemeir, Flo, 45.57. 400 relay – 1. Townsend 52.78; 2. Hamilton 53.29. 1,600 relay – 1. Hamilton 4:16.57. Shot put – 1. McNally, Enn, 41-4 ?; 5. Megan Leathers, Flo, 30-6. Discus – 1. McNally, Enn, 122-11; 2. Averyl LaSalle, Ham, 108-0.

Boys’ team scores: Plains 80, Hamilton 77, Townsend 74, Charlo 53, Drummond 42, Fairfield 41, Ennis 33, Seeley-Swan 25, Alberton 24, Arlee 18, Hot Springs 18, Deer Lodge 15, Lincoln 11, Florence 8, Valley Christain 6, Philipsburg 2.

800 – 1. Wyatt Lawrence, Ham, 2:03.47; 2. Jake Jessop, Ham, 2:06.06; 5. Zac Carety, Flo, 2:15.27. 1,600 – 1. Warner, Twn, 4:39.00; 3. J. Jessop, Ham, 4:46.00; 6. Zach Newbary, Flo, 4:59.30. 300 hurdles – 1. Miller, Fai, 41.20; 4. Allen McCarty, Ham, 42.51. 400 relay – Drummond 45.47; 3. Hamilton 46.53. 1,600 relay – Hamilton 3:37.44; Javelin – 1. Thompson, Pla, 176-7; 6. Jake Jessop, Ham, 145-2; Discus – 1. McNally, Enn 154-11; 6. Tye Exner, Ham, 134-9. High jump – 1. Fryxell, Pla, 6-8; 3. McCarty, Ham, 6-0. Long jump – 1. Wemple, Alb, 20-3 ?; 3. Devin Leonardi, Ham, 19-2 ?; 5. Ross Mangun, Flo, 18-1 ?; 6. Kendall Cotton, Flo, 17-8. Triple jump – 1. O’Neil, Arl, 42-1; 2. Leonardi, Ham, 41-1; 5. Reed Jenkins, Flo, 38-9 ?. Pole Vault – 1. Chance Firestone, Char, 12-3; 2. Dillon Wood, Ham, 12-0.

Stone Invitational

Boys team scores – Corvallis 102, Frenchtown 77, Polson 59, Thompson Falls 58, Fort Benton 49, Darby 41, Loyola 40, Superior 26, Bigfork 25, Stevensville 20, Anaconda 18, Victor 12.

100 – Dilworth, Ftn, 11.23; 2. Ben Dixon, Cor, 11.37; 5. Mahlone Jessop, Cor, 11.68. 200 – 1. Dilworth, Ftn, 22.32; 2. Dixon, Cor, 22.77; 3. Tyler Bonngard, Cor, 22.85; 4. M. Jessop, Cor, 23.24; 5. Aaron Johnston, Dar, 23.30. 400 – 1. Francis, Ftn, 51.89; 2. Johnston, Dar, 52.45; 3. Drew Zeiler, Cor, 52.58; 800 – 1. Jones, FB, 6. Doug Raymer, Dar, 2:08.85. 1,600 – 1. Seth Garbett, Dar, 4:36.0; 2. Chris Jessop, Cor, 4:46.04; 5. Raymer, Dar, 4:51.63; 6. Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 4:54.83. 3,200 – 1. Garbett, Dar, 10:13,26; 2. C. Jessop, Cor, 10:34.91; 4. Abrahamsen, Dar, 10:56.97. 110 hurdles – 1. Kelley, Pol, 16.57; 5. Cody Burdett, Vic, 17.47. 300 hurdles – 1. Alfiero, Pol, 42.80; 3. Burdett, Vic, 44.13. 400 relay – 1. Corvallis (M. Jessop, Bonngard, Dixon, Slater Powell) 43.86 (meet record; old record 43.9, Whitefish, 1998). 1,600 relay – 1. Corvallis (Bonngard, Jessop, Powell, Powell, Zeiler) 3:33.50. Javelin – 1. Austin Landis, Cor, 189-6. Shot put – 1. Raymond, Ana, 50-8; 5. Andy Walters, Dar, 43-9. Discus – 1. Benesch, TF, 153-0; 5. Landis, Cor, 126-8; 6. Walters, Dar, 125-2. High jump – 1. Jones, FB, 5-10; 2. Josh Haynes, Ste, 5-10; 3 (tie). Pewe, Bf, and Marshal Johnson, Cor, 4-10. Long jump – 1. Wilde, Ftn, 20-3 ?; 3. Isaac Hunter, Ste, 19-7 1/2. Triple jump – 1. Wilde, Ftn, 43-2; 3. Hunter, Ste, 42-8 ?; 4. Saxton Coorough, Vic, 40-4 ?. Pole Vault – 1. Austin Byron, Cor, 13-6; 6. Stephen Jessop, Cor, 11-6.

Girls’ team score: Polson 97, Darby 67, Bigfork 65, Frenchtown 68, Thompson Falls 55, Loyola 55, Stevensville 50, Corvallis 28, Fort Benton 28, Anaconda 12, Superior 6.

100 – 1. Knoll, Bf, 13.07; 3. Brekka Johnson, Ste, 13.50. 200 – 1. Paige Squire, Cor, 27.02; 2. Johnson, Ste, 27.24; 4. Britney Chilcott, Ste, 28.08. 400 – 1. Pete, Pol 62.82; 5. Emmalie Gavlak, Ste, 68.97. 800 – 1. Carlson, BF, 2:28.13; 3. Heather Demorest, Dar, 2:30.41. 1,600 – 1. Demorest, Dar, 5:46.02; 4. Cheyenne Oliver, Dar, 5:57.88; 5. Lindsey Thorstad, Ste, 5:58.56. 3,200 – 1. Demorest, Dar, 11:55.36BF, 47.80; 6. Hillary Weidow, Ste, 51.04. 1,600 relay – 1. Polson 4:20.94; 3. Corvallis 4:26.58. Javelin – 1. Padden, TF, 126-10 (meet record; old mark 121-7, Mariah Cress, Darby, 2008); 2. Cress, Dar, 122-4; 6. Jakobar, Dar, 98-0; Shot put – 1. Medeiros, Loy, 38-1 ?; 3. Cress, Dar, 33-7 ?. Discus – 1. Brown, Ftn, 121-9 ?; 3. Cress, Dar, 104-2. High jump – 1. Huset, Ftn, 5-0; 2. Molly Brewer, Ste, 4-10; 5. Oliver, Dar, 4-8. Long jump - 1. Pfau, Loy, 16-6 ?; 2. Johnson, Ste, 16-3 ?; 4. Rachel Wetzsteon, Dar, 15-5 ?; 6. Brewer, Ste, 14-5. Triple jump – 1. Johnson, Ste, 34-10; 3. Wetzsteon, Dar, 33-3. Pole vault – 1. Padden TF, 9-0; 5. Whitney Cranmore, Cor, 7-0.

Frenchtown Softball Tournament tough on local teams The Frenchtown Softball Tournament is a good place for teams to check out teams they don’t normally get to see except at the state tournament. There were 15 teams from across Western Montana competing in the round robin type tournament. Stevensville notched their first two wins of the season against Browning and Troy while Florence won all three of their games. On Friday, Stevensville topped Browning, 8-4, behind the play of Maddie Jones. Jones only allowed one hit and knocked in two runs herself. She was 3-for-4 at bat as was Ashley Reid who also had a double for the ‘Jackets. Jessica Diepstraten and Randy Summers each had an RBI as well.

Stevensville's Maddie Jones led her team to two victories at the Frenchtown Softball Tournament over the weekend. They defeated Browning and Troy. Jean Schurman photo.

Florence defeated Stevensville, 17-6, in Stevi’s second game of the day. Kelsi Hoagland earned the win for the Falcons. Brittany Heinz and Chelsey Ralls each had a double for Florence and Ralls also had a triple. Ralls had three RBIs while teammate Mo Chapman had four. Chayla Pederson had three RBIs and Shanna Moore finished with two. Stevensville was led by Jones who had three hits and Sharayah Campbell and Morgan Park each had an RBI.

Stevensville blanked Troy, 11-0, in action on Saturday. Jones pitched the no-hitter. She struck out 11 batters and walked just three. Jones also had a triple and three RBIs. Park, J. Stordahl and Diepstraten each had RBIs for the ‘Jackets. In their first game on Saturday, Stevensville lost to Thompson Falls, 7-2. Courtney Cockroft had two RBIs for Stevensville.

Florence played two games on Saturday, one, a conference game against Troy. The Falcons held Troy to only two hits and one run in the 11-1 victory over the team from the north. Kelsey Hoagland pitched the five-inning game for Florence. Chayla Pederson and Virginia Blackwell each had triples for Florence. Heinz and Ralls each knocked a double and Ralls led the team with two RBIs.

Florence also played Anaconda on Saturday. After trailing by two at the end of the second inning, the Falcons got busy in the third inning and scored five runs. But Anaconda came back and led after five innings by two runs. A sac out by Shanna in the seventh inning led to two passed balls by the Copperheads and the Falcons came away with a 9-7 win. Kaitlyn Rolshoven bombed a two-run homer and scored the winning run in the game. She had two RBIs, as did Chapman.

Corvallis defeated Whitefish, 6-4. Markie Gurley had two doubles and an RBI for the Blue Devils. Angie Henderson also had a double and Amber Bradshaw had two RBIs. Corvallis lost to Columbia Falls, 12-5. Megan Auch knocked a two-run homer in that game. The Blue Devils lost to Libby, 17-3, and to Loyola, 16-5, on Saturday.

Hamilton defeated Whitefish, 12-7, on Saturday. Kylie Strandberg connected on three hits and had three RBIs in the win. Annie Schultz had a double and Brittany Keimig had two RBIs. Loyola blanked Hamilton, 20-0, and the Broncs lost to Columbia Falls, 9-0, on Friday.

The Bitterroot Invitational was held in Hamilton and Corvallis on Saturday with teams from Anaconda, Butte Central, Corvallis, Loyola and Hamilton participating in t he boys portion of the tennis tournament. On the girls’ side, it was Anaconda, Corvallis, Butte Central, Hamilton, Dillon and Darby competing in the non-scoring match.

Dillon Murphy of Corvallis defeated Jason Jessop of Hamilton, 6-0, 6-3 to advance to the championship. He then defeated Spencer Fehr, his own teammate, 6-2, 6-1, in the championship. Fehr advance to the championship by defeating Bob Huppert of Hamilton 7-6 (7-5) 6-4. In the No. 3-4 singles, Corvallis’ David Ilgenfritz defeated Haller of Loyola but then lost to Ethan Selig of Hamilton in the finals. Selig defeated Pekoc of Corvallis in his first match. In the No. 3-4 doubles, Cody Lengy and Isaac Smith defeated Parker Richards and Graham Silcher form Hamilton in the finals.

Mary Conwell of Hamilton went undefeated in the Girls’ No. 1 & 2 singles. Conwell defeated Cheeney of Corvallis, Morani of Anaconda, and Nordahl of Dillon.

No. 1-2 singles

Conwell, H, def Cheeney, C, 6-1, 6-2; Jura, H, def Hooten, C, 6-4, 6-1; Nordahl, Dil, def Bender, Dar, 7-5, 7-5; Jura, H, def Still, A, 6-1, 7-5; Conwell, H, def Morani, A, 6-1, 6-0; Nordahl, Dil, def Cheeney, C, 6-3, 6-1; Paffhausen, Dil, def Hooten, C, 7-5, 7-6 (3); Bender, Dar, def Stone, BC, 6-0, 6-0; Morani, A, def Bender, Dar, 6-1, 6-2; Still, A, def Cheeney, C, 6-1, 6-2; Hooten, C, def Stone, BC, 6-1, 6-0; Conwell, H, def Nordahl, Dil, 6-1, 6-1; Paffhausen, Dil, def Jura, H, 6-3, 6-3.

No. 1-2 doubles

Phinney/Madruga, C, def Hankel/Lamar, H, 6-1, 7-5; Bierer/Adolphson, C, def Cornelisse/Quinlan, H, 7-5, 6-2; Baker/Dietrich, Dil, def Krosch/Sullivan, Dar, 6-4, 6-0; Wehrle/Downey, Dil, def Finks/Smith, Dar, 6-2, 6-4; Cornelisse/Quinlan, H, def Durkin/Green, A, 6-3, 7-5; McKervan/Green, A, def Hankel, Lamar, H, 3-6, 6-3 (10-6); Gould/Sandford, BC, def Krosch/Sullivan, Dar, 6-4, 6-4; Baker /Dietrich, Dil, def Phinney/Madruga, C, 7-5, 3-6 (10-4); Wehrie/Downey, Dil, def Bierers/Adolphson, C, 6-0, 6-4; Green/Durkin, A, def Finks/Smith, Dar, 6-2, 4-6 (10-8); Krosch/Sullivan, Dar, def McKervan/Shafer, A, 6-1, 6-3; Phinney/Madruga, C, def Gould/Stanford, BC, 6-1, 6-2; Finks/Smith, Dar, def Bierer/Adolphson, C, 6-2, 2-6 (10-8); Baker/Dietrich, Dil, def Hankel/Lamar, H, 6-3, 6-3; Cornelisse/Conwell, H, def Wehlre/Downey, Dil, 6-1, 7-6 (5).

No. 3-4 singles

Semi-finals – Elli Stanisch, Dil, def Dao Slagter, C, 6-1, 6-1, Erin Rose, Dil, def Kelsey DellaSilva, H, 7-6, 6-1.