With the track season winding down, one can expect to see record setting performances at almost every track meet, even when the weather isn’t cooperating. The Class A teams in the valley were in Anaconda at the Wayne Estes Invitational while the rest of the local teams were at Missoula Big Sky for the Seeley Swan Invitational.

Almost every meet the Corvallis boys have been at, they have come away as the team champions. Unfortunately, that wasn’t to be in Anaconda. Belgrade captured the team scoring with 92 points. They were followed by Manhattan who had 81 points and then Corvallis with 80 points. Hamilton finished in fifth place with 35 points and Stevensville had nine points.

Blue Devil Slater Powell set another meet record in the 110-meter hurdles. He finished with a time of 14.47 seconds, two seconds faster than Scott Samson on Three Forks who was Austin Landis had another monster throw in the javelin, claiming first with a throw of 196-3, 18 feet farther than second place. Stephen Jessop won the pole vault with a leap of 13 feet. Drew Zeiler finished in fifth place in the 800 with a time of 2:06.99. The Corvallis 400 relay team finished in third place behind Belgrade and Dillon. In the 1,600-meter relay, Corvallis finished in second place behind Belgrade. Dylan Jessop was third in the discus with a throw of 140-7 and Caleb Hadley was fourth with a throw of 137-9. Devonn Jessop threw the javelin 156-5 which was fifth. Lukas Walden finished fourth in the high jump at 5-10. Tyler Berner was fifth in the pole vault with a vault of 11-6.

Hamilton’s Andrew Dorn won the 100-meter race by 1/100th of a second. He finished with 11.2 and Garrett Long of Belgrade finished at 11.3. Dorn was third in the 200 with a time of 22.94. Long won the event with a time of 22.70. Cody Sellers was third in the shot put with an effort of 47-1. Seth Ray threw the javelin 151-9 which was sixth. Zach Stoeger finished fifth in the long jump with 19-4 ?. Dillon Wood finished in third place in the pole vault. He cleared the bar at 12 feet.

Stevensville’s Austin Christopher finished fourth in the 110 hurdles. He had a time of 16.57. Josh Lords finished sixth in the long jump with an effort of 19-0.

Belgrade also won the girls team scoring with 90 points. Three Forks finished second with 54.5 points. Hamilton was third with 51.5. Corvallis finished fifth with 44 and Stevensville finished seventh with 29 points.

Hamilton’s Misha Trotter won the 800. She ran a 2:23.73, a few seconds off of her state best time of 2:19.49. She also ran a leg on the Broncs’ 400-relay team, which finished in first place. Joining Trotter on the relay team are Kelsey Brangoccio, Bry Gordon and Kelsi Almond. Almond, who has won several sprints, finished third in the 100 behind Three Fork’s LaDean Richardson who had a time of 12.57. Almond’s time was 12.79. Almond was second behind Richardson in the 200 as well. She finished second in the long jump behind Kellee Glaus of Whitehall who jumped 17-3. Almond had an effort of 16-8. Brangoccio was third with 16-3 ? in the long jump. The 1,600-relay team from Hamilton finished in third. Meghan Kratofil finished third in the shot put with 34-2 ?, and Connie Westfall tied for fifth in the pole jump.

The Corvallis girls had a good meet led by Paige Squire who won the 100 hurdles with a meet record of 14.95. Monique Daffin was fifth in the 100 hurdles. The Blue Devils won the 1,600 relay and was second in the 400 relay. Nicki Barron finished fourth in the 100.Annie Jessop was fifth in the 1,600 with a time of 5:53.6. Aspen Evans completed the points for Corvallis with a second place finish in the pole vault at 7-6.

Stevensville has one first place finish. Molly Brewer claimed the top spot in the high jump with the bar at 5-2. Brittney Chilcott finished third in the 100 hurdles with a time of 17.2, sixth in the high jump, and fifth in the triple jump with a measurement of 31-11 ?. Jessi Brunett was fourth in the long jump with 15-8 and second in the triple jump at 33-7.

Darby won every race but the hurdles and the relays but it wasn’t enough to top the Charlo boys at the Seeley-Swan Invitational. Aaron Johnston won the 100, 200 and 400 with times of 1.51, 23.12 and 53.57 respectively. Doug Raymer took over on the 800 and won that with a time of 2:08.58. Seth Garbett won both the 1,600 and the 3,200. Garbett’s time in the 1,600 was 4:46.78. He was followed by teammate Sean Abrahamsen with a time of 4:55.32 and Raymer who had a time of 4:45.35. It was Garbett and Abrahamsen in first and second in the 3,200 as well. Garbett’s time was 10:13.82 and Abrahamsen finished in 10:42.14. Sean Hansen, another Tiger, finished in fifth place with a time of 11:32.03. Ben Robbins was fifth in the 300 hurdles.

Florence finished in third place behind Charlo and Darby with 62.5 points. Alex Mitchell led the way for the Falcons with a win in the high jump at 6 feet. Mitchell finished third in the long jump with a leap of 19-1 ?, third in the 110 hurdles at 16.13 and sixth in the 300 hurdles. Madison Bolton was fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:11.78. He finished sixth in the 1,600 with 4:57.80. Ross Mangun finished in fifth place in the long jump with 18-5. He was fourth in the triple jump with 39-5. Reed Jenkins, battling a sore heel, was second with 40-1 ? and Brandon Lorensen finished in third with 39-5.

Victor’s Kurt Manley won the javelin with a throw of 155-10. Tyler Coorough was sixth in the triple jump with an effort of 38- ?.

Darby finished in second place in the girls’ team scoring as well. Heather Demorest won the 1,600 and the 3,200-meter races. She had a time of 5:33.89 in the 1,600, 23 seconds faster than second place. Demorest had a time of 12:01.39 in the 3,200 which was 45 seconds faster than second place. Cheyenne Oliver finished in fourth place in the 3,200 with a time of 14:01.05 Rachel Wetzsteon won the 200 with a time of 27.71. She was third in the long jump and in the triple jump. Julie Abrahamsen finished second in the 400 with a time of 65.75. Sarah Jakober was fourth in the long jump with 14-6. The Darby 400 relay team finished second behind Superior and the 1,600 relay was third behind Charlo and Choteau.

Florence’s Odessa Conley won the 300 hurdles with a time of 49.90. Mariah Mitman jumped 5-10 to win the high jump. Rosie O’Brien finished fifth in the javelin with a throw of 96-8. Shari Leedom was fifth in the 800.

Shailyn Scheffer of Victor was second behind Conley in the 300 hurdles with a time of 450.89. Scheffer finished in third place in the 100 hurdles with a time of 17.37.

Florence rally falls short

The Florence Falcons almost made the comeback. After giving up four runs in the third inning to Loyola, Florence came back with three runs in the fifth inning and then two in the final inning but it wasn’t enough. Florence lost, 7-6. Florence had five errors in the game.

“We’ve been telling them all week in practice that an error will lose the game,” said Florence coach Ciara Hansen. “And it’s just true, a couple of errors lost the game.”

Florence tied the game up in the first inning when Brittany Heinz laid down a bunt and then scored on Haley Cole’s sacrifice out. But then, in the third inning, the wheels came off the Falcon wagon for a bit. Missed balls in the outfield, a hit batter and overthrows allowed the Breakers to score four times. Florence then went three-three down to end the inning with a four run deficit.

Heinz hit a triple to score a runner and give the Falcons some momentum. Courtney Byrne hit a triple to score Heinz and then Chelsea Ralls had a stand-up double and an RBI to pull the Falcons within one run of Loyola.

The Falcons tightened up their defense and only allowed one runner home in the sixth inning but couldn’t get a run home themselves. Loyola scored once more in the seventh inning but again, the Falcons didn’t give up. Another bunt by Heinz and then an RBI double by Chayla Pederson put one run on the board. Florence scored once more but it was not enough.

“We stuck in there pretty well,” said Hansen. “Our bats came around, it was a little late but they came around and we got a couple of good innings.”

Byrne pitched the entire game for Florence and Sarah Goodman was the pitcher for Loyola. Neither pitcher had a walk in the game.

Florence defeated Troy, 5-2, on Saturday. Byrne had four strikeouts and didn’t walk a batter. Byrne had the only RBI for Florence and was 2-for-3 at bat.

Florence will play Loyola again on Thursday in Missoula.

Loyola 104 001 1 – 7 10 1

Florence 100 030 2 – 6 10 5

Sarah Goodman and Alex Hughes. Courtney Byrne and Chayla Pederson. W-Goodman. L- Byrne.

Loyola – Goodman 1-4, Kahle 1-3, Hoffman 1-4, Hughes 3-4, Tirrell 2-4, Huguet 0-4, Snook 0-3, Miller 1-4, Manley 1-3.

Florence – Heinz 3-4, Ch. Pederson 1-4, Byrne 1-4, Chelsea Ralls 3-4, Hayley Cole 0-3, Paige Bodner 1-4, Kelsi Hoagland 1-3, Shanna Moore 0-3, Cassie Pedersen 0-3.

2B – Hughes 2, Bodner, Hoagland. 3B – Heinz, Byrne. RBIs – Huguet, Heinz, Byrne, Ralls 2, Cole 2.

Hamilton defeated Stevensville, 9-5, on Thursday. Jessica Bourne got the win although Rebecka Hood relieved her in the sixth inning. Maddie Jones pitched five innings for Stevensville before being relieved by Brooke Stordahl in the sixth inning.

Nicole Hood was 1-for-3 and had three RBIs for Hamilton. Candace Dunagan was 2-for-4 and had a double for the Broncs. Maddie Jones had a home run and an RBI for the ‘Jackets. Jade Stordahl and Makaela Hallenback each had and RBI for Stevensville.

Hamilton lost a close game to Frenchtown, 3-1. Melissa Hood was 1-for-4 for Hamilton and had the lone RBI.

Hamilton made the trip to Butte and Anaconda on Saturday. Butte Central defeated Hamilton 13-3. Melissa Hood had two RBIs for the Broncs. Anaconda topped Hamilton, 9-1. Rebecka Hood had the only RBI for Hamilton.

Corvallis topped Anaconda, 3-2, on Friday. The Blue Devils scored two runs in the final inning and then held off the Copperheads to claim the win. Alex Ewing pitched for Corvallis with Korie Conder catching. Megan Auch was 3-for-4 at bat and had two doubles and two RBIs.

The Blue Devils lost to Butte Central, 6-5, later in the day. Johnson took the loss for the Devils. Ewing and Conder each had a double. Conder had three RBIs.

Stevensville lost to Libby, 15-5. Stordahl had a double for the Jackets. Columbia Falls bested Stevensville in their second game of the day, 12-4. Jones had a double and an RBI.

Tennis results

Girls

Corvallis 6, Stevensville 1

Singles - Sydnee Madruga, C, def. Alanna Johnson, 6-4, 6-1; Tabitha Hooten, C, def. Courtney Schulz, 6-0, 6-4; Lexi Sangster, C, def. Mersadiez Leese, 6-2, 6-3; Dao Slagter, C, def. Melissa Diforti, 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles - Josie Clark/Rochelle Kutter, S, def. Lairen Phinney/Hannah Lockhart, 1-6, 7-6, 6-3; Tristana Syester/Loral Higuna, C, def. Breanna Junor/Mickayla Sorenson, 6-1, 6-4; Brooke Heckeroth/Megan Lengyal, C, def. Kilee Stepper/Jessica Vickery, 6-1, 6-4.

Hamilton 5, Corvallis 2

Singles - Mary Conwell, H, def, Sydnee Madruga, 6-3, 6-0; Tabitha Hooten, C, def. Kim Lamar, 6-1, 6-3; Nellie Moran, H, def. Sarah Harmsworth, 6-4, 6-3; Lairen Phinney, C, def. Jill Toews, 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles - Kelsey Della Silva/Stella Quinlan, H, def. Coral Higuera/Tristana Syester, 6-0, 6-3; Varsha Rao/Tara Stromberg, H, def. Lexi Sangster/Brooke Heckeroth, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-3; Erica Huppert/Meg Mclean, H, def. Dao Slagter/Hannah Lockhart, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

Boys

Corvallis 7, Stevensville 0

Singles - Levi Pauley, C, def. Ryan Dufresne, 6-0, 6-0; Spencer Fehr, C, def. James Enzler, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Mitchell Decker, C, def. Nathan Tavares, 6-1, 6-2; Tim Allsop, C, def. Jordan Owens, 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles - Dillon Murray/Luke Allsop, C, def. Travis Griffin/Josh Meier, 6-1, 6-0; Bridger Walcznski/Cody Lengyl, C, def. Kyle Constantino/Alex Elam, 6-0, 6-0; David Ilgenfritz/Luke Lagerquist, C, def. Garin McGrann/Shane Bartschi, 6-3, 6-2.

Corvallis 5, Hamilton 2

Singles - Levi Pauley, C, def. Bob Huppert, 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (7-2); Spencer Fehr, C, def. Ethan Selig, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1; Aaron Mead, H, def. Luke Lagerquist, 6-0, 6-2; Cody Tredik, H, def. David Ilgenfritz, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles - Dillon Murray/Luke Allsop, C, def. Jason Jessop/Parker Richards, 6-1, 6-1; Bridger Walczynski/Mitchell Decker, C, def. Cody Lewis/Graham Silcher, 6-1, 6-1; Cody Lengyl/Isaac Smith, C, def. Reese Isherwood/Craig Weese, 6-0, 6-1.

Legion baseball recap

The Bitterroot Red Sox swept the Salmon Savages on Sunday, with the 10-run rule in effect in both games. The Red Sox blasted Salmon, 15-1, in the first game. Jake Lindquist pitched the entire game and Austin Allen was the catcher. Rodee Anderson was 4-for-5, had three triples and three stolen bases. Allen was 3-for-4 also.

After a tenuous beginning, Austin Allen took over as pitcher with Drew Zeiler catching. Logan Connors was perfect at bat, going 4-for-4. The Red Sox had 15 stolen bases in the 14-4 win.

The Bitterroot Bucs won both games in Dillon against the Cubs. The Bucs won the first game, 11-1 with Austin Erler pitching. Zach Blackstun was 3-for-4 and had four RBIs and a double. The 10-run rule was also in effect in the second game as the Bucs won, 14-3. Billy Hanna had a double and a single for the Bucs.

The Bucs took on the Butte AA Miners on Sunday. Butte won the first game, 12-6. Erler was 2-for-4 as was Tyler Lind. Lind had a triple. The Miners won the second game in a close contest, 15-14. Erler was 3-for-5 with a double. Lind went 3-for-4 with a double.

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