Kats sweep Broncs tourney

The Columbia Falls softball team had a good weekend at the Frenchtown tournament April 28, downing Corvallis 4-1 and Hamilton 12-5.

Niki Birky hit two home runs on the day, and Shaun Rowe had one. Rowe batted .600 over the two games with two walks.

Freshman pitcher Ashley Trueblood gave up seven hits against the Blue Devils and scattered 10 hits against the Lady Broncs. Catie King pitched in relief.

“Ashley pitched well,” coach Dave Kehr said. “She went a lot of innings and did a nice job.”

Ciarra Holm also had a great weekend, with four hits over two games and a triple against Corvallis. The Wildkats also played well defensively, with just one error in each game.

“They played solid defense,” Kehr said.

The Kats have their hands full this week. They face Whitefish at home Friday — a game they should win — but they travel to Frenchtown on Saturday to face the undefeated Broncs.

“We just need to put the ball in play and make them play some defense,” Kehr said. “See if we can run a little.”

The Whitefish game starts at 5:30 p.m.

C-Falls, 8, Corvallis 3

C. Falls 003 113 0 - 8 7 1

Corvallis 001 020 0 - 3 7 4

Ashley Trueblood, Catie King and Kathrin Jetty, Erika Nelson. Alex Ewing and Gianna Schrock. W - Trueblood. L - Ewing.

COLUMBIA FALLS - Tori Price 0-4, Jaylynn Canta 0-3, Shaun Rowe 2-2, Niki Birky 0-0, Madison Sandefer 0-3, Jetty 1-3, Nelson 1-1, Jordan LeFebvre 0-4, Ciarra Holm 3-4, Trueblood 0-3.

CORVALLIS - Tegan Elliot 2-4, Schrock 1-3, Miquela Kriskovich 1-3, Alex Ewing 1-3, Alex Price 0-2, Ashley Johnson 0-2, Erika Allen 2-4, Kaitlin Wohltman 0-2, Markie Montgomery 0-3.

2B - Nelson, Kriskovich. 3B - Holm. RBIs - Nelson 2, LeFebvre, Trueblood, Schrock, Kriskovich, Ewing.

C-Falls, 12, Hamilton 5

C. Falls 308 001 0 - 12 12 1

Hamilton 002 201 0 - 5 10 2

Ashley Trueblood, C. King (7) and unknown. Rebecka Hood, Kaytlyn Menk(4) and Candice Dunnagan. W - Trueblood. L - Hood.

COLUMBIA FALLS - T. Price 1-4, JayLynn Cantu 1-3, Shaun Rowe 1-3, Niki Birky 3-4, Erika Nelson 1-4, Kathrin Jetty 1-2, Jordan LeFebvre 1-2, Ciarra Holm 1-2, Madison Sandefer 1-2, C. Brown 0-1, Winter Kemppainen 1-2, King 0-2.

HAMILTON - Hood 2-3, Kiley Newton 1-4, Nichole Hood 2-4, Dunagan 1-3, Taylor Goligoski 2-3, Shaylan Mohn 0-2, Tayler Reynolds 1-4, Rebecca Lyons 1-4, Linda Parks 0-4.

2B - Cantu, Sandefer, R. Hood, Newton, Goligoski, Lyons. HR - Rowe, Birky. RBIs - Cantu 2, Rowe 3, Birky 2, Jetty, LeFebvre, R. Hood 2, Newton, Goligoski 2.