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Glacier ace Ali Williams pitches during the Class AA state softball tournament.COURTESY KURT WILSON | MISSOULIAN
GLACIER WINS SOFTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Clutch hitting. Strong defense. An ace pitcher.
The Glacier Wolfpack softball team had the recipe for championship glory.
The Wolfpack defeated Missoula Big Sky 6-3 on Saturday to win the Class AA state softball tournament in Missoula.
Kayleena Ikeda hit a solo shot and Christine Connolly knocked a two-run homerun in the bottom of the sixth and Glacier broke a 3-all tie to win its first championship. Ali Williams pitched the complete game and finished with seven strikeouts.
Mackenzie Brester-Knight had a pair of hits, including a triple, and two RBI, Alivia Atlee added an RBI and Kayla Russell added a hit for Glacier (20-3). Right fielder Christina DuFour had a re- markable catch in the top of the seventh inning, robbing a homerun.
FRENCHTOWN WINS THIRD STRAIGHT SOFTBALL TITLE
Morgan Ray and the Frenchtown Lady Broncs were unstoppable.
Ray, an Ohio State recruit, led Frenchtown to a 11-1 victory over Bel- grade in the Class A softball state cham- pionship game on Saturday in Anaconda.
Ray also knocked in two runs and at one point struck out six consecutive bat- ters. She allowed only three hits and no earned runs.
Belgrade defeated Polson in the third-place game 13-7 to advance to the championship.
WHITEFISH BOYS SECOND, CO- LUMBIA FALLS GIRLS THIRD AT CLASS A STATE TRACK
The Whitefish boys track team had
three individual state champions and earned a second-place team trophy at the Class A championship track meet in Laurel last weekend.
The Columbia Falls girls earned third.
Jed Nagler claimed gold in the high jump (6-5) and the 100 (11.15). He also placed third in the 200.
Luke May won the javelin (194- 9). Keaton Grove won the 110 hurdles (14.99) and placed sixth in the 300 hur- dles.
Whitefish swept the relay races. Luke Cardon placed fifth in the 800 and Brian FauntLeroy placed sixth in 51.56.
Corvallis edged the Bulldogs for the team championship with 74 points. Whitefish had 70. Belgrade 51.
On the girls side, Samanthan Mun- del won both the 1,600 (5:06.27) and the 3,200 (11:11.68). She also placed second in the 800. Carla Nicosia won the triple jump, earned third in the high jump and placed fourth in the 100 hurdles. Kiara Burlage placed sixth in the long jump.
Corvallis won the girls champion- ship with 102 points. Columbia Falls tal- lied68.
Whitefish’s Grace Kurtz placed third in both the 100 and 200 and fifth in the 400. Kate Doorn earned second in the high jump. Allie Schulz earned third in the 100 hurdles and fourth in the 300 hurdles. Sarah Latchum placed fifth in both the 800 and 1,600. The Lady Bull- dogslongrelayteamplacedsecond.Ellie DeWan placed fifth in the 300 hurdles.
For boys, Columbia Falls Ty Morgan placed third in the javelin. Stephen Lind- sey earned fourth in the long jump. Kyler Burns was sixth in the high jump and Lo- gan Kolodejchuk was sixth in the triple jump. Tanner Dana was sixth in the 200.
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