Lady Loggers 4 in a row
Libby Sophomore Sheyla Gallagher just makes it to third ahead of the catch by Browning’s Aliyah Skunkcap during the first inning of the Lady Loggers’ 17-0 win Saturday. (Benjamin Kibbey photos/The Western News)
Freshman Bethany Thomas singles on a line drive to center field, batting in sophomore Keira Ward during Libby’s 23-0 win against Browning Saturday.
Libby junior Samantha Miller hit a triple that batted in two runners during the first inning of Libby’s 17-0 win against Browning Saturday.
Junior Sammee Bradeen watches an infield fly that ended the third inning when Bradeen was caught out. It was the final full inning of the Lady Loggers’ 17-0 win over Browning Saturday.
During Libby High School junior varsity’s 17-0 win against Browning, freshman Taylor Holm knocked out three home runs over the course of two innings.
The Libby High School softball team rounded out last week on a four-game shutout streak.
After their 14-0 win against Eureka Tuesday, the Lady Loggers went on to a 14-0 win against Whitefish on Friday, with senior pitcher Khalyn Hageness allowing no hits, no runs and only two walks, all while striking out 10 of the Lady Bulldogs.
As the second batter in the lineup during the first inning, Hageness also hit the double that brought in junior Linsey Walker for the first run scored of the game.
Libby gradually accumulated their lead over the first four innings. Senior Haylee Cannon hit the only triple of the game, a line drive to center field, making one of her two RBIs by bringing in sophomore Ashlyn Monigold.
Libby junior Jayden Winslow brought in the final run of the game, hitting a line drive to left field for a double, and sending sophomore Amaya Borden home.
In their games against Browning, Libby dominated early in both games, and the Browning bats were no match for Hageness’ arm as she once again threw a no-hit, no-run game and made no errors.
Yet, Libby Head Coach Dean Thompson said Browning was also missing around eight players, several from their starting lineup.
“When you miss four girls off your starting roster of nine, that’s a tough thing to do,” he said.
Still, both teams played with all they had, and kept the atmosphere light and friendly, with the coaches for each team taking time to chat and joke with the infielders between coaching their own runners.
“We just respect the girls and their team. You know, the coach is getting them playing better, and they’ll come,” Thompson said. “Give ‘em a couple of years and get their feeder program going.”
“We just hope — we like close games, and we hope that they get better and better,” he said.
Yet, the Lady Loggers kept competitive, and showed Browning the respect of taking them seriously as well.
“You’ve gotta play hard for every game, because you never know,” Thompson said. “Sometimes the ball just doesn’t bounce our way, so, we have to play every inning.”
Regardless how many games they have with multi-point leads, it’s important for the girls not to lose the mindset that any game is a game they could lose, Thompson said.
“Like I said, we have to come into every game like it’s a state championship,” he said.
Friday, May 4
Libby 14, Whitefish 0
L 354 20 - R:14 H:13 E:0
W 000 00 - R:0 H:0 E:5
AH-H, R
L:Linsey Walker 4-2, 3; Khalyn Hageness 4-3; Jayden Winslow 4-2, 2; Ashlyn Monigold 3 R (in for Bradeen); Sammee Bradeen 2-1; Haylee Cannon 3-2, 1; Sheyla Gallagher 1-1; Bethany Thomas 1-0, 3; Samantha Miller 2-1, 1; Kira Ward 1-1; Amaya Borden 1 R (in for Hageness)
Batting: 2B - Hageness, Winslow; 3B - Cannon; ROE - Winslow, Haskins; RBI - Bradeen, Cannon 2, Hageness, Winslow 3, Gallagher 2
Pitching: W - Khalyn Hageness 5, .553 S%, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 10 SO, 2 BB; L - Lauren MacDonald 5, .646 S%, 13 H, 14 R, 9 ER, 4 SO, 3 BB
Saturday, May 5
Game 1
Libby 23, Browning 0
B 000 00 - R:0 H:1 E:5
L (11)25 5X - R:23 H:13E:0
L: Linsey Walker 4-3, 4; Khalyn Hageness 4-2; Jayden Winslow 2-1, 2; Bethany Thomas 1-1, 2 (in for Hageness); Emily Carvey 3-1, 2; Sammee Bradeen 3-2, 2; Haylee Cannon 2-0, 1; Cerria Swagger 1-1, 1; Sheyla Gallagher 2-2, 2; Ashlyn Monigold 1-0, 2 (in for Bradeen); Makenzie Proffitt 2-0, 1; Bridgett Haskins 1-0, 1; Samantha Miller 1-0, 2; Kira Ward 1-0, 1
B: Aliyah Skunkcap 2-1
Batting: 2B - Hageness, Gallagher; HR - Carvey; ROE - Hageness, Borden, Monigold; RBI - Bradeen, Hageness 3, Ward, Carvey 5, Walker 3, Winslow 2, Gallagher 4, Thomas
Pitching: W - Hageness 5, .667 S%, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 10 SO, 1 BB; L - Montana Bremmer 4, .461 S%, 13 H, 23 R, 12 ER, 2 SO, 10 BB, 1 HR
Game 2
Libby 17, Browning 0
L (14)12 - R:17 H:9 E:0
B 000 - R:0 H:1 E:6
L: Linsey Walker 3-0, 1; Khalyn Hageness 3-1, 2; Jayden Winslow 4-2, 2; Emily Carvey 1-0, 2; Sammee Bradeen 3-1, 1; Haylee Cannon 1-1, 2; Sheyla Gallagher 1-0, 2; Makenzie Proffitt 3-2, 1; Samantha Miller 3-2, 1; Ashlyn Monigold 1 R (in for Bradeen); Bethany Thomas 2 (in for Hageness)
B: Montana Bremmer 2-1
Batting: 3B - Miller; ROE - Miller, Hageness, Carvey, Walker, Winslow 2; RBI - Miller 2, Bradeen, Cannon 4, Proffitt 3, Walker, Winslow
Pitching: W - Hageness 3, .630 S%, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 SO, 1 BB; L - Bremmer 3, .450 S%, 9 H, 17 R, 2 ER, 1 SO, 7 BB