The North 14U achieves first program win
Ryelle Short gets ready to make a throw to first base after fielding a ground ball at third in a game earlier this season for The North 16U. Short plays for both The North's 16U and 14U teams.
Photo by MAX OSWALD
The North 14U travel softball team split a doubleheader against Krushers 14U, a Mont.-based travel team, on Saturday in Libby, Mont.
In the first game, The North clinched its first ever program win 16-7. The team lost a close second game, 15-11.
Following in the The North 16U’s footsteps, the 14U squad won its first game of the summer season in a convincing fashion. Jennifer Petersen and Hannah Frago, both from Bonners Ferry, led the team in Game 1’s nine-run victory. Petersen went two-for-three with three runs scored and two RBIs while Frago went two-for-three with two singles and an RBI. Bailey Wilson received the win on the mound; she pitched three innings giving up four hits, four earned runs, six walks and struck out four batters.
In Game 2, The North fell just short after squandering a two-run lead in the final inning of play. The entire game was a back-and-forth affair with the lead changing almost every inning. Wilson and Taylor Bannick both led The North at the plate with two hits each. Bannick and Petersen both recorded doubles and accounted for four out the team’s seven RBIs.
The North 14U will be back in action July 14-16 for a tournament in Coeur d’Alene.
GAME ONE
THE NORTH 16, KRUSHERS 7
The North 457 – 16 9 3
Kurshers 043 – 7 4 7
(Game called after three innings)
W – Wilson. L – M. Willis.
HITS: NOR – Wilson 2, Frago 2, Petersen 2, Short, Newsom, Bannock. KRU – L. Willis 2, Parker, Haugan.
2B – Haugan.
GAME TWO
KRUSHERS 15, THE NORTH 11
Krushers 024 36 – 15 9 6
The North 234 20 – 11 6 7
W – Kim. L – Petersen.
HITS: NOR – Bannock 2, Wilson 2, Petersen, Olsen. KRU – T. Parker 2, Allen 2, Gassett, C. Parker, L. Willis, M. Willis, Kim.
2B – Bannock, Petersen.