Baseball: Bigfork bests Whitefish; C-Falls wins big
BIGFORK — Bigfork took advantage of five walks, two singles and an error to score six runs in the first inning and take a 9-3 baseball victory over Whitefish Friday. Mason Lewis hit a two-RBI single to give the Vikings the lead for good, 3-1. Whitefish got one back in the second thanks to an error that sent Luke Dalen home.
But Hayden Mayer singled home another runner in the fourth to put Bigfork ahead 7-2. Lewis threw 4 2-3 innings on the bump for Bigfork, allowing three runs on four hits and striking out four. Max Schara added 2 1-3 innings of one-hit relief, fanning three.
Tait Orme threw four innings on the bump for Whitefish, allowing three runs on five hits. He struck out nine batters. Columbia Falls 12, Noxon 2 COLUMBIA FALLS — Jett Pitts hit two triples and a double while driving in three runs for the Wildcats as they rolled past Noxon in five innings.
Pitts first three-bagger opened the scoring, sending Nico Young home. Pitts scored on an error in the next at bat to make it 2-0. Jaxson Cadwell hit an RBI single and Zeke Dunn an RBI double later in the inning to cap off a four-run outburst.
In the second Columbia Falls (2-1) added two more runs as Caden Fisher came home on a dropped strike three and Pitts doubled to right scoring Jory Hill. Pitts second triple came to cap off a five-run third inning that put the Wildcats ahead 11-0. Noxon (0-1) loaded the bases in the fifth and Zach Sears doubled to left, scoring the lone Red Devils runs of the game.