Warriner, Holt homer in Pack's 12-9 win
MISSOULA — Olivia Warriner had a double, a homer and three runs batted in and Glacier won a 12-9 Western AA softball slugfest with Missoula Big Sky Friday. Warriner had four of the Wolfpack’s 18 hits and scored twice; she staked her team to a 1-0 lead with a solo homer to lead off the game. Big Sky (1-2) scored twice in the bottom of the first, only to see Glacier (2-0) get six runs in the second: Karley Allen put the Pack up 4-2 with a two-run double and Taelor Holt followed with a 2-run home run.
Sophia Frederick capped the uprising with an RBI double, making it 7-2. The Pack pushed their lead to 9-5 in the third on Ava Grady’s two-run single, then padded a 9-7 lead out to 12-7 with Warriner hitting an RBI single in the sixth and Chloe Farrell singling in a run in the seventh. Grady, who came on to pitch in the third, threw five innings for the win.
She allowed nine hits, a walk and four runs — Big Sky had RBI doubles from Madison Norcorss and Hayden Weaver in the seventh — and struck out eight. Glacier 162 002 1 - 12 18 4 Big Sky 230 020 2 - 9 12 0 Olivia Warriner, Ava Grady (3) and Emma Smith. Sara Bjornson, Briella Wilson (6) and Hailey Nicoson.
GLACIER — Warriner 4-5, Karley Allen 3-5, Taelor Holt 1-4, Grady 2-5, Smith 0-2, Sophia Frederick 2-4, Addy Cunningham 1-3, Chloe Farrell 1-3, Tensley Conner 1-1, Lanee Anderson 2-3, Joslyn Crofts 0-0, Avery Bailey 0-0. MISSOULA BIG SKY — Hayden Weaver 1-4, Bjornson 3-4, Madison Norcorss 2-4, Kaya Lopez 0-4, Emery Maxwell 0-0, Kennidie Allen 0-1, Logan Latrielle 1-4, Peyton Walters 1–4, Nicoson2 –4, E Regan 0-3, Wilson 2-4. 2B — Frederick, Warriner, Ka.
Allen, Latrelle, Norcorss, Nicoson, Weaver. HR — Holt, Warriner, Bjornson. RBIs — Warriner 3, Ka.