Western A softball: Libby edges Ronan in 7th inning

by Daily Inter Lake
| April 12, 2022 9:50 PM

LIBBY — Sidney Rusdal doubled twice, drove in three runs and scored the winning tally in the seventh inning of Libby’s 12-11 softball win over Ronan Tuesday.

Taylor Munro threw five solid innings and had three hits, while Destinee Crawford scored three times as the Loggers improved to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in Northwest A games.

Ronan (1-4 and 0-1) trailed 4-1, 9-2 and 11-9, but kept coming back. The Maidens combined doubles by Kali Benson and Kaydance Santos with three singles and an error to score six times in the sixth, knotting the game at 9-all.

A 2-run homer from LouRasia Weatherwax tied the score 11-all in the top of the seventh.

Mackenzie Foss hit a two-run homer to put Libby up 7-3, but the Loggers had to keep working. Foss 2-run homer in fourth put Libby up 7-3,

Crawford’s second RBI double of the game and Rusdal’s run-scoring single put Libby back in front, 11-9, in the sixth.

After Weatherwax tied it, Rusdal reached on an error to lead off the Loggers’ half of the seventh. She stole second and came around on Courtney Benson’s single.

Kiara Sherman went the distance for Ronan; only four of her runs allowed were earned.

Weatherwax had three hits, drove in three and scored three times. Benson had three hits and scored twice; Ally Luedtke drove in three and scored twice.

Ronan 001 206 2 - 11 12 9

Libby 211 322 1 - 12 15 8

Kiara Sherman and Harlee Stokes, Tracee Burland (6). Taylor Munro, Paislee MacDonald (6) and Kinzee Boehmier.

RONAN — LouRasia Weatherwax 3-5, Stokes 0-4, Burland 0-1, Ashlie Welker 1-4, Sherman 2-4, Haylie Webster 0-4, Mira Corum 1-4, Kali Benson 3-4, Kaydance Santos 2-4, Ally Luedtke 0-3, Brogan Youngren 0-0.

LIBBY — Courtney Benson 2-5, MacDonald 2-4, Mackenzie Foss 2-4, Munro 3-4, Myliee Rayome 0-4, Boehmier 0-4, Lyndee McElmurry 0-3, Aleesha Bradeen 1-1, Destinee Crawford 2-4, Sidney Rusdal 3-4, Madison Vincent 0-0.

2B — K. Benson 2, Santos 2, Sherman, Rusdal 2, C. Benson, Crawford, Munro. HR—Weatherwax, Foss. RBIs—Weatherwax 3, Luedtke 3, Cornam 2, Burland, Welker, Rusdal 3, Foss 2, MacDonald, Munro, Bradeen, Crawford.