Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Sports at a Glance

All stories by Jean Schurman

Tourney time for Bucs, Red Sox

Swim team wins own meet

The Bitterroot Bucs swept their rival, Bitterroot Red Sox, Sunday afternoon in Florence, earning the Bucs the second seed from the south position at this weekend’s Divisional Tournament. That tournament will be held in Polson from Saturday through Tuesday.

The Bucs came out strong and took an early lead but some mental mistakes and good hits by the Red Sox kept the game close. The Red Sox had seven runs on six hits in the fourth inning. Tied after six innings, a sac fly by the Bucs’ Shane Taylor allowed Jeremiah Hanna to score and take the one-run lead into the final inning.

But, once again, the Red Sox came to life. A single by Hamblin and a double by Brown had put the tying and winning runs on base. Paul Donaldson stepped up and knocked a long double to score Hamblin. Another sac fly by Brady Anderson scored Brown and the Red Sox took the lead heading into the bottom of the seventh inning.

Luke Topp, the first batter up for the Bucs, was walked and the tying run was on base. Dustin Lind was next. The veteran hitter had a home run in the second inning but only had a single. The wining run was on base. Up stepped Matthew Perez. He knocked a long ball to the fence to score the two runners for the 14-13 win.

Lind finished the game with two RBIs and a home run. Andrew Shook and Seaman each had two doubles for the Red Sox as well as two RBIs. Jeremy Stephens was credited with the win for the Bucs and Donaldson took the loss.

It was more of the same in the second game of the double header. The Bucs came out strong but the Red Sox came back strong. Lind again had a 2-run home run. Perez hit a long ball to tie the game in the seventh and Hanna hit a sac fly to score the winning run. Bucs 13, Red Sox 12.

“They battled back,” said Bucs manager Dustin Bahm. “We dug our own hole but we showed a lot in coming back.”

Bahm went on to say his team is focusing on team play and working together. “Dustin Lind had two home runs and Matthew Perez hit well. He had the winning hit in the first game. Max Burns laid down two squeeze bunts, that was big for us.”

Tournament play will begin Saturday in Polson. The Red Sox will play the Kalispell Lakers, the No. 1 seed from the north, at noon on Saturday. The Bucs as the No. 2 seed from the south, will play the Glacier Twins at 3 p.m. The Twins are the No. 3 seed from the north.

Flip flops and sunscreen were the order of the day and weekend at the 18th annual Bitterroot Swim Team Invitational Meet. The event, held at the Bitterroot Aquatic Center, featured teams from Chester, Columbia Falls, Conrad, Shelby, Choteau, plains, Sunburst, and Fort Benton.

The competition was tough but the Bitterroot Swim Team won the top honors powered by strong performances throughout their roster. The younger members really came through with three girls and two boys bringing home individual honors. Guy Schreckendgust was first in the Boys 8 and under division and Aidan Carmondy finished in second. Minica Casbara, Shania Stackhouse, Helen Madeen and Michelle Calderwood finished in the top ten for the girls.

Carlyjean Conley and Jaylee Albert took tied for first in the girls 9-10 division and Alan Schmitz was first in the boys division for that same age group.

Here are the placings for the Bitterroot Swim Team.

BOYS

8 and under

25 yd freestyle - 1. Brennan Williams, 19.14; 4. Corben Stoddard, 22.15; 8. Easton Powell, 26.28; 10. Philip Melnarik, 28.93

25 yd breaststroke - 1. Aidan Carmody, 25.26; 2. Guy Schreckendgust, 26.29; 5. Cameron Meikle, 31.06; 6. Brennan Williams, 33.60 ; 7. Charlie Melnarik, 31.90; 8. Matthew Wilson, 33.16

25 yd backstroke - 1. Carmody, 22.75; 4. Powell, 29.07; 5. Russell Matt, 30.34; 6. Stoddard, 30.83; 8. P. Melnarik, 32.72; 10. Tim Morin, 34.73

25 yd butterfly - 1. Schreckendgust, 24.42; 3. C. Melnarik, 35.54; 5. Matthew Wilson, 51.16

50 yd freestyle - 1. Carmody, 43.48; 2. Williams, 44.21; 6. Stoddard, 58.05

100 yard IM - 1. Schreckendgust, 1:52.82 (pool record); 3. Matt, 2:36.94

100 yd medley relay - 1. BST A, 1:45.05 - pool record (Carmody, Williams, Schreckendgust, Meikle); 2. BST C, 3:01.72 (Corben Stoddard, P. Melnarik, Matthew Wilson, Orion Bos)

100 yd freestyle relay - 1. BST A, 1:26.20 (Carmody, Meikle, Williams, Schreckendgust); 2. BST C, 1:42.93 ( Wilson, Powell, Matt, Bos); 5. BST D, 2:41.47 (Nicholas Bagrow, Tyler Evans, Michael Golden, Tim Morin)

9-10

50 yd freestyle - 1. David Addyman, 35.92; 3. Daniel Gabriel, 39.65; 5. Cullen Williams, 40.71; 6. Angelo Porcella, 42.71; 7. Shelby Gifford, 42.92; 9. Shane Ehlers, 43.66

50 yd breaststroke - 1. Alan Schmitz, 42.39; 3. Sam Couch, 47.34; 5. Porcella, 56.01; 6. Jaret Wilson, 59.78

50 yd backstroke - 1. Addyman, 43.21; 3. Gifford, 51.27; 4. Ehlers, 53.22; 6. Eric Matt, 57.17

50 yd butterfly - 1. Schmitz, 40.35; 3. Addyman, 46.82; 4. Gabriel, 52.79; 6. Karill Apedale, 59.08

100 yd freestyle - 1. Schmitz, 1:19.47; 2. Couch, 1:26.78; 3. Gabriel, 1:30.44; 4. Porcella, 1:40.03; 7. Wilson, 1:36.85; 8. Williams, 1:37.45

100 yard IM - 2. Couch, 1:37.30; 5. Apedale, 1:54.65; 6. Matt, 2:09.41;

100 yd freestyle relay - 1. BST A, 1:05.94 (Addyman, Couch, Gabriel, Schmitz); 2. BST B, 1:12.87 (Apedale, Ehlers, Matt, Porcella)

100 yd medley relay - 1. BST A, 1:18.06 pool record (Addyman, Couch, Porcella, Schmitz); 2. BST B, 1:37.40 (Ehlers, Williams, Eric Matt, Gabriel)

11-12

50 yd freestyle - 1. Alex Steward, 31.91; 3. Shane Doyle, 37.47; 5. Easton Albert, 38.59; 6. Adam Smith, 39.59; 7. Zachary Walters, 41.09; 9. Jacob Gabriel, 44.99

50 yd breaststroke - 1. Tyler Sellers, 45.14; 3. Shane Doyle, 48.89; 4. Cole Schreckendgust, 49.28

50 yd backstroke - 2. Stewart, 36.13; 3. Walters, 44.38; 5. Doyle, 46.44; 8. Gabriel, 50.50; 10. Sellers, 55.40

50 yd butterfly - 2. Albert, 44.44; 3. Walters, 47.04; 5. Smith, 53.29

100 yd freestyle - 1. Stewart, 1:11.65; 4. Albert, 1:27.22; 8. Gabriel, 1:34.91; 9. Calderwood, 1:35.02; 10. Cole Schreckendgust, 1:37.89

200 yard IM - 2. Adam Smith, 3:23.27

200 yd medley relay - 1. BST A, 2:44.90 (Stewart, Sellers, Albert, Doyle)

13-14

50 yd freestyle - 1. Mackenzie Walters, 26.54; 3. Coleman Horton, 28.67; 4. Aaron St. George, 32.13; 7. Jacob Wilson, 47.24

50 yd butterfly - 2. Horton, 32.38

100 yd breaststroke - 3. St. George, 1:31.07; 5. Wilson, 1:57.60

100 yd freestyle - 1. Walters, 59.68; 3. Horton, 1:06.98; 4. St. George, 1:09.66; 6. Zander Smith, 1:36.84; 7. Jake Wood, 1:22.48; 8. Jacob Wilson, 1:49.48

100 yd backstroke - 1. Walters, 1:14.73

200 yard IM - 1. Smith, 2:48.82

200 yd freestyle relay - 1. BST A, 1:53.50 (Smith, St. George, Horton, Walters)

200 yd medley relay - 1. BST A, 2:22.61 (Walters,St. George, Horton, Wood)

15-19

50 yd freestyle - 1. Ben Kirkendall, 24.49; 9. Andy Miller, 33.43

50 yd butterfly - 2. Kirkendall, 27.19

100 yd breaststroke - 1. Kirkendall, 1:10.68 (pool record)

100 yd freestyle - 10. Miller, 1:20.77

200 yd freestyle relay - 4. BST A, 2:03.74 (Kirkendall, Miller, Titeca, Wroble)

GIRLS

8 and under

25 yd freestyle - 3. Shania Stackhouse, 21.36; 4. Michelle Calderwood, 23.88; 7. Amy Lawry, 23.36; 8. Megan Stewart, 24.66; 9. Helen Madeen, 24.79

25 yd backstroke - 3. Stackhouse, 24.65; 5. Sophia Schmit, 26.86; 7. Michelle Calderwood, 26.76; 10. Allison Monahan, 27.95

25 yd butterfly - 1. Minica Casbara, 23.19

50 yd freestyle - 2. Stackhouse, 44.43; 4. Casbara, 53.26; 5. Calderwood, 53.75; 7. Amy Lawry, 57.15; 8. Brooke Lawry, 1:01.62; 9. Emma Horton, 1:12.36; 10. Breanna Nelson, 1:13.92

25 yd breaststroke - 2. Stewart, 35.09; 3. Madeen, 35.56; 5. Monahan, 44.63

100 yard IM - 2. Casbara, 2:00.77; 5. VanDenberg, 2:31.25

100 yd freestyle relay - 1. BST A, 1:32.31 (Casbara, Lawry, Madeen, Stackhouse); 3. BST B, 1:42.63 (Golden, Schmit, Stewart, VanDenburg); 4-BST C, 1:49.32 (Calderwood, Horton, Lawry, Monahan); 5. BST D, 2:14.46 (Conley, McGouldrick, Powell, Wilson)

100 yd medley relay - 1. BST A, 1:48.23 (pool record) (Lawry, Madeen, Casbara, Stackhouse)

9-10

50 yd freestyle - 2. Carlyjean Conley, 37.79; 6. Marie Morin, 47.29; 9. Taylor Johnson, 49.49

50 yd breaststroke - 2. Conley, 46.73; 3. Jaylee Albert, 48.47; 4. Brianna Huggans, 49.48; 5. Missy Titeca, 51.25; 9. McGouldrick, 58.73

50 yd backstroke - 4. McGouldrick, 50.27; 8. Payton Bagrow, 58.47; 10. Johnson, 1:05.70

50 yd butterfly - 1. Albert, 45.73; 2. Huggans, 50.66; 3. Zoey Martin, 51.51; 6. Titeca, 56.58; 7. Marie Morin, 1:10.5. Kyra Ervin, 1:12.766

100 yd freestyle - 1. Conley, 1:31.07; 4. McGouldrick, 1:43.85; 5. Bagrow, 1:58.67; 6. Brittany Nelson, 2:05.21; 7. Johnson, 2:00.66; 8. Emily Heitman, 2:09.97

100 yd IM - 1. Albert, 1:39.40; 3. Huggans, 1:43.77; 4. Titeca, 1:52.25; 7. Martin, 1:59.32

100 yd freestyle relay - 1. BST A 1:10.68 (Albert, Conley, Huggans, McGouldrick); 3. BST B, 1:26.46 (Bagrow, Johnson, Martin, Titeca); 4. BST C, 1:35.83 (Ervin; Heitman, Morin, Nelson)

11-12

50 yd freestyle - 3. Katie Calderwood, 31.28; 9. Sequoia Bagrow, 35.06

50 yd breaststroke - 3. Calderwood, 45.82; 8. Katie Wilson, 51.65; 10. Kelly Gifford, 58.15

50 yd backstroke - 4. Bagrow, 41.85; 7. Lauren Lawry, 43.96

50 yd butterfly - 3. Calderwood, 37.56; 4. Bagrow, 39.76

100 yd freestyle - 6. Maura Monohhan, 1:31.22; 8. Bradie Wroble, 1:33.77; 9. Gifford, 1:39.36; 11 - Rachel Ince, 1:45.35

200 yd IM - 4. Wroble, 3:53.42

200 yd freestyle relay - 3. BST A, 2:17.44 (Bagrow, Calderwood, Lawry, Monahan). 5. BST B, 2:50.35 (Ince, Amanda Luhman, Wilson, Wroble)

200 yd medley relay - 2. BST A, 2:44.74 (Lawry, Calderwood, Bagrow, Monahan); 4. BST B, 3:04.69 (Luhman, Wilson, Wroble, Gifford)

13-14

50 yd freestyle - 4. Kaurie Albert, 34.98; 9. Anna Schmitz, 32.32; 10. Kelsey Jura, 33.81

50 yd butterfly - 4. Albert, 34.98; 8. Lauren Addyman, 37.78; 9. Anna Scmitz, 38.08

100 yd butterfly - 6. Addyman, 1:38.43

100 yd breaststroke - 5. Jade Huggans, 1:49.86; 6. Jennalynn Apredaile, 1:59.86

100 yd freestyle - 4. Albert, 1:09.23; 6. Jura, 1:16.32; 7. Schmitz, 1:10.64; 9. Lydia Gabriel, 1:20.07; 10. Addyman, 1:22.91

100 yd backstroke - 7. Jura 1:37.61

200 yd IM - 4. Apedaile 3:20.64

200 yd freestyl relay - 2. BST A, 2:07.86 (Albert, Bagriel, Jura, Schmitz); 4. BST B, 2:29.43 (Apedaile, Driscoll, Huggans, Knudson)

15-19

50 yd freestyle - 2. Katie Cheetham, 27.95; 7. Ashley Bartels, 30.34; 8. Brittany Baldridge. 30.64; 9. Tori Porcella 31.50; 10. Jenni Schredkendgust 33.07;

50 yd butterfly - 7. Bartels, 36.96; 9. Kacy Towner 38.37

100 yd breaststroke - 2. Stephani Henson, 1:24.52; 3. Kaitlin Baldridge, 1:26.65; 4. Bridget Ervin, 1:27.35; 5. Schreckendgust, 1.2764; 6. Porcella, 1:30.71; 9. Huggans, 1:42.11; 10. Nicole Lawry, 1:48.97

100 yd backstroke - 3. Cheetham, 1:11.00; 7. Baldridge, 1:22.50; 9. Schreckendgust, 1:27.25

100 yd freestyle - 6. Porcella, 1:13.36; 7. Bartels, 1:14.23; 8. Lawry, 1:18.57; 9. Huggans, 1:21.58

100 yd butterfly - 1. Cheetham, 1:13.02 (pool record); 4. B. Baldridge, 1:20.77

200 yd IM - 2. Henson, 2:37.05; 3. K. Baldridge, 2:56.84; 5; Kacy Towner, 3:17.21; 6. Annie Smith, 3:37.08

200 yd freestyle relay - 1. BST A, 1:56.37 (Porcella, Cheetham, Baldridge, Henson); 4. BST B, 2:09.12 (Schreckendgust, Lawry, K. Baldridge, Bartels); 5. BST C, 2:15.52 (Huggans, Alyssa Smith, Bridget Ervin, Annie Smith)

200 yd medley relay - 1. BST A, 2:15.05 (Pool Record) (Cheetham, Baldridge, Henson, Porcella); 4. BST B, 2:28.71 (Bartels, Schreckendgust, B. Baldridge, Ervin).