MAC softball finishes third at state
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MAC’s Kalista Clark swings away.
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MAC’s Ran’Dee Charlo winds up to pitch. She has struck out more than 200 batters for the season.
Rob Zolman
MAC’s Ran’Dee Charlo winds up to pitch. She has struck out more than 200 batters for the season.
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MAC’s Summer DarcAngelo connects with the ball.
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FRENCHTOWN – If you lose a game at the Class B/C softball state tournament, the road back to championship contention is a hard one.
Mission-Arlee-Charlo (MAC) took the hard road.
MAC started the tournament Thursday afternoon with a 7-6 victory over Glasgow, the number one seeded team out of the east. In that game, both Kenzie Couture and Frankie Smith had a home run and three RBIs.
MAC stumbled in the second round Friday morning, when they lost to eventual state champion Florence, 4-2.
The team rebounded Friday afternoon to beat Loyola, 10-1 to get back on the winning track. In the contest, Pitcher Ran’Dee Charlo went 2-for-5 at the plate and Azia Rain Umphrey went 2-for-4. Both girls hit a home run and batted in two RBIs.
In the late game Friday, MAC knocked off Glasgow 7-6 in an epic 11 inning battle, to reach the semifinal in the double-elimination tournament.
After winning two elimination games on Friday, MAC faced the Libby Loggers Saturday morning to decide which of the two teams would advance to the State Class B/C championship game against Florence.
MAC opened the game up with an early 2-0 lead over Libby. Starting pitcher Charlo had shut out the Loggers for four innings before Libby rallied to take a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth. Libby drove in two more runs in the sixth to make the final score 5-2.
“We did awesome,” MAC head coach Susan Weaselhead said. “We lost six seniors from last year. People didn’t even expect us to have a winning season and here we are third in the state.”
MAC’s senior starting pitcher Ran’Dee Charlo had a stellar tournament. From the pitcher’s circle, Charlo went 3-2 and eclipsed the 200 strike out mark for the season. At the plate, Charlo was 6-for-13 with a home run, a double and five RBIs.
Also for the MAC during the tournament, Azia Rain Umphrey had six hits, a home run, two doubles and four RBIs. Catcher Kenzie Couture had seven hits, a home run, a triple and four RBIs. Summer DarcAngelo had six hits, two doubles and two RBIs. Frankie Smith had six hits, a home run, a double and three RBIs.
MAC 7, Glasgow 6
MAC 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 – 7 12 2
Glasgow 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 – 6 6 0
Ran’Dee Charlo and Kenzie Couture. Jonson and Chamberlain. W – Charlo. L – Ty. Johnson.
Tomi Brazill 0-2, Azia Rain Umphrey 1-4, Kenzie Couture 4-4, Charlo 1-1, Summer DarcAngelo 3-4, Frankie Smith 2-4, Haley Crawford 0-4, Vanessa Kent 1-2, Sierra Hutchins 0-1.
HR – Smith, Couture. RBIs – Smith 3, Couture 3.
Florence 4, MAC 2
Florence 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 – 4 6 1
MAC 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 – 2 4 1
Hoffman and Dulac. Ran’Dee Charlo and Kenzie Couture. W – Hoffman. L – Charlo.
Brazill 0-4, Crawford 0-3, ShyAnne Reum 0-1, Couture 1-2, Charlo 1-3, Umphrey 0-3, Summer DarcAngelo 0-3, Smith 1-3, Kent 1-3, Sorrell 0-1, Kalista Clark 0-1.
RBIs – Kent 2.
MAC 10, Loyola 1
MAC 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 – 10 11 0
Loyola 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 – 1 2 7
Charlo, Brazill and Couture. Hickethier, Miltko and Tipp. W – Charlo. L – Hickethier.
Brazill 1-5, Umphrey 2-4, Couture 1-5, Charlo 2-5, DarcAngelo 2-5, Smith 1-4, Tori Olson 0-3, Kent 1-3, Hutchins 1-3, Reum 0-1.
2B – DarcAngelo. 3B – Couture. HR – Charlo, Umphrey. RBIs – Charlo 2, Umphrey 2, Couture, Kent, Hutchins.
MAC 7, Glasgow 6
Glasgow 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 – 6 11 1
MAC 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 – 7 9 3
Charlo, Brazill (6), Charlo (7) and Couture. Johnson and Chamberlain. W – Charlo. L – Johnson.
Brazill 1-6, Umphrey 2-5, Couture 0-4, Charlo 2-4, DarcAngelo 1-5, Tori Olson 1-1-3, Kent 0-4, Sorrell 0-1, Smith 2-5, Hutchins 0-3, Taylor Olsen 1-2.
2B – Charlo, DarcAngelo, Smith. RBIs – Charlo 3 Olson, DarcAngelo 2, Umphrey.
Libby 5, MAC 2
Libby 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 – 5 11 0
MAC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 5 2
Hageness and Brandeen. Charlo, Clark (7) and Couture, Clark (4). W — Hageness. L — Charlo.
Brazill 1-3, Umphrey 1-3, Couture 1-1, Sorrell 0-0, Clark 0-1, Charlo 0-2, DarcAngelo 0-3, Tori Olsen 0-2, Smith 1-3, Kent 0-3, Taylor Olsen 1-3.
2B — Umphrey. RBIs — Umphrey, Tori Olsen.
