Lady Hawks to enjoy softball getaway

Call it weekend softball getaway.

The Thompson Falls Lady Hawk softball team will be on tour this weekend, heading to Anaconda for a game Friday afternoon and then staying the night before heading to Deer Lodge for a doubleheader Saturday.

"It should be a good team-bonding trip," coach Jared Koskela said. "We will play the game in Anaconda, maybe take in a movie together that night, stay in the wrestling room at the high school and then head to Deer Lodge for our games there the next day. It should be a fun trip."

The Lady Hawks played only once last week, hosting Plains-Hot Springs last Tuesday (March 27) and came out on the short end of an 11-1 score versus the visiting Trotters.

All was not lost however, as the Hawks scored their first run of the season and managed to knock out four base hits. Haley Morgan rapped out two of those hits and Belle Cooper and Kelsey Frank one each. Frank's hit was a double and she had the run batted in on Thompson Falls' run.

Frank, Maya Stiles and Jody Detalaff shared the pitching duties for Thompson Falls against Plains-Hot Springs.

Koskela says some other getaways by individual players have also affected the Hawks recently. Faith Frields was in Mexico vacationing with her parents last week and Sarah Detlaff is gone on a school trip to Germany this week.

In the meantime, Koskela can't get away from the fact that his girls are liking it and loving it when it comes to softball so far.

"We are still excited to be playing," he said. "The girls are showing up every day and enjoying it. We'll keep working at it and taking things one game at a time."