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    Bigfork Grinds Out Tough Win Against Whitefish Baseball

    Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM

    By Cole Havens X @C_Havens22

    The Whitefish Bulldog Baseball team was back home, Tuesday afternoon, as they played host to Bigfork out at Smith Fields.

    This was a battle between two of the North Conference's top teams as Whitefish entered the showdown just ahead of Bigfork in the standings.

    The Vikings would come away with a gritty 4-3. Bigfork not only snapped Whitefish’s 7-game win streak but also took over the No. 3 seed in the conference. 

    The Vikings would get on the board, first in the 2nd inning of action as a pair of Whitefish errors led to Grady Campbell coming into score.

    The Dawgs would rebound and plated 2, in the bottom of the 3rd thanks to a Christian Schwaderer RBI Triple, followed by a Carter Godsey Sacrifice Fly RBI.

    Whitefish tacked on one more in the 4th as Calvin Eisenbarth came into score following a Ryan Conklin single.

    Bigfork would take the lead in the 5th as Liam Benson and Sam Plummer delivered back-to-back RBI Singles.

    Mason Lewis took to the hill, for the Vikings, and gutted out a big win. He threw all 7 innings, gave up 3 runs (2 earned) on 9 hits and struck out 1.

    Whitefish's Logan Stewart was charged his first loss of the season. Stewart threw 5 innings pitched. He gave up 4 runs (3 earned) on 4 hits. He walked 4 and struck out 9.

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    Following all the action the Dawgs now sit at 7-2 on the season, 5-2 in league play.

    Bigfork improves to 6-3 overall, 6-2 in conference play.

    Halfway through the 2025 baseball season and it is a log jam at the top of the North Standings.

    Updated Conference Standings here, overall record followed by conference record:

    1. Columbia Falls 7-1, 6-0
    2. Eureka 8-2, 8-1
    3. Bigfork 6-3, 6-2
    4. Whitefish 7-2, 5-2
    5. Polson 5-2, 2-2

    All division champions will automatically qualify for the state tournament. The No. 2 and No. 3 seed in each conference will take part in play-in games at the home sites of the #2 teams. 

    Up Next: The Whitefish Baseball team is back in action, tonight, as they play host to Troy. First pitch at 4:30pm.

    On Saturday, the Dawgs travel down to Florence for an afternoon non-conference contest.

    Below, a look at the baseball games can be heard live on 102.7FM & 1240AM:

    5/1/2025 Thursday Ronan* Smith Fields JV-3:00/V-5:00 PM
    5/9/2025 Friday Columbia Falls* Smith Fields JV-3:00/V-5:00 PM
    5/10/2025 Saturday Bigfork* Bigfork 1:00 PM
    5/12/2025 Monday Lincoln County* Smith Fields JV-2:30/V-4:30 PM
    5/13/2025 Tuesday Missoula Hellgate Hellgate V-3:00/JV-5:00 PM
    5/16-17/2025 Friday-Saturday Sapa-Johnsrud Invite TBA TBA

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