Osteo1 Dominates at BSSG to take Softball Championship

Osteo1 won the Big Sky State Games softball tournament held July 20-22 in Billings. They finished undefeated, beating The Loft (Billings) 14-2, BSG (Billings) 22-13, Bad News Bears (who had locals Juice and John Fischer playing with them) 10-7, and HRC (Lewistown-Havre) 21-18 to move into the championship game. HRC made it back to the championship game through the losers bracket to set up a rematch. Unlike the previous game, this one was a low-scoring defensive gem with the score being 5-5 through six innings. Osteo1 broke through with 4 runs in the top of the final frame to take a 9-5 lead, and held on to win 9-6. Front row (l-r):Tyana Rasmusan, Shelby Fossum, Brittne Casterline, Alex Page, Autumn Gault, Kaitlin Hagfeldt and Jess Carson. Back row (l-r): Brian Burleson, Kyle Stein, Adam Johnson, Evan Guenther, TJ Synan, Jory Casterline, Nate Doornek and team manager Beckett Doornek.