Jacket Softball Headed to Frenchtown Tournament (9/27/06) 

BILLINGS, MT – The Yellowjacket softball team will continue their non-championship fall season this weekend as they travel to Frenchtown, Montana for tournament play. The team, fresh off last weekend’s action in Colorado, is scheduled to play five games beginning Saturday at the Frenchtown Fall Classic.

The Jackets, who went 1-4 during their recent road swing, edged Western Nebraska Community College 7-6 for their single victory.  The team fell to Fort Lewis twice, and dropped single games to Northern Colorado and Colorado State-Pueblo. 

“Considering the few practices we’ve had so far, we’re starting to see a few players who could become starters,” said first year head coach Kim Lemmens of the squad’s development. “There are still a lot of them battling for those starting positions. Our goal is to continue on the positives that we saw in Colorado by improving on our communication, making better choices on defense, and better choices at bat.”

 The Yellowjackets start the tournament on September 30 at Frenchtown High School with a 2:00 p.m. game against Idaho State’s newly formed Division I program, followed by a 4:00 p.m. meeting against North Idaho College.  Three more games are slated for the following day, which start with a10:00 a.m. match against the University of Great Falls.  The Jackets again take on Idaho State at 12:00 and then North Idaho College at 2:00.