LITTLE LEAGUE: Peach Bowl two wins from World Series

The Peach Bowl Little League senior softball All-Star team is two wins away from a berth in the Senior League Softball World Series.

After going 2-1 this weekend in Missoula, Mont., Peach Bowl ended pool play with a 5-1 record.

Peach Bowl is off today, but will compete in a semifinal game on Tuesday against Arizona. If the team wins, they will play in the championship game, scheduled for 6 p.m. (mountain time) that same day.

The champion earns a bid to the Senior League World Series in Lower Sussex, Del.

Peach Bowl split its doubleheader on Sunday.

In game one, Peach Bowl defeated the host team (Missoula, Mont.) 3-1.

Peach Bowl scored all three of its runs in the first inning. Hannah Heitman drove in Sara Wirrig with a base hit and Jostyn Bebout blasted a two-run home run.

Bebout pitched all seven innings, allowing just one hit with four strikeouts.

In a battle of the undefeated teams, Butte, Mont. defeated Peach Bowl 9-5.

Peach Bowl fell into a 5-0 hole in the first inning and couldn't recover.

Brittney Pope finished 3 for 4 with a run and an RBI, while Chelsea Braun picked up two RBIs.

Ally Reece also knocked in a run, doubled and scored.

PB routed Washington on Saturday 14-3.

Heitman went 4 for 4 in that victory with a triple, three RBIs and two runs scored. Wirrig and Bebout each went 3 for 4 with a run and an RBI, while Bebout added a double.

Braun was a perfect 3 for 3 with a double, triple and three RBIs. Kelsey Smith was 2 for 4 with a triple and two RBIs.

Dana Piper and Savannah Besso added RBIs.