Eureka girls coast into 8-B tournament final

The Daily Inter Lake

EUREKA - Regular-season champion Eureka made it look easy, coasting to a 50-25 semifinal victory Thursday over Troy at the District 8-B girls basketball tournament.

The Lions (13-6 overall) jumped out to an 11-4 first-quarter lead and never looked back. Eureka led 21-9 at the half.

Amber Stacy, 12 points, was the lone player in double figures scoring for Eureka. Ten of those points came in the final half.

Amy Roberts pulled down seven of Eureka's 26 rebounds in the contest.

Two players accounted for all of Troy's offense. Elisha Kampfe led all scorers with 14 and Lucy Davis tallied 11.

Troy had 14 rebounds in the game and Christa Cargill led with six.

Eureka advances to Saturday's title game, 6 p.m. versus Thompson Falls (11-8).

Troy (6-14) faces Plains (1-18) tonight at 7:30 in loser-out play while Arlee (10-10) faces St. Ignatius (5-15) today at 1 p.m.

The top four teams advance to the Western B divisional.

LIONS 50, TROJANS 25

Troy 4 5 8 8 - 25

Eureka 11 10 13 16 - 50

Troy - Lucy Davis 3 4-9 11, Elisha Kampfe 6 2-6 14, Jordan Lien 0 0-1 0. Totals: 9 6-16 25.

Eureka - Jessica Marek 3 2-6 8, Amy Roberts 2 0-0 4, Tish Hall 2 1-2 5, Steph Sanders 2 1-2 6, Krista Kukuk 2 0-0 4, Sarah Flanary 3 1-2 7, Chelsea Workman 2 0-0 4, Amber Stacy 4 4-6 12. Totals: 20 9-18 50.

3-point goals: Davis; Sanders. Team fouls: Troy 14, Eureka 18. Fouled out: None. Turnovers: Troy 22, Eureka 14.

Thompson Falls 58, Arlee 44

Amber Grazier scored 13 of her 17 points in the opening half as Thompson Falls downed Arlee.

She also pulled down 12 rebounds.

Alyssa O'Neill of Arlee led all scorers with 23 points.

BLUEHAWKS 58, SCARLETS 44

Arlee 6 11 9 18 - 44

Thompson Falls 10 14 17 17 - 58

Arlee - Sam Tameler 0 0-1 0, Jonnell Wieder 2 2-2 6, Amanda Hendron 1 2-2 5, Gwen Big Sam 3 4-8 10, Alyssa O'Neill 7 9-12 23. Totals: 13 15-25 44.

Thompson Falls - Rebecca Kovarik 5 5-7 15, Lisa Bache 0 1-2 1, Paige Taylor 1 4-4 7, Leah Schuster 4 3-4 11, Amber Grazier 8 1-1 17, Hiddi Wood 1 0-0 2, Casey Zander 1 3-3 5. Totals: 20 17-21 58.

3-point goals: Hendron; Taylor; Team fouls: Arlee 20, Thompson Falls 23. Fouled out: Hendron, Big Sam.

Boys

Plains nips Arlee, 68-65

LIBBY - Bob Neiman scored 20 points and Brandon Thompson 19 as Plains (17-2) slipped past Arlee 68-65 Thursday to advance to the boys District 8-B championship game on Saturday, 8 p.m., versus Thompson Falls.

Neiman had a big fourth quarter, scoring 12 of Plains' 18 points in the period.

Thompson, on the other hand, started strong with nine points in the opening quarter.

Plains led 23-14 after eight minutes of play, but trailed 36-35 at the half.

Arlee (8-12) was led by Danny Miles' 30 points. He had six treys in the game, three in the second period when he tallied 15 points.

Levi Hendrickson added 11 for Arlee.

Plains had 41 rebounds in the contest. Neiman led with 11.

Arlee faces Troy (1-18) tonight at 6 in loser-out action while Eureka (7-12) meets St. Ignatius in afternoon play at 2:30.

HORSEMEN 68, WARRIORS 65

Plains 23 12 15 18 - 68

Arlee 14 19 10 19 - 65

Plains - Andy Waldoch 0 1-2 1, Kenny Carpenter 1 0-0 3, Patrick Roy 2 0-0 5, Ryan Dawson 5 0-0 11, Bob Neiman 9 2-2 20, Ty Colombo 4 0-0 9, Brandon Thompson 9 1-2 19. Totals: 30 4-6 68.

Arlee - Bryant Santos 1 0-0 2, Matt Baker 2 0-0 5, Sean Mesteth 2 3-4 9, Danny Miles 12 0-0 30, Kyle O'Reilly 1 0-0 2, Billy Hitchcock 2 2-4 6, Levin Hendrickson 8 3-4 11. Totals: 28 8-12 65.

3-point goals: Carpenter, Roy, Dawson, Colombo; Baker, Mesteth (2), Miles (6). Team fouls: Plains 14, Arlee 11. Fouled out: Carpenter.

Thompson Falls 75,

St. Ignatius 68

Rob Jedlicka led a balanced offensive attack for Thompson Falls (12-7) with 22 points as the Bluehawks defeated St. Ignatius 75-68 in semifinal play.

Evan Hopkins followed with 17 points, Nathan Bache tallied 14 and Nate Pavlik added 10.

Gus McDonald of St. Ignatius (10-10) led all scorers with 30 points. He also had nine rebounds along with Rocky Schock.

BLUEHAWKS 75, BULLDOGS 68

St. Ignatius 11 19 12 26 - 68

Thompson Falls 19 20 18 18 - 75

St. Ignatius - Gus Mcdonald 10 7-10 30, Tyler Trudeau 8 0-1 16, R. Trahan 1 0-0 2, Rocky Schock 2 4-6 9, A. Old Coyote 2 0-1 4, Z. Allen 3 0-1 7. Totals: 26 11-19 68.

Thompson Falls - Evan Hopkins 7 2-2 17, Nate Pavlik 3 1-2 10, Nathan Bache 5 2-3 14, Andrew Clark 1 2-2 4, Rob Jedlicka 10 0-1 22, John Helvey 4 0-5 8. Totals: 30 7-15 75.

3-point goals: McDonald (3), Schock, Allen; Hopkins, Pavlik (3), Bache (2), Jedlicka (2). Team fouls: St. Ignatius 14, Thompson Falls 15. Fouled out: Schock.