Columbia Falls boys end league play on high note

| February 20, 2005 1:00 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

RONAN - Columbia Falls completed regular-season action Saturday by defeating Ronan 75-60 in Northwestern A boys basketball play.

Columbia Falls now heads to the divisional tournament as the top seed and with a first- round bye.

The tournament gets under way Wednesday in Ronan.

Kevin Boyer tossed in 23 points to lead Columbia Falls (8-2 in league and 15-3 overall).

WILDCATS 75, CHIEFS 60

Columbia Falls 13 23 14 25 - 75

Ronan 16 8 15 21 - 60

Columbia Falls - Justin Heinrichs 6, J.D. Fields 10, Drew Perry 14, Kevin Boyer 23, Guy Smith 2, Jace Ladenburg 1, Anthony

Minson 19.

Ronan - Aaron Skogen 21, Daniel Stuber 1, Jimmy Michel 21, Chance Remin 2, Sam Herried 2, Zanen Pitts 2, Cameron Barber 3, Nick

Harris 8.

Libby 66, Polson 42

LIBBY - A balanced offensive display, led by Blaine Baker's 16 points, carried Libby to a Northwestern A boys basketball victory Saturday afternoon over Polson.

Baker tallied 14 points in the final half as Libby outscored Polson 41-22.

The Loggers (7-3 in league and 12-6 overall) had five players in double figures scoring. George Mercer and Ken Orr both finished with 13, Jim Mee followed with 12 and Aaron Sutton added 10.

Libby connected on eight treys in the contest with three by Orr.

Mercer also had 12 rebounds as Libby controlled the boards, 32-16.

Brandon Couture led Polson with 17 points, 11 coming in the final half.

LOGGERS 66, PIRATES 42

Polson 7 11 12 12 - 42

Libby 17 8 19 22 - 66

Polson - Joe Locke 1 0-0 2, Chris Ogle 1 0-0 3, Colton Woods 3 0-0 8, Gabe Caye 3 0-0 6, Bubba Michel 2 0-0 5, James Langston 0 1-2 1, Brandon Couture 8 1-2 17. Totals: 18 2-4 42.

Libby - Aaron Sutton 4 0-0 10, C. Swartzendruber 0 2-2 2, Ken Orr 4 2-4 13, George Mercer 5 3-4 13, Blaine Baker 5 5-5 16, Jim Mee 4 2-2 12. Totals: 22 14-17 66.

3-point goals: Ogle, Woods (2), Michel; Sutton (2), Orr (3), Baker, Mee (2). Team fouls: Polson 14, Libby 11. Fouled out: None.