Whitefish downs Ronan

| February 18, 2006 1:00 AM

WHITEFISH - The Whitefish Lady Bulldogs have now rung up six opponents in row, including Friday night's 58-48 win over Ronan in the Northwestern A matchup.

The win solidifies Whitefish's No. 2 slot and gives them a first-round bye for the upcoming divisional tournament.

Ronan was down by just two points heading into halftime, but Whitefish went off in the third, outscoring the Maidens 19-7.

"We got off to a slow start," Whitefish assistant coach Jeremy Anderson said. "Their press hurt us early, but we regrouped at half and came out strong."

The Bulldogs also ran numerous defensive schemes that kept Ronan guessing. The tactic worked and led to easy buckets off the press.

Ashley Ferda led Whitefish with a game-high 19 points, followed by Ronan's Shayla Coture's 17.

Tracy Schwada also pulled down 13 rebounds for WHS.

Bulldogs 58, Maidens 48

Ronan 13 9 7 19 - 48

Whitefish 14 10 19 15 - 58

Ronan - Holli Oakland 2 3-3 8, Lauren Lynch 2 4-6 8, Shayla Coture 4 5-7 17, Kelly McMillan 5 0-0 10, Bethany Costa 1 0-0 2, Carly Starkel 1 0-0 3. 15 12-16 48.

Whitefish - Kirsten NallyMadigan 1 0-0 3, Kirstin Blackburn 2 2-2 6, Ashley Ferda 8 1-2 19, Kaylee Schmidt 1 0-0 2, Des Clark 3 0-0 6, Dana Labuda 1 0-0 3, Tracy Schwada 4 1-1 9, Erin Greiner 5 0-3 10. 23 4-11 58.

3-point totals R 6, W 4. Total fouls: 11, W 15. Fouled out: none.