Bigfork,

C-Falls lose state openers

The Daily Inter LakeAnd The Associated Press

BELGRADE - Hannah McPherson scored 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds Thursday to lead Glendive to a 58-48 victory over Bigfork in the first round of the state Class A girls' basketball tournament.

Kalli Stanhope added 13 points and five assists for Glendive (15-9) which outscored Bigfork 20-15 in the final quarter to pull away.

Alyssa Fierro scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Bigfork (18-3).

Glendive outscored Bigfork in three of the four quarters. Both teams scored 11 points in the third.

Glendive led 38-33 heading into the final eight minutes of play.

The Valkyries came into the tournament the top seed from Northwestern A.

Bigfork will play a loser-out game today at 2:30 p.m. versus Dillon.

Glendive moves on to face Livingston tonight at 8:30 in a semifinal contest.

Bigfork 14 8 11 15 - 48

Glendive 17 10 11 20 - 58

BIGFORK (18-3)

Hattie Bowen 1-7 0-0 2, Charlene Miller 1-5 0-0 2, Avery Vogel 2-4 2-2 7, Alyssa Fiero 7-13 4-5 18, Quindee Averill 0-0 0-0 0, S. McLeod 0-0 0-0 0, Roxy Thurman 2-4 0-0 5, Emily Hardman 0-1 0-0 0, Jaylee Haveman 3-6 0-0 6, Kaemyn Meagher 0-0 0-0 0, N. Peterson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-47 8-9 48.

GLENDIVE (15-9)

Lexi Dufner 3-3 2-2 8, Carly Selvig 3-7 1-4 7, Kalli Stanhope 4-13 4-4 13, Kyla Johnson 2-6 0-2 4, Hannah McPherson 8-13 4-4 25, Nikki McClellan 0-1 1-2 1, Blair Milne 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-43 12-18 58.

3-point goals-Bigfork 2-6 (Vogel 1-1, Thurman 1-2, Bowen 0-1, Miller 0-1), Glendive 6-16 (McPherson 5-8, Stanhope 1-8). Total fouls-Bigfork 13, Glendive 15. Rebounds-Bigfork 27 (Fierro 12), Glendive 26 (McPherson 7).

Miles City 69,

Columbia Falls 42

BELGRADE - Miles City never trailed in rolling over Columbia Falls in the first round.

Miles City (19-2) jumped in front 5-0, led by eight at the half, 34-26, and then blew the game wide open by outscoring the Wildkats 21-3 in the third period.

Miles City had three players in double figure scoring - Charli Mader, 15, Dianna Stanley, 11, and Torrie Cahill, 11.

Alyssa Ladenburg came off the bench and had a monster game for the Wildkats (15-8), scoring 20 points and sharing the team lead in rebounding with five.

Callie Spencer and Amber Lampman also had five rebounds each.

Miles City advances to face Havre in semifinal play tonight at 7. Columbia Falls drops into a loser-out contest this afternoon at 1 versus Anaconda.

Miles City 16 18 21 14 - 69

Columbia Falls 11 15 3 13 - 42

MILES CITY (19-2)

Dianna Stanley 5-7 0-2 11, Torrie Cahill 3-6 5-11 11, Kacee Cooley 2-5 4-5 8, Charli Mader 4-6 4-4 15, Marni Magnuson 4-5 1-1 9, Alex Mader 0-4 1-2 1, Heather Certain 3-6 0-0 9, Mary Gillette 0-2 3-4 3, Danielle Cremer 1-3 0-0 2, Anna Magnuson 0-0 0-0 0, Brilyn Steadman 0-0 0-0 0, Lara Gillette 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 22-46 18-29 69.

COLUMBIA FALLS (15-8)

Callie Spencer 1-4 5-5 7, Amber Lampman 0-5 0-2 0, Jessica Boyer 0-5 0-0 0, Mary Nolan 1-3 4-4 6, Sam Landburg 3-5 0-0 6, Jylisa Fields 0-2 1-2 1, Alyssa Landburg 8-10 4-8 20, Amanda Milliard 0-0 0-0 0, Sarah Mareille 0-0 0-0 0, Colyne Hislop 0-0 0-0 0, Shay Grilley 0-1 0-0 0, Kelsey DeWitt 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 14-37 14-23 42.

3-point goals-Miles City 7-15 (C. Mader 3-4, Certain 3-5, Stanley 1-2, A. Mader 0-1, Cremer 0-1), CFalls 0-5 (Lampman 0-2, Boyer 0-3). Fouled out-Nolan, S. Landburg. Total fouls-Miles City 18, CFalls 21. Rebounds-Miles City 26 (M. Magnuson 6), CFalls 27 (Spencer, Lampman, A. Landburg 5).

Havre 65, Anaconda 60

BELGRADE - Katie Mariani scored 27 points to lead Havre to an upset victory over Anaconda in the first round.

Tricia Samson added 20 points for the Blue Ponies (17-5), who outscored Anaconda 22-14 in the second quarter.

Sammy Barkell led Anaconda (19-2) with 18 points and seven rebounds. Ali Hurley had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Copperheads, who had been expected to contend for the state title.

Havre 8 22 22 13 - 65

Anaconda 12 14 21 13 - 60

HAVRE (17-5)

Tricia Samson 4-5 11-16 20, Hope Hedges 1-3 3-5 6, Katie Mariani 8-14 7-10 27, Stephanie Stremcha 1-2 2-4 4, Lena Suek 0-2 0-0 0, Sarah Blessum 3-5 0-0 8, Stacey Sheppard 0-1 0-0 0, Christina Armstrong 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-32 23-35 65.

ANACONDA (19-2)

Kirstin King 1-2 1-2 4, Cara Laslovich 4-12 0-0 8, Ali Hurley 3-12 5-9 11, Maddy Walker 2-2 0-2 4, Sammy Barkell 6-13 6-12 18, Tori Hill 4-7 0-2 11, Lisa Laslovich 1-5 0-0 2, Korey Krumm 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 22-54 12-27 60.

3-point goals-Havre 8-13 (Mariani 4-7, Blessum 2-3, Samson 1-1, Hedges 1-1, Suek 0-1), Anaconda 4-14 (Hill 3-4, King 1-1, C. Laslovich 0-2, L. Laslovich 0-2, Hurlye 0-4). Fouled out-Suek, C. Laslovich. Total fouls-Havre 20, Anaconda 25. Rebounds-Havre 25 (Stremcha 8), Anaconda 32 (Hurley 12).

Livingston 37,

Dillon 29

BELGRADE - Brianna Ackerman scored 13 points Thursday to lead Livingston to a victory over Dillon in the first round.

Livingston (17-5) led 25-23 going into the final quarter, but outscored Dillon 12-6 to pull away.

Sage Indendi added 10 points and five rebounds for Livingston.

Emily Hager led Dillon (15-7) with seven points and six rebounds.

Dillon 5 10 8 6 - 29

Livingston 7 12 6 12 - 37

DILLON (15-7)

Emily Hager 3-9 0-2 7, Shannon Judge 1-4 1-3 3, Bonnie Gardner 2-10 2-3 6, Anna Brammer 2-6 0-0 4, Hayley Pettit 3-8 0-0 6, Whitney Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Cassie Mury 1-3 0-0 2, Kelsi Nordahl 0-0 0-0 0, Sheena Dietrich 0-1 1-2 1, Alyse Baker 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 12-42 4-10 29.

LIVINGSTON (16-5)

Sara Meyer 1-4 3-4 5, Sage Indendi 3-10 4-4 10, Lydia Thiry 0-2 0-0 0, Brianna Ackerman 5-9 2-3 13, Brittany Carlson 1-2 0-0 2, Daedra Ackerman 0-1 0-0 0, Lilly Davaz 0-2 0-0 0, Kelsey Joronen 1-4 0-2 2, Lauren Stanley 0-0 0-0 0, McKenzie Scofield 1-5 2-3 5. Totals 12-39 11-16 37.

3-point goals-Dillon 1-6 (Hager 1-2, Mury 0-1, Brammer 0-1, Gardner 0-2), Livingston 2-12 (B. Ackerman 1-2, Scofield 1-4, D. Ackerman 0-1, Thiry 0-1, Davaz 0-1, Indendi 0-3). Fouled out-Brammer. Total fouls-Dillon 16, Livingston 13. Rebounds-Dillon 32 (Pettit 9), Livingston 24 (Meyer, Indendi 5).