Bulldogs roll with Idol's 26
The Daily Inter Lake
CORVALLIS °(TM) Colt Idol scored 26 points for the second straight day as Whitefish cruised past Dillon 68-47 on Saturday in the Tip-Off Tournament.
Whitefish, 2-0, took charge in the second half by outscoring Dillon, 1-1, 39-18.
Whitefish°Os Aaron Tkachyk finished with 11 points and Josh Bacher added 10.
The two-day tournament had teams from Northwestern A playing against teams from Southwestern A. Northwestern A won six of the 10 games.
Two games on Saturday were canceled because of the weather °(TM) Frenchtown vs. Ronan and Hamilton vs. Polson.
Whitefish was the only Northwestern A squad to win both days.
The Bulldogs crushed Corvallis on Friday, 71-52.
Whitefish 12 17 23 16 (R)C 68
Dillon 14 15 6 12 (R)C 47
Whitefish (R)C Matt Whitehead 5, Aaron Tkachyk 11, Josh Bacher 10, Colt Idol 26, David FauntLeRoy 4, Willie Roche 5, Marc Hotzfield 5, Connor Sillikar 2.
Dillon (R)C Bryce Carver 15, Dakota Norris 14, Brandon Boka 9, Trevor Rehm 7, Toby Shepherd 2.
Columbia Falls 87, A6P5Anaconda 65
Columbia Falls more than doubled its offensive effort from Friday in blasting Anaconda by 22 points.
The Wildcats, 1-1, blew the game open in the final half, scoring 42 points to Anaconda°Os 25.
Austin Barth, 14 points, was one of four Wildcats to finish in double figures. The others: Tanner Barth 12, Mackey Nolan 11, and Michael Williams, 11.
Columbia Falls scored just 35 points in a 15-point loss to Dillon on Friday.
Columbia Falls 21 24 22 20 °(TM) 87
Anaconda 17 23 11 14 °(TM) 65
COLUMBIA FALLS (R)C Kyle Howell 8, Mackey Nolan 11, Mitchell Wassam 8, Grant Getts 9, Michael Williams 11, Tanner Barth 12, Matt Triplett 6, Josiah Begay 5, Austin Robbins 2, Austin Barth 14, Kalob Johnson 1.
ANACONDA (R)C Devon Major 3, Sam Ferguson 14, Stephen Masters 3, Brandon Nelson 10, Ray Laslovich 11, Brock Wigert 4, Marcus Fisher 8, Kyle Moore 4, Matt King 8.
Stevensville 50, Libby 48
Ethan Pateman tallied 14 points and Jeremy Rusnell 12 as Stevensville, 1-1, held on for a tight victory over Libby, 0-2.
Libby led 20-18 at the half.
Libby°Os Conner Benson led all scorers with 18 points. Joel Fuller tossed in 16 for the Loggers.
Libby 7 13 12 16 °(TM) 48
Stevensville 10 8 17 15 °(TM) 50
LIBBY (R)C Connor Benson 18, TJ Benson 4, Kelly May 1, Joel Fuller 16, Colton Cannon 7, Alex Cislo 2.
STEVENSVILLE (R)C Boone Chambers 3, Jeremy Rusnell 12, Josh Schultz 6, Ethan Pateman 14, Caleb Vance 6, Tyler Gavlak 7, Mike Thorstad 2.
Corvallis 75, Bigfork 52
Corvallis, 1-1, benefitted from a fast start in tripping Bigfork, 0-2.
Brock Boll paced Bigfork in scoring with 12 points.
Corvallis 17 21 21 16 °(TM) 75
Bigfork 9 13 14 16 °(TM) 52
CORVALLIS (R)C Drew Zeiler 10, Matt Smith 15, Rodee Anderson 11, Riley Bradshaw 23, Dal;ton Sybrant 12.
BIGFORK (R)C Garrett Pewe 1, Zac Hensen 5, Brock Boll 12, Jake Milner 9, Scott Taylor 4, Richmond 8, Kerr 4, Keenan Evans 2, Donny Tudahl 7.