Valkyries bottle up St. Ignatius

The Daily Inter Lake

BIGFORK - Alyssa Fierro and Kailey Fierro scored in double figures Saturday night as the Bigfork High School girls' basketball team overcame a shaky first quarter to pull away from St. Ignatius for a 53-29 victory in nonconference action.

Alyssa Fierro led the Valkyries with 12 points, followed by Kailey Fierro with 10, Avery Vogel with nine, Hattie Bowen with eight and Jaylee Haveman with seven.

The Valkyries (15-1) led 8-6 after the first quarter before scoring 17 points in the second frame to mount a 25-14 halftime advantage.

"We got a lot of good looks in the first quarter, we just started shooting better in the second quarter," Bigfork coach Nate Hammond said. "We didn't really change much."

Mattea Grant led Class B St. Ignatius with 15 points.

Bigfork (8-0 Northwestern A) resumes conference play on Thursday with a critical home contest against Whitefish (6-1 Northwestern A).

"I think it will be a hard-fought game," Hammond said. "(The Lady Bulldogs) definitely will be ready to go. They can still win the league and get the No. 1 seed (for the divisional tournament), so we know they'll be ready."

St. Ignatius 6 8 7 8 - 29

Bigfork 8 17 12 16 - 53

ST. IGNATIUS - Kim Christiansen 1 0-0 2, Kelsey Cable 1 2-2 4, Kyla Mitchell 2 2-2 6, Rachel Jensen 1 0-2 2, Mattea Grant 6 2-6 15, Jordan Adams 0 0-2 0. Totals 11 6-14 29.

BIGFORK (15-1) - Emily Hardman 1 3-4 5, Hattie Bowen 3 0-0 8, Avery Vogel 4 0-1 9, Sigma McLeod 1 0-0 2, Alyssa Fierro 5 2-3 12, Kailey Fierro 4 2-3 10, Jaylee Haveman 3 1-2 7.

3-point goals - S.I. 1 (Grant), BF 3 (Bowen 2, Vogel). Team fouls - S.I. 16, BF 13. Fouled out - none.

FV Home School 65,

Bitterroot Home 49

STEVENSVILLE - Flathead Valley Home School pushed its season record to 19-2 with a 16-point victory over Bitterroot Home School.

Charity Zemke led the FVHS scoring parade with a game-high 30 points. Shelby Sladek followed with 13 while Danae Sheeran and Jenna Sladek both added eight.

The Lady Crusaders outscored BHS 21-10 in the fourth quarter.

FV Home School 15 18 11 21 - 65

Bitterroot 11 14 14 10 - 49

FLATHEAD VALLEY HOME SCHOOL (19-2) - Charity Zemke 12 6-10 30, Shelby Sladek 5 3-5 13, Danae Sheeran 4 0-4 8, Jenna Sladek 4 0-1 8, Hannah Rajkowski 1 0-1 2, Jordanna Weimer 1 0-0 2, Kendra Chupp 0 1-2 1, Saretta Eash 0 1-3 1. Team totals: 27 11-26 65.

Bitterroot Home School - Erin Kubiak 11 4-5 26, Lauren Morey 3 4-8 10, Lisa Centifento 1 4-6 6, Amanda Elmore 2 1-2 5, Jo-zee Hofman 1 0-0 2. Totals: 18 13-23 49.

3-point goals: None; Team fouls: BHS 24, FVHS 21; Fouled out: Elmore, Centifento.

Friday

Libby 64,

Columbia Falls 39

COLUMBIA FALLS - Jackie Mee and Brittany Martin combined for 48 points as Libby rolled to an easy Northwestern A victory.

Mee hit four treys in the contest and led all scorers with 28 points.

Martin was close behind with 20. She nailed five 3-point goals.

Laice Dedrick added 12 points for the Loggers (9-5 and 4-3).

Libby point guard Brooke Hageness led in assists, nine, and steals, five.

"I was just very happy with the way we ran our offensive sets," Libby coach Jim May said. "We got good shots and made them."

Libby 21 12 12 16 - 64

Columbia Falls 9 12 9 9 - 39

LIBBY (9-5, 4-3) - Brooke Hageness 0 1-2 1, Sperry Robinson 0 1-3 1, Korey Kulbeck 1 0-0 2, Brittany Martin 7 1-4 20, Laice Dedrick 6 0-0 12, Jackie Mee 11 2-2 28. Totals: 25 5-11 64.

Columbia Falls - Jylisa Fields 1 0-0 2, Alyssa Ladenburg 6 2-4 15, Cedar Smith 1 0-0 2, Shay Grilley 1 0-0 2, Sam Ladenburg 2 0-4 4, Colyne Hislop 0 2-2 2, Kelsey DeWitt 2 0-2 4, Kayla DeWitt 4 0-0 8. Totals: 17 4-12 39.

3-point goals: Martin (5), Mee (4); Ladenburg; Team fouls: Libby 12, Columbia Falls 13; Fouled out: Fields.

Boys

Missoula Hellgate 56

Flathead 53

MISSOULA - Two free throws by Justin Reynolds with 12 seconds remaining broke a 53-all tie as Missoula Hellgate dropped Flathead in Western AA play.

Michael Gallagher's last-second shot fell short for fifth-ranked Flathead (10-4, 2-4).

Gallagher hit a 3-point field goal to give the Braves their largest lead at 43-39 with 7:45 left in play.

Gallagher finished with a team-high 16 points.

Brock Osweiler fouled out with 1:21 left. He had 13 points for the Braves.

Clayton Juneau scored 18 points for Hellgate (6-8, 2-6).

Flathead 7 15 18 13 - 53

Hellgate 9 16 14 17 - 56

FLATHEAD (10-4, 2-4) - Connor Cavigli 0-2 0-0 0, Josh Harris 3-3 1-2 7, Brock Osweiler 3-8 7-10 13, Jake Thiesen 1-5 4-5 7, Danny Salois 0-3 0-0 0, Charlie Dotson 1-1 0-0 0, Austin Roehl 0-1 0-0 0, Michael Gallagher 6-17 0-0 16, Colton Hoffenbacker 3-6 0-1 8. Totals 17-46 12-18 53.

MISSOULA HELLGATE (6-8, 2-6) - R.J. Wells 4-7 1-3 11, Taylor Nordby 0-3 1-2 1, Justin Reynolds 3-6 4-6 10, Travis Peevey 0-3 1-2 1, Brendan Brown 5-9 0-0 13, Jake Nordhus 1-2 0-0 2, Mitch Collie 0-3 0-0 0, Clayton Juneau 6-9 2-3 18. Totals 19-42 9-16 56.

3-point goals - Flathead 7-28 (Gallagher 4-13, Hoffenbacker 2-5, Thiesen 1-5, Roehl 0-1, Salois 0-2, Cavigli 0-1, Osweiler 0-1), Hellgate 9-21 (Juneau 4-5, Brown 3-6, Wells 2-3, Collie 0-2, Nordby 0-2, Peevey 0-3). Rebounds - Flathead 31 (Osweiler 9), Hellgate 28 (Reynolds 11). Fouls - Flathead 15, Hellgate 19. Fouled out - Osweiler, Brown. Steals - Flathead 12 (Gallagher 5), Hellgate 4 (Wells 2). Blocks - Flathead 3 (Osweiler 2, Harris). Turnovers - Flathead 16, Hellgate 19.

Libby 55,

Columbia Falls 48

LIBBY - The scoring trio of Bryan Cooper, Joel Fuller and Jim Mee carried Libby to a Northwestern A victory over Columbia Falls.

Cooper finished with 16 points, Fuller was next with 15 and Mee added 12.

The Loggers hit 11-for-13 from the free-throw line, going 8-for-9 in the final quarter.

Chase Grilley had 20 points for Columbia Falls.

Libby led 20-16 at the half.

Columbia Falls 9 7 16 16 - 48

Libby 12 8 20 15 - 55

Columbia Falls - Chase Fairbank 1 0-0 2, Cody Bowman 2 0-1 5, Zane Ridings 2 0-0 4, Mackey Nolan 1 0-0 3, Chase Grilley 7 3-4 20, Mitchell Wassam 4 1-1 9, Grant Getts 1 3-3 5. Totals: 18 7-9 48.

Libby - Zach Rowan 4 0-0 8, Jim Mee 3 6-6 12, Joel Fuller 5 3-5 15, Bryan Cooper 7 2-2 16, Jordan Gragert 2 0-0 4. Totals: 21 11-13 55.

3-point goals: Bowman, Nolan, Grilley (3); Fuller (2); Team fouls: Columbia Falls 15, Libby 12; Fouled out: Bowman.

Bigfork 54,

St. Ignatius 42

ST. IGNATIUS - Bigfork picked up back-to-back nonconference victories with the triumph over St. Ignatius.

Roland Benedict led the way for Bigfork (5-11) with 23 points. Garrett Pewe finished with 12.

On Thursday, Bigfork dropped Plains 52-33.

Bigfork 12 5 17 20 - 54

St. Ignatius 8 19 6 9 - 42

BIGFORK (5-11) - Roland Benedict 23, Levi Dockstader 7, Brock Boll 5, Garrett Pewe 12, Scott Taylor 5, Laell Richmond 2.

ST. IGNATIUS - Dallas Cordier 14, Jorren Geis 6, Lucas McDonald 4, Edward Gunawan 2, Rafael Okuhara 4, Alex Morigeau 11, Spencer Ahlborn 1.