GIRLS ROUNDUP: Sentinel downs Wolfpack girls
The Daily Inter Lake
MISSOULA - After a very slow start, it was all Missoula Sentinel.
Glacier led 8-2 after eight minutes of play, but Sentinel stormed back with 23- and 24-point quarters for a 59-31 Western AA girls' basketball victory Saturday afternoon.
Sentinel led 25-12 at the half and 49-20 heading into the fourth period.
Cassie Kavran had 14 points to pace Sentinel.
Emilee Hashley had eight points to lead Glacier.
Glacier 8 4 8 11 - 31
Sentinel 2 23 24 10 - 59
GLACIER (1-15, 0-8) - Kayla Smart 2 0-0 4, Lindsea Vaudt 2 2-2 6, Emilee Hashley 0 8-10 8, Sydney Sharaf 1 0-1 2, Ashlee Waggener 0 2-2 2, Kadie Latimer 2 0-0 6, Paige Latimer 0 3-5 3. Totals 7 15-20 31.
SENTINEL - Reagan Cole 1 2-3 4, Meghan Eisenmann 1 1-4 3, Bryn Hasquet 4 2-2 13, Michele Powers 1 2-4 4, Emily Garland 1 0-0 2, Cassie Kavran 5 0-0 14, Lauren Costa 1 0-0 2, Tiffany Seeberger 3 3-5 9, Caitlin Gaul 1 0-0 3, Brette Rubie 2 1-2 5. Totals 20 11-20 59.
3-point goals - Glacier 2 (K. Latimer 2), Sentinel 8 (Kavran 4, Hasquet 3, Gaul). Total fouls - Glacier 14, Sentinel 13. Fouled out - Garland. Rebounding - Glacier 16 (Smart 5), Sentinel 20 (Eisenmann 4, Powers 4). Turnovers - Glacier 25, Sentinel 16.
Big Sky 69
Flathead 48
MISSOULA - Flathead trailed by 12 at the half and fell out of contention by scoring just three points in the third period in losing by 12 points to Missoula Big Sky.
Big Sky led 36-24 at the half.
Joslyn Tinkle poured in 30 points for Big Sky.
Kendalyn Habel led Flathead with 22 points.
Flathead 13 11 3 21 - 48
Big Sky 19 17 12 21 - 69
FLATHEAD (10-6, 5-3) - Ashley Younkin 0-0 1-4 1, Ashley Brown 1-2 1-1 3, Kaylyn Heaton 1-6 3-4 5, Meghan O'Connell 2-11 5-7 10, Kendalyn Habel 5-21 10-12 22, Shaina Evans 0-5 2-2 2, Kali Radel 0-5 0-0 0, Ally Krautbauer 2-4 0-0 5, Shelby Heaton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 11-54 22-30 48.
MISSOULA BIG SKY - Brittney Leibenguth 3-9 0-2 7, Sarah Lustgraaf 3-5 0-1 6, Jolsyn Tinkle 11-15 8-10 30, Kelsey Schwenk 1-3 5-6 8, Melissa Jenkins 0-3 2-2 2, Brittany Sept 0-0 2-2 2, Lacey Pehlan 1-3 2-3 4, Katie Showers 1-1 0-0 2, Alex Lee 1-1 0-0 2, Schelby Bordner 1-1 4-6 6. Totals 22-41 23-30 69.
3-point goals - Flathead 4-18 (Habel 2-8, Krautbauer 1-1, O'Connell 1-5, Radel 0-4), Big sky 2-6 (Leibenguth 1-2, Schwenk 1-2, Tinkle 1-2). Rebounds - Flathead 21 (Hebel 7), Big Sky 40 (Tinkle 15). Fouls - Flathead 28, Big Sky 24. Fouled out - K.Heaton, Lustgraaf, Jenkins, Leibenguth. Steals - Flathead 10 (Habel 3), Big Sky 5 (Tinkle 2). Blocks - Flathead 3 (Brown 2, Krautbauer), Big Sky 8 (Tinkle 7, Leibenguth). Turnovers - Flathead 16, Big Sky 22.
Bigfork JV 41,
Stillwater 32
BIGFORK - Kailey Fierro had 18 points, eight rebounds and four steals, and Emily Hardman had seven points and four assists as the Bigfork JV girls sunk Stillwater Christian School.
Bigfork led 26-9 at halftime while improving to 14-3. The Valkyries enjoyed a full roster because they didn't have to save their athletes for varsity action.
"It was fun," Bigfork coach Bill Epperly said, "I didn't have to worry about saving quarters. We were able to play a normal ball game and rotate as I saw fit."
Abby Smith scored 13 points for Stillwater, which begins Montana Christian Athletic Association tournament play in Helena on Thursday.
Stillwater 5 4 7 16 - 32
Bigfork 15 11 7 8 - 41
STILLWATER - Charlie Wells 2 0-2 6, Nichole Danz 0 1-2 1, Abby Smith 5 3-5 13, Sarah Cloyed 1 0-0 2, Lindsey Vander Ark 3 0-2 6, Linnea Hashley 0 1-2 1, Amanda Nichols 1 0-0 3. Totals 12 5-13 32.
BIGFORK (14-3) - Mallery Knoll 2 0-0 4, Emily Hardman 3 1-2 7, Ariana Shults 2 0-0 5, Kailey Fierro 7 4-7 18, Lila Cenis 0 1-2 1, Nicolette Peterson 1 0-0 2, Quinci Paine 2 0-0 4. Totals 17 6-11 41.
3-point goals - SCS 3 (Wells 2, Nichols), BF 1 (Shults). Team fouls - SCS 14, BF 14. Fouled out - none.
Polson 58, Eureka 46
POLSON - Eureka outscored Polson 18-7 in the third quarter to trail 43-37, but Polson responded with a 15-point final quarter to put the game away.
Jessica Buckless led the victors with 13 points.
Eureka's Mariah Newell topped all scorers with 17 points.
Eureka 10 9 18 9 - 46
Polson 19 17 7 15 - 58
Eureka (7-9) - Tayler Holder 1 0-0 2, Carly Hammond 0 2-5 2, Marni Zauner 2 3-4 5, Melanie Finch 3 3-5 9, Auna Lawler 3 0-0 9, Steph Vogelman 1 0-0 2, Mariah Newell 4 9-12 17. Totals: 15 17-28 46.
POLSON (8-8) - Jessica Buckless 4 3-4 13, Amanda James 2 5-6 7, Rochelle Woods 3 0-2 7, Merilee Mowbray 2 1-4 7, Nicole Davey 2 2-2 6, Sierra Pete 0 2-2 2, Saran Newton 4 1-2 9, Cali Hislop 3 1-2 7. Totals: 21 15-25 58.
3-point goals: Lawler (3); Buckless (2), Woods; Team fouls: Eureka 23, Polson 20; Fouled out: None.
Libby 65, Ronan 57
RONAN - Jackie Mee scored 14 of her 24 points in the second half to rally the Loggers to the Northwestern A victory.
Ronan held a 29-13 lead at halftime.
Brittany Martin added 11 points as Libby improved to 4-4 in conference and 9-7 overall.
Kaylee Larson finished with 18 points and Carli Starkel added 14 to pace Ronan.
Libby 13 10 19 23 - 65
Ronan 17 12 8 20 - 57
LIBBY (5-3, 11-5) - Brooke Hageness 8, Korey Kulbeck 4, Brittany Martin 11, Laice Dedrick 4, Jackie Mee 24, Nicole Rios 2, Jaime Gilden 12.
RONAN (1-8, 5-12) - Kaylee Larson 18, Jordan Strozzi 7, Ishan Wylie 8, Ali Anderson 9, Allison Crenshaw 1, Carli Starkel 14.
No other information was reported.
Whitefish 51,
Columbia Falls 40
COLUMBIA FALLS - Chelsea Ray and Ashley Ferda scored 16 and 15 points, respectively, to lead the Bulldogs to the Northwestern A victory.
The Bulldogs led 11-5 after the first quarter and 27-16 at the half. They improved to 7-2 in conference and 10-6 overall.
Columbia Falls was paced by Kayla DeWitt's 10 points. The Wildkats fell to 1-8 in conference and 5-12 overall.
Whitefish 11 16 13 11 - 51
Col. Falls 5 11 10 14 - 40
WHITEFISH (7-2, 10-6) - Kate Klundt 1, Ashley Ferda 15, Desiree Clark 7, Dana Labuda 7, Chelsea Ray 16, McCara Cullen 2, Amanda Ormsby 3.
COLUMBIA FALLS (1-8, 5-12) - Jylisa Fields 5, Alyssa Ladenburg 3, Cedar Smith 8, Sam Ladenburg 6, Kelsey DeWitt 8, Kayla DeWitt 10.
No other information was reported.