Eureka girls roll into final
The Daily Inter Lake
POLSON 'd1 Melanie Finch led a balanced offensive attack as Eureka cruised past Plains 52-39 Friday in the semifinals of the District 8-B girls'd5 basketball tournament.
Finch scored all 13 of her points in the first half as Eureka enjoyed a 35-19 lead.
Mariah Newell tallied 12 points and Rica Fils 10.
Eureka will face Thompson Falls in today'd5s champion game.
Eureka 17 18 7 10 'd1 52
Plains 8 11 8 12 'd1 39
Eureka 'd1 Taylor Holder 6, Carly Hammond 3, Melanie Finch 13, Kaci West 4, Rica Fils 10, S. Vogelman 4, Mariah Newell 12.
Plains 'd1 H. Earhrt 10, A. Vulles 14, B. Mount 2, B. Catalanello 2, A. Kunzer 2, E. Ehret 9.
Thompson Falls 47,
St. Ignatius 45
Balanced scoring rallied Thompson Falls to a victory over St. Ignatius.
Rheanna Padden was one of three Bluehawks to hit double-figure scoring with 17 points.
Thompson Falls 10 8 13 16 'd1 47
St. Ignatius 8 17 12 8 'd1 45
Thompson Falls 'd1 Nicole Hagedorn 6, Rheanna Padden 17, Katie Petteys 12, Karli Cavili 10, Katelyn Jedlicka 2.
St. Ignatius 'd1 Kim Christensen 8, Kyla Mitchell 4, Jonna Grant 2, Rachel Jensen 4, Mattea Grant 14, Saundra Curley 2, Katie McDonald 9, Jordan Adams 2.
Boys
Troy 51, Plains 41
Aaron Palmer scored 18 points and Jesse Day 11 as Troy downed Plains in semifinal play.
Paul Green led Plains with 16 points.
Troy 16 11 9 15 'd1 51
Plains 10 8 8 15 'd1 41
Troy 'd1 Clayton Kyriss 4, Matt Rogers 8, Shado Garrett 8, Aaron Palmer 18, Jesse Day 11, Brian Hammrich 2.
Plains 'd1 Brian Green 2, Ian Stokes 4, Tanner Colombo 5, Paul Green 16, Conor Ballantine 2, Trent Thompson 14.
Thompson Falls 83, Eureka 80
Thompson Falls outscored Eureka 21-16 in the fourth quarter to pull out a tight victory in the semifinal round.
John Davis poured in 29 points for Eureka and Josiah Begay was next with 20.
Eureka 14 27 23 16 'd1 80
Thompson Falls 19 26 17 21 'd1 83
EUREKA 'd1 Josiah Begay 20, Tanner Newell 7, B. Dechart 6, C. Price 6, John Davis 29, L. Truman 4, Marcus Pluid 8.
Thompson Falls 'd1 D. Gerstenberger 21, B. Damaskas 20, J. Buckingham 6, B. Schenavar 9, E. Gilbert 14, M. Wood 2, D. Von Heeder 11.}