Valkyries finish 10-0 in league
The Daily Inter Lake
BIGFORK - Alyssa Fierro scored 11 of her 18 points in the first half and totaled 12 rebounds as Bigfork finished Northwestern A girls' basketball action with a 63-53 victory over Ronan on Friday.
It was the regular-season finale for the Valkyries (17-1, 10-0).
Hattie Bowen also had a big first half with 10 points. She led the team in steals with 15.
Bigfork outscored Ronan 23-13 in the first eight minutes and led 34-26 at the half.
Ronan 13 13 10 17 - 53
Bigfork 23 11 16 13 - 63
Ronan - Taylor Lynch 0 0-2 0, Kaylee Larson 8 2-4 18, Carli Starkel 0 2-2 2, Ishan Wylie 4 4-6 12, Allison Crenshaw 1 2-4 4, Ali Anderson 3 0-0 8, Mikailah Thompson 2 5-8 9. Totals: 18 15-26 53.
Bigfork (17-1, 10-0) - Mallery Knoll 0 1-2 1, Emily Hardman 1 0-0 2, Hattie Bowen 3 3-4 10, Avery Vogel 2 2-2 6, Roxy Thurman 7 4-6 20, Alyssa Fierro 8 2-5 18, Jaylee Haveman 2 2-2 6. Totals: 23 14-23 63.
3-point goals: Anderson (2); Thurman (2), Bowen; Team fouls: Ronan 24, Bigfork 20; Fouled out: Anderson.
Helena Capital 66,
Flathead 52
HELENA - Meghan O'Connell scored 14 points and Ally Krautbauer added 13 in a losing effort for the Flathead Bravettes.
Capital led 25-22 at the half, then stretched that advantage to 44-37 after three quarters.
Kaylyn Heaton added eight points and seven rebounds for Flathead.
Flathead 11 11 15 15 - 52
Capital 8 17 19 22 - 66
Flathead (10-7, 5-4) - Shaina Evans 1-2 0-0 2, Kali Radel 0-4 1-2 1, Kendalyn Habel 2-4 5-6 9, Ally Krautbauer 6-10 0-0 13, Meghan O'Connell 4-13 4-5 14, Ashley Younkin 1-4 0-0 2, Ashley Brown 1-3 0-0 2, Kaylyn Heaton 4-8 0-0 8, Amanda Anderson 0-0 1-2 1. Totals - 19-48 11-15 52.
Capital - Kalli Jo Heller 0-1 1-4 1, Sammi Bignell 6-9 2-3 14, Kelsi Brekke 5-8 2-3 13, Alecia Wilson 3-5 3-5 9, Kadee Jones 3-8 1-4 7, Ashley Ames 10-16 2-4 22. Totals - 27-52 11-24 66.
3-pointers - Flathead 3-14 (Krautbauer 1-2, O'Connell 2-7), Capital 1-3 (Brekke 1-2). Rebounds - Flathead 29 (Heaton 7), Capital 37 (Ames 14). Fouls - Flathead 22, Capital 18. Foul outs - O'Connell. Technicals - none.
Libby 56, Whitefish 50
LIBBY - Libby seniors Brooke Hageness and Laice Dedrick combined to shoot 8-for-10 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter as the Libby Loggers (6-3, 12-5) rallied past visiting Whitefish in a Northwestern A game.
Sophomore Jackie Mee led the Loggers with 19 points and freshman Jaime Gilden added 11.
"We were down 10 at one time, 23-13, in the second quarter," said Libby coach Jim May.
The Loggers fought back to 23-20 by halftime.
"That was really important. We didn't want them to get off on a roll," May said.
"I just thought we hung in there and, just kind of two points at a time, we battled back."
The Loggers led 50-41 with 1:40 left, but Whitefish, sparked by senior Ashley Ferda, came back with a couple of 3-point goals and free throws to make things interesting.
Ferda finished the night with 26 points - she had six field goals and was 11-for-14 from the line.
"But we held it off," May said.
Hageness was 5-for-6 from the line and Dedrick 3-for-4.
"That's what seniors are supposed to do," the coach said.
Whitefish 14 9 10 15 - 50
Libby 7 13 17 19 - 56
Whitefish - Kate Klundt 2 1-3 5, Ashley Ferda 6 11-14 26, Desiree Clarke 1 0-0 2, Dana Labuda 1 0-0 2, Chelsea Ray 4 0-0 11, Amanda Ormsby 1 1-2 3. Totals 15 13-19 50.
Libby - Brooke Hageness 1 6-8 8, Brittany Martin 2 2-3 8, Jaime Gilden 5 0-0 11, Laice Dedrick 3 4-6 10, Jackie Mee 7 1-2 19. Totals 18 13-20 56.
3-point goals: Whitefish 7 (Ferda 4, Ray 3), Libby 7 (Mee 4, Martin 2, Gilden 1). Total fouls: Whitefish 19, Libby 20. Fouled out: Labuda.
Helena 39, Glacier 36
HELENA - Kadie Latimer scored 11 points and Lindsea Vaudt and Emilee Hashley added nine each in a losing effort for the Glacier Wolfpack.
The Wolfpack led 26-14 at intermission, but was outscored 25-10 in the second half. Glacier scored just five points in both the third and fourth quarters.
Kelli Hubley paced the Bengals with 14 points.
Helena 39, Glacier 36
Glacier 11 15 5 5 - 36
Helena 9 5 6 19 - 39
Glacier - Kayla Smart 1-3 1-2 3, Kadie Latimer 4-8 0-0 11, Lindsea Vaudt 4-12 0-0 9, Emilee Hashley 4-11 1-2 9, Ashlee Waggener 1-3 0-1 2, Sydney Sharaf 0-4 0-0 0.
Helena - Kelli Hubley 5-9 2-3 14, Jordan Briski 0-1 0-0 0, Kelsey Williams 2-8 1-2 7, Sarah Sesselman 0-0 0-0 0, Sarah Jackson 2-8 1-2 7, Mariah Shein 3-7 2-4 8, Josie Grotbo 0-1 0-0 0, Alex May-Fraser 1-6 0-0 3, Mariah Miller 1-2 0-0 2, Taylor Kanthack 0-0 0-0 0, Monica Grimsrud 0-3 0-1 0.
Rebounds-Glacier 40 (Hashley 14), Helena 20 (Shein, Grimsrud 3); Assists-Glacier 8 (Waggener 3), Helena 11 (Williams 4); Blocks-Glacier 1 (Hashley), Helena 3 (Williams 2); Steals-Glacier 4 (Smart 2), Helena 11 (Hubley, Williams 4); Fouls-Glacier 18, Helena 12.