PREP HOOPS ROUNDUP: Grilley, C-Falls corral Glacier

The Daily Inter Lake

Chase Grilley scored 20 points and Mackey Nolan added 15 to help lead the Class A Wildcats over Class AA Glacier in the schools' first ever meeting on Friday at Glacier.

The Wildcats jumped out to a 19-10 first-quarter lead and never looked back.

"We handled their pressure OK, but we just weren't ready for their speed on offense and they ended up knocking down a bunch of shots early," Glacier assistant coach Andy Fors said. "They hit five of 11 3-pointers in the first half."

Zane Ridings and Nolan each hit two 3-pointers and Grilley added another.

Neither team shot particularly well. Columbia Falls made 37 percent of its shots. Glacier made 32 percent.

The victory improved Columbia Falls to 7-3 on the season.

Glacier, which nearly matched C-Falls point-for-point in the second half, was led by Ben Cutler's 20 points. He hit three 3-pointers. Mike Rasmussen and Shay Smithwick-Hann added 14 and 12 points, respectively.

Glacier dropped to 2-7.

Columbia Falls 19 19 13 20 - 71

Glacier 10 14 12 20 - 56

COLUMBIA FALLS (7-3) - Chase Fairbank 3 0-0 6, Cody Bowman 1 2-2 4, Zane Ridings 3 0-0 8, Mackey Nolan 5 3-4 15, Austin Robbins 1 0-0 2, Chase Grilley 5 9-10 20, Mitchell Wassum 3 4-7 10, Kaleb Johnson 1 0-0 2, Grants Getts 1 2-2 4. Totals 23 20-25 71.

GLACIER (2-7) - Josh Doty 1 0-0 2, Connor Fuller 1 0-0 2, Shay Smithwick-Hann 3 5-6 12, Mike Rasmussen 4 6-8 14, Ben Cutler 7 3-4 20, Ben Sansaver 1 0-0 2, Logan Quay 2 0-0 4. Totals 19 14-18 56.

3-point goals - CF 5-16 (Ridings 2, Mackey 2, Grilley), Gla. 4-13 (Cutler 3, Smithwick-Hann). Rebounds - CF 42 (Grilley 7, Getts 5), Gla. 43 (Smithwick-Hann 10, Fuller 6). Steals - CF 13 (Grilley 4, Fairbank 3), Gla. 6 (Doty 2, four with 1). Turnovers - CF 14, Gla. 23. Total fouls - CF 18, Gla. 23. Fouled out - Getts, Smithwick-Hann.

Ronan 62, St. Ignatius 31

RONAN - A balanced offensive attack, led by Moss Tanner's 18 points, powered Ronan to a nonconference victory over St. Ignatius.

Makenzy Kelch and Nolan Harris finished with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

After a slow start - Ronan led 9-4 after the first quarter - the Chiefs rolled up 20 points in the second quarter for a 29-12 halftime lead.

Jorren Geis led St. Ignatius with 10 points.

St. Ignatius 4 8 7 12 - 31

Ronan 9 20 15 18 - 62

St. Ignatius - Dallas Cordier 4 0-0 8, Jorren Geis 5 0-3 10, Riley Charlo 1 0-0 2, Lucas McDonald 1 1-2 3, Rafael Okuhara 0 1-2 1, Alex Morigeau 3 1-3 7. Totals: 14 3-7 31.

Ronan - Moss Tanner 6 5-5 18, Ryon Hesselgesser 3 0-0 7, Makenzy Kelch 4 2-2 11, Jordan St. Clair 3 2-4 8, Eddie Ness 1 0-0 3, Nolan Harris 5 0-0 10, Mike Crawford 2 0-0 5. Totals: 24 9-11 62.

3-point goals: Tanner, Hesselgesser, Kelch, Ness, Crawford; Team fouls: St. Ignatius 15, Ronan 14; Fouled out: None.

Corvallis 60, Polson 42

POLSON - Corvallis and Polson both finished with 20 field goals, but the Blue Devils had eight treys to one of the hosting Pirates and that was the big difference in the contest.

Rod Anderson drained four 3-point goals en route to a 16-point game, giving Corvallis the nonconference victory.

Matt Smith also tallied 16 points for the victors.

John Rausch had 11 points to lead Polson. He had the team's lone trey.

Corvallis shot 57 percent from the field to Polson's 37 percent.

Corvallis 11 24 10 15 - 60

Polson 11 10 6 15 - 42

Corvallis - Rod Anderson 6 0-1 16, Brady Bawles 1 0-0 3, Matt Smith 5 4-6 16, Tucker Holland 2 0-0 5, Casey Seaman 2 0-0 4, Garrett Morris 1 2-2 4, Dalton Sybrand 3 6-9 12. Totals: 20 12-18 60.

Polson - Craig Bagnell 4 1-2 9, John Rausch 4 2-2 11, Aaron Clairmont 1 0-0 2, Ryan Kelley 1 0-0 2, Zach Langston 4 0-0 8, Cody Doyle 1 0-0 2, Waylon Michel 1 0-0 2, Tim Rausch 2 2-2 6. Totals: 20 5-6 42.

3-point goals: Anderson (4), Bawles, Smith (2), Holland; J. Rausch; Team fouls: Corvallis 9, Polson 15; Fouled out: None.

Thompson Falls 76, Eureka 52

EUREKA - Thompson Falls took advantage of Eureka's foul trouble in rolling to a District 8-B victory.

Thompson Falls hit 23 of 30 foul shots.

Eureka was also without two starters (injury and discipline).

Eureka out-rebounded Thompson Falls 37-29. Marcus Pluid finished with 12 rebounds and 12 points.

Luke Truman pulled down 10 rebounds.

Tanner Newell led Eureka with 16 points.

Thompson Falls' Brandon Damaskes led all scorers with 18 points.

Thompson Falls 12 11 24 29 - 76

Eureka 11 12 7 22 - 52

Thompson Falls - Dylan Gerstenderger 3 0-0 8, Brandon Damaskes 6 3-4 18, Erik Gilbert 1 4-5 6, Dallas VonHeeder 3 10-13 16, Brian Schenevar 5 3-4 13, John Buckingham 2 2-2 6, Nathan Nigh 3 1-2 7, Brandon Wakefield 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 23-30 76.

Eureka (1-9, 1-4) - Josiah Begay 2 2-2 7, Andrew Sanders 2 1-1 5, Colter Dickinson 0 0-2 0, Tanner Newell 6 1-2 14, Chad Price 2 2-5 6, Luke Truman 3 0-0 6, Marcus Pluid 5 2-3 12, Jesse Thompson 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 8-15 52.

3-point goals: Gertstenderger (2), Damaskes (3); Begay, Newell; Team fouls: Thompson Falls 16, Eureka NA; Fouled out: None.

Girls

Polson 37, Corvallis 26

CORVALLIS - Polson used a strong second half and balanced scoring to stop Corvallis in a nonconference basketball contest.

Polson outscored Corvallis 24-17 in the final half.

Jessica Buckless and Amanda James each chipped in eight points for the Pirates, while Rochelle Woods and Merilee Mowbray each scored seven.

The halftime score was just 12-9 in favor of Polson, but the Pirates put together an 11-4 run in the third quarter to take the advantage.

Whitney Henderson scored 10 points to lead Corvallis.

Polson 5 7 11 14 - 37

Corvallis 3 6 4 13 - 26

POLSON - Jessica Buckless 8, Amanda James 8, Rochelle Woods 7, Merilee Mowbray 7, Nicole Davey 2, Sarah Newton 3, Cali Hislop 2.

CORVALLIS - Kelsey Lemon 4, Sunni Bleibrtey 2, Kayla Gingrich 3, Whitney Henderson 10, Carissa Boyer 2, Megan Auch 4, Casey Burnette 1.