Girls Basketball: Bruins blow past Bravettes, 68-44

The Daily Inter Lake

HELENA - Helena Capital broke open a tight ballgame by outscoring Flathead 26-8 in the second period for a 68-44 girls basketball victory on Saturday.

Capital, 6-0 in Western AA and 11-1 overall, trailed Flathead 16-14 after the opening quarter.

Capital led 40-24 at the half.

Kelsey Hildal tallied 16 points for Flathead, and Danika Johnson followed with 13.

Kelsi Brekke, the second leading scorer in AA, poured in 23 for Capital. Brekke is averaging 17.6 points per game.

Flathead plays at Glacier on Tuesday, 6 p.m.

Flathead 16 8 11 12 - 44

Capital 14 26 11 17 - 68

Flathead - Kelsey Hildal 6-15 4-6 16, Ariel Johnson 3-6 0-0 6, Danika Johnson 4-5 5-5 13, Samantha Thompson 1-3 0-0 2, Tess Brenneman 2-7 2-2 7, Tiffany Habel 0-0 0-0 0, Jaimee Zorn 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 16-38 11-14 44.

Capital - Heller 4-4 0-0 11, Bignell 8-18 0-0 17, Brekke 6-13 8-11 23, Wolsin 2-3 0-0 4, Grey 1-2 0-0 2, Pilgeram 1-4 0-0 3, Ternes 0-3 0-0 0, Matthies 0-2 3-5 3, J. Johnston 1-2 0-0 2, Wells 0-0 1-2 1, Hauck 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 24-58 12-18 68.

3-Pointers - Flathead 1 (Hildel 0-2, A. Johnson 0-1, Brennerman 1-3), Capital 8 (Heller 3-3, Bignell 1-6, Brekke 3-8, Wilson 0-1, Pilgeram 1-4, Ternes 0-3, Hauck 0-1). Rebounds - Flathead 20 (Hidel 4), Capital 41 (Bignell, Brekke 8). Assists - Flathead 7 (Hildel 3), Capital 18 (Wilson 6). Total Fouls - Flathead 14, Capital 17. Fouled Out - none. Technical Fouls - none.

Helena High 48,

Glacier 45

HELENA - Kyndal Williams drained four 3-pointers on her way to 18 points and the Bengals escaped with a win against the Glacier Wolfpack in Western AA play.

Senior Emilee Hashley led the Wolfpack with a season-best 17 points

The Bengals, 5-6 overall and 3-2 in conference, held a narrow lead throughout most of the game, but Glacier, 4-8 and 0-4, hung around until the very end.

The Wolfpack return home to play Flathead on Tuesday, 6 p.m.

Glacier 7 16 13 9 - 45 Helena High 8 17 12 11 - 48 GLACIER - Maddey Frey 2 0-0 4, Kadie Latimer 1 1-2 4, Sydney Sharaf 1 0-0 3, Rachel Cutler 1 0-0 3, Lindsea Vaudt 1 0-1 2, Emilee Hashley 7 3-5 17, Brooke Watkins 2 0-0 6, Ashlee Waggener 2 1-2 6. Totals 17 4-10 45.

HELENA - Kelli Hubley 2 0-1 4, Jordan Briski 1 0-0 3, Kelsey Williams 4 1-2 9, Mariah Shein 3 1-1 8, Kyndal Williams 7 2-3 18, Monica Grimsrud 3 0-2 6. Totals 20 4-9 48.

3-pointers - Glacier 6 (Watkins 2) Helena 4 (Ky. Williams); Rebounds - Glacier 35 (Vaudt 7) Helena 26 (Ke. Williams 5); Assists - Glacier 6 (Watkins, Sharaf 2) Helena 10 (Shein, Grimsrud 3); Fouls - Glacier 15, Helena 9; Fouled out - none.

St. Ignatius 34,

Eureka 33

PABLO - St. Ignatius held on to hand league-leading Eureka its first District 7B setback.

Eureka, 5-1 league and 6-8 overall, attempted a 3-point field goal to tie the game and force overtime, but missed the shot. Eureka's Mariah Newell, however, got the rebound and scored from close range to trim the deficit to one point.

St. Ignatius, 4-1 and 9-5, then ran out the clock.

Steph Vogelman scored 11 points and pulled down six rebounds for Eureka. Newell had 7 rebounds.

"We played OK," Eureka coach John Hammond said.

"The second quarter killed us. We stood around and watched. We didn't get after it."

Eureka was 6-for-16 free throw shooting to St. Ignatius' 11-for-16.

Eureka 12 4 9 8 - 33

St. Ignatius 10 9 10 5 - 34

EUREKA - Carli Hammond 2, Jonna Yost 2, Kayci West 6, Auna Lawler 6, Steph Vogelman 11, Mariah Newell 6.

ST. IGNATIUS - Kelsey Cable 2, Kyla Mitchell 6, Jonna Grant 4, Rachel Jensen 4, Mattea Grant 12, Katie McDonald 3, Jordan Adams 3.

Whitefish 54, Ronan 49

RONAN - Whitefish picked up its first Northwestern A victory on Friday.

The Bulldogs, 1-5 league and 4-8 overall, were led by Kate Klundt's 32 points.

Whitefish trailed 23-20 at the intermission, but rallied in the final half.

Jordan Strozzi had 21 points for Ronan, 0-4 and 0-11.

Whitefish hosts Eureka on Tuesday in nonconference play.

Whitefish 12 8 15 19 - 54

Ronan 10 13 14 12 - 49

WHITEFISH - Jessie Slaybaugh 5, Torie Powell 5, Kate Klundt 32, Heather Melcer 2, Olivia Nagler 4, Beth Donovan 2, McCara Cullen 2, Paula Olivera 2.

RONAN (0-4, 0-11) - Cheff 2, Lynch 2, Larson 5, Strozzi 21, Starkel 11, VanGuten 2, Belgrade 6.