Boys hoops: Polson nips Whitefish; C-Falls edges Sentinel

POLSON - Louis Mohr tossed in 22 points and Kyle Bagnell finished with 15 as Polson cruised to a 76-54 Northwestern A boys basketball victory over Whitefish on Saturday.

That was a season scoring high for Mohr.

Polson held a 10-point advantage after eight minutes of play and led 33-13 at the half.

Polson (3-1 overall and 1-0 league) scored 43 points in the second half.

Gage Vasquez totaled 13 points for Whitefish.

Polson concludes the 2010 portion of its schedule on Tuesday hosting Stevensville.

Whitefish 6 7 19 22 - 54

Polson 16 17 24 19 - 76

WHITEFISH - Chris Forrest 10, Mac Roche 6, Kyler Blades 5, Jose Sanchez 5, Logan Harwood 3, Gage Vasquez 13, Drew Galbraith 4, Alex Duroche 6, Peter Seymour 2.

POLSON - Tyler Krell 5, Vince DiGiallonardo 10, Kyle Bagnell 15, Zach Camel 3, Sheldon Fisher 7, Cody Fischer 9, Will Davey 2, Louis Mohr 22, Riley Sampson 3.

Columbia Falls 44, Missoula Sentinel 41

MISSOULA - Nick Emerson scored 14 points and Parker Johnson added nine as the Columbia Falls Wildcats overcame a slow start to defeat host Missoula Sentinel.

Sentinel led 14-4 after the first quarter and was up 22-19 at half. But Columbia Falls owned the third quarter, 15-8.

Kaleb Johnson added six rebounds and had three steals. Austin Barth added three blocks and Parker Johnson had a block and three steals for the Wildcats (4-0).

Columbia Falls 4 15 15 10 - 44

Missoula Sentinel 14 8 8 11 - 41

COLUMBIA FALLS (4-0) - Nick Emerson 6-13 1-2 14, Kaleb Johnson 3-4 1-2 7, Austin Barth 2-6 1-2 5, Devyn Rocker 0-1 1-2 1, Parker Johnson 4-7 0-1 9, Chris King 2-3 0-0 4, Jacob Calderwood 1-1 0-1 2, Cale Vukonich 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 19-37 4-10 44.

MISSOULA SENTINEL (0-4) - Derek Colberg 0-2 2-2 2, Riley King 4-9 1-2 9, Fischer Worden 6-9 2-2 14, Zack Murphy 1-4 0-0 3, Brad Corntassel 0-2 0-0 0, Nathan Jewett 2-6 2-4 6, Alec Bray 3-6 0-0 7, Conner Anderson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 16-37 7-10 41.

3-point goals - C. Falls 2-7 (Emerson 1-3, Johnson 1-3, Rocker 0-1), Sentinel 2-11 (Murphy 1-3, Bray 1-3, Corntassel 0-1, Colberg 0-1, King 0-3). Rebounds - C. Falls 22 (Johnson 6), Sentinel 27 (Worden 7). Fouls - C. Falls 12, Sentinel 13. Fouled out - King. Blocks - C. Falls 5 (Barth 3, P. Johnson, Emerson), Sentinel 2 (King, Worden). Steals - C. Falls 11 (P. John-son, K. Johnson 3), Sentinel 9 (King 3, Bray 3). Turnovers - Ca. Falls 13, Sentinel 16.

Eureka 74,

Thompson Falls 71

THOMPSON FALLS - Chris Ibach hit a trey with 3 seconds left to lift Eureka past Thompson Falls for its first victory of the season in a District 7-B matchup.

Bryton Guckenberg prevented Thompson Falls from getting off a game-tying shot with a big steal.

Guckenberg had a huge game for the Lions. In addition to scoring seven points, he pulled down 17 rebounds, 12 on the defensive end.

"He worked very hard for us," Eureka coach Chad Dunn said.

"He had a great defensive game."

Ryan Holder scored 13 of his game-high 31 points in the first quarter for Eureka.

Tanner Peterson tallied 14 points for Eureka and Tanner Blankers 12, eight coming in the fourth period.

Eureka (1-4 overall and 1-1 league) hosts Mission on Tuesday.

Eureka 17 13 20 24 - 74

Thompson Falls 21 14 20 16 - 71

EUREKA - Tanner Peterson 14, Ryan Holder 31, Tanner Blankers 12, Mark Good 2, Chris Ibach 8, Bryton Guckenberg 7.

THOMPSON FALLS - Kevin Hagedorn 6, Jaron Laws 13, Josh Hojem 3, Cody Phillips 4, Garrett Reinschmidt 14, Sky Hall 4, A.J. Pavlik 2, Dalton Groshong 5, Chalis Wilson 15.

Loyola 50, Bigfork 43

MISSOULA - Loyola outscored Bigfork 11-3 in the third period to gain a little breathing room on its way to a nonconference victory over Bigfork.

Bigfork led at the half 27-25.

Bigfork was led offensively by Christian Ker with 17 points.

Loyola's Everett Johnston led all scorers with 26 points.

Bigfork 16 11 3 13 - 43

Loyola 13 12 11 14 - 50

BIGFORK - Carter Sorensen 3, Ian Lorang 3, Evan Jordt 5, Ryan Gembala 6, Travis Knoll 6, Ben Sandry 3, Christian Ker 17.

LOYOLA SACRED HEART - Josh Gilligan 2, Everett Johnston 26, Andrew Sopko 8, Jonathan Finch 2, Justin Anderson 3, Josh Janssen 8, Shiloh Kerr 1.