C-Falls girls, boys collect easy wins

by The Daily Inter Lake
| January 9, 2010 2:00 AM

COLUMBIA FALLS — Kayla DeWit scored 22 points and older sister Kelsey added 17 as the Columbia Falls Wildkats downed visiting Libby 54-44 in a Northwestern A matchup on Friday night.

“Again, we just keep building and building. We just keep doing the things we need to do,” said Columbia Falls coach Dan Fairbank.

Kelsey DeWit was coming off a 22-point, 20 rebound effort on Thursday against Eureka.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever coached that (type of effort) with girls basketball before,” Fairbank said. “We did a good job defensively as a team,” he added.

Jackie Mee paced Libby with 14 points. Alyshia Martin and Jaime Gilden added 10 apiece for the Loggers.

The Wildkats (4-4) play host next Friday to Ronan.

Libby 5 11 12 16 — 44

Columbia Falls 20 7 16 11 — 54

Libby — LaRona Luscher 2 0-0 5, Alyshia Martin 4 0-0 10, Jaime Gilden 3 3-4 10, Logan Best 2 0-1 4, Jackie Mee 3 6-6 14, Alex Kulbeck 0 1-2 1. Totals: 14 10-13 44.

Columbia Falls — Kayla Stratton 1 0-0 2, Dani Gilley 2 1-2 5, Kayla DeWit 11 0-0 22, Brooke Cady 0 1-2 1, Shay Grilley 3 0-0 7, Kelsey DeWit 8 1-3 17. Totals: 25 3-7 54.

3 point goals: Libby 6 (Luscher 1, Martin 2, Gilden 1, Mee 2); Columbia Falls 1 (Grilley). Total fouls: Libby 11, Columbia Falls 11. Fouled out: None.

Boys

Columbia Falls 76, Eureka 24

EUREKA — Columbia Falls bolted to a 29-2 first-quarter lead and rolled from there to a nonconference victory.

“We played one of the best teams in the state, in my opinion,” Eureka coach Chad Dunn said.

Kaleb Johnson, 18 points, was one of three double-figure scorers for the Wildcats (8-0). Austin Barth and Kyle Howell both finished with 10.

Ryan Holder led Eureka (1-7) with 14 points.

Columbia Falls 29 14 20 13 — 76

Eureka 2 5 14 3 — 24

COLUMBIA FALLS (8-0) — Devyn Rocker 1 0-0 2, Kyle Howell 4 0-0 10, Nick Emerson 3 1-1 7, Anthony Correa 2 0-0 4, Parker Johnson 1 0-0 2, Tim Spencer 4 0-1 8, Austin Barth 3 4-5 10, Mitchell Wassam 2 1-1 5, Kaleb Johnson 9 0-1 18, Jacob Calderwood 1 0-0 2, Michael Williams 4 0-0 8. Totals: 34 6-9 76.

EUREKA (1-7) — Ryan Holder 4 3-6 14, Caleb Curtis 1 2-2 4, Bryton Guckenberg 2 2-4 6. Totals: 7 7-12 24.

3-point goals: Howell (2); Holder (3); Team fouls: Columbia Falls 11, Eureka 11; Fouled out: None.