Boys Prep Basketball: Glacier upends Polson

POLSON — Shay Smithwick-Hann scored 12 of his game-high 27 points in the third period Saturday to lift Glacier to a 74-61 nonconference boys basketball victory over Polson.

Glacier (4-3 overall) outscored Polson (5-2) 21-12 in the third period to take a 57-46 advantage into the final eight minutes of play.

Polson opened the second half with four straight turnovers.

 Grahm Schmaltz added 14 points for Glacier, followed by Colter Hanson, 12, and Connor Fuller, 10.

Kyle Bagnell, 16 points, was one of three Polson players to hit double figures. Tim Rausch was next with 15 and Tyler Krell totaled 10.

Glacier hosts Missoula Big Sky on Thursday in Western AA play, while Class A Polson plays at Class B Eureka.

Glacier    22    14    21    17    —    74

Polson    18    16    12    15    —    61

GLACIER — Bryan Chery 1 2-4 4, Grahm Schmaltz 5 0-0 14, Freddie Blodnick 0 1-2 1, Colter Hanson 3 5-7 12, Shay Smithwick-Hann 11 3-4 27, Kyle Griffith 1 4-4 6, Connor Fuller 4 0-0 10. Totals: 25 17-23 74.

POLSON (5-2) — Vince DiGiallonardo 2 2-2 7, Kyle Bagnell 5 4-7 16, Cody Fischer 2 0-0 4, Tim Rausch 5 2-3 15, Will Davey 2 0-0 6, Derrick Rathe 1 1-5 3, Tyler Krell 3 4-8 10. Totals: 20 13-25 61.

3-point goals: Schmaltz (4), Hanson, Smithwith-Hann (2), Fuller 2); DiGiallonardo, Bagnell (2), Rausch (3), Davey (2); Teams fouls: Glacier 24, Polson 17; Fouled out: None.

Plains 61, Eureka 55

EUREKA — Ryan Holder had a season high 26 points and Tanner Blankers added a career best 13, but it still wasn’t enough to help Eureka catch Plains in a District 7B matchup.

Holder scored 10 of Eureka’s 21 points in the fourth period. His career best is 28.

Blankers, a freshman, was making his first varsity start.

Brian Green and Trent Thompson led Plains with 17 and 15 points, respectively.

Plains    16    13    17    15    —    61

Eureka    9    14    11    21    —    55

PLAINS — Carson Lilja 1 0-0 2, Kyle Hermiston 1 4-6 7, Dillon Fryxell 4 0-0 8, Jeff Revier 0 1-2 1, Brian Green 6 5-9 17, Taylor Firestone 2 0-0 4, Bryce Benson 1 0-0 2, Wade Bache 0 2-4 2, Andrew Baker 1 0-0 2, Tanner Ostrom 0 1-4 1, Trent Thompson 7 0-2 15. Totals: 23 13-27 61.

EUREKA (1-8 and 0-4) — Jesse Thomson 2 0-2 4, Tanner Peterson 1 1-2 3, Ryan Holder 8 7-8 26, Tanner Blankers 5 2-2 13, Josh Soderling 0 0-2 0, Caleb Curtiss 1 0-2 2, Bryton Guckenberg 3 1-1 7. Totals: 20 11-19 55.

3-point goals: Hermiston, Thompson; Holder (3), Blankers; Team fouls: Plains 17, Eureka 19; Fouled out: Curtiss.

Bigfork 59, Troy 34

TROY — Bigfork stayed perfect in District 7B play with a 25-point victory over Troy.

Bigfork (7-1 overall and 5-0 league) led 24-12 at the half and outscored Troy in the final half 35-23.

Keenan Evans tossed in 12 points to lead Bigfork. Christian Ker and Lael Richmond both added 10.

Ryan Rayson had 13 points for Troy.

Bigfork    12    12    13    22    —    59

Troy    9    3    12    11    —    34

BIGFORK (7-1 and 5-0) — Carter Sorensen 1 0-0 3, Lael Richmond 4 2-2 10, Ian Lorang 3 0-0 6, Evan Jordt 1 3-5 5, Ronnie Gallegos 1 0-0 2, Travis Knoll 2 0-4 4, Christian Ker 4 0-0 10, Keenan Evans 5 5-8 12, Dillon Fraley 0 3-4 3. Totals: 21 13-23 59.

TROY — Mickey Ornister 1 0-0 2, Ryan Rayson 6 1-3 13, Jake Alexander 0 2-2 2, Trent Cratty 4 0-0 10, Brian Hammons 3 1-3 7. Totals: 14 4-8 34.

3-point goals: Sorensen, Ker (2), Evans (2); Cratty (2); Team fouls: Bigfork 16, Troy 20; Fouled out: None.

Libby 55, Ronan 39

LIBBY — Libby’s Kelly May hit six field goals and went 6-for-6 from the free throw line to finish with 19 point in the Loggers’ Northwestern A victory over Ronan.

May scored 10 points in the opening half.

Libby blew the game open in the second period, outscoring Ronan 17-2.

Ronan    13    2    6    18    —    39

Libby    13    17    11    14    —    55

RONAN — Jerod Tanner 3 0-0 6, Gordan Narth Piegar 2 0-0 4, Robbie Gauther 1 1-2 3, Marcus Hungerford 1 3-4 5, Lucas Black 3 1-2 9, Justin Dusty Bull 3 0-0 6, Kevin Wreblewski 2 0-0 4, Marley Tanner 1 0-0 2. Totals: 16 5-8 39.

LIBBY — Micah Germany 0 1-2 1, TJ Benson 3 0-0 6, Cree Maloney 3 0-0 8, Kelly May 6 6-6 19, Garrett Craig 2 1-2 7, Colton Cannon 1 2-4 5, Dan Webster 1 0-0 2, Nate Broden 0 0-2 0, Alex Cislo 3 1-3 7, James Hare 0 0-2 0. Totals: 19 11-21 55.

3-point goals: Black (2); Maloney (2), May, Craig (2), Cannon; Team fouls: Ronan 18, Libby 11; Fouled out: None.