Girls Prep Basketball: Latimer leads Wolfpack past Polson, 65-40

POLSON — Glacier had its best offensive showing of the season Saturday in downing Polson 65-40 in a girls nonconference basketball game pitting Class AA versus A.

Paige Latimer led the attack with 17 points, while Baylee Quay added 13.

Glacier’s previous scoring high was 61 in a season-opening victory over Whitefish.

Glacier (3-4) used back-to-back 13-point quarters to start the game and take a 26-21 advantage. Glacier outscored Polson (4-2) 39-19 in the second half.

Nicole Davey had 10 points for Polson.

Glacier    13    13    19    20    —    65

Polson    13    8    11    8    —    40

GLACIER (3-4) — Rachel Cutler 3 0-0 8, Paige Latimer 5 6-9 17, Cami Mathison 1 0-0 3, Sydney Sharaf 2 1-2 5, Nicole Heavirland 2 0-0 4, Baylee Quay 6 1-3 13, Patty Hughes 3 0-0 6, Brooke Watkins 2 0-0 5, McKell Bennett 2 0-2 4. Totals: 26 8-16 65.

POLSON (4-2) — Sierra Pete 3 3-8 9, Breanne Kelley 2 2-8 7, Riley Kenney 3 3-4 9, Kayla Duford 1 2-4 5, Nicole Davey 4 2-4 10. Totals: 13 12-28 40.

3-points: Cutler (2), Latimer, Matheson, Watkins; Kelley, Duford; Team fouls: Glacier 19, Polson 14; Fouled out: None.

Bigfork 57, Troy 12

TROY — Quinci Paine scored 15 points and Caitlin Charlebois added 14 as the Bigfork Valkyries downed host Troy 57-12 in a District 7B girls basketball matchup.

The Vals led 28-9 at the half and outscored the Trojans 23-2 in the third quarter to seal the victory.

Allie Maestas scored five points to lead Troy.

Bigfork     17     11     23     6 — 57

Troy     7     2     2     1 — 12

BIGFORK – Mallery Knoll 9, Quinci Paine 15, Lila Cenis 2, Taylor Peck 11, Caitlin Charlebois 14, Kristen Woll 2, McKenze Schults 2, Kirstin Campbell 2.

TROY – Allie Maestas 5, Kimmy Klin 1, Jackie Pepiot 3, Natasha Hines 1, Michaela Curry 2.

Eureka 49, Plains 34

EUREKA — Eureka improved to 3-1 in District 7B play with a victory over Plains.

Steph Vogelman led the Eureka attack with 16 points. Cassidy Morgan followed with 10.

Tayler Holder had a big game on the boards, pulling down 16 rebounds. Morgan totaled eight.

Selene Elster led in steals with five, and Carly Hammond had four assists for the Lions.

Eureka pulled away for good in the fourth quarter, outscoring Plains 18-3.

Plains    16    7    8    3    —    34

Eureka    19    10    2    18    —    49

PLAINS — Lacey Hermiston 3 1-2 7, Laurel Danhof 1 0-2 2, Cassie Ross 3 1-1 7, Heather Earhart 3 5-6 12, Kayla Revier 2 0-0 4, Alexis Kunzer 1 0-1 2. Totals: 13 7-12 34.

EUREKA (4-4 and 3-1) — Tayler Holder 3 2-4 8, Selene Elster 0 1-4 1, Alyssa White 3 1-2 7, Courtney Dickinson 0 4-4 4, Cassidy Morgan 3 7-10 13, Steph Vogelman 8 0-1 16. Totals: 17 15-25 49.

3-point goals: Earhart; Team fouls: Plains 18, Eureka 15; Fouled out: Vogelman.

Libby 55, Ronan 22

LIBBY — Jackie Mee scored 29 points, including four three-pointers, as the Libby Loggers rolled over visiting Ronan in a Northwestern A girls basketball matchup.

Logan Best added 10 points for Libby, which led 28-9 at half and 40-18 after three quarters.

Nina Orozco paced Ronan with nine points.

Ronan     7     2    9    4    — 22

Libby     13     15     12     15    — 55

Ronan — Jonna Bryant 2 4-4 8, Alice Van Gunten 1 0-0 2, Nina Orozco 4 0-2 9, Taylor Lynch 1 0-1 2. Totals 8 5-10 22.

Libby — LaRona Luscher 1 0-0 2, Alysha Martin 3 2-2 8, Jaime Gilden 3 0-2 6, Logan Best 4 2-3 10, Jackie Mee 10 5-6 29. Totals 21 9-13 55.

3-point goals: Ronan 1 (Orozco), Libby 4 (Mee 4); Total fouls: Ronan 14, Libby 13. Fouled out: None.

Frenchtown 56, Whitefish 21

FRENCHTOWN — Sarah Lester scored 20 points and the Southwestern A Lady Broncs cruised past Whitefish.

Shelby Backer paced the Lady Bulldogs with 10 points and Jessica Slaybaugh added three as the offensive and defensive woes continued for Whitefish (0-5 overall, 0-1).

The Lady Bulldogs host District 7B Bigfork on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Whitefish    10    1    3    7    —21

Frenchtown    15    11    17    13     — 56

WHITEFISH – Olivia Nagler 2, Jessica Slaybaugh 3, Mariah Kanistanaux 1, Shelby Backer 10, Danielle McCully 3, Olivia Curtiss 2.

FRENCHTOWN – Jaylynn Garrison 2, Sarah Lester 20, Shelby Jutila 7, Brittany Belker 12, Keller Leishman 2, Angel Lowery 2, Britnee Richardson 3, Abby Indreland 8.