Glacier boys hand Hellgate 1st league loss; Valkyries roll

MISSOULA - Glacier used hot shooting from behind the arc and a big defensive stop in the final seconds Tuesday to knock off Missoula Hellgate 53-51 in Western AA boys basketball play.

Glacier (7-6 overall and 3-2 league) contested Hellgate's final attempt from three-point range with seconds winding down and Glacier's Ryan Edwards pulled down the rebound as time ran out.

"We just kind of hung around in the third quarter," Glacier coach Mark Harkins said.

"We were able to force some turnovers, get some good looks and had some guys shoot lights-out from behind the arc, and we climbed back in it."

Glacier was 7-for-7 in three-point shooting for the final two quarters.

Trey Griffith hit four 3s in the second half and finished with 14 points. Bryan Chery had three treys en route to a team-high 16 points.

Hellgate (10-4 and 6-1) led 32-23 at the half.

Connor Woodill's 19 points paced Hellgate.

Glacier plays at Flathead (7-4, 3-1) on Friday.

Glacier 10 13 14 16 - 53

Missoula Hellgate 11 21 12 7 - 51

GLACIER - Bryan Chery 6-13 1-2 16, Colter Hanson 0-3 0-0 0, Trey Griffith 5-10 0-0 14, Ryan Edwards 1-6 2-4 4, Brandon Doty 0-1 0-0 0, Kyle Griffith 6-12 0-0 13, Sean Peters 1-2 0-0 2, Jacob Leininger 1-2 0-0 2, Evan Epperly 0-2 2-2 2, Andy Boyer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 20-51 5-10 53.

HELLGATE - Jesse Ginn 2-6 1-2 5, Zach Peevey 3-5 1-1 7, Ben Hartmann 4-7 0-0 11, Connor Woodill 6-15 6-8 19, Cody Oliver 0-0 2-2 2, Nick Joscelyn 1-1 0-0 2, Jake Arledge 0-0 0-0 0, Mitchell Hall 1-2 0-0 3, Kramer Ungaretti 1-2 0-0 2. Totals: 18-38 10-13 51.

3-point goals - Glacier 8-10 (T Griffith 4, Chery 3, K Griffith), Hellgate 5-10 (Hartmann 3, Woodill, Hall). Totals fouls - Glacier 13, Hellgate 10. Fouled out - none. Rebounds - Glacier 21 (Edwards 7), Hellgate 27 (Woodill 8, Ginn 5).

Girls

Bigfork 60, Whitefish 7

WHITEFISH - Caitlin Charlebois scored a game-high 21 points and Mallery Knoll added 12 as the fifth-ranked Class B Bigfork Valkyries whipped Class A Whitefish in nonconference basketball action.

Bigfork (14-1) rolled to a 27-0 first period lead and coasted from there.

Simone Craft led Whitefish in scoring with five points.

Bigfork 27 12 12 9 - 60

Whitefish 0 2 3 2 - 7

BIGFORK - Caitlin Charlebois 21, Kate Lamm 4, Melissa VanDerveer 6, Taylor Peck 4, Quinci Paine 9, Mckinze Shults 4, Mallery Knoll 12.

WHITEFISH - Simone Craft 5, Ashlee Brewer 2.