Calderwood's shot keeps C-Falls perfect

COLUMBIA FALLS - Jacob Calderwood banked home a shot with 20 seconds left on Friday night to give the Columbia Falls Wildcats a 33-31 Northwestern A victory over the visiting Libby Loggers.

Those were Calderwood's only points of the game.

Columbia Falls (13-0, 4-0) led 28-17 after three quarters, but Libby came alive in the fourth.

"They went on a 14-2 run and took a 31-30 lead with 40 seconds to go," said Wildcat coach Cary Finberg.

Austin Barth scored 14 points and pulled down seven rebounds and Parker Johnson added 10 point for the Wildcats. Alex Cislo and James Hare each scored 10 for the Loggers.

The Wildcats were playing with a depleted lineup after a bus incident caused several senior players to be disciplined with a one-game suspension

"I was real proud of those guys (who filled in). They were put into a tough spot. We asked them to play our game and do what they were capable of doing. We thought we could win this game, but we needed those guys to step up for us and they did," Finberg said.

"Your true character shows when your back is to the wall and these kids came through. We had freshmen and sophomores and JV guys that had to step up and do it for us. A lot of them, it was their first meaningful minutes of the year."

The Wildcats who were disciplined will be back for tonight's game in Polson.

"We will see where we are at. We've got to get back into it mentally. We've got some rebuilding to do at this point," Finberg said.

Libby 4 8 5 14 - 31

Columbia Falls 8 7 13 5 - 33

LIbby - Alex Cislo 10, James Hare 10, Garrett Craig 6, Kelly May 3, Cree Maloney 2. Totals 13 3-5 31

Columbia Falls - Austin Barth 14, Parker Johnson 10, Jared Trinastich 3, Ronny Gallegos 2, Brian Marcille 2, Jacob Calderwood 2. Totals 12 9-12 33.

3-point goals: Libby 2 (Craig 2), Columbia Falls 0. Total fouls: Libby 14, Columbia Falls 8. Fouled out: None.

Polson 69, Ronan 59

RONAN - Louis Mohr scored 19 points and was one of four Pirates in double figures as Polson held off host Ronan in a Northwestern A basketball matchup on Friday.

The Pirates led 39-29 at the half and 52-43 after three.

Kevin Wroblewski and Marcus Hungerford paced Ronan with 11 points each.

Polson 20 19 13 17 - 69

Ronan 15 14 14 16 - 59

POLSON - Tyler Krell 11, Kyle Bagnell 14, Louis Mohr 19, Sheldon Fisher 11, Vince DiGiallonardo 6, Zac Camel 4, Cody Fischer 4.

RONAN - Jarod Tanner 10, Lucas Black 7, Justin Dustybull 5, Kevin Wroblewski 11, Marcus Hungerford 11, Jackson Jore 5, Brady Oakland 8, Chris Clary 2.

Bigfork 53, Plains 23

PLAINS - Christian Ker scored 14 points and Carter Sorensen added 13 as the Bigfork boys rolled past host Plains, 53-23 on Friday night.

Sorenson added six rebounds and five steals and Ker had 10 rebounds and four steals for the Vikings (12-4, 9-0). Travis Knoll and Ian Lorang also contributed four steals each.

"Sometimes it can be tough when you are playing an opponent that is having trouble. We played very well in the first half," said Bigfork coach Paul LaMott.

Bigfork 16 14 14 9 - 53

Plains 5 3 5 10 - 23

Bigfork - Carter Sorensen 13, Ian Lorang 2, Colter Trent 7, Cody Dopps 2, Evan Jordt 1, Ryan Gembala 5, Travis Knoll 5, Austin Jordt 2, Christian Ker 14, Kyle Hauns 2. Totals 17 14-25 53.

Plains - Carson Lilja 3, Jeff Revier 2, Taylor Firestone 4, Kade Boche 6, Tanner Ostrom 7. Totals 6 10-18 23

3-point goals: Bigfork 5 (Sorenson 1, Trent 2, Ker 2). Plains 2 (Lilya). Fouls - Bigfork 20, Plains 19. Fouled out: None

Whitefish 72, Eureka 29

EUREKA - Whitefish had five players score in double figures en route to a big win over Eureka on Friday.

Mac Roche, Gage Vasquez and Cooper Olson each scored 12 points and Drew Galbraith and Alex Duroche chipped in 11 apiece for the Bulldogs.

Jose Sanchez had all nine of his points in the opening quarter.

Whitefish 26 21 20 5 - 72

Eureka 7 2 14 6 - 29

WHITEFISH - Chris Forrest 9, Mac Roche 12, Kyler Blades 4, Jose Sanchez 9, Gage Vasquez 12, Cooper Olson 12, Drew Galbraith 11, Alex Duroche 11, Bryce Wherli 2.

EUREKA - Tanner Peterson 12, Tanner Blankers 13, Mark Good 2, Chris Ibach 2.

Stillwater Christian 62, Flathead Valley 56

Josh Bray scored 22 points and Josh Topp and Trevor Holladay each had 12 as Stillwater won its sixth-straight and improved to 17-2 on the season.

Josh Jarvis had 17 points and Stephen Sprunger had 13 for Flathead Valley.

FVHS 13 10 14 19 - 56

Stillwater 18 13 17 14 - 62

FLATHEAD VALLEY - Nick Peterson 3, Isaac Rajkoski 4, Josh Jarvis 17, Jace Voightlander 8, Stephen Sprunger 13, Logan Prier 4, Jake Van Buren 3, Josiah Sheevan 4.

STILLWATER - Josh Bray 22, Josh LeGassey 4, Ryan Koch 3, Trent Burton 5, Josh Topp 12, Trevor Holladay 12, Jordan Tritten 4.

Girls

Bigfork 54, Plains 27

BIGFORK - Mallery Knoll scored 24 points, Quinci Paine had 16 and the Vals improved to 15-1 overall.

Paine had eight rebounds and Caitlin Charlebois had seven points and seven steals for Bigfork, which hasn't lost since the second game of the season.

Bigfork plays at Troy tomorrow and then has senior night against Ronan next Thursday.

Plains 5 5 9 8 - 27

Bigfork 10 18 20 6 - 54

PLAINS - Kelsey Bagley 3, Laurel Danhof 2, Kayla Revier 7, Felicia Earhart 2, Nicki Kunzer 5, Jessica Hanson 5, Ashley Thompson 3.

BIGFORK - Mallery Knoll 24, Quinci Paine 16, Jessica Killian 2, Taylor Peck 3, Melissa VanDerveer 2, Caitlin Charlebois 7.

Polson 49, Ronan 14

RONAN - Breanne Kelley scored 16 points and Riley Kenney added another 11 as the Polson Pirates rolled past Mission Valley rival Ronan in Northwestern A play.

Polson led 23-10 at half and 37-14 after three quarters.

Polson 12 11 14 12 - 49

Ronan 4 6 4 0 - 14

POLSON - Mariah Hamel 4, Breanne Kelley 16, Riley Kenney 11, Jonna Grant 6, Nina Orozco-Charlo 4, Jordan Quinn 2, Heidi Rausch 6.

RONAN - Marissa McCrea 2, Courtney Clairmont 2, Alice VanGunten 2, Tailyr Irvine 6, Trinity Rosenbaum 2.

Columbia Falls 53, Libby 35

LIBBY - Kayla DeWit scored 22 points and Dani Gilley chipped in 13 as the Columbia Falls Wildkats downed Libby.

Columbia Falls got an early lead, 13-4 after the first quarter, and never relinquished it. It was up 28-18 at half and 43-28 after three quarters.

Jaime Gilden paced the Loggers with 16 points.

Columbia Falls 13 15 15 10 - 53

Libby 4 14 7 10 - 35

COLUMBIA FALLS - Dani Gilley 13, Kayla DeWit 22, Hope Burlage 9, Jonna Werner 7, Shaun Rowe 2.

LIBBY - Alysha Martin 5, Jaime Gilden 16, Logan Best 7, Taylor Barton 7.

Stillwater Christian 64,

Flathead Valley 35

Linnea Hashley scored 21 points to lead Stillwater Christian to its second win in as many days, beating Flathead Valley Home School 64-35 on Friday.

The Crusaders, led by Hashley's 14 points, defeated Clark Fork on Thursday 52-42.

Melody Sprunger and Maggie Rajkowski paced Flathead Valley with 11 points apiece.

Julia Smith added 10 points for Stillwater on Friday. Morgan Paolini had 10 against Clark Fork on Thursday.

FVHS 9 12 2 12 - 35

SCS 16 12 19 17 - 64

FVHS - Saretta Eash 4, Melody Sprunger 11, Shelby Sladek 7, Maggie Rajkowski 11, Shelby Lucht 2.

SCS - Katie Harrel 3, Samantha Red Elk 15, Jordan Danz 8, Morgan Paolini 5, Lorraine Moberly 3, Linnea Hashley 21, Julia Smith 10.

SCS 52, Clark Fork 42

Clark Fork 6 15 9 12 - 42

SCS 8 8 17 19 - 52

Clark Fork - Zara Palmer 2, Lyndsie Kiebert 2, Claire McMahon 2, Tess Vogel 10, Dimi Kailang 12, Celeste Komanez 4, Brocklynn Thornton 10.

SCS -Harrel 7, Red Elk 7, Danz 5, Jessica Mocabee 4, Paolini 10, Lorraine Moberly 3, Hashley 14, Smith 2.