High School Hoops: C-Falls sweeps Whitefish
WHITEFISH - Top-ranked Columbia Falls used sharp shooting from the free-throw line to take down rival Whitefish on Saturday.
The Wildcats made 13 of 14 free throws in the third quarter and made 24 overall in the second half en route to a 67-56 Northwestern A boys basketball victory in front of a packed crowd.
Columbia Falls had four players score in double figures, led by Parker Johnson's 16. Nick Emerson had 15, Austin Barth added 11 and Kaleb Johnson 10 for the Wildcats (8-0 overall, 3-0 in conference).
Whitefish, which made nine 3-pointers, was led by Gage Vasquez's 14 points. Cooper Olson had 11 and Kyler Blades nine for the Bulldogs (5-3, 0-2).
Columbia Falls hosts Glacier at 8 p.m. on Thursday while Whitefish travels to Flathead next Friday for an 8 p.m. contest.
Columbia Falls 16 8 24 19 - 67
Whitefish 11 12 14 19 - 56
COLUMBIA FALLS - Devyn Rocker 9, Nick Emerson 15, Chris King 4, Cale Vukonich 2, Parker Johnson 16, Austin Barth 11, Kaleb Johnson 10.
WHITEFISH - Mac Roche 7, Kyler Blades 9, Jose Sanchez 5, Gage Vasquez 14, Cooper Olson 11, Drew Galbraith 4, Alex Duroche 6.
Libby 36, Polson 33
LIBBY - Libby dealt Polson its first conference loss in a low-scoring Northwestern A contest.
Garrett Craig scored 13 points and Libby allowed only four Polson players to score. Louis Mohr had a game-high 17 points for the Pirates (5-3, 2-1).
James Hare had eight and Alex Cislo six for the Loggers (4-4, 2-1).
Polson 4 7 15 7 - 33
Libby 12 11 7 6 - 36
POLSON - Tyler Krell 3, Vince DiGiallonardo 3, Kyle Bagnell 10, Louis Mohr 17.
LIBBY - Reese Jensen 2, Cree Maloney 2, Kelly May 1, Garrett Craig 13, Dan Webster 4, Alex Cislo 6, James Hare 8.
Bigfork 55, Ronan 43
RONAN - Christian Ker scored 27 points and the Vikings downed its former Northwestern A foe.
Travis Knoll added 11 for Bigfork (8-2, 5-0).
Jarod Tanner paced the Chiefs (4-5, 0-3) with 15 points and Kevin Wroblewski added 11.
Bigfork 14 14 14 13 - 55
Ronan 13 6 8 16 - 43
BIGFORK - Colter Trent 4, Evan Jordt 5, Travis Knoll 11, Christian Kerr 27, Ian Lorang 2, Ryan Gembala 6.
RONAN - Jarod Tanner 15, Marcus Hungerford 2, Lucas Black 3, Justin Dustybull 4, Kevin Wroblewski 11, Brady Oakland 2, Robert Faoa 1, Edmund Dupuis 1, Gordon North Piegan 2, Jackson Jore 2.
FV Homeschool 57, Helena Home 47
HELENA - The Crusaders had nine players contribute offensively in the team's 13th MCAA win of the season.
Josiah Sheeran, Nick Peterson and Jace Voigtlander each scored eight points for Flathead Valley Homeschool (13-2, 5-0). Logan Prier chipped in seven and Josh Jarvis and Ryland Carlson each had six.
Isaac Rajkowski, the lone FVHS player to not score, pulled down nine rebounds and had five assists.
Helena 15 7 5 20 - 47
FVHS 12 14 15 16 - 57
HELENA - Shad Geisser 22, Seth Batson 6, Caleb M. 8, Skylar Geisser 2, Mason W. 5, James Wistler 4.
FVHS - Nick Peterson 8, Nate Peterson 3, Josh Jarvis 6, Jace Voightlander 8, Stephen Sprunger 5, Ryland Carlson 6, Logan Prier 7, Jake Van Buren 6, Josiah Sheeran 8.
Late Thursday
Whitefish 68,
Bigfork 65
BIGFORK -Gage Vasquez scored a game-high 23 points, Kyler Blades had 13 and Cooper Olson 12 as the Bulldogs edged Bigfork.
Travis Knoll led Bigfork with 20 points.
Whitefish 18 13 13 24 - 68
Bigfork 12 14 20 19 - 65
WHITEFISH - Chris Forrest 3, Mac Roche 2, Kyler Blades 13, Jose Sanchez 3, Gage Vasquez 23, Cooper Olson 12, Drew Galbraith 2, Alex Duroche 8, Peter Seymour 2.
BIGFORK - Carter Sorensen 8, Ian Lorang 4, Colter Trent 3, Evan Jordt 6, Travis Knoll 20, Ben Sandry 2, Christian Ker 8, Jackson Boese 10, Dillon Fraley 4.
Girls
Polson 44, Libby 28
LIBBY - Breanne Kelley scored 12 of her game-high 22 points in the opening half as Polson defeated Libby in a Northwestern A girls basketball game.
Polson held Libby to single-digit scoring in all four quarters.
Riley Kenney scored 11 points for Polson.
Alysha Martin had 11 for Libby.
Polson held a big edge at the free-throw line going 11-for-14. Libby was 2-for-6.
Kenney was 5-for-6 at the charity stripe and Kelley went 4-for-4.
Polson 11 13 6 14 - 44
Libby 6 7 6 9 - 28
POLSON - Mackenzie Banner 3, Mariah Hamel 3, Breanne Kelley 22, Riley Kenney 11, Jonna Grant 1, Heidi Rausch 4.
LIBBY - Alysha Martin 11, Jaime Gilden 7, Logan Best 4, Taylor Barton 2, Ashley Shaw 4.
Bigfork 45, Ronan 20
RONAN - Caitlin Charlebois and Quinci Paine fueled a big first half as the Vals cruised to the non-league win.
Charlebois scored 11 of her 15 points in the first half and Paine had eight of her 10 in the first 16 minutes as ninth-ranked Bigfork rolled
Ronan (0-9) was led by Alice VanGunten's six points.
Bigfork 16 11 10 8 - 45
Ronan 4 6 0 10 - 20
BIGFORK - Mallery Knoll 4, Mckinze Shults 2, Quinci Paine 10, Taylor Peck 7, Melissa VanDerveer 6, Caitlin Charlebois 15, Kate Lamm 1.
RONAN - Courtney Claremont 2, Alice VanGunten 6, Ashley Lynch 2, Mariah Cheff 5, Tailyr Irvine.3, Trinity Rosenbaum 2.
Columbia Falls 53, Whitefish 14
WHITEFISH -No information was available.