Whitefish girls pick up 1st win
RONAN - Whitefish outscored Ronan 13-8 in the fourth quarter to pull out a 36-31 Northwestern A girls basketball victory on Thursday.
The Bulldogs, who had lost 10 straight games, and Ronan were tied 23-all after three periods.
Whitefish (1-3 league) was led by Olivia Curtiss' nine points. Olivia Nagler was next with seven.
Whitefish plays at Libby on Saturday.
Whitefish 7 8 8 13 - 36
Ronan 7 4 12 8 - 31
WHITEFISH - Olivia Nagler 7, Olivia Curtiss 9, Jessica Poe 6, Shannon Craft 3, Brooke Silliker 4, Heather Bailey 2.
RONAN - Courtney Clairmont 9, Alice VanGunten 4, Ashleigh Lynch 6, Justice Burland 2.
Libby 50, Eureka 24
LIBBY - Jaime Gilden matched Eureka in scoring with a 24-point performance to power Libby to an easy nonconference victory.
Gilden cashed in at the free-throw line, sinking 8 of 14 attempts.
Libby led 22-14 at the half.
Eureka 7 7 5 5 - 24
Libby 9 13 15 13 - 50
EUREKA - A. Holland 2, A. White 6, A. Krause 1, B. Williams 1, C. Morgan 7, C. Allens 5, C. Larsen 2.
LIBBY - Shiena Good 2, Alysha Martin 1, Jaime Gilden 24, Logan Best 4, Taylor Barton 9, Ashley Shaw 3, Kim Tangen 4.
Polson 50,
Hamilton 44
POLSON - Breanne Kelley scored all 12 of her points in the fourth quarter as Polson defeated Hamilton in a nonconference outing.
Polson (7-4) outscored Hamilton 23-10 in the final period.
Riley Kenney finished with a double-double for Polson, scoring 15 points and pulling down 10 rebounds.
Mackenzie Banner added 12 points for Polson, who has won four straight.
Hamilton hit seven straight treys to open the contest. The Broncs led 25-20 at the half.
Polson hosts Stevensville on Saturday in another nonleague outing.
Hamilton 15 10 9 10 - 44
Polson 9 11 7 23 - 50
HAMILTON - Rebecca Hood 11, Presley Chadwick 7, Casey Shifflett 1, Kaurie Albert 15, Mary Conwell 4, Meghan Kratofil 6.
POLSON - Mackenzie Banner 12, Nina Orozco-Charlo 8, Breanne Kelley 12, Riley Kenney 15, Jonna Grant 2, Heidi Rausch 1.
Columbia Falls 45, Thompson Falls 32
THOMPSON FALLS - Columbia Falls doubled the score on Thompson Falls in the opening quarter and rolled from there to post a 13-point nonconference victory.
Columbia Falls led 32-20 at the break.
Hope Burlage led the Wildkats with 21 points. Jonna Werner was next with 12.
Columbia Falls is back in action Saturday at Class AA Missoula Big Sky.
Columbia Falls 16 16 4 9 - 45
Thompson Falls 8 12 4 8 - 32
COLUMBIA FALLS - Kayla Stratton 2, Allie Lampman 5, Hope Burlage 21, Jonna Werner 12, Erin Hill 2, Shaun Rowe 3.
THOMPSON FALLS - Kelsey Fitchett 13, Makayla Becker 9, Allison Vaught 6, Hope Reid 4.
Boys
Polson 75,
Hamilton 57
HAMILTON - Louis Mohr scored 17 of his game-high 22 points in the final half as Polson crushed Hamilton in Class A nonconference play.
Mohr was 6-for-6 from the free throw line, all in the final half.
Kyle Bagnell added 17 points for Polson.
Polson continues with nonconference action on Saturday at Stevensville.
Polson 21 18 20 15 - 74
Hamilton 15 9 15 18 - 57
POLSON - Tyler Krell 8, Vince DiGiallonardo 9, Kyle Bagnell 17, Zack Camel 7, Sheldon Fisher 7, Cody Fischer 4, Louis Mohr 22.
HAMILTON - Zach Stoeger 2, Brad Palin 10, Eli Rogers 2, Cody Lewis 2, Dale Moerkerke 14, Beau Mavs 17, Grahm Silcher 2, Tyler Pigman 6, Reese Isherwood 2.