Basketball roundup: West hits 29 points in Flathead's victory over Libby
LIBBY — Garth West scored 15 of his game-high 29 points in the opening quarter as Flathead rolled past Libby 66-49 in boys basketball nonconference play Saturday afternoon.
West scored all but six of Flathead’s first-quarter points.
Class AA Flathead (2-1) led 45-27 at halftime.
Jared Winslow had an equally impressive scoring effort for Class A Libby (0-3). He drained five 3s en route to a 21-point showing.
Flathead’s Blaine Newman and Libby’s Kraig Nelson both tallied 11 points.
Flathead 21 24 10 11 — 66
Libby 17 10 7 15 — 49
FLATHEAD — Blaine Newman 4 0-0 11, Matt Tokarz 1 0-0 2, Chandler Escalante 3 0-0 8, Matt Quist 3 0-0 6, Shea Schroeder 4 1-2 9, Garth West 14 1-1 29. Totals: 29 1-3 66.
LIBBY — Colin Johnson 0 1-2 1, Dan Leggins 3 0-0 7, Willie Reichel 2 0-0 4, Jared Winslow 7 5-6 24, Barak Lapka 1 0-0 2, Kraig Nelson 5 0-0 11.
Totals: 18 6-8 49.
3-point goals—Newman (3), Escalante (2), West; Leggins, Winslow (5), Nelson. Team fouls—Flathead 11, Libby 9; Fouled out—None.
Polson 41, Hamilton 34
HAMILTON — Cedric Smith dropped in 13 points and Riley Sampson 11 to lead Polson to a Class A nonconference victory in Hamilton.
Polson (2-1) doubled the score on Hamillton in the opening quarter, leading 12-6, and that lead held up for the remainder of play.
Reese Isherwood and Jesse Bartels both tallied 10 points for Hamilton.
Polson 12 8 10 11 — 41
Hamilton 6 7 11 10 — 34
POLSON — Cedric Smith 13, Will Davey 4, Cedric Earthboy 3, Dylan Kelley3, Hayden Congdon 5, Riley Sampson 11, Derek Peck 2.
HAMILTON — Josh Bauder 4, Kameron Kohn 2, John Ryter 4, Reese Isherwood 10, Jesse Bartels 10, Teague Blome 4.
Bigfork 70, Plains 27
BIGFORK — Colter Trent scored 14 of his game-high 26 points in the first period to carry Bigfork to an easy District 7B victory over Plains.
Bigfork (3-1 overall, 2-0 league) led 38-16 at the half.
Seth Roessmann added 19 points for the Vikings.
Kyle Revier scored 11 points for Plains.
Plains 5 11 9 2 — 27
Bigfork 21 17 27 5 — 70
PLAINS — Trent Brouillette 1, Aaron Baker 4, Kyle Revier 11, Dallas Burgess 5, Wyatt Winebrenner 2, Jeremiah Crawford 4.
BIGFORK — Austin Jordt 9, Seth Roessmann 19, Colter Trent 26, Chris Landon 7, Josh Sandry 1, Christian Evans 8.
Ronan 68, Eureka 52
RONAN — Ronan had five players hit double digits in scoring to pace the Chiefs in a Class B nonconference win.
Kollin Wrobleski led the balanced attack with 13 points.
Game-high scoring honors, however, belonged to Eureka’s Tanner Blankers, who had 28.
Eureka 16 15 11 13 — 52
Ronan 16 16 22 14 — 68
EUREKA – Trey Bohne 3, Tanner Blankers 28, Dalton Smith 12, RJ Glover 3, Cameron Griffin 4, Richard Roo 5.
RONAN – Carston Baertsch 10, Dallas Jore 12, Tim Woll 11, Alex Quequesah 5, Zach Wagner 11, Kollin Wrobleski 13, Daniel Aylesworth 6.
Columbia Falls 72, Frenchtown 67
COLUMBIA FALLS — Columbia Falls closed with a 14-0 run in the final 1:40 of play to upend Frenchtown in Northwestern A conference play.
Frenchtown led 67-58 before Columbia Falls (3-1, 1-0) rallied.
Frenchtown opened the game with a 15-1 run.
“The key for us was cutting the lead to five by the end of the quarter,” Columbia Falls coach Cary Finberg said.
Frenchtown led 31-30 at the half.
Jared Trinastich scored 17 of his game-high 19 points for Columbia Falls in the first half.
Alex Presnell netted 14 of his 16 points in the second half.
Finberg said two sophomores — Ty Morgan, eight points, and Austin Kimmet, five points — were key contributors.
“They came through for us,” he said.
“We made some plays down the stretch with steals and turnovers.”
Frenchtown 20 11 24 12 — 67
Columbia Falls 15 15 22 20 — 72
FRENCHTOWN — John Chapman 23, Levi Shepherd 4, Daniel Lebsock 8, Andrew Honzen 1, Bridger Truett 8, Kyle Cyr 10, Matt Price 7, Jordan Moe 4, Bobby Erbaugh 2.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Alex Presnell 16, Austin Martin 3, Colin King 4, Luke Kazlauskas 12, Ty Morgan 8, Logan Williams 1, Mason Gedlaman 4, Jared Trinastich 19, Austin Kimmet 5.
Girls
Flathead 49, Libby 22
LIBBY — A strong first half carried Class AA Flathead (2-1) to a 27-point victory over Class A Libby (0-3).
The Bravettes, led by Emma Andrews, 14 points, Jenessa Heine, 12, and Emily Russell, 10, enjoyed a 25-14 advantage at the break.
Dayln Germany scored eight points for Libby.
Flathead 12 13 16 8 — 49
Libby 4 10 2 6 — 22
FLATHEAD — Emma Andrews 5 4-4 14, Emily Russell 4 2-3 10, Tana Fountain 2 0-0 4, Jessika Abbrescia 3 3-5 9, Jenessa Heine 4 3-4 12. Totals: 18 12-16 49.
LIBBY — Kaitlyn Gilder 1 1-2 4, Hannah England 1 0-0 3, Hailey Craig 2 0-0 5, Dayln Germany 4 0-0 8, Devon Gallagher 1 0-0 2. Totals: 9 1-2 22.
3-point goals—Heine; Gilder, England, Craig; Team fouls—Flathead 8, Libbyt 14; Fouled out—England.
Great Falls 49,
Glacier 36
GREAT FALLS — Glacier stumbled out of the gate with a four-point first period and never recovered in losing to Great Falls in a Class AA nonconference contest.
Glacier (2-1) was led offensively by Hailee Bennett, 13 points, and Rachel Chery, 11.
Liz Klinker and Taylor Kumm both scored 11 for Great Falls.
Glacier 4 12 11 9 — 36
Great Falls 15 11 9 14 — 49
GREAT FALLS – Liz Klinker 4-4 2-4 11, Nora Klick 1-6 0-1 3, Markaela Francis 2-4 1-6 5, Darbi Fought 0-0 0-0 0, Taylor Kumm 3-6 2-2 11, Brice Henning 0-0 0-0 0, Jessica Keller 4-8 2-3 10, Kelsey Devlin 1-7 5-6 7, Callee Remsen 1-5 0-2 2. Totals 16-40 12-24 49.
GLACIER—Hailee Bennett 5-11 3-4 13, Rachel Chery 4-8 3-3 11, Hannah Atlee 0-1 1-2 1, Kailea Vaudt 0-1 0-0 0, Kirstyn Haugenoe 0-2 5-5 5, Cassidy Hashley 2-11 0-0 4, Katie Wiley 0-3 2-2 2, Anna Jenks 0-1 0-1 0. Totals: 11-38 14-17 36.
3-point goals – Great Falls 5 (Kumm 3, Klick 1, Klinker 1), Glacier 0. Total fouls – Great Falls 18, Hellgate 21. Fouled out – Vaudt. Turnovers – Great Falls 17, Glacier 23.
Bigfork 38, Plains 37
PLAINS — Shelby Scoggins made 1 of 2 free throws with 1.9 seconds remaining to give Bigfork the District 7B victory over Plains.
Bigfork (1-3, 1-1) had to rally in the fourth quarter, outscoring Plains 8-5.
Scoggins finished with seven points.
Josie Spoklie topped Bigfork with 14 points.
Hailey Phillips led Plains, and all scorers, with 15.
Bigfork 12 4 14 8 — 38
Plains 14 6 11 5 — 37
BIGFORK – Josie Spoklie 14, Shelby Scoggins 7, Riley Coleman 7, Tessa Robertson 5, Marissa Hiza 3, Kallister Meagher 2.
PLAINS – Hailey Phillips 15, Carley VonHeeder 9, Ashley Holmes 5, Leah Thompson 4, Kayla Holmes 3, Sami Kinzie 1.
Hamilton 56, Polson 38
POLSON — Sophomore guard Taylor Goligoski scored 30 points to lift Hamilton over Polson in Class A nonconference action.
Goligoski netted 14 points in third quarter. For the game, she was 8 of 10 free throw shooting and hit a pair of 3s.
Heidi Rausch turned in a double-double for Polson (0-3) with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Hallie Hovenkotter pulled down 10 rebounds.
“We have a lot of work to do,” Polson coach Randy Kelley said.
“I thought we rebounded really well, we had 42 on the night. We just couldn’t put the ball in the bucket.”
Hamilton 15 9 24 8 — 56
Polson 9 9 6 14 — 38
HAMILTON — Taylor Goligoski 30, Kali Hayes 8, Jaylee Albert 2, Kloie Nye 3, Bri Hugganes 5, Sami Gratofil 8.
POLSON — Mackenzie Banner 3, Malia Hamel 6, Anna DiGiallonardo 7, Hallie Hovenkotter 4, Monika Frame 5, Heidi Rausch 13.
Ronan 57, Eureka 52
EUREKA — Eureka outscored Ronan 24-13 in the fourth quarter, but fell five-points short of pulling out a Class B nonconference victory.
Ronan led 44-28 after three quarters.
Cassidy Morgan led Eureka’s scorers with 16 points. Alyssa White added 10.
Ronan’s Raymi Clairmont had 14 points.
Eureka 8 12 8 24 — 52
Ronan 14 13 17 13 — 57
EUREKA – Alex Holland 7, Mikayla Grove 8, Alyssa White 10, Cassidy Morgan 16, Carli Allen 8, Caitlin Larson 2, Whitney Williams 1.
RONAN – Raymi Clairmont 14, Ashleigh Lynch 12, Courtney Clairmont 10, Aspen Jore 4, Kendra Starkel 3, Alaina Madsen 4, Courtney Taylor 2, Brylee Weatherwax 8.
Columbia Falls 45, Frenchtown 43
COLUMBIA FALLS — Columbia Falls survived a frantic finish to upend Frenchtown in Northwestern A action.
Frenchtown’s Abby Indreland hit a 3 to cut the deficit to two. The Broncs had a chance to force overtime, but missed the front end of the bonus free throw with no time remaining.
Columbia Falls (3-1, 1-0) trailed 22-16 at the half.
“First half, we were a little tentative,” Columbia Falls coach Cary Finberg said.
“We played more like we want to in the second half. It was nice to see us get out of the funk we were in.”
Winter Kemppainen led Columbia Falls in scoring with 13 points.
Haley Belgarde tossed in 12 for the Wildkats.
Frenchtown’s Vanessa Stavish tallied 15.
Frenchtown 10 12 6 15 — 43
Columbia Falls 9 7 13 16 — 45
FRENCHTOWN — Abby Indreland 6, Vanessa Stavish 15, Kayla Blood 1, Kenzie Reid 3, Shaela Wallin 5, Holly Jacobs 3, Larissa Berg 10.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Ciera Finberg 9, Hope Burlage 9, Winter Kemppainen 13, Haley Belgarde 12, Shannon Hay 2.