Boys basketball roundup: Whitefish boys outlast Vikings
<p>Bigfork junior Christian Evans (33) shoots under pressure from Whitefish senior Jace Kalbfleisch during their game on Friday in Bigfork.</p>
BIGFORK — The Whitefish boys took down Bigfork 60-54 in overtime of a nonconference basketball game Friday.
E.J. Havens scored 17 points to lead Whitefish, which had four double-figure scorers. Keaton Nicholson scored 14, Cooper Olson 12 and Logan Harwood 11.
Whitefish led 29-26 at halftime and maintained its three-point advantage after three quarters.
Bigfork made up its deficit in the fourth by outscoring Whitefish 18-15, but the Bulldogs came back in overtime with a 10-4 run.
Austin Jordt led Bigfork with 15 points. Colter Trent scored 10 and Chris Landon and Seth Roessman each netted eight.
Whitefish hosts Frenchtown in its conference opener today at 7 p.m.
Bigfork hosts 7B opponent St. Ignatius today at 6 p.m.
Whitefish 15 14 6 15 10 — 60
Bigfork 15 11 6 18 4 — 54
WHITEFISH — Keaton Nicholson 14, E.J. Havens 17, Logan Harwood 11, Jace Kalbfleisch 4, Cooper Olson 12, Jake May 2.
BIGFORK — Austin Jordt 15, Seth Roessmann 8, Colter Trent 10, Chris Landon 8, Cameron Nissen 2, Tyler Kirby 5, Christian Evans 6.
Ronan 29, Polson 28
POLSON — The Polson boys struggled to shoot, both from the field and at the free-throw line, losing a sloppy game to Lake County rival Ronan.
The Pirates shot less than 30 percent for the game, missing a pair of free throws with 7 seconds left that could have tied the game.
Ronan’s Tim Woll had a game-high nine points. Cedrick Smith led the Pirates with six points.
Polson is off for the holiday break until Jan. 5 when it hosts Missoula Loyola.
Ronan 11 7 6 5 — 29
Polson 4 9 6 9 — 28
RONAN — Carston Baertsch 7, Dallas Jore 2, Tim Woll 9, Alex Quequesah 7, Zach Wagner 3, Kollin Wroblewski 1.
POLSON — Cedrick Smith 6, Cedric Earthboy 3, Derek Peel 3, Dylan Kelley 3, Chris McDonald 4, Austin Corrigan 3, Hayden Congdon 2, Riley Sampson 4.