Whitefish boys top Libby in OT
WHITEFISH - Six different players scored in overtime as Whitefish emerged with a hard-fought 49-45 Northwestern A boys basketball victory over Libby on Friday night.
Whitefish had the ball with 10 seconds left in regulation play, but failed to get a shot off in time.
That sent the game to an extra sesssion.
Gage Vasquez turned in another double-double for Whitefish (8-6 overall, 4-1 league) with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
He also had six steals.
Logan Harwood came off the bench to spark Whitefish offensively with 11 points.
Whitefish, 4 of 25 shooting in the first two quarters, trailed 24-12 at intermission.
Libby (2-11, 0-5) was led offensively by Jared Winslow, who had a game-high 17 points.
Josh Foote added 11 points for the Loggers.
Libby 13 11 8 8 5 - 45
Whitefish 5 7 16 12 9 - 49
LIBBY - Micah Germany 2, Elias Lapka 4, Jared Winslow 17, Nolan Broden 9, Josh Foote 11, Kraig Nelson 2.
WHITEFISH - Christopher Forrest 5, Jake Slaybaugh 7, Logan Harwood 11, Gage Vasquez 16, Cooper Olson 8, Jace Kalbfleisch 2.
Bigfork 51, Troy 44
TROY - Fourth-ranked Bigfork bounced back from a 53-38 loss to No. 5 Class A Columbia Falls on Thursday to drop Troy for a key District 7B victory.
Bigfork (13-3, 7-0) trailed at the eight-minute mark, but led 26-23 at the half.
The Vikings outscored Troy (10-4, 5-2) 13-8 in the fourth quarter to pull away.
Ian Lorang led the way for Bigfork with 20 points. Jackson Boese finished with 10.
Ryan Rayson hit 14 for Troy and Cody Orr had 10.
Bigfork 12 14 12 13 - 51
Troy 13 10 13 8 - 44
BIGFORK - Ian Lorang 20, Chris Landon 4, Cody Dopps 9, Connor Coleman 4, Christian Evans 2, Jackson Boese 10, Dillon Fraley 2.
TROY - Creede Garcia 6, Cory Orr 8, Ryan Rayson 14, Cody Orr 10, Gabe Hickman 5, Justin Randall 1.
Mt. Ellis 61, FV Homeschool 60, 2OT
FV Homeschool 48, GV Homeschool 38
BOZEMAN - Flathead Valley Homeschool (11-5) bounced back from a double overtime loss to Mt. Ellis to beat Gallatin Valley Homeschool.
Jake Van Buren tallied 19 points against Mt. Ellis for FVHS, while Josiah Sheeran scored 22 in the victory.
FV Homeschool 8 11 10 12 7 9 - 60
Mt. Ellis 9 11 13 8 7 10 - 61
FV HOMESCHOOL - Jake Van Buren 19, Logan Prier 11, Josh Jarvis 10, Josiah Sheeran 9, Ryland Carlson 4, Nick Peterson 3, Steven Wilkens 1.
MT. ELLIS - Gabe Chaaikin 13, John Lehman 3, Stevens Holmes 3, Dylan Browning 24, Levi Stanes 15.
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FV Homeschool 14 14 8 12 - 48
Gallatin Valley 15 7 8 7 - 38
FV HOMESCHOOL - Sheeran 22, Van Buren 9, Prier 2, Carlson 6, Jarvis 5, Josh Seely 2, Peterson 2.
GALLATIN VALLEY HOMESCHOOL - Cody Lieuranee 6, Reis McCotter 7, Zach Van Dyken 13, Houston Abbot 2, Mikah Sauskojis 10.
Girls
Libby 48, Whitefish 27
LIBBY - Ten different players scored for Libby, led by Hailey Craig's 11 points and Hannah England's 10, as the Loggers rolled to an easy Northwestern A victory over Whitefish.
England had three treys in the contest.
Libby took charge in the second quarter, outscoring Whitefish 16-1 for a 29-12 halftime lead.
Libby (3-11. 1-4) was 16 of 31 shooting at the free throw line. Whitefish made 22 trips to the line, sinking six shots
Whitefish (1-13, 1-4) was led by Simone Craft's 11 points.
Taylor Havens finished with seven for the Bulldogs.
Whitefish 11 1 9 6 - 27
Libby 13 16 9 10 - 48
WHITEFISH - Taylor Havens 7, Amanda Foley 1, Ashlee Brewer 1, Ashley O'Dell 4, Simone Craft 11, Shannon Craft 3.
LIBBY - Alyssa Walker 2, Kaitlyn Gilder 1, Hannan England 10, Jenny Johnson 2, Kelsey Klin 2, Hailey Craig 11, Taylor Quinn 8, Becca Kyriss 2, Devon Gallagher 2, Kim Tangen 8.
Bigfork 42, Troy 25
TROY - Fourth-ranked Bigfork held Troy (0-14, 0-7) to just four first-half points to notch a District 7B victory.
Bigfork (14-2, 6-1) was led by Taylor Peck's 18 points.
Troy's top scorer was Jordon Williams with 15 points.
Bigfork 9 11 11 11 - 42
Troy 2 2 8 13 - 25
BIGFORK - Stevi Siloti 2, Mckinze Shults 7, Shelby Scoggins 4, Taylor Peck 18, Melissa VanDerveer 5, Tessa Robertson 6.
TROY - Kellie Lundin 4, Jordon Williams 15, Michaela Curry 2, Katie Lundin 2, Breanne Opland 2.