Bigfork girls in title game at Western B divisional
HAMILTON — No. 3-ranked Bigfork rode the scoring of Taylor Peck, 12 points, and Tessa Robertson, 10, to a 38-27 victory in the semifinals of the Western B divisional girls basketball tournament on Friday.
Bigfork (18-4) pulled away for good with a 17-point fourth quarter.
Bigfork will face fifth-ranked Missoula Loyola in the championship game tonight at 8:45.
Plains 6 5 7 9 — 27
Bigfork 8 6 7 17 — 38
PLAINS – Nikki Kunzer 0 0-0 0, Ashley Holmes 1 2-4 4, Kayla Revier 2 3-9 7, Diamond LaDeaux 1 2-2 4, Kelsey Beagley 2 1-4 5, Felicia Earhart 2 2-2 2, Kayla Holmes 0 0-0 0, Sami Kinzie 0 0-0 0, Ashley Thompson 0 0-1 0. Totals 8 10-22 27.
BIGFORK – Tessa Robertson 5 0-2 10, Melissa VanDerveer 3 0-0 6, Taylor Peck 3 5-7 12, Shelby Scoggins 2 1-4 5, Mckinzie Shults 1 0-0 2, Stevi Siloti 0 0-0 0, Marriah Bradstreet 0 0-0 0, Riley Coleman 1 0-0 3. Totals 15 6-13 38.
3-point goals – Plains 1-13 (Earhart), Bigfork 2-10 (Peck, Coleman). Total fouls – Plains 18, Bigfork 16. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Plains 32 (Revier 11), Bigfork 43 (VanDerveer 10).
Loyola 75, Florence 49
Maddie Keast scored 15 points to power Loyola (17-5) to an easy victory over Florence (12-10).
Florence 7 13 8 21 — 49
Loyola 17 20 25 13 — 75
FLORENCE – Rose O’Brien 5 4-7 15, Kyndall Hoff 0 0-0 0, Cody Miller 0 0-0 0, Paige Bodner 2 2-4 8, Carli O’Brien 1 2-2 4, Megan Byrne 7 1-3 15, Cass Skeers 1 0-0 2, Courtney Byrne 1 3-4 5, Ava Kollman 0 0-0 0, Hailey Huot 0 0-0 0, Margaret Finlay 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 12-20 49.
LOYOLA – Kari Tirrell 5 2-4 14, Sam Manley 0 0-0 0, Maddie Keast 6 1-3 15, Maddy Malsam 1 0-0 2, Kiernan Haggarty 9 12-15 31, Maggie Crippen 3 0-0 6, Callan Haggarty 0 0-0 0, Olivia Round 0 0-0 0, Heather Huguet 1 0-0 2, Mady Dawald 0 0-0 0, Angela Holder 1 0-0 2, Kenzie Reid 1 1-4 3. Totals 27 16-26 75.
3-point goals – Florence 3-24 (Bodner 2, R. O’Brien), Loyola 5-10 (Tirrell 2, Keast 2, Haggarty). Total fouls – Florence 20, Loyola 24. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Florence 38 (C. Byrne 5), Loyola 41 (Reid 7).
Loser Out
Eureka 62,
Thompson Falls 49
Eureka kept its season alive with a scrappy win over Thompson Falls.
The Lions trailed 13-9 after the first quarter but roared back, scoring 17 points in the second and 24 in the third to take a 50-38 lead.
Alyssa White led Eureka with 17 points.
Thompson Falls 13 13 12 11 — 49
Eureka 9 17 24 12 — 62
THOMPSON FALLS – Erica Sorlie 0-3 1-2 1, Madison Fitchett 4-6 1-2 12, Angela Padden 0-1 0-0 0, Leann Lantz 0-1 0-0 0, Allison Vaught 5-15 0-0 13, Mara Hanks 2-7 0-2 5, Logan Beckman 5-9 8-10 18. Totals 16-42 10-16 49.
EUREKA – Alex Holland 3-5 3-5 10, Mikayla Grove 0-2 2-2 2, Alyssa White 5-18 3-4 17, Brianna Lindgren 0-1 0-0 0, Alex Pecora 4-8 1-5 12, Caitlin Larson 3-3 1-1 7, Brooke Williams 1-2 0-1 2, Cassidy Morgan 2-7 2-6 6, Kendra Chupp 0-3 2-2 2, Carli Allen 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 20-54 14-26 62.
3-point goals – Thompson Falls 7-22 (Fitchett 3, Vaught 3), Eureka 8-23 (White 4, Pecora 3). Total fouls – Thompson Falls 20, Eureka 18. Fouled out – Beckman. Rebounds – Thompson Falls 31 (Vaught 10), Eureka 41 (White 6).
Deer Lodge 53,
St. Ignatius 16
Deer Lodge made quick work of St. Ignatius, romping to an easy victory.
The Wardens were led by Bailee Senecal’s 11 points and had 11 players get on the scoresheet.
St. Ignatius 3 5 6 2 — 16
Deer Lodge 14 23 14 2 — 53
ST. IGNATIUS – Loren Erickson 0-5 0-0 0, Stephanie Lewandowski 6-17 0-0 14, Kaylie Durglo 0-1 0-0 0, Cecelia Koskela 0-6 1-5 1, Katrina Stevens 0-3 1-2 1, Haley O’Hern 0-3 0-0 0, Twyla Hogge 0-3 0-0 0, Courtney Charlo 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 6-42 2-7 16.
DEER LODGE – Lacey Thomas 2-3 0-0 4, Delaney Knuchel 2-5 0-0 6, Marisa McKee 2-2 0-0 5, Ivy Duncan 0-1 1-2 1, Shelby Applegate 3-5 2-4 8, Michele Christnacht 2-5 0-0 4, Cassy Graveley 0-4 1-2 1, Bailee Senecal 4-5 3-4 11, Shayla Therriault 2-3 0-0 4, Annie Lombardi 1-3 0-2 2, Dani Walker 3-4 1-6 7. Totals 21-40 8-20 53.
3-point goals – St. Ignatius 2-17 (Lewandowski 2), Deer Lodge 3-8 (Knuchel 2, McKee 1). Total fouls – St. Ignatius 16, Deer Lodge 12. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – St. Ignatius 27 (Stevens 8), Deer Lodge 38 (Applegate 7).
Loser Out
Bigfork 68, Eureka 37
Bigfork got back into the win column when it needed it, defeating Eureka (8-15).
Bigfork dominated, leading 32-18 at halftime and 49-27 after the third.
Connor Coleman had a game-high 16 points for the Vikings.
Bigfork 18 14 17 19 — 68
Eureka 11 7 9 10 — 37
BIGFORK – Austin Jordt 3-8 2-3 9, Ian Lorang 3-10 1-1 8, Luke Lafontaine 1-1 0-0 2, Chris Landon 2-6 0-0 4, Matt Killian 1-2 0-0 3, Ryan Hayes 2-7 0-0 6, Cody Dopps 2-6 1-2 5, Connor Coleman 7-8 2-4 16, Tyler Kirby 3-4 1-2 7, Jackson Boese 3-4 0-0 6, Dillon Fraley 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 28-58 7-12 68.
EUREKA – Colton Henrie 2-3 0-0 4, Tanner Peterson 2-7 1-2 5, Ryan Holder 3-8 2-3 8, Tanner Blankers 4-11 1-2 10, Mark Good 0-1 0-0 0, Chris Ibach 1-6 0-0 3, Bryton Guckenberg 0-6 1-2 1, Alex Schmelev 2-3 1-2 5, Myles Griffin 0-1 1-3 1. Totals 14-46 7-14 37.
3-point goals – Bigfork 5-14 (Hayes 2), Eureka 2-14 (Blankers 1, Ibach 1). Total fouls – Bigfork 11, Eureka 12. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Bigfork 38 (Coleman 7), Eureka 32 (Peterson 6).
Missoula Loyola 50, Ronan 47
Loyola jumped out early on Ronan and held off a late charge by the Chiefs to advance to the consolation final.
Josh Janssen led Loyola with 12 points. Ronan (9-15) was led by Zachary Wagner’s 11.
Loyola 11 13 8 18 — 50
Ronan 8 10 7 22 — 47
LOYOLA – Tony Madsen 0-0 0-2 0, Josh Gilligan 2-5 5-5 9, Teague Blome 0-1 0-0 0, Andrew Sopko 3-6 0-3 8, Shane Olson 0-1 0-2 0, JJ Anderson 0-5 8-10 8, Matt McHugh 2-3 0-1 5, Josh Janssen 3-11 5-6 12, Forestt Cooper 3-6 2-2 8. Totals 13-38 20-31 50.
RONAN – Carston Baertsch 2-5 2-2 7, Robbie Gauthier 0-4 0-0 0, Edmond Dupuis 1-6 0-0 3, Marcus Hungerford 3-9 1-2 8, Timmy Woll 0-1 0-0 0, Zachary Wagner 4-10 2-3 11, Marley Tanner 3-4 0-2 6, Brady Oakland 0-4 5-8 5, Chris Clary 3-3 1-1 7. Totals 16-46 11-18 47.
3-point goals – Loyola 4-11 (Sopko 2), Ronan 4-25 (Baertsch, Dupuis, Hungerford, Wagner). Total fouls – Loyola 17, Ronan 20. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Loyola 32 (Anderson 7), Ronan 33 (Hungerford 6).
Bigfork 62,
Loyola 46
Bigfork outscored Loyola 27-18 to win the consolation final.
Ian Lorang hit 16 points for Bigfork (19-5). Cody Dopps netted 13 and Austin Jordt and Jackson Boese both tallied 11.
Boese had a team high 14 rebounds.
Loyola finished 14-10.
Bigfork 14 6 15 27 — 62
Loyola 7 12 9 18 — 46
BIGFORK – Austin Jordt 2-7 7-8 11, Iak Lorang 6-22 3-8 16, Cody Dopps 6-11 1-4 13, Jackson Boese 5-7 1-3 11, Dillon Fraley 0-1 0-0 0, Chris Landon 2-6 1-3 5, Ryan Hayes 0-1 0-0 0, Connor Coleman 1-3 2-2 4, Tyler Kirby 0-0 0-0 0, Chris Evans 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 22-59 17-30 62.
LOYOLA – Josh Gilligan 1-3 2-2 5, Andrew Sopko 1-5 0-0 2, JJ Anderson 2-12 6-7 11, Josh Janssen 4-17 2-3 12, Forestt Cooper 3-6 0-0 6, Tony Madsen 0-0 1-2 1, Zach Hollenback 0-1 0-0 0, Teague Blome 0-1 0-0 0, Shane Olson 0-2 0-0 0, Matt McHugh 3-4 2-3 9, Mark Jensen 0-0 0-0 0, Jake McElroy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 14-51 13-17 46.
3-point goals – Bigfork 1-15 (Lorang 1-8, Dopps 0-1, Landon 0-2, Jordt 0-4), Loyola 5-19 (Janssen 2-9, McHugh 1-1, Gilligan 1-1, Anderson 1-6). Total fouls – Bigfork 15, Loyola 19. Fouled out – Sopko. Rebounds – Bigfork 51 (Boese 14), Loyola 32 (Cooper 7).
Late Thursday
Semifinals
Ronan 8 5 9 14 — 36
Deer Lodge 5 9 10 13 — 37
RONAN – Robbie Gauthier 0-2 0-0 0, Edmond Dupuis 1-11 1-2 4, Marcus Hungerford 2-5 9-11 13, Brady Oakland 2-6 0-0 4, Chris Clary 1-3 0-2 2, Carston Baertsch 2-8 0-0 5, Timmy Woll 0-1 0-0 0, Robert Faoa 1-1 0-0 2, Zach Wagner 1-3 1-3 6, Marley Tanner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 11-41 11-18 36.
DEER LODGE – Tristen Clark 0-6 0-0 0, Robert Stone 4-9 5-10 13, Reno Ward 0-0 0-0 0, Jesse Vasquez 3-8 3-6 11, Hayden Benjamin 2-6 0-0 6, Derek Walker 0-0 0-0 0, Dakota Crowe 0-0 0-0 0, Andrew Pierson 0-1 1-2 1, Logan Doiron 0-2 1-2 1, Malik Parham 0-3 5-6 5. Totals 9-35 15-26 37.
3-point goals – Ronan 3-19 (Wagner 1-1, Baertsch 1-4, Dupuis 1-8), Deer Lodge 4-14 (Vasquez 2-5, Benjamin 2-6). Total fouls – Ronan 22, Deer Lodge 17. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Ronan 30 (Oakland 5), Deer Lodge 35 (Stone 8).