Peck, VanDerveer push Bigfork girls past St. Ignatius

HAMILTON — Bigfork held St. Ignatius to single-digit scoring in all four quarters en route to a 44-24 victory in opening-round action Thursday at the Western B girls divisional basketball tournament.

Taylor Peck and Melissa VanDerveer, 12 points apiece, guided the No. 3-ranked Valkyries (18-4) to an easy victory.

VanDerveer also led the team in rebounds with seven.

The Vals made 11 of their first 22 shots from the field and led 24-12 at half.

Bigfork plays Plains today in semifinal action at 5:45 p.m.

St. Ignatius 6 6 5 7 – 24

Bigfork 13 11 10 10 – 44

ST. IGNATIUS – Loren Erickson 1-6 0-0 2, Stephanie Lewandowski 1-10 4-8 7, Cecelia Koskela 3-7 1-1 7, Katrina Stevens 1-4 2-2 4, Twyla Hogge 1-2 0-0 2, Kaylie Durglo 0-0 0-0 0, Carley Elverude 1-1 0-0 2, Haley O’Hern 0-3 0-1 0, Courtney Charlo 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 8-33 7-12 24.

BIGFORK – Mckinze Shults 4-6 0-1 9, Shelby Scoggins 0-1 0-0 0, Taylor Peck 5-11 0-0 12, Melissa VanDerveer 5-8 2-2 12, Tessa Robertson 2-5 0-0 4, Stevi Siloti 0-0 0-0 0, Marriah Bradstreet 0-1 0-0 0, Alex Dillon 1-2 1-2 3, Riley Coleman 2-7 0-0 4. Totals 19-42 3-5 44.

3-point goals – St. Ignatius 1-5 (Lewandowski 1-2), Bigfork 3-8 (Peck 2-6, Shults 1-1). Total fouls – St. Ignatius 11, Bigfork 10. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – St. Ignatius 20 (Koskela 3), Bigfork 33 (VanDerveer 7). Turnovers – St. Ignatius 9, Bigfork 9.

Plains 35,

Deer Lodge 33

HAMILTON — Diamond LaDeaux tallied 10 points and Felicia Earhart eight off the bench to help Plains edge Deer Lodge.

Plains 8 7 10 10 – 35

Deer Lodge 8 10 6 9 – 33

PLAINS – Kelsey Beagley 0-6 8-8 8, Diamond LaDeaux 4-12 2-7 10, Kayla Revier 2-3 0-0 4, Ashley Holmes 0-1 0-0 0, Nikki Kunzer 1-4 1-2 3, Felicia Earhart 3-10 1-2 8, Kayla Holmes 0-1 0-0 0, Ashley Thompson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 11-38 12-19 35.

DEER LODGE – Lacey Thomas 0-2 0-0 0, Marisa McKee 0-1 0-0 0, Shelby Applegate 1-8 4-4 6, Cassy Graveley 0-0 0-0 0, Bailee Senecal 6-17 0-1 14, Michele Christnacht 2-10 0-1 5, Shayla Therriault 2-3 3-7 7, Dani Walker 0-6 1-2 1. Totals 11-47 8-15 33.

3-point goals – Plains 1-11 (Earhart 1-5), Deer Lodge 3-18 (Senecal 2-5, Christnacht 1-7). Total fouls – Plains 15, Deer Lodge 19. Fouled out – Christnacht. Rebounds – Plains 32 (Revier 7), Deer Lodge 38 (Senecal 6). Turnovers – Plains 20, Deer Lodge 21.

Florence 57, Eureka 39

HAMILTON — Courtney Byrne scored 16 points and Rose O’Brien 10 as Florence outscored Eureka in all four quarters for the 18-point victory.

Florence (12-9) held a 27-20 advantage at the half and slowly pulled away after that.

Eureka (11-10) was led offensively by Cassidy Morgan, 14 points, and Mikayla Grove, 12.

Eureka plays a loser-out game vs. Thompson Falls today at 8 a.m.

Florence faces Loyola in semifinal play at 7:15 p.m.

Florence 15 12 13 17 — 57

Eureka 11 9 11 8 — 39

FLORENCE — Megan Byrne 3-5 0-0 7, Cass Skeers 1-1 0-2 2, Courtney Byrne 8-12 0-0 16, Paige Bodner 2-8 0-0 4, Ava Kollman 1-9 1-2 4, Cody Miller 1-5 2-2 4, Harley Huot 0-2 0-0 0, Carli O’Brien 1-2 0-0 2, Kyndall Hoff 3-6 1-2 8, Rose O’Brien 4-13 1-2 10, Margaret Finlay 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 24-63 5-11 57.

EUREKA — Alex Holland 0-4 1-5 1, Mikayla Grove 4-10 1-2 12, Alyssa White 1-7 0-0 3, Alex Pecora 0-1 0-0 0, Caitlin Larson 2-2 0-0 4, Brooke Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Cassidy Morgan 5-15 4-8 14, Kendra Chupp 0-0 1-1 1, Carli Allen 2-8 0-2 4. Totals 14-49 7-18 39.

3-pointers — Florence 4-27 (M. Byrne 1-3, Kollman 1-7, Hoff 1-3, R. O’Brien 1-8, Bodner 0-3, C. Byrne 0-1, Huot 0-1, C. O’Brien 0-1), Eureka 4-13 (Grove 3-5, White 1-6, Holland 0-1, Pecora 0-1). Fouls — Florence 17, Eureka 17. Fouled out — White. Technicals — none. Rebounds — Florence 35 (Miller 6), Eureka 48 (Allen 11).

Missoula Loyola 55, Thompson Falls 33

HAMILTON — Kiernan Haggarty hit 18 points and Maggie Crippen followed with 11 as fifth-ranked Missoula Loyola (16-5) rolled over Thompson Falls (9-12).

Thompson Falls 5 15 8 5 — 33

Loyola 14 13 18 10 — 55

THOMPSON FALLS — Leann Lantz 1-5 0-1 3, Mara Hanks 1-3 1-2 4, Allison Vaught 4-10 0-0 9, Kelsey Fitchett 0-0 0-0 0, Baylor Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Angela Padden 0-0 0-0 0, Erica Sorlie 0-0 0-0 0, Kaylie Cox 0-0 0-1 0, Logan Beckman 3-10 8-10 14, Madison Fitchett 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 10-31 9-14 33.

MISSOULA LOYOLA — Maggie Crippen 5-10 0-2 11, Callan Haggarty 0-3 0-0 0, Kari Tirrell 2-7 1-2 5, Olivia Round 0-0 0-0 0, Heather Huguet 1-3 0-0 2, Mikayla Schneider 0-0 0-0 0, Sam Manley 1-3 2-3 4, Maddie Keast 1-11 3-4 5, Maddy Malsam 4-12 0-0 8, Kenzie Reid 0-4 2-2 2, Kiernan Haggarty 6-10 6-8 18. Totals 20-63 14-21 55.

3-pointers — TF 4-11 (Lantz 1-2, Hanks 1-2, Vaught 1-5, M. Fitchett 1-2), Loyola 1-10 (Crippen 1-1, Keast 0-5, Haggarty 0-1, Tirrell 0-1, Malsam 0-1, Haggarty 0-1). Fouls — TF 17, Loyola 17. Fouled out — Beckman; Tirrell. Technicals — none. Rebounds — TF 34 (Vaught 7), Loyola 38 (Haggarty 8).

Boys

Semifinals

Florence 56, Bigfork 55

HAMILTON — Bigfork battled back with a 22-point third quarter, but Florence pulled out the victory.

Ryne Baerlocher hit a shot at the buzzer from the free-throw line to win it for the Falcons. He finished with 13 points.

Fourth-ranked Bigfork had beaten No. 9 Florence twice during the regular season — by three and one point.

Florence had a big edge at the free-throw line, going 12-23. Bigfork was 2-2.

Ian Lorang hit 17 points for Bigfork (17-5). Aaron Ward had 14 for Florence (19-3).

Florence advances to tonight’s championship game at 9:15 p.m.

Bigforks drops to loser-out action at 11:20 a.m. versus Eureka.

Florence 12 14 16 14 – 56

Bigfork 12 7 22 14 – 55

FLORENCE – Sage Hansen 4-5 1-3 9, Ryne Baerlocher 5-10 1-4 13, Chantz Hotsinpiller 1-3 1-2 3, Michael Finlay 0-4 5-6 5, Aaron Ward 6-8 2-5 14, Riley Phillips 1-1 2-2 4, Rhett Baerlocher 3-5 0-1 6, Bradley Schaff 1-1 0-0 2. Totalds 21-37 12-23 56.

BIGFORK – Austin Jordt 2-6 5-6 10, Ian Lorang 6-13 4-7 17, Cody Dopps 4-6 5-7 13, Jackson Boese 1-1 1-4 3, Dillon Fraley 2-3 0-0 4, Chris Landon 1-4 4-6 6, Connor Coleman 0-0 0-0 0, Chris Evans 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 16-34 21-32 55.

3-point goals – Florence 2-4 (Ry. Baerlocher 2-3), Bigfork 2-9 (Jordt 1-2, Lorang 1-5). Total fouls – Florence 19, Bigfork 20. Fouled out – Finlay. Rebounds – Florence 27 (Hotsinpiller 3, Finlay 3), Bigfork 18 (Landon 6).

Ronan vs. Deer Lodge

HAMILTON — Results not available due to a 9:15 p.m. tipoff.

Loser-out games

Eureka 63, Troy 53

HAMILTON — Eureka exploded for 23-fourth quarter points to eliminate Troy from divisional play.

Tanner Blankers had a huge game for Eureka, scoring 30 points. Bryton Guckenberg help the winning effort with 17 points.

Cory Orr led Troy with 21 points.

Eureka 14 13 13 23 — 63

Troy 11 14 12 16 — 53

EUREKA — Dalton Smith 1-1 0-0 2, Tanner Peterson 4-6 1-2 9, Ryan Holder 1-7 0-1 2, Tanner Blankers 11-18 3-4 30, Mark Good 0-0 0-0 0, Chris Ibach 1-3 0-0 3, Bryton Guckenberg 7-13 3-6 17, Alex Schmelev 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-48 7-13 63.

TROY — Creede Garcia 1-6 0-0 2, Cory Orr 8-21 4-6 21, Ryan Rayson 5-6 0-0 10, Cody Orr 7-16 2-2 16, Gabe Hickman 1-5 2-2 4, Justin Randall 0-2 0-0 0, Dalton Krause 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-56 8-10 53.

3-pointers — Eureka 6-14 (Blankers 5-9, Ibach 1-2, Holder 0-3), Troy 1-11 (Cory Orr 1-6, Hickman 0-3, Cody Orr 0-1, Garcia 0-1). Fouls — Eureka 13, Troy 17. Fouled out — Garcia. Technicals — none. Rebounds — Eureka 28 (Guckenberg 8), Troy 34 (Cody Orr 7).

Missoula Loyola 59, Thompson Falls 54

HAMILTON — Missoula Loyola survived a tough test with Thompson Falls, pulling out a five-point victory.

Jaron Laws of Thompson Falls led all scorers with 20 points.

Loyola 14 13 10 22 — 59

Thompson Falls 14 14 10 16 — 54

MISSOULA LOYOLA — Josh Gilligan 3-5 2-3 8, Teague Blome 0-0 0-0 0, Andrew Sopko 1-2 2-2 4, Shane Olson 8-10 1-2 17, J.J. Anderson 1-5 5-6 7, Matt McHugh 0-1 0-0 0, Josh Janssen 2-11 2-4 8, Forestt Cooper 5-9 5-6 15. Totals 20-43 17-23 59.

THOMPSON FALLS — Trenton Kropf 0-0 0-0 0, Jaron Laws 7-12 0-0 20, John Lloyd 2-8 0-0 5, Chris Hart 0-0 0-0 0, Cody Phillips 0-2 0-0 0, Garrett Reinschmidt 6-12 4-4 17, Ross Dalby 1-8 0-0 2, Dominique Holt 1-3 0-0 2, A.J. Pavlik 3-5 0-0 8. Totals 20-50 4-4 54.

3-pointers — Loyola 2-8 (Janssen 2-6, Sopko 0-1, J.J. Anderson 0-1), TF 10-20 (Laws 6-11, Pavlik 2-3, Lloyd 1-2, Reinschmidt 1-4). Fouls — Loyola 11, TF 16. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none. Rebounds — Loyola 28 (Olson 6), TF 29 (Reinschmidt 6).