Columbia Falls girls 3rd at Northwestern A divisional
COLUMBIA FALL — Ciera Finberg hit two 3s and Hope Burlage one during a 22-point third quarter for Columbia Falls, sparking the Wildkats to the consolation title at the Northwestern A girls divisional basketball tournament on Saturday with a 57-35 win over Libby.
Columbia Falls (9-12) led 25-17 at the half.
Burlage led all scorers with 20 points, 11 coming from the free-throw line in 14 attempts. Finberg totaled 12 points.
Haley Belgarde also had 12 points for the Wildkats.
Libby (5-16) was led by Hailey Craig, who hit three 3s en route to a 10- point effort.
Columbia Falls advanced to the consolation finals by beating Whitefish (1-19) earlier in the day 48-33 in a loser-out contest.
Columbia Falls 14 11 22 10 — 57
Libby 9 8 5 13 — 35
COLUMBIA FALLS — Summer Burlage 0 1-2 1, Ciera Finberg 4 2-2 12, Hope Burlage 4 11-14 20, Madison Sandefer 1 0-0 3, Cortney White 1 3-4 5, Winter Kemppainen 2 0-0 4, Haley Belgarde 6 0-3 12. Totals: 17 17-25 57.
LIBBY — Hannah England 2 0-0 5, Jenny Johnson 1 0-0 2, Kelsey Klin 1 2-3 4, Hailey Craig 3 1-2 10, Shyla Stevenson 1 0-0 2, Brooke Rosling 1 0-0 2, Taylor Quinn 0 2-2 2, Devon Gallagher 0 1-4 1, Kim Tangen 2 3-4 7. Totals: 11 9-15 35.
3-point goals: Finberg (2), H. Burlage, Sandefer; England, Craig (3); Team fouls: Columbia Falls 10, Libby 16; Fouled out: None.
Loser Out
Columbia Falls 9 13 11 15 — 48
Whitefish 7 8 9 9 — 33
COLUMBIA FALLS — Ciera Finberg 1 3-5 5, Tori Price 1 0-0 2, Allie Dierenfield 1 2-2 4, Hope Burlage 2 6-10 10, Madison Sandefer 2 0-0 4, Cortney White 0 5-8 5, Winter Kemppainen 1 2-2 4, Haley Belgarde 7 0-3 14. Totals: 15 13-30 48.
WHITEFISH — Taylor Havens 2 0-0 5, Ashley Millard 2 0-0 6, Amanda Foley 1 0-2 2, Ashlee Brewer 1 2-4 4, Simone Craft 3 3-4 11, Melissa Poe 0 1-2 1, Shannon Craft 2 0-0 4. Totals: 11 6-12 33.
3-point goals: Havens, Millard (2), Si. Craft (2); Team fouls: Columbia Falls 12, Whitefish 21; Fouled out: Brewer, Sh. Craft.
Boys
Polson 42, Libby 23
Polson (9-12) held Libby (5-15) to 10 first-half points in rolling to a victory in the consolation final.
Polson led 12-2 and 19-8 after the first two periods.
The Pirates had eight different players figure in the scoring, led by Zack Camel’s 10 points.
Kraig Nelson topped Libby with eight.
Libby advanced to the final with a 51-32 loser-out victory over Frenchtown (6-14) earlier in the day.
Consolation Final
Polson 12 7 13 10 — 42
Libby 2 6 9 6 — 23
POLSON — Vince DiGiallonardo 2 0-0 4, Will Davey 2 0-2 4, Ian Laimbeer 2 0-0 4, Zack Camel 3 3-3 10, Cody Fischer 2 0-0 5, Brady Hislop 1 2-2 4, Cedrick Smith 0 3-4 3, Riley Sampson 3 2-5 8. Totals: 15 10-16 42.
LIBBY — Elias Lapka 3 0-2 6, Micah Germany 0 0-1 0, Jared Winslow 2 0-0 5, Nolan Broden 1 0-0 2, Josh Foote 1 0-0 2, Kraig Nelson 3 2-2 8. Totals: 10 2-5 23.
3-point goals: Camel, Fischer; Winslow; Team fouls: Polson 14, Libby 18; Fouled out: None.
Loser Out
Frenchtown 7 7 5 13 — 32
Libby 8 11 23 9 — 51
FRENCHTOWN — John Chapman 2 0-0 4, Levi Shepard 1 0-0 2, Daniel Lebsock 2 0-0 5, Jackson Mahlum 1 3-4 5, Kyle Cyr 1 0-2 2, Matt Price 2 1-2 7, Brady Sawyer 0 1-2 1, Austin Blank 1 4-6 6. Totals: 10 9-16 32.
LIBBY — Nick Alspaw 0 1-2 1, Micah Germany 3 0-3 6, Elias Lapka 4 1-2 9, Jared Winslow 8 2-3 22, Nolan Broden 2 1-2 5, Josh Foote 1 4-6 6, Kraig Nelson 0 2-2 2. Totals: 18 11-20 51.
3 point goals: Lebsock, Price (2); Winslow 4; Team fouls: Frenchtown 16, Libby 14; Fouled out: None.