Glacier sweeps Columbia Falls

Glacier withstood a furious second-half rally by Columbia Falls to post a 60-46 nonconference boys basketball victory on Friday at Glacier High School.

Columbia Falls battled back from a 16-point deficit in the third period to eventually get within one, but Glacier pulled away from that point on.

"It was a great game," Glacier coach Mark Harkins said.

"Defensively, the kids played very, very well. We challenged shots.

"They made a huge run, but the kids regained their composure, stopped it and made some plays down the stretch to get the victory."

Glacier (5-2) was led by Ryan Edwards, 24 points and 11 rebounds. Colton Harkins had seven points to go with 10 rebounds.

Logan Iverson, Kyle Griffith and Evan Epperly all scored eight points each for Glacier.

Austin Barth had 18 points and 15 rebounds for Columbia Falls.

Anthony Correa chipped in 13 points for the Wildcats (5-3).

Columbia Falls 10 10 9 17 - 46

Glacier 12 15 14 19 - 60

COLUMBIA FALLS - Ronny Gallegos 0-1 0-0 0, Anthony Correa 5-13 3-4 13, Parker Johnson 2-12 1-3 6, Brian Marcille 0-1 0-0 0, Austin Barth 7-14 3-6 18, Luke Kazlauskas 3-8 3-4 9. Totals: 17-49 10-17 46.

GLACIER - Kyle Griffith 4-9 0-0 8, Evan Epperly 2-7 4-6 8, Colton Harkins 3-7 0-1 7, Sean Peters 1-4 1-2 3, Ryan Edwards 12-16 0-0 24, Logan Iverson 1-7 6-6 8, Karl Hellwig 1-1 0-1 2. Totals: 24-51 11-16 60.

3-point goals: Johnson, Barth; Harkins; Team fouls: Columbia Falls 12, Glacier 16; Fouled out: Edwards.

Corvallis 60, Polson 43

POLSON - A rough shooting night doomed Polson as the Pirates (4-3) came up 17 points short in the nonconference contest.

Polson shot 26 percent from the field, was 3-of-24 from 3-point range and 8-of-18 from the line.

"That's the scary part," Polson coach Brad Pluff said. "They shot 52 percent. They were just better tonight."

Colby Henderson hit six treys en route to a game-high 20 points for Corvallis.

Riley Bradshaw, who came in averaging 26.7 points per game, was held to 10. Polson's Vince DiGiallonardo clamped down on Bradshaw defensively.

Tyler Krell paced Polson with 14 points.

Corvallis 12 14 12 22 - 60

Polson 6 12 13 12 - 43

CORVALLIS - Stuart Landis 2, Colby Henderson 20, Jansen Jessop 5, Beau Maus 11, Riley Bradshaw 10, Chase Walker 12,

POLSON - Tyler Krell 14, Vince DiGiallonardo 2, Will Davey 4, Ian Laimbeer 7, Zach 7, Cody Fischer 7, Riley Sampson 2.

Bigfork 51,

Thompson Falls 49

BIGFORK - Austin Jordt scored 19 points and Chris Landon added 11 as the Bigfork Vikings (7-2, 4-0) outlasted visiting Thompson Falls.

Thompson Falls hit four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to keep the contest close.

Thompson Falls 10 12 13 14 - 49

Bigfork 10 15 14 12 - 51

Thompson Falls - Garrett Reinschmidt 13, Cody Phillips 12, Jaron Laws 9, John Lloyd 7, A.J. Pavlik 5, Ross Dalley 3.

Bigfork - Austin Jordt 19, Chris Landon 11, Cody Dopps 7, Connor Coleman 6, Ian Lorang 5, Ryan Hayes 3.

Troy 70, Eureka 60

EUREKA - Cory Orr scored 24 points, including five 3-pointers, as Troy downed Eureka in a District 7B contest.

Tanner Blankers led Eureka (3-6, 2-2) with 19 points, followed by Tanner Peterson with 16 and Ryan Holder with 12.

Troy got off to a great start, leading 17-6 after the first quarter. Eureka battled back in the next three quarters, but could never make up that initial difference.

Orr "had a hot shooting night. And we missed shots that we should have made," said Eureka coach Chad Dunn.

"That was basically the difference. They made shots and we didn't."

Troy 17 13 17 23 - 70

Eureka 6 14 19 21 - 60

Troy - Creed Garcia 13, Cory Orr 24, Ryan Ray 13, Cody Orr 12, Gabe Hickman 5, Bruce Metz 3.

Eureka - Dalton Smith 4, Tanner Peterson 16, Ryan Holder 12, Tanner Blankers 19, Mark Good 2, Cameron Griffin 2, Bryton Guckenberg 4, Alex Shmelev 1.

Stillwater 65,

Clark Fork 22

Josh Topp scored 15 points and Trevor Holladay added 12 as the Stillwater Christian Cougars cruised to a victory over visiting Clark Fork, Idaho.

Stillwater (9-2) led 43-6 at half and 58-14 after three quarters.

Topp added eight rebounds and six assists for the Cougars. Cole Moore had seven rebounds and three steals and Noah Hashley contributed six rebounds and five assists.

"It was very exciting to see the guys bounce back after the setback to Glacier JV (Thursday). Excellent effort with everyone getting into the scoring column," said Stillwater coach Ted Clark.

Clark Fork 4 2 8 8 - 22

Stillwater 22 21 15 7 - 65

Clark Fork - Brandon Bowen 1 2-2 4, Stillman Berkley 2 0-0 4, Axel Anderson 1 0-0 2, Zack Klein 1 2-2 4, Greg Boudousgrie 2 0-1 4, Triston Bristol 1 0-3 2, Wyatt Stevens 1 0-0 2. Totals 9 4-8 22.

Stillwater - Zane Kloeckl 2 0-0 4, Josh Bray 3 1-2 7, Noah Hashley 3 0-0 6, Ryan Koch 0 1-2 1, Zach Falk 1 1-2 3, Josh Topp 5 2-2 15, Trevor Holladay 5 2-3 12, Caleb Chuang 1 0-2 3, Cole Moore 2 2-2 6, Jon LeGassey 2 2-3 6, Jeremiah Hashley 0 2-3 2. Totals 23 13-21 65.

Girls

Glacier 49,

Columbia Falls 22

Nicole Heavirland scored 20 points and Cassidy Hashley had 11 points and seven rebounds as Glacier posted a victory over Columbia Falls.

Glacier jumped in front 15-8 and led the nonconference home contest 24-11 at the half.

The Wolfpack (4-3) had nine different players score and enjoyed another solid night at the free throw line, hitting 11-of-17 attempts.

Haley Belgarde led Columbia Falls (1-7) scoring with six points.

"Columbia Falls ... they're getting better," Glacier coach Kris Salonen said.

"Very disciplined ... play, very hard. We ended up coming away with a good win, but it wasn't easy."

Columbia Falls 8 3 10 1 - 22

Glacier 15 9 10 15 - 49

COLUMBIA FALLS - Tori Price 1 0-0 2, Kathryn Jetty 1 0-0 2, Hope Burlage 0 2-4 2, Madison Sandefer 1 1-2 3, Cortney White 2 0-0 4, Andrea Getts 1 0-0 2, Winter Kemppaninen 0 1-2 1, Haley Belgarde 3 0-3 6, Shannon Hay 0 0-2 0. Totals: 9 4-13 22.

GLACIER - Rachel Chery 2 0-0 4, Hannah Atlee 1 0-0 2, Emily Gilbertson 1 0-0 2, Kailea Vaudt 0 2-2 2, Kirstyn Haugenoe 0 0-2 0, Cassidy Hashley 4 3-4 11, Nicole Heavirland 9 2-2 20, Amy Lybeck 1 0-0 2, Dayna Neibaum 1 3-4 5, Grier Smithwick-Hann 0 0-1 0, Tiffany Marks 0 1-2 1. Totals: 19 11-17 49.

3-point goals: none; Team fouls: Columbia Falls 15, Glacier 14; Fouled out: Lybeck.

Thompson Falls 42, Bigfork 40

THOMPSON FALLS - Thompson Falls survived a tight battle with Bigfork in District 7B play.

Logan Beckman led Thompson Falls, and all scorers, with 16 points. Allison Vaught was next with 13.

Mckinze Shults tallied 12 points for Bigfork (7-2, 3-1).

Bigfork held a slim 18-17 advantage at the half in the back-and-fourth contest.

Bigfork 9 9 8 14 - 40

Thompson Falls 10 7 9 16 - 42

BIGFORK - Miranda Miller 2, Mckinze Shults 12, Shelby Scoggins 5, Taylor Peck 4, Melissa VanDerveer 8, Tessa Robertson 8, Riley Coleman 1.

THOMPSON FALLS - Kaylee Cox 2, Kelsey Fitchett 7, Erica Sorlie 2, Angie Padden 2, Allison Vaught 13, Logan Beckman 16.

Eureka 53, Troy 16

TROY - Alyssa White had a monster all-around game with 11 points, six steals, six assists and seven rebounds to guide Eureka to a lopsided District 7B win over Troy.

Teammate Cassidy Morgan led all scorers with 22 points.

Morgan also had seven rebounds.

Eureka (4-5, 3-1) scored 12 points in three of the four quarters.

The Lions recorded 26 steals in the game.

"Our 1-3-1 worked pretty well for us," Eureka coach R.J. McDole said.

Eureka 12 12 17 12 - 53

Troy 9 4 0 3 - 16

EUREKA - Makayla Grove 2, Alyssa White 11, Alex Pecora 4, Caitlen Larson 4, Cassidy Morgan 22, Kendra Chupp 2, Carli Allen 8.

TROY - Kellie Lundeen 2, Jordan Williams 3, Micha Cuzzy 4, Caitlen Johnson 4, Katie Lundeen 2, Holly Higgins 1.

Stillwater Christian 50, Clark Fork 40

Jordan Danz and Morgan Paolini scored 16 points each as Stillwater Christian School (10-1) pushed its win streak to nine games with a 10-point nonconference victory over Clark Fork, Idaho, at SCS.

Paolini had 14 rebounds for her second straight double-double.

Danz totaled eight rebounds and four assists.

Teammate Samantha Red Elk collected a team-high five steals to go with five rebounds, and Mckenzie Hemp finished with three assists.

"We have a very unselfish team," SCS coach Denise Topp said.

"They see each other well and make good things happen on the court."

Clark Fork 9 2 14 15 - 40

Stillwater 16 9 14 11 - 50

CLARK FORK - Tess Vogel 14, Dimi Kailang 7, Celeste Komauec 7, Brock Thornton 10, Tab Van Buren 2.

STILLWATER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL - Samantha Red Elk 7, Sarah Smith 2, Jordan Danz 16, Morgan Paolini 16, Mckenzie Hemp 4, Evelyn Miller 5.