Bigfork nets two close victories over Eureka
EUREKA - Bigfork used a big second quarter to gain a 12-point edge en route to a 58-46 District 7B boys basketball victory over Eureka on Thursday.
Bigfork (9-2 overall, 5-0 league), up 14-12 eight minutes into play, tallied 20 points in the second quarter to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room at the half.
"We didn't defensive rebound very well," Eureka coach Chad Dunn said.
"That's where they got their lead on us. Other than that, it was back and forth."
Tyler Kirby tallied 11 points to lead a balanced Bigfork attack. Chris Landon, Cody Dopps and Austin Jordt all had 10 points each.
Tanner Peterson notched a double-double for Eureka (3-8, 2-3) with 11 points and 10 rebounds.Bryton Guckenberg also scored 11 points.
Bigfork 14 20 13 11 - 58
Eureka 12 10 9 15 - 46
BIGFORK - Austin Jordt 10, Ian Lorang 4, Chris Landon 10, Cody Dopps 10, Connor Coleman 13, Tyler Kirby 11.
EUREKA - Tanner Peterson 11, Ryan Holder 7, Tanner Blankers 6, Chris Ibach 9, Cameron Griffin 2, Bryton Guckenberg 11.
Whitefish JV 60, S
Stillwater Christian 49
Stillwater fell behind 22-8 after eight minutes of play and never recovered in losing to Whitefish JV.
Keaton Nicholson scored nine of his game-high 20 points in the opening quarter for Whitefish JV. Logan Harwood was next with 16 and EJ Havens totaled 11.
Josh Bray scored 13 points for Stillwater (10-3).
Whitefish JV 22 9 18 11 - 60
Stillwater 8 11 9 21 - 49
WHITEFISH JV - EJ Havens 11, Logan Harwood 16, Hugh Ramlow 1, Keaton Nicholson 20, Art Doorn 7, Jake May 5.
STILLWATER - Zane Kloeckl 3, Josh Bray 13, Ryan Koch 5, Zach Falk 6, Josh Topp 7, Trevor Holladay 7, Cole Moore 4, Jon LeGassey 4.
Girls
Flathead 50, Polson 43
POLSON - Emma Andrews scored 22 points and Flathead (4-5) took the upper hand with an 18-point third quarter to claim a tough seven-point nonconference victory over Polson (7-2).
Polson's Riley Kenney led all scorers with 25 points.
"Lots of defensive pressure put on by both teams," Polson coach Randy Kelley said. "It was sloppy at times ... looked pretty good at times."
Flathead 13 6 18 13 - 50
Polson 8 17 6 12 - 43
FLATHEAD - Emma Andrews 22, Tess Brenneman 8, Kelsey Davis 1, Brittany Earnest 5, Cassie Krueger 4, Jenessa Heine 10.
POLSON - Mackenzie Banner 2, Macall Banner 3, Mariah Hamel 4, Anna DiGiallonardo 2, Riley Kenney 25, Jordan Quinn 4, Heidi Rausch 3.
Bigfork 44, Eureka 35
BIGFORK - Bigfork got big games out of seniors Taylor Peck and Melissa VanDerveer and were able to pull out a District 7B win over Eureka.
Peck scored a game-high 14 points and VanDerveer scored 13 points while hauling in 10 rebounds to lead the Vals (9-2, 4-1).
Eureka (5-6, 3-2) made it a close game with a strong third quarter, but the Bigfork defense picked up late to take the win.
"Both teams started kind of slow," Bigfork coach Mark Hansen said.
"(Eureka) had a really nice third quarter but we were able to play some defense and get out of it."
Alyssa White led the Lions with 11 points. Bigfork's Mckinze Shults had nine steals in the game.
Eureka 4 8 17 6 - 35
Bigfork 8 13 11 12 - 44
EUREKA - Alex Holland 2, Mikayla Grove 2, Alyssa White 11, Alex Pecora 3, Caitlin Larson 4, Cassidy Morgan 8, Carli Allen 5.
BIGFORK - Mckinze Shults 4, Shelby Scoggins 2, Taylor Peck 14, Melissa VanDerveer 13, Tessa Robertson 10, Riley Coleman 1.