Flathead storms past Polson

Flathead used a big second quarter to take charge en route to a 71-48 nonconference boys basketball victory Friday night over Polson at Flathead High School.

Fifth-ranked Flathead trailed 15-11 after the first period, but a 27-point second quarter gave the Braves a 38-29 halftime lead.

Class AA Flathead (6-3) followed with a 20-point third period to put the contest away.

"We made a couple of adjustments," Flathead coach Fred Febach said.

"Matt McLean had a stellar game (21 points). He had a couple big 3s for us in the second quarter. Al Olszewski (hit a 3). We got on a bit of a roll.

"Chris Cronk had a nice putback for us. We had some things come together and we backed that up with some defensive stops on the other end."

Northwestern A's Polson (5-4) had two players in double-digit scoring - Tyler Krell with 15 points and Cody Fischer with 11.

George Sherwood had another solid outing for FHS with 17 points and eight rebounds.

Teammate Shea Schroeder had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Garth West also had 10 rebounds for Flathead.

Flathead outrebounded Polson 41-18.

Flathead is back in action tonight hosting Class A's fifth-ranked Columbia Falls Wildcats, 7:30 p.m.

Polson 15 14 12 7 - 48

Flathead 11 27 20 13 - 71

POLSON - Tyler Krell 6-10 3-7 15, Vince DiGiallonardo 1-9 3-4 5, Will Davey 1-2 1-2 3, Ian Laimbeer 1-3 1-2 3, Zack Camel 3-8 2-5 9, Dylan Kelley 0-1 0-0 0, Cody Fischer 5-8 1-2 11, H. Corgdon 0-0 2-2 2, Riley Sampson 0 0-1 0. Totals: 17-41 13-25 48.

FLATHEAD - Chris Cronk 2-3 2-2 7, Drew Crosby 0-1 0-0 0, Matt McLean 6-11 6-8 21, George Sherwood 7-13 2-4 17, Austin Jones 2-3 0-0 4, Al Michael Olszewski 1-4 1-2 4, Shea Schroeder 3-4 4-6 10, Nick James 1-2 0-0 2, Garth West 2-4 0-3 4, Adam Bradley 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 25-46 15-25 71.

3-point goals: Camel; Cronk, McLean (3), Sherwood, Olszewski; Team fouls: Polson 20, Flathead 18; Fouled out: None.

Columbia Falls 77, Frenchtown 58

FRENCHTOWN - Fifth-ranked Columbia Falls used a fast start to drop Frenchtown in a Northwestern A outing.

Columbia Falls (7-3, 4-0) led 25-10 after the first period and enjoyed a 40-22 at the half.

Austin Barth tossed in 20 points for Columbia Falls. Anthony Correa added 13 and Luke Kazlauskas 11.

Columbia Falls 25 15 24 14 - 77

Frenchtown 10 12 20 16 - 58

COLUMBIA FALLS - Ronny Gallegos 3, Anthony Correa 13, Parker Johnson 9, Brian Marcille 9, Austin Barth 20, Alex Presnell 8, Ty Morgan 1, Austin Martin 1, Luke Kazlauskas 11, Jared Trinastich 2.

FRENCHTOWN - John Chapman 19, Daniel Lebsock 5, Jackson Mahlum 7, Mark Lebsock 6, Austin Blank 16, Kyle Cyr 3, Matt Price 2.

Libby 51,

Thompson Falls 25

LIBBY - Libby went on the offensive in third period, scoring 25 points against District 7B's Thompson Falls to break loose for the nonconference victory.

Northwestern A's Libby (2-8) held just a 16-6 advantage at the half.

The Loggers were led by Micah Germany, who tallied 11 points.

Thompson Falls 3 3 4 15 - 25

Libby 6 10 25 10 - 51

THOMPSON FALLS - John Lloyd 4, Cody Phillips 2, Ross Dalby 10, AJ Palik 1, Tyler Bates 8.

LIBBY - Micah Germany 11, Elias Lapka 9, Jared Winslow 7, Nolan Broden 2, Josh Foote 9, Kraig Nelson 9, Barak Lapka 4.

Girls

Glacier 58, Whitefish 4

Fourteen players saw action and 13 wound up scoring as Glacier whipped Northwestern A's Whitefish (1-9).

Class AA Glacier led 20-2 and 37-2 after the first two quarter stops.

Glacier (6-3) was led by Cassidy Hashley, 14 points, and Nicole Heavirland, 11.

"We got a lot of kids into the game," Glacier coach Kris Salonen said.

"It was a good win to head into next week before we get back in conference play."

Whitefish 2 0 2 0 - 4

Glacier 20 17 9 12 - 58

WHITEFISH - Amanda Foley 1 0-0 2, Ashlee Brewer 0 0-2 0, Ashley O'Dell 1 0-0 2, Simone Craft 0 0-2 0. Totals: 2 0-4 4.

GLACIER - Rachel Chery 2 0-2 4, Hannah Atlee 1 0-2 2, Emily Gilbertson 1 0-0 2, Ingrid Ericksen 1 0-0 2, Kirstyn Haugenoe 1 0-0 2, Cassidy Hashley 6 2-3 14, Nicole Heavirland 5 1-1 11, Amy Lybeck 2 0-1 4, Dayna Neibaum 1 0-0 2, Kylie Peck 2 0-0 4, Grier Smithwick-Hann 1 2-4 4, Tiffany Marks 2 1-2 5, Corrina Hanson 1 0-1 2. Totals: 26 6-16 58.

3-point goals: None; Team fouls: Whitefish 16, Glacier 10; Fouled out: Craft.

Thompson Falls 60, Libby 26

THOMPSON FALLS - Allison Vaught scored 16 points and Logan Beckman 13 as Thompson Falls clipped Libby in a nonconference contest pitting District 7B versus Northwestern A.

Thompson Falls rolled out to a 27-10 advantage at the half.

Libby (1-10) was led by Taylor Quinn's 11 points.

Libby 6 4 6 10 - 26

Thompson Falls 15 12 19 14 - 60

LIBBY - Hannah England 2, Kelsey Klin 2, Hailey Craig 2, Shyla Stevenson 3, Taylor Quinn 11, Becca Kyriss 2, Kim Tangen 3, Devon Gallagher 1.

THOMPSON FALLS - Kaylie Cox 2, Kelsey Fitchett 11, Erica Sorely 6, Angela Padden 2, Leann Lantz 3, Allison Vaught 16, Mara Hanks 3, Logan Beckman 13, Baylor Anderson 4.

Frenchtown 51, Columbia Falls 30

FRENCHTOWN - Second-ranked Frenchtown rebounded from a slow start to drop Columbia Falls in Northwestern A play.

Frenchtown (9-1, 4-0) trailed 10-6 after eight minutes of play, but followed with 16 and 21 point quarters to take charge.

Abby Indreland and Sarah Lester shared scoring honors for the Broncs with 14 points each.

Hope Burlage topped Columbia Falls (2-8, 1-3) with 10 points.

Columbia Falls 10 4 10 6 - 30

Frenchtown 6 16 21 8 - 51

COLUMBIA FALLS - Tori Price 1, Hope Burlage 10, Madison Sandefer 4, Cortney White 3, Haley Belgarde 6, Ali Dierenfield 2, Andrea Getts 2, Winter Kemppainen 2.

FRENCHTOWN - Abby Indreland 14, Vanessa Stavish 6, Kayla Blood 6, Emma Oostdyk 8, Sarah Lester 14, Angel Lowry 2, Holly Jacobs 1.