Vasquez, Olson guide Whitefish past Polson, 61-46
WHITEFISH - Gage Vasquez turned in a double-double with 10 rebounds and 13 points and Cooper Olson tossed in a team-best 16 points as Whitefish beat Polson 61-46 in Northwestern A boys basketball action on Saturday.
Logan Harwood had six assists and Christopher Forrest five for the Bulldogs (6-5 overall, 2-1 league).
Polson (5-5, 2-2) held an early 13-9 lead, but trailed 26-19 at the half.
Tyler Krell tallied 17 points for Polson.
Polson 13 6 16 11 - 46
Whitefish 9 17 16 19 - 61
POLSON - Tyler Krell 17, Vince DiGiallonardo 8, Ian Laimbeer 4, Zack Camel 9, Cody Fischer 6, Riley Sampson 2.
WHITEFISH - Christopher Forrest 8, Jake Slaybaugh 6, Bryce Wehrli 3, Logan Harwood 7, Gage Vasquez 13, Cooper Olson 16, Jace Kalbfleisch 8.
Eureka 73, Ronan 53
EUREKA - Eureka dominated play on the glass and used a balanced offensive effort to drop Ronan in a nonconference tilt.
Eureka (4-8) had 33 rebounds, 24 on the defensive end.
Tanner Peterson pulled down a team-best eight rebounds to go with 17 points. Tanner Blankers hit a team-high 25 points and Ryan Holder added 16.
Eureka shot 52 percent from 2-point range and 55 percent behind the arc. The Lions were 16-of-26 at the charity stripe.
"We had a great night shooting," Eureka coach Chad Dunn said.
Ronan 14 18 8 13 - 53
Eureka 22 11 24 16 - 73
RONAN - Jalen Bell 2, Carston Baertsch 5, Robbie Gauthier 2, Edmond Dupuis 11, Marcus Hungerford 11, Zachary Wagner 6, Marley Tanner 1, Brady Oakland 13, Daniel Ayelsworth 2.
EUREKA - Tanner Peterson 17, Ryan Holder 16, Tanner Blankers 25, Chris Ibach 9, Cameron Griffin 2, Bryton Guckenberg 4.
Bigfork 54, Plains 43
BIGFORK - Fifth-ranked Bigfork stayed perfect in District 7B play with an 11-point victory over Plains.
Bigfork (10-2, 6-0) took a 28-11 lead into the locker room at the half.
Chris Landon paced the Vikings offense with 20 points.
Brandon Smith led Plains with 14.
Plains 7 4 18 14 - 43
Bigfork 12 16 9 17 - 54
PLAINS - Brandon Smith 14, Robert Earhart 10, Tanner Olstrom 8, Jeremiah Crawford 7, Jonathan Baker 2, Wyatt Winebrenner 2.
BIGFORK - Chris Landon 20, Cody Dopps 9, Ryan Hayes 6, Dillon Fraley 5, Connor Coleman 5, Ian Lorang 5, Austin Jordt 4.
Flathead Valley 58,
Foothills Christian 44
GREAT FALLS - Josiah Sheeran scored 13 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to help Flathead Valley Homeschool down Foothills Christian School in MCAA play.
The Crusaders (8-3) trailed at the half, 26-24, but turned it around in the second half, outscoring FCS 34-18.
Josh Jarvis scored 12 points for FVHS.
Flathead Valley 12 12 13 21 - 58
Foothills 16 10 6 12 - 44
FLATHEAD VALLEY HOMESCHOOL - Josiah Sheeran 13, Josh Jarvis 12, Jake Van Buren 8, Nate Peterson 7, Nick Peterson 6, Logan Prier 5, Ryland Carlson 5, Steven Wilkins.
FOOTHILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL - Carson McNay 14, Andrew Johnson 12, Luke Zuidema 6, Owen Madsen 4, Colter Lund 4, Skylar Klakken 4.
Girls
Polson 69,
Whitefish 18
WHITEFISH - Polson used a 24-point second quarter to pull away from Whitefish for the Northwestern A victory.
Polson (8-2, 3-1) had three players in double-figure scoring: Riley Kenney, 19; Mackenzie Banner, 12; and Anna DiGiallonardo, 10. Kenney was 7-of-8 at the free throw line.
Whitefish (1-10, 1-2) was led by Talor Havens. She did all of her scoring a the free throw line, hitting 5-of-7.
Polson 15 24 16 14 - 69
Whitefish 5 6 7 0 - 18
POLSON - Mackenzie Banner 12, Macall Banner 3, Mariah Hamel 4, Anna DiGiallonardo 10, Riley Kenney 19, Jordan Quinn 8, Jessica Bagnell 6, Heidi Rausch 7.
WHITEFISH - Taylor Havens 5, Ashley Millard 2, Ashlee Brewer 1, Ashley O'Dell 2, Simone Craft 5, Melissa Poe 1, Shannon Craft 2.
Eureka 54, Ronan 42
EUREKA - Alex Holland tallied 16 points and Alyssa White had a solid all-around game with four points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as Eureka derailed Ronan in a nonconference contest.
Holland did all of her scoring in the second half.
Eureka (6-6) held Ronan to single-digit scoring in the first, second and third periods for a 41-24 lead heading into the final eight minutes of play.
Ronan 8 9 7 18 - 42
Eureka 14 15 12 13 - 54
RONAN - Raymi Clairmont 8, Brianna Frank 5, Courtney Clairmont 20, Alaina Madsen 2, Ashleigh Lynch 2, Ashley Grandchamp 2, Trinity Rosenbaum 3.
EUREKA - Alex Holland 16, Makayla Grove 2, Alyssa White 4, Caitlin Larson 12, Cassidy Morgan 10, Carly Allen 10.
Bigfork 40, Plains 30
PLAINS - Bigfork picked up its second District 7B victory in three days with a 10-point win over Plains.
Bigfork (10-2, 5-1) was led by Melissa VanDerveer, 14 points, and Taylor Peck, 10.
The eighth-ranked Valkyries led 23-16 at the half.
Bigfork 14 9 10 7 - 40
Plains 11 5 6 8 - 30
BIGFORK - Stevi Siloti 2, McKinze Shults 4, Shelby Scoggins 6, Taylor Peck 10, Melissa VanDerveer 14, Tessa Robertson 4.
PLAINS - Felicia Earhart 4, Kelsey Beagley 9, Kayla Holmes 4, Diamond LeDeaux 5, Kayla Revier 2, Ashley Holmes 2, Nikki Kunzer 4.