Tip-off tourney: Evans leads Bigfork boys in win over Corvallis, 60-53
RONAN — Bigfork senior forward Christian Evans scored 21 points to lead the Vikings (1-0) to a season-opening 60-53 victory over Corvallis at the Northwestern A/Southwestern A tip-off tournament on Friday morning.
Only up one point at halftime, Bigfork took off in the third quarter, outscoring the Blue Devils 14-9 to open up a comfortable lead.
Jon Landon scored 17 points and Josh Sandry 10. Chance Waldo and Alma Powell each led Corvallis with 11 points.
Corvallis 12 13 9 19 — 53
Bigfork 15 11 14 20 — 60
CORVALLIS – Chance Waldo 11, Alma Powell 11, Jayce Gilder 9, Bingham Parrish 8, Porter Jessop 7, Andrew Leopold 5, Austin Bankston 2.
BIGFORK – Christian Evans 21, Jon Landon 17, Josh Sandry 10, Ryder Trent 7, Koby Boese 3, Adam Jordt 2.
Whitefish 56, Hamilton 54
RONAN — Three Whitefish boys were in double figures as the Bulldogs (1-1) held off Hamilton to pick up their first win of the season.
Art Doorn led the team with 18 points as Whitefish withstood a 16-point fourth quarter from the Broncs to win by a bucket. Whitefish’s Garrett Anderson scored 13 and E.J. Havens scored 11.
Josh Heath led Hamilton with 19 points.
Hamilton 8 19 11 16 — 54
Whitefish 17 15 13 11 — 56
HAMILTON — Josh Heath 19, Josh Bauder 11, Ty Burt 8, Kameron Khon 7, Kris Cleveland 5, Teague Blome 4.
WHITEFISH — Art Doorn 18, Garrett Anderson 13, EJ Havens 11, Keaton Nicholson 7, Hugh Ramlow 5, Cody Olson 2.
Columbia Falls 85, Anaconda 54
RONAN — Alex Presnell led all scorers with 22 points and Columbia Falls routed Anaconda.
Ty Morgan added 11 points and Jared Trinastich scored 10 for Columbia Falls (1-0), which outscored Anaconda 68-36 the first three quarters.
Drew Conrady led Anaconda with 11 points.
Columbia Falls 20 28 20 17 — 85
Anaconda 13 9 14 18 — 54
COLUMBIA FALLS — Alex Presnell 22, Trevor Houston 9, Austin Kimmet 2, Nakia Alexander 7, Ty Morgan 11, Logan Williams 2, Justice McManus 8, Mason Gedlaman 5, Jared Trinastich 10, Glenn Morden 6.
ANACONDA — Caleb Stetzner 9, Drew Conrady 11, Dennis Stanberry 3, Cory Stanberry 7, Bobby Duhame 2, Jackson Wagner 15, Brandon Fode 7.
Ronan 64, Libby 55
RONAN — Jared Winslow scored a game-high 33 points for Libby, but the Loggers lost to Ronan.
Libby (0-1) led 11-8 at the end of the first quarter but was outscored 24-14 in the second.
Timmy Woll and Alex Quequesah led Ronan with 20 points apiece.
Ronan 8 24 20 12 — 64
Libby 11 14 18 12 — 55
RONAN — Timmy Woll 20, Alex Quequesah 20, Jeremiah North Piegan 8, Bryce Cullen 6, Jarred Dupuis 6, Daniel Aylesworth 3, Colton McCrea 1.
LIBBY — Jared Winslow 33, Michael Curtiss 6, Johnny Cielak 5, Quinn Sullivan 3, Colin Johnson 3, Isaak Jones 3, Erik Laver 2.
Dillon 74, Polson 30
RONAN — Dillon outscored Polson (0-1) 49-17 in the first half to cruise to an easy victory.
Troy Scott scored 24 points and Trae Williams 16 for Dillon.
Polson only reached double digits in a quarter once, and struggled to defend the experienced Beavers. Cedrick Smith led the Pirates with 10 points.
Dillon 26 23 19 6 — 74
Polson 6 11 9 4 — 30
DILLON — Troy Scott 24, Trae Williams 16, JD Ferris 7, Brady Richardson 6, Jason Ferris 6, Travis Ackerson 4, Chance Kluesner 4, Justin Ferris 2.
POLSON — Cedrick Smith 10, Joe Gallatin 6, Andrew Curley 5, Chris McDonald 4, Andrew Weltz 2, Hudson Smith 2, Tanner Wilson 1.
Stevensville 58, Frenchtown 43
RONAN — Defending Class A champion Stevensville started its repeat bid on the right foot with a win over Frenchtown.
Zach Gavlak and Jesse Sims each scored 18 points for Stevensville and teammate Jared Schultz scored 17 as the Yellowjackets outscored Frenchtown 21-8 in the final quarter.
John Chapman had a game-high 20 for the Broncs.
Stevensville 11 13 13 21 — 58
Frenchtown 16 7 12 8 — 43
STEVENSVILLE – Zach Gavlak 18, Jesse Sims 18, Jared Schultz 17, Chance Coleman 2, Chris Lords 2, Chris Bergman 1.
FRENCHTOWN – John Chapman 20, Bridger Truett 16, Andrew Honken 3, Eli Marceau 2, Levi Lind 2.