Glacier boys dump Helena
HELENA — For Glacier’s fifth-ranked boys basketball team, it was a successful weekend.
The Wolfpack (15-3 overall, 8-2 Western AA) capped it off Saturday with a matinee Western AA victory over Helena High, 57-46.
On Friday, Glacier avenged an earlier-season loss by beating No. 4 Helena Capital 46-41.
“It’s been awhile since we swept (in Helena),” Glacier coach Mark Harkins said. “It was a good trip for us.”
Bryan Michaels had a double-double for Glacier versus Helena High with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
“He had a huge game for us,” Harkins said.
Glacier jumped in front 17-9 and led 29-15 at the half.
“I was a little nervous after an emotional game last night (Friday),” Harkins said. “I thought they might be a little flat. They got that lead in the first quarter, came out right away and played a very good game.”
Harkins said Glacier had 15 assists, a statistic that pleased the coach.
“They are sharing the ball,” he said.
“I’m proud of them.”
Helena (8-9, 3-7) was led offensively by Troy Arntson with 10 points.
Glacier has two regular-season games left, and both are at home and Western AA contests — Thursday with Flathead and Friday with Hellgate.
Glacier 17 12 19 9 — 57
Helena 9 6 17 14 — 46
Glacier — Charlie Obermiller 0-0 0-0 0, Reid Siderius 1-1 0-0 2, Kyle Griffith 2-5 0-0 4, Evan Epperly 3-7 1-2 7, Bryan Michaels 8-9 0-0 17, Kalen Reed 0-1 0-1 0, Nate Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Logan Iverson 4-12 5-5 13, James Cutler 0-0 0-0 0, Matt Peters 2-2 3-4 8, Ryan Edwards 2-6 2-2 6. Team totals 22-43 11-14 57.
Helena High — Dawson Reardon 1-3 3-4 5, Dustin Pickens 1-1 3-4 5, Zane Temple 1-1 1-2 4, Austin Young 2-6 3-5 7, Kyle Cochran 0-0 0-0 0, Troy Arntson 4-6 0-0 10, Chase South 2-4 3-4 7, Garth Grimsrud 0-0 0-2 0, Henry Garrett 3-5 0-1 6, Regan Shein 1-1 0-0 2, Derek Jeneskins 0-0 0-0 0, Nic Amestoy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-27 13-22 46.
3-pointers – Glacier 2-9 (Epperly 0-2, Michaels 1-1, Iverson 0-2, Peters 1-1, Edwards 0-3); Helena 3-8 (Reardon 0-2, Temple 1-1, Arntson 2-4, South 0-1). Personal fouls – Glacier 16, Helena 14. Fouled out – none.
Helena Capital 70,
Flathead 40
HELENA — Fourth-ranked Helena Capital bounced back from a Friday night loss to Glacier by rolling past Flathead in a Western AA afternoon contest.
Capital (13-5, 8-2) led 17-8 and 37-21 after the first two quarter stops.
Flathead (10-8, 4-6) was outscored 33-19 in the final half.
Shea Schroeder provided Flathead with the bulk of its offense, scoring a game-high 17 points.
Capital, which hit eight 3s, was led by Carson Dummer’s 15 points.
Flathead has two regular-season games left — Tuesday at Missoula Hellgate and Thursday at Glacier.
Flathead 8 13 10 9 —40
Capital 17 20 16 17 — 70
FLATHEAD — Parker Sutton 2-4 0-0 4, Blaine Newman 1-4 0-0 3, Matthew Tokarz 1-5 0-2 2, Kaleb Cannaday 0-3 0-0 0, Will Cronk 0-0 0-0 0, Easton Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Chandler Escalante 0-3 0-0 0, Alex Croymans 0-1 1-2 1, Adam Bradley 2-5 3-4 7, Bodie Schieffer 0-1 0-0 0, Shea Schroeder 5-11 6-8 17, Garth West 3-7 0-0 6. Totals 14-45 10-16 40.
CAPITAL — Kyle Nickol 4-10 1-2 10, Casey Ebelt 2-2 0-0 6, David Lindgren 3-7 2-2 9, Keeley Larson 1-3 1-2 4, Kyle Harrington 1-3 2-2 4, Gus Chancy 0-0 0-0 0, Hunter Beto 3-5 1-2 9, Levi Dawes 1-1 0-0 2, Aaron Gilman 5-7 0-0 11, Carson Dummer 5-13 5-9 15, Sean Mulcahy 0-1 0-0 0, Nate Wohlfrom 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-52 12-19 70.
3-pointers – Flat 2-7 (Newman 1-2, Tokarz 0-2, Johnson 0-1, Schroeder 1-2), Cap 8-17 (Nickol 1-4, Ebelt 2-2, Lindgren 1-3, Larson 1-1, Beto 2-3, Gilman 1-3, Mulcahy 0-1).Fouls – Flat 15, Cap 14. Fouled out – None.