Western B girls: Bigfork falls in loser-out contest

Bigfork’s girls basketball season came to a close with a 52-39 loser-out setback to Florence Friday morning in the Western B divisional tournament at Flathead High School.

Bigfork (9-15) was outscored by Florence in second half, 28-17.

Tessa Robertson and Shelby Scoggins shared scoring honors for Bigfork with 11 points each.

Scoggins also pulled down 13 rebounds.

Missoula Loyola advanced to the next round with a 53-36 loser-out victory over Thompson Falls.

Skylar Hollenback scored 20 points to lead Loyola. Kari Tirrell had 12 and Oliva Round 10.

Tirrell poured in 26 points in the evening consolation final, but Florence posted a 64-51 victory over Loyola.

Courtney Byrne scored 14 points to lead Florence in that contest.

Loser-Out Games

Thompson Falls 14 7 7 8 — 36

Missoula Loyola 5 16 9 23 — 53

THOMPSON FALLS — Kelsey Fitchett 2-12 2-2 7, Hope Reid 1-6 0-0 2, Allison Vaught 2-10 2-2 8, Logan Beckman 5-14 3-8 13, Shey Hannum 2-5 2-2 6, Madison Fitchett 0-1 0-1 0. Totals: 12-48 9-15 36.

MISSOULA LOYOLA — Maggie Crippen 3-12 0-2 6, Kari Tirrell 3-14 6-10 12, Olivia Round 3-8 3-6 10, Mady Dewald 2-3 0-0 4, Skylar Hollenback 5-10 10-15 20, Mikayla Schneider 0-2 1-2 1. Totals: 16-49 20-35 53.

3-point goals: K. Fitchett, Vaught (2); Round; Team fouls: Thompson Falls 22, Loyola 18; Fouled out: Vaught.

Florence 15 9 15 13 — 52

Bigfork 7 15 8 9 — 39

FLORENCE — Megan Byrne 4-10 1-4 12, Cassandra Skeers 0-4 1-3 1, Courtney Byrne 3-7 4-6 10, Jill Harris 0-3 0-0 0, Cody Miller 3-6 2-4 8, Paige Bodner 0-3 1-2 1, Hailey Huot 0-0 0-1 0, Courtney Austin 1-4 3-7 5, Carli O’Brien 1-6 2-2 4, Katie Benson 0-3 0-0 0, Kyndall Hoff 3-7 4-4 11. Totals: 15-53 18-33 52.

BIGFORK — Stevi Siloti 0-1 1-2, 1, Mattison McAnally 1-6 1-2 3, Shelby Scoggins 4-8 3-4 11, Josie Spoklie 2-4 0-0 5, Tessa Robertson 5-13 1-2 11, Marissa Hiza 3-8 0-2 6, Riley Coleman 0-2 0-0 0, Alicia Cadrette 0-0 0-1 0, Lana Berg 0-2 0-0 0, Alauna Weilache 0-2 2-6 2. Totals: 15-46 8-19 39.

3-point goals: M. Byrne (3), Hoff; Spoklie; Team fouls: Florence 19, Bigfork 25; Fouled out: McAnally.

Consolation Final

Florence 17 21 17 9 — 64

Missoula Loyola 14 12 19 6 — 51

FLORENCE — Courtney Byrne 6-10 2-4 14, Paige Bodner 2-9 1-2 5, Courtney Austin 1-2 0-0 2, Carli O’Brien 2-4 0-0 5, Kyndall Hoff 2-8 0-2 6, Meg Byrne 3-11 0-5 7, Cassandra Skeers 1-2 2-4 4, Jill Harris 2-4 2-3 6, Hailey Huot 1-6 1-2 4, Cody Miller 4-6 3-3 11, Katie Benson 0-3 0-2 0. Totals: 24-65 11-27 64.

MISSOULA LOYOLA — Maggie Crippen 3-9 0-0 8, Kari Tirrell 10-23 3-5 26, Olivia Round 2-8 0-0 4, Mady Dewald 2-3 1-3 5, Skylar Hollenback 1-3 0-0 2, Mikayla Schneider 0-2 4-4 4, Maggie Mitzel 0-1 2-3 2, Kelsey Twite 0-2 0-2 0, Sadie Crippen 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 18-52 10-17 51.

3-point goals: O’Brien, Hoff (2), M. Byrne, Huot; M. Crippen (2), Tirrell (3); Team fouls: Florence 20, Loyola 23; Fouled out: M. Crippen.

Western B divisional

(2 teams advance)

Wednesday

Eureka 51, St. Ignatius 31

Missoula Loyola 50, Bigfork 32

Deer Lodge 51, Plains 40

Florence 67, Thompson Falls 61

Thursday

Semifinal

Eureka 45, Missoula Loyola 41, OT

Deer Lodge 80, Florence 60

Loser Out

Thompson Falls 47, Plains 42

Bigfork 40, St. Ignatius 35

Friday

Loser Out

Missoula Loyola 53, Thompson Falls 36

Florence 52, Bigfork 39

Consolation Final

Florence 64, Missoula Loyola 51

Championship

Deer Lodge 51, Eureka 33

Today

Challenge Game

4 p.m. — Florence vs. Eureka