Girls basketball roundup: Bravettes beat Big Sky

MISSOULA — Flathead used a balanced offensive attack to down Missoula Big Sky 58-44 in Western AA girls basketball action on Saturday.

Emily Russell led the Bravettes scoring parade with 14 points. Jenessa Heine followed with 13.

Jessika Abbrescia and Emma Andrews finished with 11 and 10, respectively.

According to the Missoulian, it was Flathead’s first victory at Big Sky since 2001.

Flathead (3-2 overall, 1-1 league) cashed in at the free throw line, sinking 30 of 42 shots. The Bravettes were 13 of 17 in the fourth quarter.

Big Sky was 7 of 18 from the charity line.

Flathead took the lead for good on two free throws by Heine. That put the Bravettes on top 19-18.

Big Sky’s Maddy Shaide led all scorers with 17 points.

Flathead’s next outing is a nonconference contest at Great Falls C.M. Russell on Saturday.

Flathead 11 19 9 19 — 58

Big Sky 16 10 3 15 — 44

FLATHEAD – Emily Russell 3-9 8-11 14, Jessika Abbrescia 1-2 9-12 11, Jenessa Heine 4-9 5-5 13, Emma Andrews 4-15 2-5 10, Dani Davis 0-5 4-4 4, Tana Fountain 2-4 1-2 5, Payton Pietron 0-0 0-1 0, Becca Marshall 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 14-44 30-42 58.

MISSOULA BIG SKY – Jesse Schafer 2-2 3-4 7, Kelsey Donnelly 2-8 1-2 5, Kendra Joyce 1-4 0-0 2, Dani Baker 2-2 0-2 4, Maddy Shaide 7-18 1-2 17, Mackenzie Freeman 0-4 1-2 1, Sidney Davis 1-4 0-4 2, Anna Gragg 0-1 0-0 0, Sami Worster 1-3 0-0 3, McKenna Arledge 0-2 0-0 0, Hana Feilzer 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 17-50 7-18 44.

3-point goals – Flathead 0-5 (Russell 0-1, Andrews 0-4), Big Sky 3-14 (Worster 1-2, Shaide 2-8, Freeman 0-4). Rebounds – Big Sky 37 (SDavis 7), Flathead 39 (Russell 8). Fouls – Flathead 21, Big Sky 32. Fouled out – Joyce, Shaide, Freeman. Steals – Flathead 12 (Russell 6), Big Sky 3 (Shaide 2). Blocks – Flathead 1 (Andrews). Turnovers - Flat-head 11, Big Sky 17.

Sentinel 54, Glacier 29

MISSOULA — Sentinel shut down Glacier after halftime, holding the Wolfpack to just nine points in the game’s final two quarters.

Hailee Bennett led the Wolfpack (3-2, 1-1) with 10 points. Cassi Hashley scored 8 and had a game-high seven rebounds.

Glacier 11 9 2 7 – 29

Sentinel 18 11 13 12 – 54

GLACIER – Hailee Bennett 4 2-2 10, Rachel Chery 0 0-0 0, Hannah Atlee 0 0-1 0, Kailea Vaudt 1 0-0 2, Kirstyn Haugenoe 2 0-0 6, Cassidy Hashley 3 2-5 8, Katie Wiley 1 0-0 2, Kylie Peck 0 0-0 0, Anna Jenks 0 0-0 0, Katie Thomas 0 0-0 0, Unassigned 0 1-2 1. Totals: 11-33 5-10 29.

SENTINEL – Elly Jones 1 0-0 2, Brianna Olson 1 0-0 2, Liz Harper 4 3-6 11, Madeline Keast 2 1-2 5, Lexi Steele 2 1-1 5, Emily Beach 0 0-0 0, Olivia Roberts 8 3-4 21, Sam Harper 3 0-2 6, Darbi Anderson 1 0-0 2, Amanda Bearmedicine 0 0-0 0. Totals: 22-55 8-15 54.

3-pointers – Glacier 2-7 (Haugenoe 2), Sentinel 2-11 (Roberts 2), Rebounds – Glacier 18 (Hashley 7), Sentinel 31 (Robertson, Anderson 6), Assists – Glacier 7 (Vaudt 5), Sentinel 16 (Olson, Steele 3), Turnovers – Glacier 17, Sentinel 9, Fouls – Glacier 9, Sentinel 14, Fouled out – none.

Frenchtown 71, Libby 32

FRENCHTOWN — Frenchtown outscored Libby 23-0 in the first quarter to roll to a Northwestern A conference victory.

Hailey Craig scored 11 and Dayln Germany scored 10 to lead the Loggers (1-7, 1-2).

Libby 0 10 9 13 – 32

Frenchtown 23 11 21 14 – 71

LIBBY – Kaitlyn Gilder 3, Hannah England 2, Hailey Craig 11, Hailley Moe 6, Dayln Germany 10.

FRENCHTOWN – Abby Indreland 5, Haley Cyr 7, Vanessa Stavish 20, Shaela Wallen 4, Holly Jacobs 8, Keegan Wickman 2, Lacey Hochhalter 5, Larissa Berg 20.

Loyola 49, Polson 41

MISSOULA — Missoula Loyola outscored Polson 16-9 in the final quarter to collect a nonconference victory.

Only four players scored for Polson, but three hit double figures — Makenzie Banner, 13, Heidi Rausch, 12, and Jessica Bagnell, 10.

Polson 13 13 6 9 — 41

Loyola 11 8 14 16 — 49

POLSON – Mackenzie Banner 13, Anna DiGiallonardo 6, Jessica Bagnell 10, Heidi Rausch 12.

LOYOLA – Maggie Crippen 9, Makayla Schneider 6, Kari Tirrell 9, Maggie Mitzel 2, Olivia Round 8, Mady Dalwald 2, Skylar Hollenback 13.

Thompson Falls 47, Eureka 35

THOMPSON FALLS — Eureka came out fast, jumping out to a 12-5 lead after the first quarter, but couldn’t keep up the pace, dropping a District 7B contest on the road.

The Lions (3-4, 2-1) were led by nine points from Mikayla Grove. Alyssa White scored eight.

Eureka 12 4 9 10 – 35

T. Falls 5 18 12 12 – 47

EUREKA – Whitney Williams 2, Alex Holland 5, Mikayla Grove 9, Alyssa White 8, Caitlin Larson 6, Cassidy Morgan 5.

THOMPSON FALLS – Hope Reid 5, Schey Hannum 2, Kelsey Fitchet 14, Angie Padden 3, Allison Vaudt 8, Logan Beckman 15.

Hellgate sophs 43,

FVHS 32

Flathead Valley Homeschool dropped a nonconference contest to the Missoula Hellgate sophomores at West Valley School.

Maggie Rajkowski led FVHS (11-6) with 15 points.

Hellgate sophs NA NA NA NA

FVHS 13 4 4 11 — 32

MISSOULA HELLGATE SOPHS — NA

FLATHEAD VALLEY HOMESCHOOL — Hannah Seely 9, Erin Donahue 2, Mariah Kiehn 4, Sarah Ronan 2, Maggie Rajkowski 15.