Polson boys fall to Loyola in basketball
POLSON — Riley Sampson had a monster game for Polson — 22 points and 19 rebounds — but it still wasn’t enough to help the Pirates pick up a nonconference boys basketball victory on Saturday, losing to Missoula Loyola 57-54.
Polson (2-4) trailed by one with 10 seconds left, but Loyola scored on a layup to ice it.
Loyola 14 10 14 19 — 57
Polson 10 19 14 11 — 54
LOYOLA — Tony Madsen 6, Matt McHugh 6, Zach Hollenback 2, Josh Janssen 19, JJ Anderson 5, Danner Linhart 8, Forestt Cooper 11.
POLSON — Cedrick Smith 14, Will Davey 2, Cedric Earthboy 7, Derek Peel 3, Chris McDonald 3, Hayden Congdon 3, Riley Sampson 22.
Frenchtown 64, Libby 53
FRENCHTOWN — Kraig Nelson scored a game-high 27 points to lead Libby (2-6, 0-3), but the Loggers couldn’t keep up in the fourth quarter, dropping their third straight Northwestern A conference game.
Libby 8 11 23 11 – 53
Frenchtown 19 9 16 20 – 64
LIBBY – Dan Leggins 7, Jared Winslow 13, Barak Lapka 6, Kraig Nelson 27.
FRENCHTOWN – John Chapman 18, Levi Shepard 7, Daniel Lebsock 6, Andrew Honken 4, Bridger Truett 11, Kyle Cyr 13, Matt Price 5.
Thompson Falls 57,
Eureka 47
THOMPSON FALLS — Tanner Blankers scored 16 points, including four 3-pointers, and Dalton Smith tallied 10 for Eureka, which lost to Thompson Falls in a District 7B matchup.
Eureka 6 15 12 14 – 47
Thompson Falls 9 11 15 22 – 57
EUREKA – Tanner Blankers 16, Dalton Smith 10, Cameron Griffen 4, Richard Roo 4, R.J. Glover 6, Myles Griffin 3, Trey Bohne 2.
THOMPSON FALLS – Baptiste Seynaeve 14, Ross Dalby 13, Dominique Holt 4, Derek Whittenburg 7, Tyler Bates 3, Trais Hoisington 12, Tanner Laws 4.
FVHS 62,
Hellgate sophs 39
Flathead Valley Homeschool made quick work of the Missoula Hellgate sophomores at West Valley School.
Josiah Sheeran led the Crusaders with 14 points, 15 rebounds and four steals.
Hellgate So. 12 8 13 6 — 39
FVHS 16 13 17 16 — 62
HELLGATE — Thompson 5, Packard 2, Vandam 10, Rocheleau 2, Halley 2, Belcourt 5, Schenk 4, Babbitt 9.
FVHS — Nick Peterson 3, Josh Seely 4, James Wininger 2, Josh Jarvis 8, Ryland Carlson 13, Jake Van Buren 10, Abram French 8, Josiah Sheeran 14.