Basketball roundup: Whitefish boys upset C-Falls

WHITEFISH — The Whitefish boys exploded out of the second half, outscoring No. 3 Columbia Falls 12-3 in the third quarter on the way to a 50-35 upset of their Northwestern A basketball rivals.

Tied at half, Whitefish took over in the game’s final 16 minutes, topping the Wildcats in each of the final two quarters.

The Bulldogs (6-3 overall, 2-1 Northwestern A) got 14 points from Logan Harwood and nine from Cooper Olson in the win.

Jared Trinastich led Columbia Falls (6-3, 2-1) with 13 points.

Columbia Falls 7 12 3 13 — 35

Whitefish 9 10 12 19 — 50

COLUMBIA FALLS — Alex Presnell 7, Grant Stenger 1, Austin Martin 3, Colin King 2, Luke Kazlauskas 4, Nakia Alexander 2, Ty Morgan 1, Mason Gedlaman 2, Jared Trinastich 13.

WHITEFISH — Keaton Nicholson 2, EJ Havens 8, Logan Harwood 14, Jace Kalbfleisch 6, Art Doorn 5, Cooper Olson 9, AJ Wetsch 2, Jake May 4.

Libby 48, Polson 47

LIBBY — Jared Winslow hit a trey with five seconds left, lifting Libby to a Northwestern A victory over Polson.

Libby (4-6, 1-3) trailed at the half, 23-18.

Winslow finished with 15 points. Barak Lapka added 13 and Kraig Nelson 10 for the Loggers

Will Davey and Riley Sampson both scored 11 for Polson (4-5, 0-2). Cedrick Earthboy chipped in 10.

Polson 13 10 13 11 — 47

Libby 9 9 17 13 — 48

POLSON — Will Davey 11, Cedrick Earthboy 10, Derek Peel 3, D. Kelley 7, Chris McDonald 1, Hayden Congdon 4, Riley Sampson 11.

LIBBY — Collin Johnson 3, Dan Leggins 7, Jared Winslow 15, Barak Lapka 13, Kraig Nelson 10.

Bigfork 71, Thompson Falls 32

THOMPSON FALLS —

Sixth-ranked Bigfork cruised to a easy District 7B victory over Thompson Falls.

Bigfork (7-3, 4-0) put the game away with a 23-point second quarter and a 21-point fourth quarter.

Seth Roessmann led Bigfork’s balanced attack with 12 points. Austin Jordt hit 11, while Colter Trent, Chris Landon and Christian Evans had 10 each.

Bigfork 14 23 13 21 — 71

Thompson Falls 9 6 8 9 — 32

BIGFORK – Austin Jordt 11, Colter Trent 10, Chris Landon 10, Tyler Kirby 4, Christian Evans 10, Seth Roessmann 12, Logan Lamm 6, Cam Nissen 3, Isaac Mortel 3, Ryder Trent 2.

THOMPSON FALLS – Baptiste Senaeve 12, Ross Dalby 7, Derek Whittenburg 2, Tyler Bates 4, Trais Hoisington 2, Dylan Vaught 2, Caleb Bates 3.

Noxon 66, Eureka 51

EUREKA — Noxon outscored Eureka 22-9 in the second quarter and that proved to be the difference in the nonconference contest.

Class B Eureka (0-10) battled Noxon on even terms the remainder of play.

Dalton Smith and Tanner Blankers shared scoring honors for Eureka with 18 points apiece.

Austin Tucker scored 28 for Class C Noxon.

Noxon 17 22 15 12 — 66

Eureka 13 9 16 13 — 51

NOXON — Tyler Piazzola 3, Neal Jopling 8, Brandon Piazzola 4, Austin Tucker 28, Tanner Tammera 4, Zach Osborne 2, Oliver Grepenhoff 15, Grant Fitchett 2.

EUREKA — Trey Bohne 3, Austin Perez 4, Dalton Smith 18, Tanner Blankers 18, Cameron Griffin 5, Richard Roo 3.

Flathead Valley Homeschool 67, Helena Christian 36

HELENA — Nick Peterson totaled 11 points, seven steals and six rebounds in Flathead Valley Homeschool’s MCAA Western Division victory over Helena Christian School on Friday.

Jake Van Buren tallied 14 points along with five steals.

Josh Jarvis led the Crusaders offensively with 25 points.

FV Homeschool 8 20 23 16 — 67

Helena Christian 6 10 10 10 — 36

FLATHEAD VALLEY HOMESCHOOL — Nick Peterson 11, James Winiger 1, Josh Jarvis 25, Ryland Carlson 3 Jake Van Buren 14, Abram French 7, Josiah Sheeran 6.

HELENA CHRISTIAN — Cole Reiman 11, Ben Tollakson 2, Jesse Shilley 10, Logan Monday 9, Kellan Bolsom 2, Dillon Monday 2.

Girls

Eureka 65, Noxon 11

EUREKA — Eureka jumped out to an 18-0 advantage and rolled from there to a nonconference victory over Class C Noxon (3-7).

Cassidy Morgan had a double-double for Class B Eureka with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Carli Allen led the Lions in scoring with 14 points.

All total, 10 Eureka players scored.

Eureka (5-5 overall) had 30 rebounds in the contest, 20 on the offensive end.

Noxon 1 4 2 4 — 11

Eureka 24 14 18 9 — 65

NOXON — McKenna Krueger 6, Brooke Smithborne 3, Casey Chenoweth 2.

EUREKA — Whitney Williams 7, Alex Holland 2, Mikayla Grove 6, Brianna Lindgren 3, Nicole Anderson 2, Alyssa White 5, Caitlin Larson 8, Amanda Peterson 6, Cassidy Morgan 12, Carli Allen 14.

Columbia Falls 55, Whitefish 29

WHITEFISH — Top-ranked Columbia Falls rebounded from a Thursday nonconference loss to Class AA Glacier to beat Whitefish in a Northwestern A contest.

Columbia Falls (7-2, 3-0) outscored Whitefish (0-9, 0-3) 17-4 in the final frame to pull away. Whitefish managed to close within nine points of the Wildkats in the third quarter.

Whitefish’s Simone Craft led all scorers with a season-high 16 points. She hit four 3s in the contest.

Hope Burlage topped Columbia Falls in scoring with 12 points and Haley Belgarde added 11.

Columbia Falls 19 7 12 17 — 55

Whitefish 6 8 11 4 — 29

COLUMBIA FALLS — Summer Burlage 2, Ciera Finberg 8, Tori Price 7, Hope Burlage 12, Andrea Getts 2, Winter Kemppainen 8, Ellie Johnson 2, Haley Belgarde 11, Shannon Hay 2.

WHITEFISH — Ashlee Brewer 8, Simone Craft 16, Maura Kalbfleisch 2, Allie Schulz 1, Shannon Craft 2.

Polson 52, Libby 37

LIBBY — Polson won its second straight ballgame and its first in Northwestern A with a victory over Libby.

Polson (2-6, 1-1) overcame a slow start, down 9-3 after eight minutes of play and 23-15 at the half, to pull it out in the second half. The Pirates outscored Libby 37-14 in the third and fourth quarters.

Anna DiGiallonardo led Polson, and all scorers, with 16 points. Teammates Heidi Rausch added 13 and Tegan Bauer 10.

Hailey Craig, Dayln Germany and Devon Gallagher shared scoring honors for Libby (1-8, 1-3) with eight apiece.

Polson 3 12 16 21 — 52

Libby 9 14 5 9 — 37

POLSON — Mackenzie Banner 9, Tegan Bauer 10, Anna DiGiallonardo 16, Hallie Hovenkotter 2, Monika Frame 2, Heidi Rausch 13.

LIBBY — Kaitlyn Gilder 3, Hannah England 6, Hailey Craig 8, Gavvy Oliver 2, Hailley Moe 2, Dayln Germany 8, Devon Gallagher 8.

Thompson Falls 48, Bigfork 30

BIGFORK — Logan Beckman led the way with 18 points and Hope Reid added 11 as Thompson Falls (7-3, 4-0) knocked off Bigfork in a District 7B battle.

Bigfork (3-7, 2-2) was led by Tessa Robertson’s nine points and seven rebounds.

Thompson Falls 9 15 6 18 — 48

Bigfork 6 4 7 12 — 30

THOMPSON FALLS — Hope Reid 11, Chelsey Fitchett 5, Angie Padden 5, Allison Vaught 9, Logan Beckman 18.

BIGFORK — Mattison McAnally 3, Marissa Hiza 5, Riley Colemen 3, Shelby Scoggins 3, Lana Berg 3, Josie Spoklie 4, Tessa Robertson 9.