Basketball roundup: 'Pack JV slips past Stillwater
<p>Glacier's Kevin Malloy (right) puts up a shot over Luke Flammond (20) Tuesday night during Glacier JV's victory over Stillwater Christian at Glacier High School. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Stillwater Christian's BJ Bach (21) jumps to block the shot of Glacier's Cain Boschee (25) Tuesday night during Glacier JV's victory over Stillwater Christian at Glacier High School. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Stillwater Christian's Josh Bray (right) brings the ball up court Tuesday night during Glacier JV's victory over Stillwater Christian at Glacier High School. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
Leading by just three points with three minutes to play, the Glacier junior varsity turned on the jets, beating Stillwater Christian 61-48 on Tuesday night at Glacier High School.
“Glacier executed down the stretch, have to give them credit for that,” Stillwater coach Ted Clark said.
Cain Boschee scored 15 points and Charles Calobeer had 10 to lead the Wolfpack, which saw 10 different players score in the game.
The final push by Glacier overshadowed a brilliant game by Cougars senior Josh Bray, who scored 20 points and had seven rebounds in the loss. Noah Hashley had 10 points and seven rebounds for Stillwater.
Stillwater came back from a first quarter deficit to lead by one at halftime, 26-25. Glacier outscored the Cougars 15-12 in the third quarter before opening up the floodgates in the final minutes to outscore Stillwater by 11 in the final quarter.
The Cougars (8-6) will head to Great Falls on Friday to play Foothills Christian in an MCAA contest.
Glacier’s JV will host Helena High on Friday in a warmup to the Class AA varsity game later in the night.
Stillwater13131210—48
Glacier JV1691521—61
STILLWATER — Jeff Mwiluki 2, Josh Bray 20, Noah Hashley 10, Caleb Chuang 8, Brad Heine 8.
GLACIER JV — Greg Jones 7, Kyler Harkins 5, Tanner Olsen 8, Tanner Hobbs 3, Sam McCamley 2, Cain Boschee 15, Charles Calobeer 10, Brady McChesney 3, Kevin Malloy 6, Noah James 2.
FVHS 86,
Big Sky Sophs 44
MISSOULA — The Flathead Valley Homeschool boys dominated the Missoula Big Sky sophomores, scoring more points in the first half than the young Eagles would in the entire game.
Crusaders senior Josh Jarvis scored 29 points and had eight assists and seven steals to lead his team. Jake Van Buren scored 19, Ryland Carlson had 15 and Abram French had 10 for FVHS.
The Crusaders will play Bitterroot Homeschool at Stevensville High School on Friday.
FVHS28281812—86
Big Sky Soph1411118—44
FVHS — Nick Peterson 2, Josh Seely 2, Josh Jarvis 29, Stephen Wilkins 1, Ryland Carlson 15, Jake Van Buren 19, Abram French 10, Josiah Sheeran 8.
BIG SKY SOPHS — Colton Sandau 2, Jake Tabish 6, Sam McKay 3, Drew Sheraton 2, Luke Lingschiet 6, Marcus Linquist 5, Michael Banna 13, Miles Sperry 4, Michael VanCanagan 3.
Girls
Frenchtown 52,
Polson 14
POLSON - Three Frenchtown players reached double-figures as the Broncs downed Polson in a Northwestern A clash.
Hayley Cyr led all scorers with 13 points while Larrisa Berg scored 11 and Vanessa Stavish had 10.
Heidi Rausch led Polson (3-9, 2-2 Northwestern A) with four points.
Frenchtown (9-4, 4-2 Northwestern A) led 5-4 after the first quarter before pulling away to take a 22-8 lead at halftime.
“We didn’t shoot really well,” Polson coach Randy Kelley said. “They’re a good team, but you’ve got to shoot a little better and D up a little better than we did.”
Polson travels to Stevensville for a nonconference contest on Thursday.
Frenchtown5171812—52
Polson4424—14
FRENCHTOWN - Abby Indreland 3, Hayley Cyr 13, Vanessa Stavish 10, Kayla Blood 8, Kenzie Reid 4, Shaela Wallen 2, Holly Jacobs 1, Larrisa Berg 11.
POLSON - Mackenzie Banner 2, Malia Hamel 2, Tegan Bauer 2, Hallie Hovenkotter 2, Monika Frame 2, Heidi Rausch 4.