Basketball roundup: Andrews paces Bravettes with 27 points
HELENA — Emma Andrews ripped the nets for 27 points to power Flathead (6-4 overall, 2-2 league) to a 45-39 Western AA girls basketball victory Saturday afternoon over Helena High (2-9, 1-3).
Andrews was 9 of 19 shooting from the field and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line.
Flathead trailed 17-16 at the half, but used a strong second half to come out on top.
Flathead 13 3 14 15 — 45
Helena 9 8 4 18 — 39
FLATHEAD — Emma Andrews 9-19 7-8 27, Dani Davis 2-8 3-7 8, Emily Russell 1-6 1-2 3, Tana Fountain 1-3 0-0 2, Jessika Abbrescia 0-3 0-1 0, Payton Pietron 0-0 0-0 0, Jessica Simmons 0-0 0-0 0, Jenessa Heine 2-7 1-2 5. Totals 15-46 12-20 45.
HELENA — Alex Askin 0-1 1-4 1, Jenna Starke 0-7 4-4 4, Regan Fruh 4-6 0-0 8, Dani Norling 1-4 1-1 2, Callie Kanthack 3-10 3-6 9, Shanna Floerchinger 4-10 0-0 8, Alicia Norling 0-1 0-0 0, Madison Therriault 2-5 0-1 6, Jessica Stockton 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 14-45 9-16 39.
3-point goals — Flt 3-5 (Andrews 2-3, Davis 1-2), Hel 2-8 (Askin 0-1, Starke 0-1, D. Norling 0-1, A. Norling 0-1, Therriault 2-4). Rebounds — Flt 31 (Heine 11), Hel 41 (Floerchinger 11). Assists — Flt 7 (Davis 3), Hel 8 (Kanthack 5). Steals — Flt 8 (Andrews 2, Davis 2, Heine 2), Hel 10 (Kanthack 3). Blocks — Flt 1 (Abbrescia 1), Hel 4 (Fruh 2, Floerchinger 2). Turnovers — Flt 17, Hel 22. Total fouls — Flt 18, Hel 18. Fouled out — None. Technicals — None.
Helena Capital 59,
Glacier 44
HELENA — Second-ranked Helena Capital outscored Glacier 32-15 in the final half of a Western AA contest.
Capital (11-0, 5-0) was led by McKenzie Johnston’s 16 points.
Cassi Hashley had a double-double for Glacier (9-3, 2-2) with 22 points and 12 rebounds.
Glacier 14 15 6 9 — 44
Capital 13 14 16 16 — 59
GLACIER — Hailee Bennett 2-6 0-0 4, Rachel Chery 3-5 1-3 8, Hannah Atlee 0-0 0-0 0, Kailea Vaudt 1-8 1-2 4, Kirstyn Haugenoe 1-5 0-0 3, Cassi Hashley 10-17 2-3 22, Katie Wiley 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 18-42 4-8 44.
CAPITAL — Alexa Welch 3-6 0-0 8, Michaela Dowdy 0-0 2-2 2, Sadie Pilgeram 3-10 2-2 11, Quinci Robertson 0-2 2-2 2, Sierra Bignell 0-1 0-0 0, Drue Copps 1-1 0-0 2, McKenzie Johnston 3-6 8-8 16, Kaye Bignell 4-8 3-4 11, Julia Anderson 3-6 1-3 7. Team 17-40 18-21 59.
3-pointers - Glacier 4-15 (Chery 1-2, Vaudt 1-7, Haugenoe 1-5, Wiley 1-1), Capital 7-20 (Welch 2-5, Pilgeram 3-9, Robertson 0-1, S. Bignell 0-1, Johnston 2-4). Rebounds - Glacier 21 (Hashley 12), Capital 24 (K. Bignell 5). Assists - Glacier 5 (Bennett 2), Capital 15 (Johnston 8). Personal fouls - Glacier 17, Capital 12. Fouled out - none. Technicals - none.
Frenchtown 67,
Whitefish 21
FRENCHTOWN — Frenchtown pulled away from Whitefish with an 18-point second quarter, rolling to an easy Northwestern A victory.
Frenchtown (10-4, 5-2) led 34-14 at intermission and outscored the Bulldogs (0-13, 0-5) 33-7 in the final half.
Larissa Berg had a double-double for Frenchtown with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Whitefish 12 2 4 3 – 21
Frenchtown 16 18 13 20 – 67
WHITEFISH – Ashlee Brewer 6, Jess Baldonado 1, Simone Craft 6, Allie Schulz 4, Shannon Craft 4.
FRENCHTOWN – Abby Indreland 10, Haley Cyr 1, Vanessa Stavish 8, Shaela Wallin 10, Holly Jacobs 7, Lacey Hochhalter 7, Larissa Berg 16.
Columbia Falls 52,
Libby 48
LIBBY — Third-ranked Columbia Falls held on to beat Libby in a tight Northwestern A contest.
Columbia Falls (10-4, 5-0) led by just one, 28-27, at the half.
Haley Belgarde tallied 18 points for Columbia Falls and Winter Kemppainen had 15.
Hailey Craig led Libby (3-10, 1-4) with 24 points. Hannah England had 15.
Columbia Falls 13 15 15 9 — 52
Libby 9 18 9 12 — 48
COLUMBIA FALLS — Ciera Finberg 3, Tori Price 5, Hope Burlage 8, Winter Kemppainen 15, Ellie Johnson 1, Haley Belgarde 18, Shannon Hay 2.
LIBBY — Kaitlyn Gilder 1, Hannah England 15, Hailey Craig 24, Gavy Oliver 1, Hailley Moe 2, Dayln Germany 3, Taryne Luscher 2.
St. Ignatius 39,
Bigfork 25
ST. IGNATIUS — Loren Erickson led the way with 16 points and Stephanie Lewandowski was next with 14 as St. Ignatius (5-9) defeated Bigfork in Class B nonconference play.
Shelby Scoggins had nine points for Bigfork (4-10).
Bigfork 8 5 6 6 — 25
St. Ignatius 12 13 2 12 — 39
BIGFORK — Stevi Siloti 3, Mattie McAnally 3, Shelby Scoggins 9, Lana Berg 1, Josie Spoklie 1, Tessa Robertson 7, Alanna Weilacher 1.
ST. IGNATIUS — Loren Erickson 16, Emilie Charlo 2, Stephanie Lewandowski 14, Haley O’Hern 5, Carley Elverud 2.
Eureka 51, Plains 42
PLAINS — Eureka jumped out to a 14-3 lead eight minutes into play en route to a District 7B win over Plains.
Eureka (8-6, 5-1) had three players in double-figure scoring — Carli Allen with 18, Cassidy Morgan with 12, and Alyssa White with 10.
Eureka 14 13 11 13 — 51
Plains 3 13 11 15 — 42
EUREKA – Alex Holland 2, Mikayla Grove 3, Alyssa White 10, Cassidy Morgan 12, Carli Allen 18, Caitlin Larson 4, Whitney Williams 2.
PLAINS – Felicia Earhart 10, Sami Kinzie 2, Hailey Philips 9, Ashley Holmes 9, Jess Hansen 3.
Boys
Columbia Falls 63,
Libby 40
LIBBY — There was no catching Columbia Falls as the Wildcats raced out to a 21-9 lead and rolled from there to a Northwestern A victory.
Ty Morgan led a balanced Columbia Falls offense with 14 points. Luke Kazlauskas tallied 13 and Alex Presnell and Jared Trinastich both finished with 11.
Kraig Nelson and Jared Winslow both had 10 points for Libby.
Columbia Falls 21 9 14 19 — 63
Libby 9 10 11 10 — 40
COLUMBIA FALLS — Alex Presnell 11, Jayce Fagerland 4, Austin Martin 2, Luke Kazlauskas 13, Ty Morgan 14, Logan Williams 2, Jared Trinastich 11, Austin Kimmet 6.
LIBBY — Colin Johnson 1, Dan Leggins 9, Will Reichel 3, Jared Winslow 10, Barak Lapka 7, Kraig Nelson 10.
Whitefish 63,
Frenchtown 55
FRENCHTOWN — Cooper Olson scored 22 points to help Whitefish down Frenchtown in Northwetern A play.
Jace Kalbfleisch added 13 points for the Bulldogs (8-5, 4-1).
Whitefish 13 16 19 15 — 63
Frenchtown 16 20 8 11 — 55
WHITEFISH – Keaton Nicholson 2, EJ Havens 6, Logan Harwood 9, Jace Kalbfleisch 13, Art Doorn 8, Cooper Olson 22, AJ Wetsch 2, Jake May 1.
FRENCHTOWN – John Chapman 9, Levi Shepard 8, Daniel Lebsock 5, Andrew Honken 8, Bridger Truett 9, Kyle Cyr 4, Matt Price 12.
Bigfork 78,
St. Ignatius 40
ST. IGNATIUS — Austin Jordt and Colter Trent shared team-high scoring honors with 14 points each as top-ranked Bigfork (11-3) crushed St. Ignatius in a Class B nonconference outing.
Bigfork 19 21 18 20 — 78
St. Ignatius 14 7 11 8 — 40
BIGFORK – Austin Jordt 14, Seth Roessmann 12, Colter Trent 14, Chris Landon 7, Josh Sandry 4, Cam Nissen 8, Tyler Kirby 5, Christian Evans 12, Isaac Martel 2.
ST. IGNATIUS – Paden Alexander 4, Stuart Grant 19, Bryce Hegwood 2, Patrick Eickert 2, Nikko Alexander 11, Will Powell 2.
Plains 47, Eureka 43
PLAINS — Eureka nearly rallied to pick up its first victory of the season, falling four points short in a District 7B game with Plains.
Eureka (0-14, 0-6) outscored Plains 32-27 in the final half.
Cameron Griffin had 12 points and Tanner Blankers 11 for Eureka.
Eureka 8 3 12 20 — 43
Plains 12 8 11 16 — 47
EUREKA – Tanner Blankers 11, Cameron Griffin 12, Austin Perez 8, Richard Roo 4, Trey Bohne 8.
PLAINS – Jeremiah Crawford 16, Kyle Revier 12, Wyatt Winebrenner 3, Dallas Burgess 3, Aaron Baker 13.