Tip-off Hoop Classic: C-Falls cruises by Stevi
MISSOULA — Three players scored in double figures and Columbia Falls was at its offensive best in the middle two quarters on Saturday for a 75-52 boys basketball victory at the Northwest and Southwest Class A Tip-Off Classic at the University of Montana.
Columbia Falls (3-1) outscored Stevensville 43-24 in the middle quarters en route to a 23-point victory.
Ty Morgan led the offense with 20 points. Grant Wallace followed with 16 points and Jayce Fagerland added 14.
Bryce Torrey scored 19 points for Stevensville, which trailed 39-23 at the half.
Stevensville 12 11 13 16 — 52
Columbia Falls 15 24 19 17 — 75
STEVENSVILLE — Jace Omlid 10, James Fry 9, Jake Finley 2, Jordan Thomas 3, Carson Katen 9, Bryce Torrey 19.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Nathan Riley 3, Trevor Houston 2, Glenn Morden 6, Jayce Fagerland 14, Tyler Murphy 2, Ty Morgan 20, DJ Schrade 2, Grant Wallace 16, Will Johnson 4, Logan Williams 6.
Whitefish 64, Anaconda 55
MISSOULA — Whitefish (2-1) outscored Anaconda 25-8 in the third quarter en route to the victory.
Anaconda led 30-27 at the half.
AJ Wetsch led Whitefish, and all scorers, with 25 points.
Caleb Stetzner had 15 for Anaconda.
Anaconda 9 21 8 17 — 55
Whitefish 15 12 25 12 — 64
ANACONDA — Caleb Stetzner 15, Drew Conrady 4, Bobby Swainston 14, Braxton Hill 3, Ethan Peterson 2, Ricco Ungaretti 11, Bobby Duhame 2, Drake Kopp 4.
WHITEFISH — Peter Mow 1, Derek Kastella 9, Brian FauntLeRoy 9, AJ Wetsch 25, Cody Olson 2, Luke May 7, Jack Streibich 1, Luke Condon 2, Chaffin Ross 8.
Dillon 71, Ronan 30
MISSOULA — Dillon bolted to a 34-19 halftime lead and rolled from there for an easy victory over Ronan.
Trae Williams and Jason Ferris shared the scoring load for Dillon with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Colton McCrea had nine to pace Ronan.
Dillon 17 17 19 18 — 71
Ronan 4 15 5 6 — 30
DILLON — Tyler Jory 7, Trae Williams 12, JD Ferris 7, Parker Love 6, Nate Simkins 6, Justin Ferris 8, Payton Lafrentz 1, Nick Huber 2, Tanner Haverfield 9, Jason Ferris 11, Travis Ackerson 2.
RONAN — Cedric Earthboy 7, Colton McCrea 9, Jayce Nenemay 3, Ty James 1, Aaron Misa 2, Jeremiah North Piegan 4, July Sorrell 2. Rhett Duffey 2.
Bigfork 72, Polson 35
MISSOULA — Bigfork broke the 20-point barrier in the first, second and third periods on its way to a lopsided victory over Polson.
Bigfork, up 47-24 at the half, was led by Isaac Martel’s 21 points. Ryder Trent was next with 14.
Chris McDonald had 10 for Polson.
Polson 13 11 6 5 — 35
Bigfork 21 26 22 3 — 72
POLSON — Chris McDonald 10, Payton Lefthand 7, Tanner Wilson 6, Andrew Curley 3, Joe Callatin 2, Matthew Remsvold 7.
BIGFORK — Matt Farrier 1, Adam Jordt 11, Isaac Martel 21, Tyler Piazzolz 4, Jonathan Landon 10, Josh Sandry 7, Ryder Trent 14, George Gibson 2, Garrett Beville 2.
Hamilton 50, Libby 35
MISSOULA — Hamilton picked up a little breathing room by outscoring Libby 14-3 in the third period to pull away for a 15-point victory.
Josh Heath topped Hamilton in scoring with 12 points.
Collin Johnson had 10 for Libby.
Hamilton 14 17 14 5 — 50
Libby 8 14 3 10 — 35
HAMILTON — Josh Heath 12, Bret Huxtable 8, Ky Burch 5, Ty Burt 4, Cameron Johnson 4, Casey Ryter 8, Carter Kearns 4, Jaydan Taggart 3.
LIBBY — Luke Adamson 3, Jonny Cielak 5, Collin Johnson 10, Isaak Jones 4, Zander Petersen 3, Colin Maloney 1, Erik Laver 5, Michael Curtiss 4.
Girls
Columbia Falls 55,
Stevensville 9
MISSOULA — Columbia Falls (4-0) jumped out to a 30-1 lead in the opening quarter and never looked back in whipping Stevensville.
Columbia Falls held a 47-5 advantage at the half.
Winter Kemppainen and Ciera Finberg led the scoring parade for the Wildkats with 14 and 12 points, respectively.
Eleven Wildkats figured in the scoring.
Stevensville 1 4 2 2 — 9
Columbia Falls 30 17 5 3 — 55
STEVENSVILLE — Mariah Hinson 3, Daye Miller 2, Payton Tillotson 4.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Summer Burlage 7, Ciera Finberg 12, Sydney Grilley 3, Cydney Finberg 3, Ellie Johnson 4, Peyton Kehr 2, Winter Kemppainen 14, Miranda Livingston 2, Kiara Burlage 3, Allyson Gimbel 3, Sydney Houde 2.
Bigfork 38, Polson 37
MISSOULA — Miranda Campbell scored 11 points and Lana Berg 10 to help Bigfork (1-1) edge Polson.
Both teams did the bulk of their scoring in the first eight minutes, with Polson on top 22-19.
Marlee Congdon netted 14 point for Polson.
Polson 22 4 3 8 — 37
Bigfork 19 4 4 11 — 38
POLSON – Skyla Krantz 2, Marlee Congdon 14, Lauren Lefthand 1, Brenna Clarke 3, Nichole Lake 6, Erin Sampson 6, Mckenna Weltz 5.
BIGFORK – Marissa Hiza 1, Riley Coleman 3, Jamie Berg 7, Matti McAnally 6, Lana Berg 10, Miranda Campbell 11.
Hamilton 56, Libby 20
MISSOULA — Hamilton used a big second quarter to pull away for an easy victory over Libby (1-2).
Hamilton outscored the Loggers 24-2 in the second stanza for a 32-6 halftime lead.
Taylor Goligoski had another big scoring effort with 27 points. She tallied 22 on Friday.
Hailey Craig and Devon Gallagher scored six each for Libby.
Libby 2 4 6 8 — 20
Hamilton 8 24 11 13 — 56
LIBBY — Madison Monigold 2, Hailey Craig 6, Hailley Moe 2, Shannon Reny 4, Devon Gallagher 6.
HAMILTON — Taylor Goligoski 27, Ellie Hurlbert 2, Jaylee Albert 7, Kloie Nye 9, Kali Hayes 8, Carlie Jessop 3.
Dillon 62, Ronan 39
MISSOULA — Dillon used a big first half to blast Ronan.
Dillon outscored the Maidens 37-18 in the first and second quarters.
Cierra Lamey tallied 20 points to power Dillon.
Aspen Jore had 13 for Ronan.
Dillon 17 20 16 9 — 62
Ronan 7 11 14 7 — 39
DILLON — Jordan Peterson 2, Alex Rouse 14, Holly Anderson 2, Audrey Schurg 10, Rachael Nye 7, Cierra Lamey 20, Brynley Fitzgerald 2, Kathleen Tatarka 1, Nicole Thompson 4.
RONAN — Micalann McCrea 7, Sadie Wirz 3, Aspen Jore 13, Haley O’Hern 5, Ashley Peterson 2, Lee Camel 9.
Whitefish vs. Anaconda
MISSOULA — No results were available.