Basketball roundup: C-Falls boys hold off Frenchtown
COLUMBIA FALLS — Ty Morgan hit 5 of 6 free throws down the stretch to kill a Frenchtown rally and give Columbia Falls (4-1 overall, 1-0 league) a 63-56 Northwestern A boys basketball victory over Frenchtown on Saturday.
Frenchtown closed to within four in the fourth quarter, but could get no closer.
Morgan finished with 16 points and pulled down six rebounds.
Grant Wallace added 13 points and Logan Williams 12.
Frenchtown 7 10 20 19 — 56
Columbia Falls 18 17 15 13 — 63
FRENCHTOWN — Jacob Price 4, Chris Delaney 4, Bridger Truett 28, Austin Means 10, Robert Jones 3, Andrew King 7.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Trevor Houston 5, Grant Stenger 7, Jayce Fagerland 6, Tyler Murphy 4, Ty Morgan 16, Logan Williams 12, Grant Wallace 13.
Ronan 58, Eureka 56
RONAN — Cedric Earthboy found Jeremiah North Piegan under the basket for an easy shot with 1.8 seconds left to give Ronan the victory in the Class B nonconference battle.
North Piegan scored 10 points in the contest.
Ronan (2-2) was led by Earthboy, who tallied 21.
Chase Bohne netted 24 points and Trey Bohne 21 for Eureka.
Eureka 16 13 10 17 — 56
Ronan 12 15 12 19 — 58
EUREKA — Brandon Conard 4, Trey Bohne 21, RJ Glover 5, Michael Peterson 2, Chase Bohne 24.
RONAN — Cedric Earthboy 21, Colton McCrea 2, Jayce Menemay 5, Bryce Cullen 8, Jeremiah North Piegan 10, July Sorrell 9, Rhett Duffey 2.
Polson 57, Hamilton 39
HAMILTON — Polson held Hamilton under 10-point scoring in each of the first three periods to notch an 18-point Class A nonconference victory.
Polson, up 29-17 at the half, was led by Andrew Curley’s 15 points.
Matthew Rensvold added 12.
Polson 16 13 14 14 — 57
Hamilton 9 8 8 14 — 39
POLSON — Wyatt Ducharme 9, Chris McDonald 6, Payton Lefthand 2, Derek Peel 6, Tanner Wilson 5, Andrew Curley 15, Joe Gallatin 2, Matthew Rensvold 12.
HAMILTON — Josh Heath 6, Bret Huxtable 8, Ty Burt 9, Shawn Kimp 1, Casey Ryter 6, Carter Kearns 9.
Bigfork 62, Plains 58
BIGFORK — Bigfork hit 7 of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter to hang on for a District 7B victory over Plains.
Bigfork (4-0, 2-0) was led by Josh Sandry and Isaac Martel, both scored 18 points. Jonathan Landon and Ryder Trent added 10 points each.
Kyle Revier had 15 for Plains.
Plains 17 8 12 21 — 58
Bigfork 15 11 12 24 — 62
PLAINS — Ryan Ovitt 15, Trent Brouelette 7, Alec Cole 5, Kyle Revier 15, Aaron Baker 14, Brennan Glesemeit 2.
BIGFORK — Adam Jordt 4, Isaac Martel 18, Tyler Piazzola 2, Jonathan Landon 10, Josh Sandry 18, Ryder Trent 10.
Troy 64, Noxon 38
TROY — Sean Opland scored 18 points and Gage Tallmadge 15 to power Class B Troy to a nonconference victory past Noxon.
Troy pulled away in the second half, outscoring the Red Devils 40-16.
Grant Fitchett had 17 for Noxon.
Noxon 7 15 6 10 — 38
Troy 14 10 19 21 — 64
NOXON – Zach Osborne 6, Grant Fitchett 17, Will Wood 3, Franklin Herschler 6, Quincy Grupenhoff 3, Lucas Fitchett 3.
TROY – Craig Helmrick 9, Dillon Savage 5, Adam Tallmadge 4, Gage Tallmadge 15, Brennnan Olds 9, Sean Opland 18, Kolten Winebark 4.
Girls
Ronan 63, Eureka 58
RONAN — Eureka outscored Ronan 21-15 in the final eight minutes, but still fell short in the Class B nonconference contest.
Ronan jump out to a 26-9 lead and watched Eureka slowly work its way back.
Amanda Peterson tallied a game-high 28 points for Eureka.
Aspen Jore led Ronan with 20.
Eureka 9 12 16 21 — 58
Ronan 26 12 10 15 — 63
EUREKA — Charity Parsons 5, Courtney Lemer 6, Rachael Paclla 4, Evynn Anderson 1, Amanda Peterson 28, Stacy Cooper 2, Erynn Their 12.
RONAN — Micalann McCrea 15, Aspen Jore 20, Katelyn Graham 4, Kendra Starkel 5, Ashley Peterson 2, Lee Camel 17.
Bigfork 37, Plains 36
BIGFORK — Marissa Hiza swished two free throws with 3 seconds left to give Bigfork the one-point victory over Plains in District 7B action.
Bigfork struggled at the line, hitting just 12 of 32 shots.
Plains was 8 of 21.
Hiza made 5 of her 11 free throws and finished with 11 points.
She also had 11 rebounds.
Riley Coleman pulled down 10 rebounds and scored six points.
Plains 14 5 3 14 — 36
Bigfork 4 13 6 14 — 37
PLAINS — Kimberly Erhardt 6, Carley VonHeeder 9, Hailey Phillips 5, Kayla Holmes 7, Leah Thompson 9.
BIGFORK — Marissa Hiza 11, Riley Coleman 6, Jaime Berg 2, Mattie McAnally 2, Katie Thomas 1, Lana Berg 7, Miranda Campbell 8.
Columbia Falls 68, Frenchtown 31
COLUMBIA FALLS — Columbia Falls had 13 players figure in the scoring in an easy Northwestern A victory over Frenchtown.
Columbia Falls (5-0, 1-0) outscored Frenchtown 45-17 in the second half.
Peyton Kehr led the Wildkat attack with 13 points and nine rebounds.
Summer Burlage and Winter Kemppainen both scored nine points for Columbia Falls.
Frenchtown 7 7 8 9 — 31
Columbia Falls 13 10 21 24 — 68
FRENCHTOWN — Emma Pyron 2, Haylee Cyr 11, Laci Willett 1, Alli Moe 2, Brooke Yarnall 6, Megan Delaney 4, Alivia Williams 5.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Summer Burlage 9, Katie Price 2, Ciera Finberg 6, Sydney Grilley 2, Haylie Peacock 2, Cydney Finberg 7, Ellie Johnson 6, Peyton Kehr 13, Winter Kemppainen 9, Miranda Livingston 2, Kiara Burlage 4, Allyson Gimbel 4, Sydney Hovde 2.