Basketball roundup: Epperly, Michaels lead Glacier past Helena

HELENA — Helena High roared back with a 26-point fourth quarter, but the Bengals still fell short in losing a Western AA boys basketball game to Glacier on Thursday evening, 75-71.

Evan Epperly tallied 28 points for Glacier (6-7 overall, 3-2 league). He was 12 of 19 shooting from the field and 3 of 6 at the free throw line.

Bryan Michaels was close behind with 24 points. He was 4 of 5 from 3-point range. As a team, the Wolfpack hit 10 of 20 treys.

Glacier trailed 17-12 after the opening quarter and 30-29 at the half.

The Wolfpack outscored Helena 28-15 in the third period.

Glacier is back in action tonight at No. 1 Helena Capital.

Glacier 12 17 28 18 — 75

Helena 17 13 15 26 — 71

GLACIER (7-6, 3-2) — Evan Epperly 12-19 3-6 28, Bryan Michaels 9-13 2-2 24, Kyler Harkins 0-3 2-2 2, Tanner Olsen 2-7 1-2 7, Kevin Malloy 1-5 1-2 3, Sam McCamley 3-7 0-0 9, Cain Boschee 0-2 0-1 0, Jaxen Hashley 1-2 0-0 2; Totals 28-58 9-15 75.

HELENA (5-8, 1-4) — Garth Grimsrud 3-6 1-2 7, Troy Arntson 1-7 0-0 2, McBride Galt 0-3 1-2 1, Chase South 4-9 4-5 14, Henry Garrett 8-13 0-3 16, Tyler Tolman 4-8 5-5 17, Kyle Cochran 3-7 0-0 6, Derek Jenneskins 2-6 0-0 5, Ragen Shein 1-2 1-3 3; Totals 26-61 12-20 71.

3-pointers - Gla 10-20 (Michaels 4-5, McCamley 3-5, Olsen 2-5), HHS 7-22 (Tolman 4-6, South 2-3); Rebounds - Gla 35 (Michaels 9, Harkins 6), HHS 37 (Garrett 13, South 7); Assists - Gla 25 (Olsen 10, Michaels 6), HHS 17 (South 5, Arntson 3); Turnovers - Gla 12, HHS 12; Personal fouls - Gla 18, HHS 16; Fouled out - None; Technicals - None. 

Whitefish 48, Libby 34

WHITEFISH — Garrett Anderson scored a season-high 16 points to lead Whitefish past Libby in a Northwestern A contest.

Whitefish (8-7, 4-2) led 21-16 at the half and pulled away in the third quarter for a 40-25 edge.

Jared Winslow tallied 17 points for Libby (1-2, 0-5).

Libby510109—34

Whitefish138198—48

LIBBY — Jonny Cielak 4, Collin Johnson 7, Jared Winslow 17, Michael Curtis 1, Quinn Sullivan 5.

WHITEFISH — Keaton Nicholson 6, A.J. Wetsch 4, Alex Wilson 4, EJ Havens 7, Art Doorn 9, Hugh Ramlow 2, Garrett Anderson 16.

Eureka 56, Polson 50

POLSON — Dalton Smith knocked down 21 points and Austin Perez chipped in 11 as Eureka defeated Polson in a nonconference matchup.

Matthew Rensvold tallied a career high 16 points for Polson.

Cedrick Smith added 12 for the hosting Pirates and Andrew Weltz finished with 11.

Eureka13131515—56

Polson1814199—50

EUREKA — Austin Perez 11, Myles Griffin 3, Colton Henrie 2, RJ Glover 6, Dalton Smith 21, Trey Bohne 6, Chase Bohne 7.

POLSON — Cedrick Smith 12, Andrew Weltz 11, Chris McDonald 6, Hudson Smith 6, Tanner Wilson 7, Andrew Curley 2, Matthew Rensvold 16.

Flathead Valley 54,

Big Sky sophs 49

MISSOULA — Flathead Valley HomeSchool used a strong fourth quarter to rally by the Missoula Big Sky sophomores for the    nonconference victory on Tuesday.  

The Crusaders outscored Big Sky 18-10 in the fourth quarter.

Ryland Carlson and Josiah Sheeran led FVHS offensively with 19 and 17 points, respectively.

Flathead Valley8111718—54

Missoula Big Sky13161010—49

FLATHEAD VALLEY HOMESCHOOL — Jordan Sproul 4, Cayden Robertson 4, Joel Landis 3, James Wells 2, Ryland Carlson 19, Jaden Moon 4, Daniel Horton 1, Josiah Sheeran 17.

MISSOULA BIG SKY SOPHS — NA.

Girls

Libby 39, Whitefish 26

WHITEFISH — Taylor Quinn and Devon Gallagher shared scoring honors with 13 points each to help Libby top Whitefish in a Northwestern A matchup.

Libby (5-9, 3-2) pulled away in the final half, outscoring Whitefish 26-19.

Allie Schulz had seven points to pace Whitefish (1-14, 0-6).

Libby 7 6 1313— 39

Whitefish 3 4 8 11 — 26

LIBBY – Gavy Oliver 2, Shyla Stevenson 3, Hailey Moe 7, Taylor Quinn 13, Dayln Germany 1, Devon Gallagher 13.

WHITEFISH – Allie Schulz 7, Katie Fyall 5, Simone Craft 6, Makenna Benbrook 6, Victoria Buls 2.

Polson 55, Eureka 37

EUREKA — Polson poured it on in the second half to claim the nonconference victory over Eureka.

Polson (2-12) outscored the Lions (3-12) 38-14 for the third and fourth quarters.

Skyla Krantz led the way for Polson with 18 points. Nichole Lake added 13.

Ashlen Pacella topped Eureka in scoring with 13 points.

Polson 9 8 20 18 — 55

Eureka 8 15 86   — 37

POLSON – Skyla Krantz 18, Hannah Potter 1, Jaylin Kenney 5, Nichole Lake 13, Dylan Quinn 4, Kaelen Wall 9, Erin Sampson 2, Monika Frame 3.

EUREKA – Whitney Williams 1, Caty Gonderio 2, Charity Parsons 4, Nicole Anderson 8, Evynn Anderson 2, Amanda Peterson 7, Ashlen Pacella 13.

Flathead Valley 43, 

Big Sky sophs 30

MISSOULA — Lexi Ehlers and Victoria Hanson both scored 13 points to lead Flathead Valley HomeSchool to a nonconference victory over the Missoula Big Sky sophomores on Tuesday.

FVHS jumped out to a 22-6 halftime lead.

Flathead Valley1012165—43

Missoula Big Sky 241311—30

FLATHEAD VALLEY HOMESCHOOL — Kaitlyn Dobson 4, Victoria Hanson 13, Lacey Ehlers 2, Karissa Williams 3, Lexi Ehlers 13, Priscilla Rajikowski 5, Leah Ehlers 3.

MISSOULA BIG SKY SOPHS — NA.