Prep basketball roundup: Whitefish boys pound Plains

by The Daily Inter Lake
| February 13, 2014 11:58 PM

PLAINS — Whitefish used a strong start to dump Class B Plains 56-33 on Thursday night in a nonconference boys basketball contest.

Class A Whitefish (9-7 overall) went on the offensive early, taking a 14-6 lead after eight minutes of action and upped its advantage to 27-15 at the half. Whitefish then put the issue to rest with a 23 point third quarter.

Art Doorn led the Bulldogs in scoring with 14 points.

Whitefish 14 13 23 6 — 56

Plains 6 9 7 11 — 33

WHITEFISH – Keaton Nicholson 9, AJ Wetsch 2, Cody Olson 7, EJ Havens 8, Art Doorn 14, Hugh Ramlow 2, Jed Nagler 4, Garrett Anderson 10.

PLAINS – Ryan Ovitt 3, Alec Cole 7, Aaron Baker 5, Kyle Revier 4, James Rulison 7, Wyatt Winebrenner 4, Brady Ovitt 3.

Columbia Falls 69, Ronan 34

RONAN —Columbia Falls held Ronan to single-digit scoring in the first three periods to pick up the easy nonconference victory.

Alex Presnell led the fifth-ranked Class A Wildcat (12-4) scoring parade with 18 points. Jared Trinastich chipped in 13 points and Grant Stenger 11.

Class B Ronan (4-13) was led by Rhett Duffey’s nine points.

Columbia Falls 18 16 16 19 — 69

Ronan 7 8 7 12 — 34

COLUMBIA FALLS – Alex Presnell 18, Trevor Houston 3, Grant Stenger 11, Jace Fargerland 5, Nakia Alexander 4, Ty Morgan 9, Justice McManus 2, Jared Trinastich 13, Grant Wallace 4.

RONAN – Cedric Earthboy 2, Bryce Cullen 2, Ty James 1, Timmy Woll 3, Alex Quequeseh 8, Aaron Misa 3, July Sorrell 2, Rhett Duffey 9, Daniel Aylesworth 4.

Eureka 56, Libby 48

EUREKA — A strong finish carried Eureka to a nonconference win over Class A Libby.

The Class B Lions outscored the Loggers 24-13 in the fourth quarter.

Chase Bohne led Eureka with 13 points. Jared Winslow had 21 for Libby.

Libby 12 9 14 13 — 48

Eureka 11 14 7 24 — 56

LIBBY – Johnny Cielak 2, Collin Johnson 10, Jared Winslow 21, Michael Curtiss 13, Erik Lauer 2.

EUREKA – Brandon Conard 2, Austin Perez 11, Myles Griffin 5, Colton Henrie 9, Dalton Smith 10, Trey Bohne 6, Chase Bohne 13.

Girls

Missoula Sentinel 68, Glacier 36

MISSOULA — Glacier struggled offensively in the first and third quarters while second-ranked Missoula Sentinel started and finished strong for an easy Western AA victory.

Sentinel (14-1, 6-1) jumped out to a 23-8 lead and outscored Glacier (7-8, 3-4) 24-12 in the fourth quarter.

Maddie Keast dropped in a game-high 21 points for the Spartans. Glacier was led by Cassi Hashley’s 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Glacie 8 12 4 12 — 36

Sentinel 23 12 9 24 — 68

GLACIER – Hailee Bennett 1-6 0-0 2, Taylor Loomis 0-3 0-2 0, Hannah Atlee 1-4 0-0 2, Cassi Hashley 7-14 4-4 18, Katie Thomas 1-2 1-1 3, Katie Wiley 0-4 0-0 0, Brielle Bumgarner 0-2 2-2 2, Tessa Krueger 1-2 2-3 4, Ali Williams 2-2 1-1 5. Totals 13-41 10-13 36.

SENTINEL – Haley Rogers 2-5 0-0 5, Sydnie Steele 1-2 0-0 3, Maddie Keast 6-12 5-6 21, Jess Henning 1-2 4-6 6, Lexi Steele 1-3 1-2 4, Shannon Worster 1-4 0-0 2, Olivia Roberts 4-10 4-5 15, Sam Harper 2-3 1-2 5, Emily Beach 2-5 3-3 7. Totals 20-46 18-24 68.

3-point goals – Glacier 0, Sentinel 10 (Keast 4, Roberts 3, Rogers, S. Steele, L. Steele). Total fouls – Glacier 15, Sentinel 13. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Glacier 25 (Hashley 10), Sentinel 28 (Roberts 7).

Plains 54, Whitefish 15

WHITEFISH — Sixth-ranked Class B Plains had no trouble downing Class A Whitefish in a nonconference matchup.

Kayla Holmes topped Plains (14-3) in scoring with 16 points.

Whitefish (1-15) was led by Anna Peterson’s four.

Plains 8 16 25 5 — 54

Whitefish 5 5 2 3 — 15

PLAINS – Kimberly Earhart 7, Sami Kinzie 2, Diana Woodward 2, Hailey Phillips 12, Carley VonHeeder 11, Kayla Holmes 16, Leah Thompson 4.

WHITEFISH – Katie Fyell 1, Haley Nicholson 3, Simone Kraft 2, Anna Peterson 4, MaKenna Benbrook 2, Calyn Hitchcock 2, Victoria Buls 1.

Libby 52, Eureka 44

LIBBY — Shyla Stevenson led a balanced Libby attack with 12 points as the Loggers coasted past Class B rival Eureka in a nonconference contest.

Class A Libby (6-10) had back-to-back 12 and 14 point quarters.

Devon Gallagher added 11 points for Libby and Taylor Quinn finished with 10.

Eureka (3-14) was led by Amanda Peterson’s game-high 18 points.

Eureka 6 11 14 13 — 44

Libby 12 12 14 14 — 52

EUREKA — Whitney Williams 1, Caty Gonderio 3, Charity Parsons 3, Nicole Anderson 6, Amanda Peterson 18, Ashlen Pacella 13.

LIBBY — Bailie Rosling 2, Gavy Oliver 6, Trinity Wallace 2, Shyla Stevenson 12, Hailley Moe 9, Taylor Quinn 10, Devon Gallagher 11.

Columbia Falls 61, Ronan 33

RONAN — Top-ranked Columbia Falls had no trouble drubbing Class B Ronan.

Columbia Falls (15-1) was led by Winter Kemppainen’s 20 points.

Columbia Falls 18 17 14 12 — 61

Ronan 10 2 11 10 — 33

COLUMBIA FALLS – Winter Kemppainen 20, Haley Belgarde 9, Ciera Finberg 6, Cydney Finberg 5, Andrea Getts 6, Miranda Livingston 5, Kiera Burlage 4, Ellie Johnson 4, Summer Burlage 2.

RONAN – Aspen Jore 10, Raymi Clairmont 7, Jordyn Clairmont 4, Angela North Piegan 4, Alaina Moadsen 2, Courtney Taylor 2, Hailey O’Hern 2, Lee Camel 2.