Basketball roundup: Spartans top Flathead

The Flathead girls (4-11 overall, 1-6 Western AA) stuck with No. 2 Missoula Sentinel (15-1, 7-1) for a quarter before the two-time defending state champions took control of the contest, beating the Bravettes 53-38 in a Western AA conference basketball game on Friday night at Flathead High School.

The Bravettes entered the second quarter in an 11-11 tie with the Spartans, but went cold from the field, scoring just four points in the frame to fall behind 35-15 at halftime. Sentinel controlled the glass in the contest, outrebounding Flathead 30-16.

Olivia Roberts led the Spartans with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Jenessa Heine had 13 points and four rebounds for Flathead.

Sentinel 11 24 7 11 — 53

Flathead 11 4 15 8 — 38

SENTINEL — Maddie Keast 3-13 6-8 13, Lexie Steele 2-3 0-0 5, Olivia Roberts 5-12 1-2 14, Sam Harper 6-6 0-0 12, Emily Beach 1-3 0-0 2, Haley Roger 2-3 0-0 5, Shannon Worster 1-2 0-0 2. Totals: 20-42 7-12 53.

FLATHEAD — Emma Andrews 4-17 0-2 8, Tana Fountain 3-11 0-0 7, Jenessa Heine 5-8 3-4 13, Stephanie Wilson 1-1 0-0 3, Tiana Johnson 2-4 0-0 4, Janae Moon 1-1 0-0 2.

3-pointers — Sentinel 5-16 (Roberts 2), Flathead 2-11 (Fountain, Wilson). Rebounds — Sentinel 30 (Roberts 13), Flathead 16 (Heine 4). Assists — Sentinel 8 (Roberts 3), Flathead 8 (Heine 3). Blocks — Sentinel 0, Flathead 1 (Lizzie Sherwood). Steals — Sentinel 12 (Roberts 2, Keast 2), Flathead 10 (Johnson 3, Andrews 2). Fouls — Sentinel 9, Flathead 11. Fouled out — none. Technical fouls — none.

Glacier 42, Missoula Big Sky 31

MISSOULA — Glacier rebounded from a sluggish start to drop Missoula Big Sky in Western AA play.

Glacier (11-5, 5-3) tallied just four points in the first quarter, but ripped off 20 in the fourth quarter to close the deal.

Glacier’s Hailee Bennett, who finished with 11 points, was 5 of 6 free-throw shooting in the last eight minutes and hit a pair of field goals.

Cassie Hashley had 17 points for Glacier.

Big Sky (7-8, 3-4) was led by Sidney Davis and Maddy Shaidle, both with 10 points.

Big Sky 9 7 4 11 — 31

Glacier 4 11 7 20 — 42

BIG SKY — Dani Baker 3 0-0 3 Sidney Davis 4 2-4 10, Kendra Joyce 1 0-0 2, Maddy Shaide 5 0-0 10, Anna Gragg 2 2-2 6. Totals: 12 4-6 31.

GLACIER — Hailee Bennett 3 5-6 11, Taylor Loomis 0 2-2 2, Hannah Atlee 1 0-0 3, Cassi Hashley 7 3-4 17, Katie Thomas 1 2-2 5. Totals: 13 14-19 42.

3-point goals – Big Sky 3 (Baker 1, Shaide 2), Glacier 2 (Atlee 1, Thomas 1). Total fouls – Big Sky 15, Glacier 8. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Big Sky 19 (Davis 7), Glacier 28.

Eureka 51, Troy 32

EUREKA — Eureka closed out regular-season play with a District 7B win over Troy.

Amanda Peterson posted a double-double for Eureka (4-14, 2-6) with 21 points and 12 rebounds.

Eureka will host Troy, again, in a District 7B Tournament play-in game on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Troy 4 12 6 10 — 32

Eureka 11 11 19 10 — 51

TROY — Kelly Lundin 4, Allie Brown 6, Taylor Brown 11, Olivia Roach 2, Makaylin Randal 2, Caitlin Johnston 7.

EUREKA — Whitney Williams 8, Caty Gonderio 2, Charity Parsons 2, Nicole Anderson 2, Amanda Peterson 21, Stacy Cooper 5, Jamie Soderling 5, Ashlen Pacella 4, Rachel Pacella 2.

Bigfork 62,

Thompson Falls 14

THOMPSON FALLS — Ninth-ranked Bigfork closed out District 7B play with an impressive victory over Thompson Falls.

Lana Berg led the Bigfork (13-4, 6-2) attack with 15 points and Tessa Robertson was next with 14.

Thompson Falls (9-7, 4-4) trailed 36-8 at the half.

Bigfork 16 20 18 8 – 62

Thompson Falls 3 5 5 1 – 14

BIGFORK – Riley Coleman 5, Jordan Haveman 2, A. Walker 1, Mattison McAnally 9, Lana Berg 15, Josie Spoklie 5, Tessa Robertson 14, Miranda Campbell 11.

THOMPSON FALLS – Shay Hannum 5, Madi Fitchett 3, Angela Padden 3, Autrey Hannum 1, Logan Beckman 2.

Boys

Flathead 48,

Missoula Sentinel 45

MISSOULA — Flathead outscored Missoula Sentinel 18-12 in the fourth quarter to rally for the Western AA victory.

Chandler Escalante and Blaine Newman both hit four 3s in the game to lead the Braves (6-9, 2-5) in scoring with 17 and 13 points, respectively.

Sentinel (8-7, 3-4) led 23-18 at the half.

Flathead 13 5 12 18 — 48

Sentinel 11 12 10 12 — 45

FLATHEAD – Will Cronk 0 0-1 0, Adam Bradley 4 1-2 9, Matt Quist 3 0-1 6, Blaine Newman 4 1-2 13, Chandler Escalante 5 4-4 17, Trae Habel 0 0-2 0, Alex Croymans 0 0-0 0, Tommy Owens 0 0-0 0, Easton Johnson 10-2 2. Totals 17 6-14 48.

SENTINEL – Chase Walker 4 0-2 10, Kagen Khameneh 5 0-0 10, Austin Violette 2 0-1 6, Zaccheus Darko-Kelly 3 1-1 8, Quiazhon Walker 1 0-0 2, Sean Laughnan 2 1-2 5, Travis Zander 0 0-0 0, Jeremy Eisenmann 0 0-0 0, Matt Warren 2 0-2 4. Totals 19 2-8 45.

3-point goals – Flathead 8 (Newman 4, Escalante 4), Sentinel 5 (C.Walker 2, Violette 2, Darko-Kelly 1. Total fouls – Flathead 13, Sentinel 16. Fouled out – Warren. Rebounds – n/a.

Glacier 81,

Missoula Big Sky 63

MISSOULA — Evan Epperly scored 25 points and Bryan Michaels followed with 18 as Glacier rolled by Missoula Big Sky for an easy Western AA victory.

Glacier (8-8, 4-4) exploded for 30 points in the opening quarter and led 45-32 at intermission.

Jesson Preston scored 21 points for Big Sky (5-10, 1-6).

Glacier 30 15 17 19 — 81

Big Sky 11 21 17 14 — 63

GLACIER — Sam McCamley 3-5 0-0 9, Greg Jones 1-1 0-0 3, Evan Epperly 11-19 2-3 25, Bryan Michaels 5-8 8-8 18, Kyler Harkins 3-6 3-4 12, Tanner Olsen 2-4 0-1 5, Cain Boschee 0-3 0-1 0, Tucker Rauthe 0-0 1-2 1, Jaxen Hashley 2-2 1-2 5, Kevin Malloy 1-3 1-2 3. Totals 28-51 16-23 81.

BIG SKY — Brad Wakai 0-7 2-2 2, Alex Mustard 0-0 0-0 0, Stanley Underwood 2-5 0-0 4, Daxton Schatz 0-1 0-0 0, Jesson Preston 5-15 10-11 21, Cory Diaz 1-3 0-2 2, Chris Lange 5-9 2-4 12, Colin Bingham 6-11 4-10 17, Bennett Chelini 1-1 0-0 2, Seamus Lucostic 1-1 1-2 3. Totals 21-53 19-31 63.

3-point goals – Glacier 9 (McCamley 3, Harkins 3, Jones, Epperly, Olsen), Big Sky 2 (Preston, Bingham). Total fouls – Glacier 21, Big Sky 20. Fouled out – Malloy, Bingham. Rebounds – Glacier 21 (Michaels 6), Big Sky 27 (Lange 8).

Bigfork 61,

Thompson Falls 44

THOMPSON FALLS — Josh Sandry scored 17 points and Christian Evans added 10 to lead second-ranked Bigfork to an easy District 7B victory over Thompson Falls.

Bigfork (17-0, 8-0) outrebounded Thompson Falls 30-18. Cameron Nissen had nine rebounds for the Vikings.

Bigfork 14 15 14 18 — 61

Thompson Falls 6 16 10 12 — 44

BIGFORK — Adam Jordt 5, Cameron Nissen 6, Christian Evans 10, Isaac Martel 4, Jon Landon 5, Josh Sandry 17, Kyle Thomson 1, Ryder Trent 8, Tyler Piazolla 2, Wyatt Fisher 3.

THOMPSON FALLS — Caleb Bates 6, Dalton Hooten 2, Dylan Vaught 5, Greg Wadsworth 2, Tanner Laws 15, Trais Hoisington 14.

Troy 54, Eureka 51

EUREKA — Sean Opland scored 20 points and Gabe Hickman 19 as Troy (10-7, 4-4) outlasted Eureka (9-9, 5-3) in a District 7B game.

Trey Bohne led the Lions with 18 points. Austin Perez had 11 points and Dalton Smith had 10 for Eureka.

Troy 10 12 17 15 — 54

Eureka 12 14 15 9 — 51

TROY — Luke Haggerty 7, Gabe Hickman 19, Gage Tallmadge 4, Sean Opland 20, Bruce Metz 4.

EUREKA — Austin Perez 11, Myles Griffin 4, Colton Henrie 6, Dalton Smith 10, Trey Bohne 18, Chase Bohne 2.