Glacier girls fall short; Bengals top Flathead

by The Daily Inter Lake
| February 22, 2014 12:23 AM

HELENA — Glacier gave top-ranked Helena Capital a run for its money before falling 60-59 in Western AA girls basketball action Friday night.

Capital (16-1 overall, 9-0 league), which trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half, was led by Micahela Dowdy’s 25 points. Sierra Bignell added 13.

Hailee Bennett scored 13 of her 17 points in the fourth quarter to keep the Wolfpack in the game. She also hit a 3 with three seconds left to get Glacier with in one.

“We battled, won the boards, but they ended up winning,” Glacier coach Kris Salonen said.

Glacier led 18-12 and 29-24 after the first two quarter stops. The Wolfpack, however, ran into foul troubles in the second quarter.

For the game, Glacier was whistled for 26 fouls to 16 for Capital.

Glacier (11-6, 5-4) plays at Helena High today.

Glacier 18 11 8 22 — 59

Capital 12 1 2 16 20 — 60

Glacier — Taylor Salonen 1-1 1-2 3, Hailee Bennett 5-9 6-7 17, McKenna Hulslander 0-0 0-0 0, Taylor Loomis 1-3 2-2 4, Hannah Atlee 2-3 0-0 4, Zoee Boschee 0-0 0-0 0, Cassi Hashley 5-10 2-2 13, Katie Thomas 2-5 0-0 4, Katie Wiley 5-6 2-5 13, Brielle Bumgarner 0-0 0-0 0, Tessa Krueger 0-0 1-2 1, Ali Williams 0-0 0-0 0. Team 21-37 14-20 59.

Capital — Micahela Dowdy 6-11 13-17 25, Kasidee Campbell 0-1 0-1 0, Kallie Herrera 0-2 0-0 0, Rayna Pilgeram 1-3 0-1 2, McKenzie Johnston 2-5 3-6 7, Sierra Bignell 5-7 1-3 13, Tjaden Pallister 3-3 1-2 8, Savanna Bignell 2-2 1-2 5. Totals 19-34 19-32 60.

3-pointers - Glacier 3-9 (Bennett 1-3, Hashley 1-2, Wiley 1-1); Capital 3-9 (Sierra Bignell 2-3, Pallister 1-1). Rebounds - Glacier 22 (Hashley 8); Capital 18 (Dowdy 6). Assists - Glacier 4 (four with one); Capital 12 (Johnston 4). Turnovers - Glacier 14, Capital 12. Personal fouls - Glacier 26, Capital 16. Fouled out - Salonen. Technicals - none.

Helena 49, Flathead 31

HELENA — A two-point opening quarter for Flathead resulted in an easy Western AA victory for Helena High.

Helena High (8-9, 3-6) led 29-17 at the half.

Flathead also struggled through a four-point third quarter to trail 44-21.

Jenessa Heine topped Flathead (4-13, 1-8) in scoring with 14 points.

Shanna Floerchinger led the Bengals offense with 10 points.

Flathead plays at Helena Capital today.

Flathead 2 15 4 10 — 31

Helena 18 11 15 5 — 49

Flathead — Emma Andrews 4-15 0-0 8, Stephanie Wilson 0-2 1-3 1, Jessica Holmquist 0-0 0-0 0, Kelsey Noland-Gillespie 2-5 0-0 5, Lizzie Sherwood 0-3 3-4 3, Tiana Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Jessica Simmons 0-2 0-2 0, Janae Moon 0-0 0-0 0, Jenessa Heine 5-9 4-6 14, Bri Smith 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 11-41 8-15 31.

Helena — Jessica Stockton 2-8 1-2 7, Patricia Martin 0-1 0-0 0, Jenna Starke 0-2 1-2 1, Regan Fruh 3-5 3-4 9, Paityn Floerchinger 1-4 0-0 2, Alexis Danz 2-6 0-0 4, Hailey Crawford 1-2 2-2 4, Callie Kanthack 2-5 1-3 5, Alyssa Ferguson 3-6 0-0 7, Shanna Floerchinger 5-10 0-0 10. Team 19-50 8-13 49.

3-pointers - HHS 3-13 (Stockton 2-4, Ferguson 1-3); Flat 1-16 (Noland-Gillespie 1-4). Rebounds - HHS 32 (S. Floerschinger 11); Flat 23 (Heine 10). Assists - HHS 11 (S. Floerchinger 3); Flat 4 (Andrews 2). Turnovers - HHS 19, Flat 20. Personal fouls - HHS 10, Flat 14. Fouled out - Andrews.