Whitefish boys, Polson girls post Northwestern A wins

The Daily Inter Lake

POLSON — EJ Havens scored 22 points as Whitefish (10-8 overall, 5-3 Northwestern A) pulled away from Polson (4-14, 2-6) late to win 49-38 in the final Northwestern A conference boys basketball game of the regular season for both teams.

Whitefish led by just five points in the third quarter before catching Polson in a lull, going up double-digits and pulling away for good. The Bulldogs outscored Polson 10-4 in the first quarter and 16-10 after half to build their lead.

Tanner Wilson led the Pirates with 11 points and Cedrick Smith and Andrew Curley each had 10.

The Northwestern A divisional basketball tournament starts Thursday at Glacier High School in Kalispell.

Whitefish 10 10 16 13 — 49

Polson 4 10 10 14 — 38

WHITEFISH — Keaton Nicholson 7, AJ Wetsch 5, Cody Olson 6, EJ Havens 22, Art Doorn 4, Garrett Anderson 5.

POLSON — Cedrick Smith 10, Andrew Weltz 5, Andrew Curley 10, Tanner Wilson 11, Matthew Rensvold 2.

Girls

Polson 46, Whitefish 14

POLSON — Jessica Bagnell scored 12 points and Monika Frame added nine to help Polson drill Whitefish in a Northwestern A contest.

Polson led 14-0 and 26-9 after the first two quarter breaks.

Katie Fyall had six points for Whitefish.

It was the regular-season finale for both teams.

Up next for both schools is the Northwestern A divisional tournament, which begins Thursday at Glacier.

Whitefish 0 9 3 2  — 14

Polson 14 12 8 12 — 46

WHITEFISH – Allie Schultz 1, Katie Fyall 6, Haley Nicholson 5, Cevana Laashe 1.

POLSON – Skyla Krantz 4, Lydia Dupuis 2, Jaylin Kenney 5, Jessica Bagnell 12, Nichole Lake 6, Dylan Quinn 2, Monika Frame 9, Peyt